People saying it is no big deal that the role was recast...

Sure that happens in daytime, but in the first month? and a recast that no one was calling for?

When there are there are others eg Martin, Diego,Derek that need a recast before Ted.

Maybe in time Maurice will say more.

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

Your opinion, of course, but that seems like an overreaction.

Not just for this unnecessary recast, but a culmination of things. She said she's been planning this series for years, but the ages of multiple characters are out of whack. You think such easy fixes would have been fine tuned. Then, bringing on Cady McClain as Dani's best friend in rumoured rewrites, when she had much better friendship chemistry with Vanessa, and then saying Vanessa was Nicole's best friend, when they've only had one scene together. And not to be shady, but of all the actresses, MVJ has practically admitted that Karla Mosley is her muse that she wanted no matter what? A very odd choice to be so passionate about when, in my opinion obviously, Mosley is hit and miss at the best of times. 

And if the speculation that Maurice Johnson was just a placeholder, things could and should have been re-written for Ted to only debut when Robinson was available. It would have been easy to have him off-screen until then.

52 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

And if the speculation that Maurice Johnson was just a placeholder, things could and should have been re-written for Ted to only debut when Robinson was available. It would have been easy to have him off-screen until then.

That's not unheard of in daytime, though. It's happened a number of times with casting one actor when they intended another.

At the end of the day, it's a new soap and in that context none of this (or anything you mentioned) is unusual. It's just been awhile since any of us have experienced it.

4 hours ago, Bright Eyes said:

He better be amazing or else I'm going to start seriously questioning MVJ's taste level.

You certainly know what to say, and I concur.

On 3/23/2025 at 2:29 PM, Contessa Donatella said:

Yes, Brittany was in that short-lived show that I thought was quite good. Also a Tom somebody who you'd recall if you saw him & a Gayle same situation.  (or Gail) 

 

If you mean the guy on the left, yes, I know who Tom is. Or anyone who watches HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER do.  

 

But thanks. I thought it was that show.

On 3/23/2025 at 1:11 PM, Chris B said:

I've seen a lot of people speculate that he won't be in it for the long haul but he is one of the 20 characters on contract which suggests to me they want him to stick around. I will say, despite his heavy screentime, he doesn't seem as developed as the other contract characters. He's the only person on contract with no friends or family. All he has is Ashley and even she has the friendship with Naomi and a mother on canvas. He definitely feels like he should've been recurring. 

This is the one character I wish I had some insight on what the show has planned because I just don't understand.

I agree as well. But I'm sure MVJ has a plan for him.

 

On 3/23/2025 at 1:48 PM, 1974mdp said:

Well, if Maurice Johnson already knew he'd been replaced by the time the show premiered, but yet he also touted the show and helped spread the word...I think that speaks to his high level of professionalism. I hope he lands on another acting gig soon!

Same.

 

 

On 3/23/2025 at 3:42 PM, Cheap21 said:

Daytime recycles the same actors. This helps him possibly get cast for B&B or Y&R down the line should a role come up that fits him. I think he did well to handle this gracefully

thats been speculated and I can see it

 

Yeah, and he seems to have left on good terms so how he has acted on top on that (engaging with the audience) will totally work for him.

 

I can also see it being a case of Robinson was not available at the time, but is now. And that was who MVJ had in mind for the role. Wouldn't be the first time in this business. 

 

22 hours ago, Chris B said:

One important thing about all of the buzz this has caused is that it's shown the show has a passionate fanbase. For a new soap I do think all of this attention is impressive and a good sign that they have a diverse and unique fanbase for a soap. The amount of people I've seen ask what a recast means has been kinda funny but also nice because it means they're bringing a new audience to soaps.

Which is exactly what a new show wants. Like I said the other day, while most of us are used to it, there is a suitable amount of people who this is their first soap or they have not had a soap in soooooooo long, they might have forgotten some of these soap tropes. It also means...MVJ DONE DID IT, tapping into a new audience for soaps where other soaps can't even. So these newbies, I am sure, all will have to wing it. 

12 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Again it boils down to letting people feel how they feel. IF that's how they feel that's a good thing. It shows they care, and are passionate

 

If they didn't feel anything then I'd be worried about being apatheic

Yep. Indifference is the enemy in this case. And the audience is far from that.

 

13 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Yes and that people care so much about the character after just a month too

Them turtlenecks. ;D 

 

 

Tamara Tunie's impromptu rap, how much more delicious can she get, our Queen Anita, she is perfection. 

What other Soap has that been done at? @Taoboi I honestly have never seen that happen. I heard many stories about ideal castings missing out on the role though, but to let the actor go cause now the other is available is a little unprofessional to me. 

I could see if Robinson originated the role, and left the show, and he was booked when they approached him to come back, but this is a new show, and if the talent I wanted couldn't join at the beginning. I either rework it so that the character is off-screen until he's ready or he just loses out. This is distasteful IMHO.

If I were Maurice I would never come back to Daytime.

Edited March 25Mar 25 by DemetriKane

8 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

What other Soap has that been done at? @Taoboi I honestly have never seen that happen. I heard many stories about ideal castings missing out on the role though, but to let the actor go cause now the other is available is a little unprofessional to me. 

I could see if Robinson originated the role, and left the show, and he was booked when they approached him to come back, but this is a new show, and if the talent I wanted couldn't join at the beginning. I either rework it so that the character is off-screen until he's ready or he just loses out. This is distasteful IMHO.

If I were Maurice I would never come back to Daytime.

That's going to irk me because I feel like it's on the tip of my mind's tongue, but I can't say when. Or perhaps I'm thinking of the incidents where a role gets recast on a soap, the recast is successful...only for the first actor to come back and the recast gets dropped.

 

And I know it's happened in primetime/movies.

 

I'm sure someone will correct me. 

11 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

What other Soap has that been done at?

Lots.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Lots.

Which show? And what character?

Edited March 25Mar 25 by DemetriKane

3 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Which show? And what character?

Supposedly, Paulina on Another World.

30 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

What other Soap has that been done at? @Taoboi I honestly have never seen that happen. I heard many stories about ideal castings missing out on the role though, but to let the actor go cause now the other is available is a little unprofessional to me. 

I could see if Robinson originated the role, and left the show, and he was booked when they approached him to come back, but this is a new show, and if the talent I wanted couldn't join at the beginning. I either rework it so that the character is off-screen until he's ready or he just loses out. This is distasteful IMHO.

If I were Maurice I would never come back to Daytime.

THANK YOU! And it's like suddenly giving the middle 🖕 to all of the people who fell in love with Maurice in that amazingly short period of time.

18 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Supposedly, Paulina on Another World.

Is that common knowledge, or some industry insider tea?

I don't know the BTS stuff at AN, I only watched the show in the early days of Hulu.

Edited March 25Mar 25 by DemetriKane

27 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Which show? And what character?

I'm not going to go chapter and verse through all of the examples, but it's happened a number of times at many of the classic soaps lol. And certainly it's happened like this at the beginning of a show's run, with some actors never even making it onscreen after taping and others being replaced within days or weeks.

I like Johnson, but them's the breaks with any new soap or any soap period. Recasts and firings happen. And will keep happening.

Edited March 25Mar 25 by Vee

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

I'm not going to go chapter and verse through all of the examples, but it's happened a number of times at many of the classic soaps lol. And certainly it's happened like this at the beginning of a show's run, with some actors never even making it onscreen after taping and others being replaced within days or weeks.

I like Johnson, but them's the breaks with any new soap or any soap period. Recasts and firings happen. And will keep happening.

 Recasts do happen but in this fashion is pretty new to me. And, I am not that new to soaps. 

You can't name one character?