Members Fevuh Posted January 4, 2021 Members Share Posted January 4, 2021 Martha Byrne as Lily - ATWT. Heather Rattray was never Lily to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 4, 2021 Members Share Posted January 4, 2021 First off I loved Rattray as Lily. When she left I was heartbroken. I was going to mention Martha's return in 1993 because I loved the remote with her and Holden. It was a great way to bring her back. It's a shame it wasn't a ratings grabber. Heather's exist a year before had higher nielsen numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Antoyne Posted January 4, 2021 Members Share Posted January 4, 2021 Eileen Davidson returning as Kristen was AMAZING. And each subsequent return was awful. No wonder she won’t come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members will81 Posted January 4, 2021 Members Share Posted January 4, 2021 Agreed, I actually started watching the show again because of her initial return. It was frustrating. The show had so much potential back then, and it was wasted. Eileen really found a different groove for Kristen that worked for the more modern Days and just nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted January 5, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2021 Until this site, I never saw people that went for Rattray as Lily this hard. It’s interesting how often people sing her praises here. I get it, I really liked Carrie Genzel as Sky Chandler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 6, 2021 Members Share Posted January 6, 2021 The only way it worked somewhat was because they gave her business stories/plots. She was more cold and didn't have chemistry with the guys she was with. I didn't see her as romantic at all. When she was on I just didn't care about Lily and Holden at all. Or Lily and any guy. She was good with Elizabeth Hubbard but La Liz pretty much had chemistry with any actor/actress she worked with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted January 8, 2021 Members Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) I wonder what would have happened had GF not become pregnant around the same time. Would there have been a Lulu born then? Would L & L have resumed with a focus on the action stories as opposed to Laura settling into Ward House, becoming an Earth Mother and conflicting with Luke's adventurous and risky nature? She has said she hadn't picked that specific time to get pregnant but it was written in so it did obviously change the course of some things that may have been planned before. Still on GH...Scotty catching the bouquet at L & L's wedding was the perfect, classic soap return. It was a surprise to the characters and to the viewers. Now he was not only embittered and angry but set on the road to becoming Not-Mr.-Nice-Guy-Anymore. Scotty becoming a bad boy made sense given his rejection and humiliation and it led to all sorts of story for years. Edited January 8, 2021 by applcin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted January 8, 2021 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2021 That was the most epic end to that wedding. And the fact that nobody knew it was coming was probably incredible at the time. It’s my favorite scene from the oft repeated wedding, Laura in her purple suit, and Scotty throwing the bouquet back at Luke. I remember Geary saying in an interview that they improvised the jump down, and when he was hanging there he thought this looks like a larger drop than I thought it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted January 10, 2021 Members Share Posted January 10, 2021 The return of Penny Hughes (Rosemary Prinz) for Bob and Kim's wedding was done very well, I thought, especially since it had been nearly fifteen years since the character had been in Oakdale. I wasn't even born when Prinz ended her run in 1971 but it always gives me a warm feeling to see Penny stroll into that Hughes kitchen and to see the reactions of the other characters. The actors themselves look genuinely happy to see her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 10, 2021 Members Share Posted January 10, 2021 I think when they gave Heather more personal stories and not just business, she did alright - the miscarriage story with Holden, for instance. I also thought her work in the scenes where Lily learned The Truth About Aaron was very strong. I can't judge fairly because she was my first Lily. I did not see Martha until she returned. I never really got the hype. I did think she had chemistry with Paolo Seganti, but otherwise I enjoyed her more as Rose. I think it's something where if you were not watching when she first came on as a young girl, then you didn't have a connection. She is actually my least favorite of the three Lilys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted January 11, 2021 Members Share Posted January 11, 2021 Yeah you missed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted January 11, 2021 Members Share Posted January 11, 2021 Tony DiMera (though it was Andre) return in 2001 at the Penthouse Grille Alexandra Spaulding return in the form of Joan Collins, I enjoyed that stint. I loved Eileen’s return as Kristen, just didn’t like that whole “oh ok, she’s alive.” thing. No shock value from John nor Marlena, only EJ who thought it was his mother in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted January 11, 2021 Members Share Posted January 11, 2021 Martha was the only Lily I ever saw and I never liked her. I don't think she's a very good actress, Lily was a miserable character and she played her like a cold fish. I started watching during Hogan Sheffer's tenure (let's not) and I truly did not understand why she was a lead, hell I didn't like Carly either but Maura West was captivating. I was so confused by Simon's obsession with her, she looked and acted like his mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted January 11, 2021 Members Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) I mean, after the number of DiMeras that had faked their deaths by that point, I probably wouldn't be too shocked either tbf. Edited January 11, 2021 by beebs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted January 11, 2021 Members Share Posted January 11, 2021 Angie and Jesse’s return to AMC has to be one of the greatest of all time. To be gone for so long and fall back in so seamlessly was impressive. The promotional campaign, music used, location shooting and everything was fantastic. AMC was lucky to have them from that point on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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