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!!

4 minutes ago, Khan said:

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!!

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

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!

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They announced their separation last year. I opted not to mention in my article as I didn't deem it necessary. That said, we'll soon find out if he's doing Beyond the Gates full-time or recurring, ala Wally Kurth who appears on GH as Ned and Justin on Days of our Lives, the latter of which is on contract. 

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

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!

17 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

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

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.

12 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

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!

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.

21 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

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

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.

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."

3 hours ago, Errol said:

If it's from Jason, there's no question it's true. However, a DAYS contract is like candy. You get a piece today, you don't get a piece tomorrow. They even had the nerve to not have Lauren Koslow on contract (even right now), and I believe they added Susan Seaforth Hayes as a contract at some point if I recall Jason's post on his since inaccessible Facebook page.

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.

3 hours ago, janea4old said:

Contract: October 4, 2024-Present. 

Which Jane answered! Thanks for the confirmation!

1 hour ago, dragonflies said:

 

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

 

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.

3 hours ago, Vee said:

IIRC Genie asked for a contract and a serious commitment to a new love interest when she agreed to return full time in 2015-2016. What she got was FV playing it cheap, again: Preexisting recurring player Kevin in a romance that has never made much sense to me.

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.

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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.

2 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

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

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

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.

 

4 hours ago, dragonflies said:

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

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.

19 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

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.

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.

6 hours ago, Vee said:

IIRC Genie asked for a contract and a serious commitment to a new love interest when she agreed to return full time in 2015-2016. What she got was FV playing it cheap, again: Preexisting recurring player Kevin in a romance that has never made much sense to me.

I'm glad the actors enjoy it and I know the couple has fans, but it always simply felt like dismissive budget Tic Tac Toe to me vs. anything organic because FV would rather die than spend money he can waste on JPS and stars from other soaps on hiring someone new specifically tailored to Genie.

Anyway, good for Jon and Cady. I do hope he can do both shows, even if I am not pleased with the use of Kevin in recent years.

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. 

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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.