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[Khan]

Agree.

I miss Hope, but I don't see a point in recasting her either.

Let's see, if I were heading up the (alleged) DAYS "clean sweep"...

Abigail, Allie, Ava, Belle, Ben, Bonnie (or just reveal she’s really Adrienne), Brady, Chad, Chanel, Chloe, Ciara, Craig, Gabi, Gwen, EJ, Eli, Jake, Jan, Johnny, Kristen, Lani, Lucas, Nancy, Paulina, Rafe, Rex, Roman (or bring back Wayne Northrop and have Josh Taylor resume playing Chris), Sarah, Shawn, Susan, Tripp and Xander.

That should free up some cash.

[AlexElizabeth]

Khan, who does that leave? Jarlena? 

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[janea4old]

Usually, I adore the messy Brady-Evans-Black family; but I don't like the possession storyline, so I haven't watched them much in the past few months.

Currently...
Allie and Chanel are my favorite characters right now.  They feel like real people to me - flawed but worth cheering on.  I pretty much fast-forward everything else. 

For the future...
I loved the Eric/Nicole pairing.  If/when Greg Vaughan returns, I'm curious to see if the show knows how to write Eric/Nicole and will he remain a priest?  I think the actors could bring it, but I'm dubious about the writing.

Edited January 22, 2022 by janea4old

[carolineg]

That's 90% of the cast

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Seriously though, I wouldn't be mad if KA came back.  I just don't regularly miss her.   But i have never been a huge Hope fan.

[KLN]

#1: I'd like to see Martha Byrne as Hope. I heard they were recasting a few weeks ago. 

#3: Galen/Rafe, please.

[Vee]

Again: Hope isn't presently needed, but recasting her is at least as doomed a concept as Kristen. At least with Missy Reeves people were over her and she was clearly over the role.

[carolineg]

Hope has a lot more goodwill towards her character then Jen.  But MR bolting because she couldn't handle her personal business left a bad taste in my mouth long before her more problematic behavior came to light.  I think Hope probably took more hits as a character over the years than Jen though.  Jen can stand better on her own as a character without Jack, but Hope seems to need Bo.

[Soapsuds]

Do you like dating twinks?

[KLN]

That's kind of how I feel.

I like Hope but I can take or leave her. I'd like her there for family stuff but I'm not really missing her either.

I'm open to any character being recast except J&M, Sami and a few others.

[Khan]

Actually, that would leave the following:

Abe, Anna, Doug, Jennifer (unless I couldn’t get Cady McClain back and on-contract), John (even though I’d really love to get rid of him!), Julie, Justin, Kate, Kayla, Maggie, Marlena (even though I’d really love to get rid of her!), Nicole, Steve, Tony, Valerie (if I could get back Tina Andrews) and Victor.

And I'm only keeping on Doug, Julie, Maggie and Victor, because I feel uncomfortable writing out aging and/or ailing actors.  I wouldn't use them heavily, but I wouldn't eighty-six them either.

So, lol?

It's not as if I'd have Marlena wake up one morning to find Bobby Ewing John in the shower while Tommy Westphall -- I mean, Theo Carver -- is downstairs playing with one of his snow globes.  I'd phase out most of the cast gradually -- like, say, over a week or two? 

Besides, it's much better than the plans I have for GH:

Edited January 22, 2022 by Khan

[soapfan770]

You know I thought about B&B recasting Thorne again, this time going with a familiar yet lesser known actor like they did with KA as Taylor instead some name star with baggage like Ingo. I don’t know where Thorne would fit in but since the show feels like it is phasing out the Spencers minus Liam at the moment I see a pathway for Thorne to return. 
 

As for Y&R I also thought about possible cast cuts but the show feels so bare bones it doesn’t solve any of Y&R’s real issues at all. I am not sure how TIIC dropped the ball in negotiations with Mealor and King last summer while in the middle of a story and had to do very quick sloppy rewrites for a sudden exit for the pair but Morina & Griffith are long overdue to be fired for gross incompetence.

Of course if the “one star who has previously received walking papers”  turns out to be Michelle Stafford I think that would be perfectly acceptable. Phyllis has become a dead end character ever since she came back and is completely irrelevant.  Same goes with MCE as Chelsea. 

[Efulton]

Speaking of Thorne recasts does anyone know why Jeff Trachta was fired?  I thought he was popular or at least his pairing with Bobbie Eakes was.

[Paul Raven]

They could all move to the same retirement home ! Days would own the 55plus demo.

[allmc2008]

Blind item #1
One show is on the active hunt to recast a major character who has been off the canvas.

Hope? Luke? Stephanie? Thorn?

Blind item #2
Scheduling conflicts may force a soap to say good-bye to a popular rising star.

-Courtney Hope.

Blind item #3
Look for a round of exits to hit one sudser, including one star who has previously received walking papers.

-General Hospital.

 

He sure did!!!!!!!!

[Chris B]

I understand the need to wrap Hope's story up in someway, but I'd be happier with it happening off screen and being told what the solution is. They haven't been able to write a successful story for her for many years and her love interest is dead, so what's the point? Just have her come back to Salem and have Belle, Shawn, Ciara and Ben recap her scenes explaining she's getting married or whatever and leave her off screen. 

The rising star vet blind is likely about Lamon Archey. Hasn't his role on All American been expanded? Plus he's on recurring, so I'm sure he's at least looking for more opportunities outside of Days. The cast cuts have to be Days. I won't even entertain it being one of the other three.