GH: AMC actress joining

[Errol]

I doubt it'll play that way. It's 2024, seeing bigoted parents on soaps about children being gay is so 1990s.

[John]

Well Given that Blaze keeps saying her parents are very religious , I could see it but not for Maria Santos. 

[Lye-C]

You needn’t have replied to me in the first place. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Also add in Alexis & Sonny! No one usually gets beautiful obstacles! 

[Errol]

I agree, to a point. I just don't think it'll play exactly as people think. That's all I'm saying.

[Lye-C]

Delete 

Edited February 14, 2024 by Lye-C

[John]

That was Sydney Penny  who filled in for Susan Ward

[Lye-C]

Whoops!

[Contessa Donatella]

I think you hit the spot. They didn't want to. Why would they? They're just trying to get the show on the air, hope to get a renewal & continue on & they see these people as what they are, actors in need of a job & in like fashion they need actors. Works out swimmingly. They don't have a responsibility to continue characters from another show. 

[Marco Dane]

Blaze could’ve been Maddie Grey and the show would’ve had a connection to AMC

[DRW50]

Maria was never much of a character, and I don't see a reason to bring her back. With that said, casting Eva will only remind longtime ABC Daytime viewers of Maria. It feels like a lose-lose proposition. They should have cast another actress in the part.

I also never thought Eva was that great an actress to warrant a high profile casting, but we'll see. Best of luck to her.

Edited February 14, 2024 by DRW50

[DramatistDreamer]

Not necessarily. Didn’t Eileen Fulton do this in the 1960s? Granted it was from ATWT to a newly created soap but it was as the same character.

[Vee]

I just don't see any need to indulge Frank's longtime fetish for creating an ABC "super soap" anymore. A few crossovers were fine 10+ years ago but it went way too far some time ago. Let past ABC stars come on this show in new roles suited to this show's canvas, as was custom for decades. Keep crossover characters to a minimum. Angie Hubbard or David Hayward I'd make a rare (and brief) exception for given their occupation and history with certain folks, but Maria or her kids? I loved Maria but I don't care. Crossovers should be few and far between, and most actors should come on for GH roles on GH.

Edited February 14, 2024 by Vee

[Contessa Donatella]

Eileen Fulton in the 60s. Beverlee McKinsey in the 80s. Robin Christopher in the 90s. Was Somerset also the 80s? Jordan Charney & Ann Wedgeworth. A small gang from AW to ATWT in the 2000s. 

[Liberty City]

Eva La Rue is amazing, and The Young and the Restless wasted her as Celeste. I'm hoping her tenure as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez is more promising! Looking forward to seeing her.

I concur, especially following the recent reprisal of Kassie DePaiva's Blair, which did feel out-of-character for Blair from my POV. Jackson Montgomery on the other hand? Sign me UP!

But in the community Blaze is from is right on target, unfortunately. As disappointing as it is to say, I did fact-check this with someone I know, and they can confirm while not as prominent as the 1990's, it is still a reality.