I don't know a LOT of different soap actors, like some of y'all do. But I was thinking of someone in the mold of a Chris Bernau --a man who could play sophistication, suaveness, and a steely determination in his career, but with a slightly more "formidable" presence than John McCook ever had. Someone who could be Stephanie's equal. It would've completely changed the dynamics of the show if Eric had been less of a spineless patsy.
There actually WAS an actor similar to that on B&B during its first year --- the actor who'd played Neil Fenmore on Y&R. (James Storm?) Whenever I saw a scene between Bill Spencer Senior and Stephanie Forrester, I often wondered how the story would've developed differently if HE had been cast as Eric Forrester.
Someone posted a picture of (a washed-up) Troy Donahue in this thread yesterday. That immediately made me think of TAB HUNTER, who was a decent actor, was only a few years older than Susan Flannery, and still came across as very handsome and sort of boyishly playful in the 1980s, but also understood sophistication (and subterfuge). I expect he would've been happy for a steady job in 1987.
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