BTG: First-ever role recast!

[alwaysAMC]

One fun thing to think about in all of this - it'll require an opening update, and I wonder if they'll move some people around, add/drop others, etc.  Usually when they have to update an opening, they make more changes while they're at it, don't they?  (other soaps)

[edgeofnik]

I dumped X a long time ago, but if this has actually generated real engagement - it's a huge win for BTG because that means fans care.

And, who knows, if the recast doesn't work, it's not like that can return to OG Ted.

There's plenty of precedent for that in the soap world with my favorite promo being *The Real Greenlee returns to AMC*

[Darn]

They’ll just superimpose his head on to Johnson’s body in the opening credits. A dollar’s a dollar.

 

I try not to read too much into social media responses funneled through the people who share it on this board. 
 

Two tweets = the interwebs are LOSING it over this one! I don’t think the show will ever be able to recover from this foolhardy decision, CBS is quaking! The NAACP bout to sue itself!

[dragonflies]

True and I wonder if BOLD will change it's opening to add the names, cause YR and BTG have the actor's names in their openings and BOLD doesn't lol 

[Liberty City]

Well, the opening is only contract players, and outside of the main four (Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnée Duplaix, Karla Mosley), they are all listed in alphabetical order. So, assuming Keith D. Robinson will replace Martin Johnson in the same opening lineup ("opening B"), the new listing would be:

• Tamara Tunie
• Clifton Davis
• Daphnée Duplaix
• Karla Mosley
• Alex Alegria
• Lauren Buglioli
• Sean Freeman
• Ben Gavin
• Trisha Mann-Grant
• Ambyr Michelle
• Colby Muhammad (current closing face)
• Keith D. Robinson (new closing face)

[ranger1rg]

I cared about Maurice Johnson losing his role only because I thought he was doing a decent job, and I hate seeing competent people let go. So I posted about it for a few days, and I was ready to let it go after the weekend.

Much of this continued talk is due to Maurice himself. His continued and varied posts have certainly blown this up. I'm not blaming him, but that's just a fact.

I think this has garnered so much attention is not just that fans love Maurice Johnson. It's also seeing MULTIPLE other actors who are WORSE than mediocre. It's saying "How can you recast Ted when ______________ is so bad in his/her role?" Casting had more than one bad day.

We've talked a lot about Derek, but how in the hell did the actor playing Tomas get hired? He is absolutely terrible. Yes, he's good-looking, but there are HUNDREDS of hot and sexy Latinos looking for roles. GH just cast the role of Marco with a stunning looking guy who is also a very good actor. How did BTG misfire so badly? That's not the only role that's a miss, either.

A new soap was bound to have problems. The ages on this show are a complete mess and shoehorning in Cady McClain is a problem. The fades at the end of scenes are awkward as hell, and the way yesterday's show ended was a complete "HUH?"

So yeah, they have things to work out and work on. I just see firing Maurice Johnson as an unforced error.

[Vee]

A soap generally does not wait to see what the fans think if they feel internally they need to recast for whatever reason. Certainly not a new soap. They just do it. I'll miss MJ but I never expected them to check with me, lol.

There are plenty of people I would rather see go first but I am not going to fuss over this when we are what, less than 30 episodes in? I don't see Cady's character as a huge problem, and I expect most of the actors I don't care for to get culled.

Edited Tuesday at 07:25 PM by Vee

[alwaysAMC]

Oh I didn't even realize it was alphabetical order - good eye!  I just knew the first four were the main family members, and I assumed the rest were grouped together based on storyline (like Leslie/Ted, the sisters, etc.)

[Liberty City]

Nope; it's the main four Duprees, and then the remaining 16 contract cast (split up into two groups of eight) listed in alphabetical order, which is a fair way of doing it.

[Taoboi]

 

Edited yesterday at 01:03 AM by Taoboi

[Errol]

I personally would not have responded to this tweet, much less provided an emoji-filled response. But, again, that's just me.

 

[Contessa Donatella]

Now, here, this was my perspective the first day. Ted? Not Martin? Not Derek? That was me.

After that I ceased to care.

[ranger1rg]

We're now into YIKES territory.

Maurice Johnson "left" with his head held high, taking that high road. Now we're getting this???

It smacks of swerving hard to get on that low road. I can't imagine anyone at BTG enjoying this, and I can't imagine this helps MJ get his next role.

 

[Maxim]

I agree. Of course... it's his prerogative... but... Ugh. 

Mm-hmm. 

[Antoyne]

Wait he’s not allowed to laugh at an over the top tweet? He’s clearly seen all the tweets about Ted in his turtleneck.