Someone posted a tweet of it being Camila Banus's 10th (!) anniversary on Days of Our Lives and that got me thinking about daytime stars that have just sort of...stayed around. Made an impact sure but haven't exactly set the daytime landscape on fire yet are still there. I remember her from her short stint on One Life to Live, she made zero impression on me so I was pretty surprised when she joined DOOL. And now here she is 10 years later at that same show, the entirety of her 20s. 

 

Maybe she's not the best example since Gabi seems to have fans but another actor I can think of who just sort of hung around was Aiden Turner as Aidan on All My Children. It was a completely thankless role that he never took off in, multiple failed romances yet he stayed on the show for 7 long years.

Current Character/Actor that have surprised me (and should be gone): 

B&B: Eric/JMcC.

DAYS: John/DH. 

Y&R: Devon/Bryton. This is a matter of mostly weak s/l. I saw his multiple episode arc on TVD and he was shockingly good. I kept thinking, why am I not seeing this on Y&R.

 

Character/Actor that I didn't think would last, but glad they're around:

B&B: Quinn/RS - she just kills it when given material. 

DAYS: Nicole/AZ - she really has evolved as an actor and her comedic skills are surprisingly good. Nicole fierce awesome; StepNicole - not so much. I think she hates weepy Nicole as much as we do.

 

 

 

 

Sorry, @edgeofnik, but I have to disagree with the Drake Hogestyn pick. Sure, he isn't Olivier, but he still has charm and at least he has always been a cheerleader for this show and has remained loyal. Agree to disagree there. The rest, however, I will give you.

Someone else I just thought of, Don Diamont. Between B&B, Y&R, and Days, he's been on daytime for the better part of the last 35 or so years.

13 hours ago, Wendy said:

Sorry, @edgeofnik, but I have to disagree with the Drake Hogestyn pick. Sure, he isn't Olivier, but he still has charm and at least he has always been a cheerleader for this show and has remained loyal. Agree to disagree there. The rest, however, I will give you.

 

I agree with you.  While he certainly isn't the greatest he has a distinct place on the show. And he manages to be charming and generate chemistry with Deidre Hall.   Someone like Roman to me is much more aimless of a character.  Obviously John and Roman basically cancel each other out because they are pretty much the same character but the 2 DH's carried the show through a lot of nonsense in the 90's and are more important to me on Days.  I'd nominate Josh Taylor's run as Roman for this thread.  It doesn't seem like much until you realize he's been unpopular on the show for almost a quarter of a century.

4 hours ago, carolineg said:

 

I agree with you.  While he certainly isn't the greatest he has a distinct place on the show. And he manages to be charming and generate chemistry with Deidre Hall.   Someone like Roman to me is much more aimless of a character.  Obviously John and Roman basically cancel each other out because they are pretty much the same character but the 2 DH's carried the show through a lot of nonsense in the 90's and are more important to me on Days.  I'd nominate Josh Taylor's run as Roman for this thread.  It doesn't seem like much until you realize he's been unpopular on the show for almost a quarter of a century.

From what we've read Roman only remains to give Josh Taylor a job. At least Ken Corday is a loyal friend.

 

I wonder what other examples exist, past and present , of some characters being untouchable due to edicts from those above?

9 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

From what we've read Roman only remains to give Josh Taylor a job. At least Ken Corday is a loyal friend.

 

I wonder what other examples exist, past and present , of some characters being untouchable due to edicts from those above?

I mean again he's not the most offensive but like no to Shawn and Belle?  Or Carrie?  I think Olivia on GH is so useless too

On 3/24/2020 at 11:35 PM, Wendy said:

Sorry, @edgeofnik, but I have to disagree with the Drake Hogestyn pick. Sure, he isn't Olivier, but he still has charm and at least he has always been a cheerleader for this show and has remained loyal. Agree to disagree there. The rest, however, I will give you.

I couldn’t imagine DAYS without Drake/John Black. He’ll never be the greatest but that man has never phoned it in once. I loved RoboJohn as well.

2 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I couldn’t imagine DAYS without Drake/John Black. He’ll never be the greatest but that man has never phoned it in once.

 

Agree.  You can appreciate when an actor who's very limited shows up to act nevertheless.  You can forgive a lot more than when someone's just there for the paycheck.

@Antoyne @Khan I'll concede that Drake isn't a slacker or not engaged - it's just truly surprising he's lasted decades. I'm separating the 'acting' from the 'actor' because he seems like a good guy and appreciates the work. 

7 hours ago, edgeofnik said:

@Antoyne @Khan I'll concede that Drake isn't a slacker or not engaged - it's just truly surprising he's lasted decades. I'm separating the 'acting' from the 'actor' because he seems like a good guy and appreciates the work. 

 

I get what you are saying but I think it's basically a testament to Drake's popularity and likability that John Black has survived as a character.  He probably has the most ridiculous, most changed backstory in the history of tv and his character is honestly the hero that saves Marlena once a year .Besides he relates well to his costars and to me that's more important than crazy acting talent.  Wayne Northrup didn't survive and he was a much better actor than either the DH's.  Someone like Greg Vaughn surprises me.  I mean he's a handsome guy for sure, but he plays such important legacy characters on the soaps and he's just such a downer as an actor. I don't think he clicks well with his love interests either.  I actually think Galen Gering is more charismatic than Greg

I think Greg Vaughan chooses to play Eric as depressed and down and "heavy" and it's not really appealing. I felt he was much better before the Daniel death story. I think he still plays that. Just a thought. Is he the most amazing actor? No. But I've always liked him. He plays Eric like the weight of the world is on his shoulders. It also doesn't help the writers have Eric always turning on Nicole and yelling at her and hating her for things he could forgive Sarah for. Anywho ...

