Y&R actress off contract

[Aback]

I think Abby was supposed to be constantly torn between her two families. That kind of conflict was almost never played - or at least not efficiently given the show’s lame writing od the last 20 years. 

MO is no leading actress material, much like her predecessors were not either. I hope they recast and reinvent the character. 

[Chris B]

I am no fan of hers, but I do find this shocking when you consider where the story is. I wouldn't mind Emme Rylan returning. I thought her Abby had strong chemistry with Bryton and she had more presence. 

[Liberty City]

I know she is... but we also know how "recurring" plays at the Bell soaps, so.......

[allmc2008]

What is swirl security?

[Liberty City]

When a Black person and a White person are paired together.

Also, a reference to "swirl" ice cream, which is usually vanilla and chocolate put together.

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[BoldRestless]

Aw, can't say I was a fan of her portrayal but she seems so sweet and she really loves the show. She used to play Victor and Nikki with her Barbie dolls! Agree that the child Abby was the most one. Frankly the daughter of Ashley and Victor should have more intelligence and vulnerability.

[Paul Raven]

Yes, Abby was always a bit too generic. The Chance/Abby marriage was just tossed aside and the build up to Devon/Abby was hardly wrought with angst.

I think they intend to use her as a supporting character.

[Antoyne]

I’m right there with you. I was always on an island on this board for enjoying MO as Abby. I haaated Emme Rylan and Hayley Erin as Abby. 

[Liberty City]

Ordway just had something special; I actually thought she would've done exceptionally well with the "Naked Heiress" storyline. She's one of JFP's hires that I liked. The other one was Robert Adamson.

[Paul Raven]

I felt that Robert Adamson and Melissa Ordway were both too old for Noah and Abby.

Both roles had been SORASED too quickly and should have been age stabilized for a while instead of casting actors who not only looked too old onscreen but were also older IRL.

And for Abby, daughter of Ashley and Victor,to have such a bland personality was a misfire.

[Liberty City]

Adamson is only three-years older than Kevin G. Schmidt and five-years older than Luke Kleintank. Rory Gibson was a downgrade in terms of talent but definitely a reset in terms of age. But, thanks to Gibson, Kyle Abbott is now older than Noah Newman, which isn't how it is in reality.

Ordway is three-years younger than Emme Rylan, who everyone vastly prefers in the role and still yearns to return. In reality, age is a construct in soaps I feel many get too hung up on. Nor do I feel either Adamson or Ordway look "too old," either. Both read younger to me.

[Broderick]

I don't think "recurring" means they don't plan to utilize her; it most likely means they just don't want to pay her for a guaranteed number of appearances.  (That seemed to be the rationale for bumping Chance to recurring.  They're still using him regularly, but now they don't have to pay him for 52 episodes a year if they only use him in 46 shows.) 

That seemed to be the big complaint Doug Davidson had when he went public about his recurring status.  "If I'm featured in fewer than my guaranteed appearances, everyone will know I'm secretly recurring!")  

To me, Ordway has been the best of a sorry lot of Abbys.  I didn't see anything wrong with Rylan, but she looked a whole lot older than Ordway (although I understand she's not).  The character's just never been terribly well-defined.  

[Liberty City]

Was this ever confirmed?

Thank goodness he's gone, honestly... and no one knew the breakdown on his own contract, as networks/production make it their policy to not comment on contracts, etc.

Rylan is older than Ordway, though.

[BetterForgotten]

And Rylan read a lot older in the role too - when the naked heiress stuff was going on, she looked damn near 35 doing that sh!t. 

[lucaslesann23]

I noticed that there seems to be different types of "recurring"

 

Noah and Allie for example just stopped being used and we're written off a few months later.

Chance, Still is being used like a contract player almost. He still has story and all that.