Existing Recasts that Another Actor Would Have Excelled In

[Planet Soap]

Are there any  recasts (which actually happened) that you feel another actor would have done well in? 

Y&R: Someone wrote on Facebook that Gina Tognoni or Tamera Braun would have been suitables recast for Heather Tom's Victoria. 

I think Sarah Buxton would have been a good replacement for Sandra Nelson had Michelle Stafford not returned, or even when she left again in 2013. 

[Liberty City]

Tamara Braun would have been an excellent Victoria Newman. She had the bite that Heather Tom had; in her first months/year, Amelia Heinle was excellent as Victoria, but the moment she became a mother is the moment TPTB stripped Victoria of any edge she had.

Josh Kelly could have been better suited for Drew than Cameron Mathison has.

[Dr Neil Curtis]

I believe Anna Stuart or Colleen Zeno would have been a better Anjelica Deveraux than Morgan Fairchild. 
 

 

[SteelCity]

I'm in love with the idea of Jamie Luner as Phyllis on YR. She's got that sexiness that Phyllis is supposed to have and plays the bitch well. 

 

[dragonflies]

When was she ever excellent as Victoria? She always looks bored and barely even makes an effort to act. AH showed more emotion on AMC than she ever has on YR

[kalbir]

To think some soap names thrown around for Victoria in 2005 were Sarah Brown and Christie Clark.

[Vee]

Heinle has never been very good as Victoria. What's really trippy though is when she first came on, some eps from which they showed on CBS during the COVID lockdown in 2020, they were clearly testing pairing her up with Jack.

[Taoboi]

I totally agree.

While I agree AH showed more emotion on AMC, she plays Victoria best when she's allowed to play her as a complete ice bitca. There have been points under various writing regimes and she does it well. 

 

Most recent example of that was her doublecrossing Ashland. She was COLD...AS...ICE. My favorite example that I've always said of her doing it was when she found out about Brad/Sharon and had this great monologue where she let them both know what time it was.

 

Other than that...yeah meh. lol. 

[Vee]

The problem is it never lasts. They try it out for a few weeks or months at a time and then she's back to mooning over Billy or the latest spare dude and wearing pashmina or making her own granola. And after almost two decades of this I just don't see why we should keep hoping they get it right the next time they flirt with not writing Victoria like an ABC Daytime heroine. She is simply not strong or consistent enough to warrant keeping her around for that possibility.

But they're never going to recast Heinle so it doesn't matter.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Vee

[SteelCity]

I'm still here for Christie Clark.

[kalbir]

We're stuck w/ AH until Y&R ends unfortunately.

Do you think she could have worked as Victoria, or would the audience still have seen her as her Days character? I know Christie Clark literally grew up on Days.

[Vee]

I love Christie but I do not think she had the chops to follow Heather Tom.

[Taoboi]

And as someone who loves Cristie Clark as well, I also don't think she could have followed HT. Now could she do a AH Victoria better than AH....well...probably. lol.

 

I also agree that we are stuck with AH. So while they won't let her stay an ice bitca, I'm happy they are definitely keeping her out of a romance with Billy.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Taoboi

[YRfan23]

The show doesn’t want a strong Victoria so I don’t think it matters at this point if Heinle or anyone else is playing her.

Edited February 2, 2023 by YRfan23

[Faulkner]

Yeah. At the end of the day, it hardly matters what anyone does on this show, the way it’s currently written, directed, and produced.