B&B Major Character Recast!

[Soapsuds]

Same...keep her far away from daytime.

 

As for Krista...I've always like her. I'll probably tune in to see her premiere as Taylor.

[KMan101]

Krista definitely looks like Hunter so from a physical aspect it's a good recasting. I just expect Taylor to be 'in name only' but I'm good with this considering the circumstances with Tylo. I mean, if they didn't want Hunter they wouldn't have asked three times until they finally decided to recast. I know there are issues but they at least tried. Could they have 'tried harder' to work things out? Most likely ... and to be fair, the show is a shell of itself and I think Hunter sees the writing on the wall. She's not a fan.

 

I mean, some of it borders on really really really bad softcore porn levels. That's what Brad wants to write. LOL.

 

I do like Krista. She earned my respect as Billie even though I didn't love softcore porn Billie with the soft baby voice. I just see visions of 'Taylor' doing similar things. I hope I'm wrong. (Anyone else remember her on Married with Children as Crystal Clark the 'man who is now a woman' LOL ... one of my favorite episodes of the later awful seasons)

 

Taylor/Cringe/Bill/Brooke writes itself

Edited October 28, 2021 by KMan101

[Maxim]

She looks good. Finally Taylor not looking like a plastic surgery freakshow. 

[Taoboi]

Everybody else call her Soft Porn Billie...but I liked a Billie who schemed like her mother.

 

Good news for Krista either way. 

[Soapsuds]

I liked her as Billie too.

[SteelCity]

I would be SO here for Kristian Alfonso as Taylor!

[Vee]

I think it'd be beneath her at this point to join the Thorsten Kaye rung of random recasts on this shitshow, tbh. They'd be better off making a new role for her.

[FrenchBug82]

I understand why people didn't like her *as Billie* but I liked her and I kinda liked what they were doing then even though it wasn't the Billie we had to come to know and love.

I always disliked that nickname. because the belittling moral judgement behind it bugs me. She did Emmanuelle. So what? It is irrelevant IMO to whether she has talent or is in the right role.

She was a beautiful woman and looks like she is still. Not an Emmy-winning thespian but she was charming enough to carry what she was given. I dare hope a revamped Taylor might be a decent fit, even if it is a TK-type deal where the original will always be the definitive version but the recast brings enough to the table that there are upsides to have them in the role.

That would actually have been a fun idea but I don't think Bell wanted to trade a difficult actress for another.
I like KA btw but I doubt she would handle well being supporting on an unfamiliar show that doesn't treat well its supporting cast past the first three months after the hoopla has died down.

[Vee]

I think she was just way too pretty and overall femme and delicate for Billie, who I associated with being a bit butch, spunky and tough. Lisa Rinna was a fairly unique hire for soaps, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the recast. The character also became weak and whiny. The key issue was that they made Billie a disposable vixen/ingenue with Allen, she was just a plot widget.

That being said, Krista has some ability and I think she'd do well on this kind of show as Taylor.

Edited October 28, 2021 by Vee

[FrenchBug82]

Yep. That was why I understand why she was disliked as Billie even though I had a soft spot for her.
The pretty thing didn't bother me - actually it kind of made it a more even fight with Kristian Alfonso although one might ask how PR's Bo managed to... never mind - but you are absolutely correct she became very weak on one hand and almost generic on the other hand and it just wasn't what Billie had been.
I suspect that was intentional though - since once KA came back the writers want Bope to be the end game - but it wasn't right to the character and fair on KA that she was blamed for it.

But it is true that in the spirit of the "Can you imagine so-and-so playing" thread, I can't imagine Allen playing almost *any* of the early Billie material.
But I am glad she is getting potentially a second look

[Gray Bunny]

Gasp! Are you insinuating Peter Reckell wasn't very good looking? :::clutches pearls::: I know plenty o' women and gay men who will beg to differ 

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[FrenchBug82]

I know. Diversity is the spice of life in that way. I definitely see the charisma I guess but since both KA were just physically stunning I thought it could be jarring at times.
Not that it doesn't happen all the time in real life.
I try not to be negative on actors look when I can but I have a handful of very popular with fanbase actors whose looks are, well, not my cup of tea at all.

[DaytimeFan]

I did too. I think Krista will do well on the show and look forward to seeing her take on Taylor. 

[dragonflies]

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[Soapsuds]

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