Let's not forget when this news broke. Without speculating about the reasons, which I am not doing at all, it's interesting that it broke at the end of business on a Friday.

Reminder: News. Dump. Friday.

11 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

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.

Yes it was! haha. Taylor Anne Mountz (who I still prefer as Kay TBH) left after a year on the show, (7/5/99-8/2/00)  then they had Gina Marie May play the role for about a month (8/3/00-9/20/00) then Deanna Wright came on (9/25/00-10/6/03) 

41 minutes ago, kalbir said:

 

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.

Camryn Grimes, Zulekya Silver, and Alison Lanier are the three ones I can name immediately off the top of my head.
 

Meanwhile both Hope and Steffy on B&B are both in their 40’s 🤣

1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

We musn't forget Andrea Evans was not the original Rebecca Hotchkiss, that honour (?) goes to THEE Marcia Brady.

I actually preferred her less campy take to Andrea’s.

6 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Camryn Grimes, Zulekya Silver, and Alison Lanier are the three ones I can name immediately off the top of my head.
 

Kim Matula actually popped in my head as a possible recast Ashley, but I know she's made a stride doing movies and primetime now. 

2 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Yes it was! haha. Taylor Anne Mountz (who I still prefer as Kay TBH) left after a year on the show, (7/5/99-8/2/00)  then they had Gina Marie May play the role for about a month (8/3/00-9/20/00) then Deanna Wright came on (9/25/00-10/6/03) 

Was that all there was? I literally swear reading about 5-6 different actresses but of course that may have been exaggerated lol.

Gina Marie May if I was recall was considered the worst daytime actress ever until Kit Paquin as month long Marina recast on GL and of course the notorious Charity Rahmer recast occurred on Days both in 2004.

Deanna Wright I recall supposedly quit over religious indifferences but later did attempt to be Mac on Y&R but lost out to Rachel Kimsey. 

2 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Was that all there was? I literally swear reading about 5-6 different actresses but of course that may have been exaggerated lol.

Gina Marie May if I was recall was considered the worst daytime actress ever until Kit Paquin as month long Marina recast on GL and of course the notorious Charity Rahmer recast occurred on Days both in 2004.

Deanna Wright I recall supposedly quit over religious indifferences but later did attempt to be Mac on Y&R but lost out to Rachel Kimsey. 

Yes!  Heidi Mueller played the role from 10/24/03 to the final episode. I think the amount of temp recasts they had made it seem like there were a lot more, and I think almost every main younger character was recast at some point? I know we had Nick Stabile and Priscilla Garita as a temp Fox and Theresa for like 2 months, LOL. 
 

I didn't know Deanna Wright auditioned for Mac...I would have liked to see that honestly! 
 

3 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Kim Matula actually popped in my head as a possible recast Ashley, but I know she's made a stride doing movies and primetime now. 

Lol I was trying to think of good/decent actresses still on a soap today.

I do feel Matula has done better off daytime though. Keep in mind Matula spent her last year with Hope on drugs and sleeping with her husband’s brother in true trashy B&B fashion 

12 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Lol I was trying to think of good/decent actresses still on a soap today.

I do feel Matula has done better off daytime though. Keep in mind Matula spent her last year with Hope on drugs and sleeping with her husband’s brother in true trashy B&B fashion 

haha, trust me I try to forget all that!  I do think her last couple years though were better, I guess because Hope wasn't constantly fighting with Steffy since JMW took a break towards the end of her run. Of course fighting over Liam and Wyatt wasn't any better. LOL

23 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

Kim Matula actually popped in my head as a possible recast Ashley, but I know she's made a stride doing movies and primetime now. 

Great choice!

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

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.

These ladies sprung to mind...

2 minutes ago, INFJWill said:

These ladies sprung to mind...

Only one I'd stand seeing is Lexi Ainsworth, but she's living her best life in London, England, so.

1 hour ago, AdelaideCate007 said:

Some of these new soap fans wouldn't have made it back in the day when GH had four or five Dawns in 18 months, all the various AJs, and lord knows how many versions of Lucas. Recasts are just going to happen lol.

I've watched soaps for decades but I'm wary of recasting adult characters. Particularly when the original has made his stamp on the role. Yes it's only been a month but MJ's Ted was one of my favorites.

On UK soaps there is at least there is a last a significant period of time between recasts. On US soaps Actor #1 appears on a Wednesday and in comes Actor #2 on a Thursday.

Some of the original Y&R and B&B performers were very green but they stuck with them and for the most part the actors improved and the audience accepted them.

Only Judith Baldwin was quickly dropped as Beth on B&B.

Hopefully Maurice was on good terms with TPTB and it was mutual.

Because if they were making changes on who wasn't working a few others would be ahead in the line.

 

53 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Does anyone have the episode count for Maurice Johnson so far in the show?

 

14 episodes as of Wednesday.