GH: Actress exits

[Liberty City]

[Vee]

Bye!

[carolineg]

The show has tried to make Sasha relevant for years.  They finally did and gave her a possible romance and a child with Michael and now they dump her?  It's kind of funny actually.

Who's going to cook for the Q's?  Olivia better get back in the kitchen lol.

[Vee]

I wonder what spurred this now after they clearly went to the wall to make her more relevant and keep her in the back half of last year. Budget, I suppose.

[dragonflies]

I wouldn't be shocked if they got rid of her so they can do Drew/Willow/Michael 

[DRW50]

I wonder if it was a budget issue, if it was their choice. The character had the potential to be more important to the canvas than she was in a while, certainly compared to where she was last year when there were rumors of Mulcahey writing her out. I suppose it does make sense for Sasha to leave while the custody wars play out...and I have a feeling Willow and Michael will get back together. But I do think she had a good place (and I think she and Rory Gibson had good chemistry).

I will miss Sasha - I don't think she was any great shakes, but she was nice and likeable, she had a lot of complicated relationships due to being around for so long, and other than the silly Robert/Holly retcon, she didn't have any blood ties with most of the canvas, so she could have been put into various directions. She's the type of character I think the bloated one hour soaps tend to need in the long run when the same few faces get too much attention. She's similar to characters I had a soft spot for like Gloria on AMC (although Teresa Blake was a more interesting presence).

I did laugh at Mattsson basically admitting so much of Sasha's story was made up as it went along and she wasn't sure how to react.

I'd think it has to be budget. There are a few others who probably make more I'd consider cutting but maybe they aren't in their contractual cycles yet, or however it works. 

Edited July 18 by DRW50

[carolineg]

It's so odd because you could have dumped Sasha years ago.   Frank seemed very devoted to the character.  Perhaps to make room for Kelly T.?  The Willow/Sasha rivalry could have played out longer.  Strange way to end the character, but I won't be losing sleep about it lol.

I liked Sasha as well.  I didn't love her or anything, but I thought she was just a nice, decent character to have around in a good age range to move her to different stories, but whatever.

[DRW50]

Yes, Sasha/Willow could have gone on for years. There could have been a very messy quad, and then they both have so many ties to Chase. (although he may be on borrowed time too for all I know)

Other than Jason there isn't much for Britt, which is why they are having to dredge up ties to Rocco.

I suppose in a Friend of Frank contest Kelly is always more likely to win.

[Vee]

Like, I'm pretty sure some part of the major BTS drama last year had to do with keeping her lol. The instant PM was gone she's a Scorpio, and she's having Michael's baby! So much for that.

I do think she could've gone a little longer now given the Willow/Michael situation, but I would've dumped her with a happy ending pretty quick (my silly little idea before this was to write her off after a whirlwind romance with a nu-Sly Eckert, lol).

I would have to think his patience has limits there, given her past antics (and not just quitting). I think she is back because Jason is that hard up. They're lucky he's slotted in so well with the Qs.

[DRW50]

That's a good point. This is probably also why we got the quasi-Sasha/Jason pairing which seemed like it may have been intended to go further but no one involved (or most of the audience) seemed enthused.

[AbcNbc247]

Has it really been seven years? 

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Edited July 18 by AbcNbc247

[MissPhoenixGirl92]

I really wish that Patrick Mulcahey was allowed to get rid of Sasha like he wanted to. We would all be better off. Sasha wouldn't have a baby that she really doesn't need, especially with Michael, and she wouldn't have turned out to be Robert and Holly's kid. What an absolute waste of a character. Sasha was interesting in the very beginning but I pretty much lost interest in her after a while, especially after they made her Robert and Holly's kid. That's what really ruined her for me... that stupid retcon. Honestly, if Tristan wasn't so sick, I would undo that retcon and just keep Sasha as Holly's kid and have Sasha not turn out to be Robert's daughter after all and Holly made up the whole thing. This feels so pointless to me. We wasted 7 years on this nothingburger character for what? Good riddance I say! 

[Taoboi]

Wooooow!!! She's FINALLY leaving now that she's kinda relevant.

 

Oh, well. Bye. Should have done it before they made her related to Holly. 

[Jdee43]

The actress had some charisma  but the writers could never write to it or to her talents. Instead, it was a lot of ridiculous darkness and seemingly always being gaslit. And then last fall, they went to all the trouble of retconning her to finally make her relevant, only for her to be out 9 months later -- like so much of GH, it was all a total waste.

[Antoyne]

This is shocking to me. I only knew Sasha for the last year or so and didn’t hate her. I thought the Sasha/Willow rivalry definitely had some legs for the 30 something set.

Michael really didn’t need another young child but I was shocked they gave him one just to take it away.

Edited July 19 by Antoyne