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[carolineg]

It's a much better idea than some of the names I've heard bandied about like Hunter Tylo, Gina Tognoni, and Vanessa Marcil.  But I am 99% whenever there is a role available on any soap someone says GT lol.

And you are right 7 years isn't too much especially considering Shawn has a kid so old.  

[Soapsuds]

I thought of Hunter too as Hope.

[victoria foxton]

She looks spooky with the botched procedures to her mug.

[Khan]

Have we ever met Rafe and Gabi’s mom?  I’d say Ana-Alicia might be good for THAT role (with either a returning A Martinez or Lorenzo Lamas playing their dad).

[jcar03]

Yes, their mom Adriana was on the show back around 2016 played by Alma Delfina.

[janea4old]

Alma Delfina is a Mexican telenovela star. I thought she was good. But the writing for Adriana was stereotypical and had no depth.

 

Edited January 24, 2022 by janea4old

[AlexElizabeth]

Yes we've seen their mom and the last thing the show needs is another Hernandez, lol.  

[Soapsuds]

Agree on all counts. 

The Hernandez family could be fixed if they fired Galen and recast his role and had a competent HW writer that knew how to write for Latinos but that's too much to ask.

Edited January 24, 2022 by Soapsuds

[janea4old]

Alma Delfina as Rafe's mother Adriana Hernandez 2016, and mostly all they gave her to do was cook Mexican food.

Tamara Braun as Rafe's girlfriend Ava Vitali, and mostly all they've given her to do is cook Italian food.  Finally she gets to do some second-hand villainy with Kristen and Gwen.

What is it with the writers and women in the Hernandez kitchen?

At least Ava has friends and some life. They gave nothing to Adriana.

Edited January 24, 2022 by janea4old

[Khan]

So, I just googled Alma Delfina.  Apparently, she’s only four years younger than Ana-Alicia; and since they apparently didn’t do much with Mama Hernandez when she was on the show…?  Yeah, I’m standing by fantasy casting choice: Ana-Alicia as a recast for Adriana Hernandez.

[John]

 Ana-Alicia  was my choice to play the Ford bros Mom, Inez on OLTL.   We got Jessica Leccia, whom I like but was too young for the role.

Edited January 24, 2022 by John

[Soapsuds]

All she did was cook, yell at Rafe and Gabby and watch her dead beat husband walk around with pubic hair on his face.

[Khan]

By the way, I also stand by my other, most recent casting choices: Melanie Smith as a Billie recast, and Martha Byrne as a newcomer who turns out to be Maggie’s long-lost half-sister (a long-buried secret that ties in with the car accident that killed Maggie’s folks and left her paralyzed for a period).

[AlexElizabeth]

It was such a horrible time when we had all those Hernandi (that's my plural for Hernandez) running around. I remember there was also that random Blanca girl that the mom invited to Salem to set up with Rafe. She didn't last long obviously. They tried throwing her at Dario too. It was all awful. There were so many of then. I'd be okay with just having Gabi on the show and calling it good for the Hernandez family. 

Edited January 24, 2022 by AlexElizabeth

[Vee]

That's an intriguing idea, tell us more.