ARTICLE: Soap Vets Jon Lindstrom & Cady McClain Join The Cast of ‘Beyond the Gates’

[Khan]

At last!  My prayers have been answered!  Cady McClain gets to have a role of her own on a soap, instead of being a recast!  Thank you, MVJ, and everyone else at BTG for making this happen!!

[Liberty City]

That's my thought! She's always been the recast, but now she gets to have her OWN role!! so exciting! Pamela!!

[dragonflies]

Didn't MVJ create Ryan and Kevin on GH? I know they're friends 

Also didn't Cady and Jon work with Tamara on ATWT too?

I love this news and Cady's hair looks so good dark too!

Wally's on contract? How is he able to continue to do both though? 

[DemetriKane]

Exciting news!!! I am happy to see them both join the show, great castings IMO. Elated for my Cady, I have enjoyed all of her daytime roles except On Y&R. I Hope Pamela got some fire in her!

[Liberty City]

Cady McClain & Tamara Tunie were on World Turns together, yes. And when Tunie returned briefly in 2009, Jon Lindstrom was on the cast, but I am unsure if their paths crossed.

She and Peter Bergman (Jack) were fire on Y&R together, but the arrival of Gina Tognoni's Phyllis definitely changed the character's direction.

He isn't anymore, but per his own words, he was allowed to do both, but DAYS had priority use. So, if DAYS was to use him and GH needed him, DAYS could decline it as the contractual-hold.

IIRC, whenever he was on contract at DAYS, he was rarely (if ever) used on GH.

[Jonathan]

I had no idea Jon and Cady had separated. When I first started reading this article, I thought, "Oh, how nice—they're married and now working on the same show again."

[titan1978]

The candy part def made me laugh. IIRC, Susan was back on contract after Bill passed away. No idea if she remained on contract though.

Which Jane answered! Thanks for the confirmation!

Jon has often credited her with giving both characters their definition and making Kevin work. MVJ responded to the actors and the Ryan story, and Labine let her keep it going with Kevin. MVJ even came up with the Lucy angle. She must have really liked those actors because I have seen lots of effusive posts between her and JL, and several photos of her out to dinner and spending time with Kristina Wagner in recent years.

And I understand they both like the pairing. I think stuff like this also makes it easier to get rid of Laura, or any character in the same spot. At that time she was with a recurring character (Kevin) and only had Nikolas (who came and went), and a recurring kid in Spencer. At least now her kids are on contract and somewhat being featured.

Edited February 16 by titan1978

[Taoboi]

Oh the gasp I just let out at this news. So excited for both. 

 

Yeah, you can count me as thinking I thought Wally was recurring on both shows.

[Liberty City]

He is as of September 2020, which I am assuming is September 2020 episodes.

[Soapsuds]

This was the big news?

I've loved Cady in every role she's done. I just hope she doesn't get bashed for her acting like she did in the past.

I've never cared for Jon Lindstrom.. He was a horrible Craig, but I do enjoy him on GH.

 

[DRW50]

Cady and Tamara overlapped for a few years. I don't know if they ever interacted. By the time Jon joined the show Tamara was mostly gone.

The best I've seen from Jon was his '90s work as Ryan/Kevin. He lost a lot of spark after that (as did daytime in general), although he still did some good work as Ryan in his various returns. 

It will be interesting to see Cady in a new part. She's very up and down - sometimes excellent, sometimes very mannered.

I already said this in the BtG thread but I wouldn't be shocked if Genie ever tries to move to this show if it can happen, especially with the right part, as her heart was always with more "bad" type ladies anyway. 

Edited February 16 by DRW50

[slick jones]

Great news for both.

Lindstrom hasn't had anything to do on GH for years, and he's way too talented to simply appear as "arm candy" when #firefrank deigns to use him. Hopefuly he can continue to make the random, occasional pop-ins as Kevin.  I completely agree that Genie has long deserved a love interest more suited to her. I, long ago, would have reunited Kevin with Lucy. Kevin always grounded Lucy. 

With everything that's happened with Mac learning about Cody, Kevin and Mac  not having any conversations just shows how little FV gives a flying fig about either character.

Fantastic news for Cady, who should be ensconsed in the Horton house as opposed to MBR appearing for handfuls of episodes.  I hope the Pamela character keeps her on the air for years to come.