1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

Well the online scuttle is that Frank has been trying to get JMB back for a couple of years. Apparently there was a significant push recently to get her and she keeps declining. Whatever she is doing now she would rather do than get paid to be on GH. So recast it is.

JMB was not especially good in the part (she was so bad for a number of years that she tanked a number of stories and love interests in spite of so much being set up for her benefit), and Lulu was never a very popular character in spite of being given so many chances in those years. It's crazy to me they have put so much on hold trying to get her back when she doesn't want to return, especially when DZ is such a talented performer and has just been doing nothing year after year.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

 especially when DZ is such a talented performer and has just been doing nothing year after year.

And by nothing ....   Saminex. They are hardly the love story for the ages.

My take on JMB was always about the pout on her face. One smile and then non stop looking like she was annoyed to be there.

Emme Rylan, the stories were crappy and she --  well, just bless her heart for trying...

I liked her. That teen scene was the last time I felt they had something that was working as well as the 90’s group (as good as was possible on ABC in the late 2000’s anyway). And they had a group that could have been the building blocks for taking center stage on the show at a future point. And they decided to dismantle it instead and skip to Michael and Kristina, which has not worked like I think that earlier group would have.

I think Lulu is an essential character who hasn't always been cast right or had the greatest stories. The creepy little toddler never drew my interest lol. Berman could be obnoxious but she was still skilled. It's just a question of the right actor and material. I am not going to complain about beefing up Laura's (and Luke's) family again.

2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

It's crazy to me they have put so much on hold trying to get her back when she doesn't want to return, especially when DZ is such a talented performer and has just been doing nothing year after year.

It may very well be crazy but what you need to understand is that it is VERY Frank. It really is a Frank thing *but* he can change his mind. And, I'm hoping that's what has just happened on LuluMustBePlayedByJMB. I floated both Marci Miller and Stephanie Gaschet months ago!!! My fingers are firmly crossed. Of course, the writing has to be there. 

8 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

It may very well be crazy but what you need to understand is that it is VERY Frank. It really is a Frank thing *but* he can change his mind. And, I'm hoping that's what has just happened on LuluMustBePlayedByJMB. I floated both Marci Miller and Stephanie Gaschet months ago!!! My fingers are firmly crossed. Of course, the writing has to be there. 

I don't disagree, but I still think it's incredibly stupid. I'm sure he doesn't have anything against DZ, as he brought him back after wanting to try other things, but it's a waste. I don't think Lulu and Dante were ever a diehard couple for fans, and GH has successfully moved on even with pairings that had diehard followings.

1 hour ago, slick jones said:

And by nothing ....   Saminex. They are hardly the love story for the ages.

My take on JMB was always about the pout on her face. One smile and then non stop looking like she was annoyed to be there.

Emme Rylan, the stories were crappy and she --  well, just bless her heart for trying...

I'd probably even take Dante/Sam, if effort was made, but it's obvious backburner, pick-a-pair material.

I just mainly remember the awful entitlement of the character, which was not balanced out in the acting (similar to Joss these days). Months ago that clip was going around of her berating Liz as a slut and a whore, with Liz not allowed to say anything in her own defense, because you knew which was favored by the writing and which wasn't. 

Just now, DRW50 said:

I don't disagree, but I still think it's incredibly stupid. I'm sure he doesn't have anything against DZ, as he brought him back after wanting to try other things, but it's a waste. I don't think Lulu and Dante were ever a diehard couple for fans, and GH has successfully moved on even with pairings that had diehard followings.

Well, I don't think you'll get even the teensiest bit of disagreement about it being stupid. I still to this day point to Ellen Wheeler digging in her heels that she had to have Peter Simon for Ed Bauer & no one else would do & valuable months were wasted & then the story was floated with no Ed which damaged the story. And I am an Ellen Wheeler fan. Same issue, Frank, stupid is as stupid does. 

58 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I don't disagree, but I still think it's incredibly stupid. I'm sure he doesn't have anything against DZ, as he brought him back after wanting to try other things, but it's a waste.

Maurice had a hand in Dom being rehired. And Valentini clearly could take or leave him.

Edited August 8, 20241 yr by titan1978

I agree with @Soapsuds, Marci Miller is like watching paint dry. I found scenes with  her extremely bland.  Gatschett is cute, but first you have to remember how tepid her performances always were, not to mention her great story was first cousin sex

 

As for Emme Rylan needing closure, 

It's not rocket science...

@DRW50

As for Joss, there's nothing quite as entitled as running off your job as a lifeguard at the pool and not getting fired or reprimanded-- especially when the owner finds out third party instead of from her daughter, the lifeguard. (Yeah she saved her, but that IS the job. No head's up?)

With a good actress in the role of Lulu -- not remembering being divorced (just a suggestion)--  Monaco may have to actually work to keep her job.

 

1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

Maurice had a hand in Dom being rehired. And Valentini clearly could take or leave him.

Absolutely, but his years at OLTL always remind me of what can happen when he might have beef with an actor.

On 8/6/2024 at 10:33 PM, Jdee43 said:

The show has never done a good job in casting Lulu. I doubt they'll do it right now. 

My favorite Lulu was the one they had in 1996, with the black hair and big blue eyes. 

She was the wors!  I was always like how did Luke and Laura have a black haired child!!!!!

On 8/6/2024 at 11:49 AM, Soapsuds said:

Marci Miller is like watching paint dry.

Wrong there. Marci did a good job. The split personality story and the last stint when the writers wrote Abby like they did when Kate Mansi played.  The writing was the problem.

Hoping for Marco Miller or Alexa Havins, although Stephanie Gatschet might be good too.

Edited August 16, 20241 yr by David_Vickers
Correcting spelling, punctuation

11 hours ago, David_Vickers said:

although Stephanie Gatschet might be good too.

I don't believe Gatschet is acting anymore.

Marci was the superior Abby over scenery chewer Mansi(who does the same on GH)

Farah Fath? I outta smack you for that

Miller would excel at bringing the Spencer spifire back to Lulu that Berman had at some point (ie: confronting Elizabeth at the Nurses' Station). Plus, she'd have magical connection with Genie Francis & Dominic Zamprogna.

Not to mention, her casting would put Lulu back where she would be without the SORAS, which would be ideal.

What about Emily O'Brien?