 

Amelia Heinle surprises me. She's been tragic on Y&R from the word go. Sure she has a history. I had no issues with her from what I saw on Loving and I watched her on AMC. Nope. No thanks. Lethargy thy name is Amelia. 

 

Kelly Monaco also comes to mind. I think she seems like a fun girl I'd have some beers with and snark on everyone with, but she's been a mess lately on-screen and has been phoning it in for like a decade now.

5 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

I think Greg Vaughan chooses to play Eric as depressed and down and "heavy" and it's not really appealing. I felt he was much better before the Daniel death story. I think he still plays that. Just a thought. Is he the most amazing actor? No. But I've always liked him. He plays Eric like the weight of the world is on his shoulders. It also doesn't help the writers have Eric always turning on Nicole and yelling at her and hating her for things he could forgive Sarah for. Anywho ...

 

Amelia Heinle surprises me. She's been tragic on Y&R from the word go. Sure she has a history. I had no issues with her from what I saw on Loving and I watched her on AMC. Nope. No thanks. Lethargy thy name is Amelia. 

 

Kelly Monaco also comes to mind. I think she seems like a fun girl I'd have some beers with and snark on everyone with, but she's been a mess lately on-screen and has been phoning it in for like a decade now.

I think GV played Lucky like that too except Lucky seemed dumber as well.

I liked Amelia Heinle on Loving.  She is really miscast as Victoria and I guess Y&R will just ignore that forever.

Kelly Monaco is probably a super fun time.  I don't think she was ever "checked in" on GH so it really just nearly 2 decades of the same.  She was decent on PC if I remember correctly but she has never played Sam with any other emotion than bored..Maybe those first few months when the where awkwardly inserting into stories that she was never supposed to be a part of.

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I think GV played Lucky like that too except Lucky seemed dumber as well.

I liked Amelia Heinle on Loving.  She is really miscast as Victoria and I guess Y&R will just ignore that forever.

Kelly Monaco is probably a super fun time.  I don't think she was ever "checked in" on GH so it really just nearly 2 decades of the same.  She was decent on PC if I remember correctly but she has never played Sam with any other emotion than bored..Maybe those first few months when the where awkwardly inserting into stories that she was never supposed to be a part of.

 

She WAS decent on Port Charles from what I remember ... right? lol. She was always sort of forced onto the canvas and they had no idea what to do with her. True on her never being checked in, but I have watched past scenes during Guza's reign of horror where she's far more checked in and actually gives effort. It's like night and day! lol

 

I love Greg Vaughan, probably a bit biased, but I really wasn't the biggest fan of his Lucky at the time for whatever reason. The writing was awful, of course. Lucky yelled and was pretty unlikeable. You had that Summer garbage ... etc. Dumber is a good way to describe his Lucky. LOL. Ironically though I really liked Greg and Kelly together on-screen. LOL

Edited March 27, 20205 yr by KMan101

39 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

She WAS decent on Port Charles from what I remember ... right? lol. She was always sort of forced onto the canvas and they had no idea what to do with her. True on her never being checked in, but I have watched past scenes during Guza's reign of horror where she's far more checked in and actually gives effort. It's like night and day! lol

 

I love Greg Vaughan, probably a bit biased, but I really wasn't the biggest fan of his Lucky at the time for whatever reason. The writing was awful, of course. Lucky yelled and was pretty unlikeable. You had that Summer garbage ... etc. Dumber is a good way to describe his Lucky. LOL. Ironically though I really liked Greg and Kelly together on-screen. LOL

Lol!  I was going to say I loved Lucky and Sam but really got creeped out when JJ returned to the role because they really wouldn't have worked with him.  Even though JJ is older than me he still seems super young. Greg Vaughn played a stupid, hunkier version of Lucky that was just wrong for the character.  I am also probably a little biased because I loved, loved Jensen Ackles as Eric.  Not sure why because outside of dating Nicole, I really can't tell you a single thing JA's Eric did.  I also thought he really  looked like Marlena's kid and Sami's twin.

Anyway, Sam is kinda of silly character with all her odd backstories and nonsense and her weird insertion into Jax and Sonny's lives out of nowhere but she wasn't that bad in the beginning and was pretty good when she was the bad girl after Liason had sex.  But I think she was really touted by the soap press to be the next big thing when she was on PC.

1 hour ago, carolineg said:

Lol!  I was going to say I loved Lucky and Sam but really got creeped out when JJ returned to the role because they really wouldn't have worked with him.  Even though JJ is older than me he still seems super young. Greg Vaughn played a stupid, hunkier version of Lucky that was just wrong for the character.  I am also probably a little biased because I loved, loved Jensen Ackles as Eric.  Not sure why because outside of dating Nicole, I really can't tell you a single thing JA's Eric did.  I also thought he really  looked like Marlena's kid and Sami's twin.

Anyway, Sam is kinda of silly character with all her odd backstories and nonsense and her weird insertion into Jax and Sonny's lives out of nowhere but she wasn't that bad in the beginning and was pretty good when she was the bad girl after Liason had sex.  But I think she was really touted by the soap press to be the next big thing when she was on PC.

 

LOL. I loved Jensen's Eric too. He was perfectly cast as Marlena's son and Sami's twin. He was great with Christie Clark too. Just loved him. Still do! lol.

 

Agreed on Sam. lol. And yeah. Her and Jonathan Jackson would/could never ever work. I'm pretty disappointed though how Lucky is ignored and became a deadbeat. JJ is so famous in the role but they CAN recast. I'm just glad they finally did it with Nikolas. And of course now they're wasting Marcus Coloma.

 

Anywho I guess we're probably derailing the thread a slight bit ... lol

Edited March 27, 20205 yr by KMan101