Recasting challenge! Who would have been a good replacement for Beecroft?
I say his brother David, who also auditioned for Tony, would have been a good replacement. They look SO much alike. And it wouldn't be the first time a sibling replaced a sibling, i.e. Michael Storm replacing his brother Jim on OLTL as Larry Wolek.
I agree that writing out Tony was not a great move, but it was clear that they were off the Reardons. Maybe they had long-term plans for Tony and Annabelle, maybe they were going to feature them in more mystery stories, but for whatever reason they dropped the idea. Jim was clearly brought in for one storyline that did not need him to be a Reardon so it's no surprise he was dumped. Chelsea was always a faux Reardon to me. They just didn't seem to have their heart in the family. That's probably why Long created her own blue collar family, the Coopers.
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