ALL: Popular Actors playing Unpopular Characters

[Vee]

See, to me Avery was also a thankless part with a low life expectancy. Only Jessica Collins put that over for so long - she was what people cared about, Avery herself was not very popular. I also don't think LW is suited to playing a character that was often the calmer alternative to more brash characters.

(I do think a soap today probably could use Jessica Collins again, but she couldn't use them.)

[Liberty City]

Vee that is fantastic news! I've been hoping for positive things for you!

Yeah, pretty sure Park is happy with his once-in-a-lifetime daytime role in Jack Snyder.

EXACTLY! The writing was not there; Diane visited earlier in the year, and it was clear that's all it was meant to be. But then, suddenly, Diane is back by the year's end?! I don't think there was ever an intent for Diane's late 2010 return, regardless if it had been West, Susan Walters and/or someone else in the role.

I feel like Wright would have been hired to just play Casey (who I do have some recast ideas of), and Phelps would call it a day. 

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 I also don't visually see Wright at Y&R.. the acting style isn't there, unless Jessica Collins was fired and they brought her in as Avery (in an attempt to pair Wright with Steve Burton's Dylan).

I agree. But I feel like she's doing well in primetime/streaming roles. But it is weird, to me, that Avery came and gone so quickly. Another Arena creation that was removed (and kind of rightfully so).

[BetterForgotten]

Michael Park stayed working and has definitely carved out a successful career for himself post-daytime. Unless he’s hired be the lead patriarch of a completely new daytime soap (ala Tamara Tunie), it’s best he stay away from daytime and keep the momentum his acting career has in other vehicles. 

[dragonflies]

Yeah I'm glad about Michael Park, definitely too good for daytime anymore IMO

[Xanthe]

Just saw his name pop up in the credits of last night's Elsbeth. His character is not part of the murder of the week which features Alan Ruck but an ongoing thread regarding a past divorce case Elsbeth worked on. No idea if there is any reason why Park's character should be around very much though.  

[Contessa Donatella]

Why is this here in this topic? I'm not aware of MP playing any unpopular character. Maybe I need to be caught up.

[Xanthe]

I think he came up in the context of Maura West playing an unpopular character and I wasn't paying enough attention and replied here instead of posting in a more appropriate thread.

[Contessa Donatella]

Easy to happen.

[Melroser]

Did Robert Kelker-Kelly ever work as Stavros on GH? I thought he was kind of panned in that role even though he was quite popular after being on AW (as Sam) and DAYS. 

I'm curious how Kimberlin Brown was perceived on Port Charles as Rachel. I never watched her, but I think Sheila has been the only role she has stood out in. I know she had short appearances on AW and OLTL. 

 

I concur that Sharon Gabet on AW was a complete waste for her. The changeover in writers did her no favors from being a mute amnesiac to regaining her memory as Catlin's no longer dead wife to being an abused spouse of Peter's. Such a wasted opportunity to have an actress of her talent on the show (which AW desperately needed to give it a spark). Of course, AW was lucky enough to get Sharon, Larry Lau, and Denise Alexander from ABC around the same time and squandered all of them with poor writing. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Yes, Stavros Cassadine on GH was the last role he played but I thought it was a successful recast. I would call both Bobby Reno & Shane Roberts were both unpopular characters for RKK. Be interesting to hear other thoughts about these roles.

[Soaplovers]

Kimberlin was interesting as Rachel at first.  She started out as a more sane version of Sheila Carter with a score/vendetta...while trying to manipulate her patient Julie Devlin.

At first, fans were receptive...but the writers dropped the ball and she was quickly written out.  She lasted about a year and a half.

[dragonflies]

She was okay on PC, kinda boring. There was potential, her and KeMo played well off each other onscreen, same with her and Jon Lindstrom

[Khan]

I remember some were complaining about how cartoonish he and his story were, but I was like, "C'mon, the man's literally been locked inside of a freezer for almost 20 years!  What were you expecting?  'The Cherry Orchard'?"  And I wasn't even a fan; but, for once, the level of his performance matched the ridiculousness of the story perfectly.

[Vee]

No.

I do think Kimberlin was excellent on PC. And the role's deep, deep lore in Kevin's background (which I think was shepherded by writers from '90s GH) was fascinating. I think she could've run longer than she did, sadly. I'd bring Rachel Locke back on GH today to raise some hell if I could.

In fairness to him, IIRC they did have him dancing naked or shirtless to Right Said Fred's "Too Sexy" in the cryogenic lab several weeks in. 

Edited February 11 by Vee

[Khan]

LOL!!  God love Megan McTavish!!