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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

 

Same.

 

 

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. 

 

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. 

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

 

Them turtlenecks. ;D 

 

 

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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