3 minutes ago, Vee said:

I think he was just a pinch hitter at OLTL for a few days because Michael Lowry was no longer available. That was a strange incident where IIRC he got hired by FV and had to show up on-set within like, a day or the same day according to his recent interview.

Yeah; I re-watched his Locher Room interview. Michael Lowry three-way phone'd Warlock, he got to set and Valentini handed him a script and said, "We're taping you at the end of the day.  You got this." And, I don't think he was a pinch-hit. He was a full-on replacement for Lowry.

6 minutes ago, Vee said:

As for Nina, I do think she's fine at Crimson. Of course I'd prefer it to be someone like Brenda or whoever and would dump Nina from that if VM came along, but Nina bought her way into that position long ago, CW sells it and Kate/Connie is long dead.

Skye could come back. 😉 And then, for @carolineg, Brenda could interview at Crimson for Deception.

17 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Yeah; I re-watched his Locher Room interview. Michael Lowry three-way phone'd Warlock, he got to set and Valentini handed him a script and said, "We're taping you at the end of the day.  You got this." And, I don't think he was a pinch-hit. He was a full-on replacement for Lowry.

Yes, but BW's sole purpose for appearing was to kill Ross off in just a few appearances. If they could've gotten Lowry for that they would have.

18 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Skye could come back. 😉 And then, for @carolineg, Brenda could interview at Crimson for Deception.

Skye Chandler should not be within ten miles of running a core GH business. She can come in for her little stints though! I don't mind her causing trouble and staying off, off, off contract.

Just now, Vee said:

Yes, but BW's sole purpose for appearing was to kill Ross off in just a few appearances. If they could've gotten Lowry for that they would have.

Well, it got Warlock three-months worth of employ, so good for him. 🤣 I'm sure the story was dumb and poorly executed, any way.

14 minutes ago, Vee said:

He was somewhat my A.J. because he was the one I spent a ton of time with as a youth, while my memory of Sean Kanan was more sporadic (A.J.'s stories in the Labine years were not exactly barnburners IMO, so they didn't stick in the memory much any more than Jason Q did). Today, upon review and after his return I will absolutely say Sean is the definitive article. But I think Billy did a very good job in difficult times. I have no idea who they originally cast.

I agree SK's AJ didn't get much to do at first.  He did get the Jason brain damage story and he played the initial part of the Carly/AJ ONS.  I think the show recast him directly after they slept together and Carly poured the booze on him to make him think he relapsed.  I recall they re shot those scenes with BW for flashbacks.  There is just a swagger of faux confidence that SK's AJ had.  It worked so perfectly with the character.  I also thought he connected well with SD, LC, and SBu.

Considering the fairly sudden circumstances of SK's firing I do get the idea to cast someone that was known, reliable, and solid.  BW never quite "fit" for me as AJ, but I did get used to him.  He really did what he could with a thankless role once AJ became Sonny's favorite whipping boy.  

I wonder if we will ever find out who was originally cast as the AJ replacement.  I would assume it would be a 'soap' name at least considering how front burner the AJ/Carly/Michael story was at the time.

18 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

And then, for @carolineg, Brenda could interview at Crimson for Deception.

Brenda should kick Natalia right out of Deception and take her role immediately.  

Just now, Liberty City said:

I'm sure the story was dumb and poorly executed, any way.

Extremely. The central story was his brother, Warlock's Ross was an expendable guest player who only appeared a few times. You don't want to know.

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

I wonder if we will ever find out who was originally cast as the AJ replacement.  I would assume it would be a 'soap' name at least considering how front burner the AJ/Carly/Michael story was at the time.

Given the era, my bet is a primetime name who couldn't hack it or had other problems.

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

Well, it got Warlock three-months worth of employ, so good for him. 🤣 I'm sure the story was dumb and poorly executed, any way.

It was beyond dumb

Ross heard Tea "Died" He got custody of Dani

Then found out that Eli was behind Tea's "Death" and was killed by Eli

Todd/Victor found Ross' Body

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Brenda should kick Natalia right out of Deception and take her role immediately.  

Can she kick her out of Port Charles, too? Kthnxbye.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Extremely. The central story was his brother, Warlock's Ross was an expendable guest player who only appeared a few times. You don't want to know.

