GH: Former Y&R actor joins cast in new role

[Khan]

I get not wanting to lose a cushy soap gig, but no one should go into the acting profession expecting job security.  If you do, you're an idiot.

[Vee]

Ironically, being put with Traci (a fan favorite for decades) was probably his best shot at more security. He was very foolish to pull what he did.

[Khan]

REALLY??

Yup, lol.

There's a lot I could say about Don Diamont, but I could never say he was a fool.

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[Vee]

I think so! It's been a long time since I heard any of this but the vague recollection I have is that was why they constantly spotlit him in the mags. "We demand more of fan favorite Daniel McVicar!" I could be wrong.

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[Khan]

You know, I always wondered about that.  It always mystified me how McVicar seemed to be so popular - at least, according to the soap mags - even though B&B was still looked upon as little more than Bill Bell's other show.

[David_Vickers]

Why On Earth Another New Character!?!?!??!  Daniel Goddard probably would've been a decent Jax re-cast.  Goddard and Ingo Rademacher are both 53, although Ingo looks older.  SMFH!

[Taoboi]

I mean outside of ruining a potential romance that would have kept him on in Traci...

 

...ruining the Juliet storyline because it made his character a flawed one...as if he wasn't already.

 

...ruining any time whoever was writing saw there was actually hate chemistry in the same vein as Drew/Nina under PM's GH with Victoria who is was the main female lead because Cane came across as a prick...which actually worked for him the same way it works for Cam Mathison's Drew on GH. All cuz he just want to phone in performances with a child bride.

 

Yeeeeah Lily is soooo better off and heading for a hotter man now that he isn't holding her down.

That's what did me in on him as a person and his character since hearing that made it hard for me to see his character without thinking that. And I tolerated and even liked at times Cane more than the majority of folk. 

[Contessa Donatella]

We don't need a Jax. And, what are banner-flying antics?

[Liberty City]

Disney ABC won't be touching Jax until Maggot's stupid, pointless lawsuit(s) are exhausted. Not to mention, we really do not need Jax on canvas at present time.

[carolineg]

I think Jax could be useful on the canvas.   Someone, anyone needs to be a Lois love interest.  I can't imagine Goddard as Jax or paired with Carly though.  I feel like Laura Wright would eat DG alive lol. 

[janea4old]

Banner-flying antics:  Rabid fans of Y&R's Lily&Cane pairing (Christel Khalil and Daniel Goddard).  Those fans paid lots of money to have banners flown from airplanes over the studio, long story. It left a bad taste in my mouth.
Fans did what fans do, I get that -- this isn't about them. I can't critique fans of pairings for simply being fans.

The issue for me was that DG encouraged the banners and fan adulation. It's hard to describe accurately.   It wasn't what it said, but how he said it. He comes off as smarmy/unctuous -- what I mean is... seemingly outwardly oh so gracious and charming, but in a way that felt more egotistical underneath, almost creepy.  He wanted attention.

It's one thing to be politely grateful at unusual shows of fan attention.  It's a whole other thing to be intentionally stoking that attention.

And then when CK had moved on, the show wanted to pair DG with Beth Maitland, and he actively sabotaged that. 

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[Liberty City]

It's not hard for even the least talented of actors to eat Goddard alive. 

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Only thing Jax would be good for would be to give Carly one good roll in the sack, take Josslyn with him and leave.

[carolineg]

I like Jax.  If you take Ingo out of the equation, I think there is a lot Jax can do still.  He's a much better Sonny rival than whatever villain of the year GH pulls out.  Carly, Lois, Nina are all potential love interests.   He can throw Joss into the ocean for all I care about her lol.   I still wish Brenda's son was Jax's because that would be so much better than Joss or random Balkan grandson.

[Khan]

It'd be another (hypothetical) Trevor St. John situation, with DG on the studio floor, lying in a pool of his own blood; and LW being dragged away by the LAPD, kicking and screaming, Norma Rae-style.

[kalbir]

It boggles my mind that Daniel Goddard lasted 12 years on Y&R.