Actors who could/should have played other characters on their show.

[Paul Raven]

Reading some comments about Jason Thompson in the Y&R thread and how he is miscast as Billy, made me think about how some actors who are NQR as their character may be better suited to another role on the show, either on canvas or not.

I could see JT as Adam.The whole angsty/introspective shtick seems better suited to the Adam character. Of course he might be too old but as this is just wishful, why not/

Gina Tognoni would have rocked as Victoria, whereas her Phyllis, while fine, had the shadow of MS over her. And Phyllis is a horrible character anyway.

Connor Floyd as Daniel Romalotti?

Anyway, looking forward to your suggestions!

[SteelCity]

Lindsay Korman could have been Taylor, Nicoles' sister on DAYS, instead of go nowhere Arianna. Kassie DePaiva is a great actress, but miscast as hell! She could have played Melissa easily, and still use her accent.

[Forever8]

Kassie would've been a good Mellssa. And imagine instead of Melissa Archer playing that nothing Serena character. She ended up playing Sarah Horton. 

[SteelCity]

Talk about misfires! I'm not even a Melissa Archer fan, but that was definitely a moment of "LOOK RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!" Especially to bring the character on a few years later anyway!

Edited March 1, 2022 by SteelCity

[Forever8]

Well before Gina went back to One Life To Live Allegedly Why and Are wanted her as Victoria but she wanted to stay on the East Coast. 

[AbcNbc247]

Piggybacking off of Sarah, I think Lindsey Godfrey would have made a good Stephanie or Theresa.

[Forever8]

Emily O'Brien- It makes more sense if she was playing Theresa. I mean she has history with Brady and Kristen and is a Brady. Gwen was never needed on this canvas. 

[carolineg]

Same!  While thinking about this topic i first thought of MA as Sarah Horton then thought of LG as Stephanie.

Kassie D as Melissa is also perfect.  

[AbcNbc247]

And we've all said that Xander should have been Justin's son Alexander. Paul Telfer could still have played him; he would have just had to have spoken with an American accent like Hugh Laurie on House

[Melroser]

AW:

Laura Moss (Amanda) should have been a recast for Nicole Love. Nicole could have been released from the sanitorium. Donna needed more family and I think Laura as Nicole would have been a great adversary for Frankie. 

What if Mark Pinter (Grant) had been cast as Peter Love? The characters were very similar anyway (always wanting Daddy's approval). It would have put a nix in the Grant/Vicky story that came along, but Peter could still have been involved with Paulina, Cindy, Amanda and been a rival for Jake. 

MIchael Rodrick (Cameron) could have been a great Ben McKinnon. He still could have been involved with Amanda (and even Josie). 

David Andrew MacDonald (Jordan) should have been a new Jamie Frame instead of the show going down that weird sci-fi story. 

[DemetriKane]

Y&R

Eden Riegel as Mackenzie.

OLTL

Renee Goldsberry as Rachel Gannon

AMC

Peter Bergman as Jeff Martin.

Anna Stuart as Tara Martin.

Billy Martin as Jamie Martin.

Tamara Braun as Laura English.

Alexa Havins as Amanda Dillon.

Bobbie Eakes as Devon Shepherd.

Jamie Luner as Julie Chandler.

Kelli Giddish as Melanie.

Edited March 1, 2022 by DemetriKane

[Sapounopera]

Crystal Chappell as GL's Blake. I am not a big fan of her personality, but Liz Keifer had turned the character into a bore. The show should be focused on Roger and Holly's daughter who was raised as a Bauer, is the mother to Ross Marler's kids and has so much history with the Spauldings.

[John]

@DemetriKane Do you mean Billy Miller as Jamie Martin?

[Spoon]

GL

"Christine valere" should've been hope Bauer and "Johnny Bauer" should've  been "Sean Reardon"

Nicole Forrester should've been Trish or Hope instead of Cassie.   

"Ava" could've been Anastasia Chamberlain, Vanessa's step-niece.

 

 

[Paul Raven]

This I cannot see. Anna is way better suited to more dynamic characters than Tara.