The "writer" was writing... I can only imagine. 🫣

Is Skye still alive? I honestly cant remember how she was written out

18 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Is Skye still alive? I honestly cant remember how she was written out

Yes. She last appeared in 2012 challenging Blair re: the resemblance between Lorenzo Alcazar and Tomas Delgado from OLTL, both played by Ted King. Ron never resolved that weird subplot due to the lawsuit, but Blair did end her engagement to Tomas who had promptly mysteriously disappeared overseas (which, unintentionally, cued up Todd and Blair reuniting on OLTL 2.0).

1 hour ago, Vee said:

Yes. She last appeared in 2012 challenging Blair re: the resemblance between Lorenzo Alcazar and Tomas Delgado from OLTL, both played by Ted King. Ron never resolved that weird subplot due to the lawsuit, but Blair did end her engagement to Tomas who had promptly mysteriously disappeared overseas (which, unintentionally, cued up Todd and Blair reuniting on OLTL 2.0).

And then, somehow, she married Martin Grey? 🫣

2 hours ago, carolineg said:

I wonder if we will ever find out who was originally cast as the AJ replacement.  I would assume it would be a 'soap' name at least considering how front burner the AJ/Carly/Michael story was at the time.

 

2 hours ago, Vee said:

Given the era, my bet is a primetime name who couldn't hack it or had other problems.

I do remember BW saying that Christopher Atkins had auditioned for A.J. - which would have been interesting to watch, lol - but I don't think he was the one they'd picked.

I'd also take BW back on daytime in a heartbeat (although, maybe not as A.J. again, lol).  Again, maybe not the greatest actor, but definitely one who puts in the work, which goes a long way with me.

4 hours ago, Liberty City said:

I agree/disagree with this. In the other roles I've seen Kin in, I've liked him in those. But it's clear that Scotty Baldwin is where his bread is fully buttered. When he pinch-hit for Ted Shackleford as Jeffrey Bardwell on Y&R, I quite liked him in that role. And I didn't entirely hate him as Keith Morrissey on ATWT.

I didn't entirely hate him on ATWT either.  And I thought he did quite well, too, at Y&R, despite not having much to do either time.  (Hadn't he been on Y&R before, in another role?)

Overall, though, it seems like no one other role for KS has landed the way Scotty has, and I think that's simply because no other show has written to his strengths.  Again, a very handsome, good-looking guy - or, at least, he was BITD - who also could be very quirky.  On soaps, they either write to one, or to the other, but never to both.

Ironically, Ken Corday won't cast him on DAYS because he "doesn't get him," or so KS has said.  Yet, for some reason, I think he'd do very well playing a Mike Horton recast, giving that character layers and colors that other actors haven't, while still remaining true to who Mike has always been.

44 minutes ago, Khan said:

I didn't entirely hate him on ATWT either.  And I thought he did quite well, too, at Y&R, despite not having much to do either time.  (Hadn't he been on Y&R before, in another role?)

Yes, Shriner appeared in 2004 as Harrison Bartlett.

45 minutes ago, Khan said:

Ironically, Ken Corday won't cast him on DAYS because he "doesn't get him," or so KS has said.  Yet, for some reason, I think he'd do very well playing a Mike Horton recast, giving that character layers and colors that other actors haven't, while still remaining true to who Mike has always been.

I could semi-see him as Mike, although, would not be my prime choice.

Someone probably said this already but Roger Howarth as Franco. Just no 

On 1/5/2025 at 5:36 PM, Khan said:

I think even Billy Warlock would agree that he was miscast.  I, myself, was willing to give him a chance, since I don't think there had been a definitive take on the character.  But it was so obvious how Bob Guza resented JFP (or Riche, or whoever was EP at that time) foisting BW on him.

I still think Y&R would have been better off casting MW as Sharon's long-lost half-sister.  Sharon is a character who DESPERATELY needs relatives on the canvas, IMO.

I might be in the minority but I found Billy's portrayal as a tortured lost soul AJ, to be pretty sympathetic. It's when they outright made him vengeful and psychotic and trying to get his son back is where the character fell off. It wasn't until later I realized AJ was on GH as late as 2005. 

But I totally concede that Sean K was the superior AJ.

TBH, I don't think there's ever been a definitive AJ Quartermaine.  Which is odd, considering his pivotal place in the show's history.  But AJ's like casting kryptonite for GH, lol.

With Beth Ehlers, on top of that diva tude she went in with, she shouldnt have been a newly created character, she should have been Julie Chandler or Laine Cortlandt