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I don’t know if someone replied about this but Mary Elizabeth Winstead was the first  person recast on Passions. She played Original Jessica for 8 months then Jade Harlow took over in the summer. 

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I’ve been trying to give him a chance but he’s just so out of place here, and  Ben Gavin doesn’t get what being in a soap opera  means so I don’t think he will last all the way to the end of year…

Im ok with Ashley but wonder if there is a stronger actress out there even for her? 

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Haha I certainly haven’t forgotten about MARCIA being OG Rebecca!

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and looking back she did well in the role and a part of me wishes she could have stuck around longer…..nothing against the late great Andrea though! 

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Ashley is the weak link of the main female cast members.

I can't think of any major soap actresses in the 25-35 age range. That just shows how far the talent pool in daytime has dropped.

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Although it seems that the role might have been recast prior to the show's premiere, as has been suggested, Maurice Johnson is the ultimate professional.

He did interviews, engaged with fans and talked positively about the show despite knowing he wouldn't have long to enjoy it, with his role recast.

Last week Friday, a local outlet even published an interview with Johnson discussing his role on the new series: https://www.wjbf.com/community/black_excellence/from-augusta-to-fairmont-crest-actor-maurice-johnson-goes-beyond-the-gates/

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LOL so true! The original Don Hughes was on ATWT quickly recast and Jim Matthews on AW was immediately recast within a week of the show’s premiere.

I know it’s been 28 years but Sunset Beach did go through the same thing when the original Cole aka George Hamilton’s son and Shannen Doherty’s ex husband was replaced by Eddie Cibrian, fresh off Y&R and simultaneously starring in Baywatch Nights. 

I gave the AW and  Sunset Beach examples above but wasn’t the first recasts on Passions really the multiple Kay actresses that occurred in summer 2000? LOL. That was bad.

 

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