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| SOD: Days recasts Will Horton | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 7 2009, 01:05 PM (8,471 Views) | |
| DrewHamilton | Dec 9 2009, 02:28 AM Post #141 |
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As a supporter of Philip and Melanie, I'm really puzzled as to how you can think that Casey Deidrick and Chandler Massey look much older than Gabriella Rodriguez and Taylor Spreitler, yet Molly Burnett looks fine paired with Jay Kenneth Johnson, who looks and is over ten years older than her. I don't get it. Burnett still looks like she could play a high school teenager. |
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| cassie1013 | Dec 9 2009, 04:10 AM Post #142 |
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I don't get it either, but I buy her as the older teen (close to 20) who can and will date the older guy. There's always a girl around like that, and that's my justification. I don't understand why it works for Molly as Melanie, but IMO, it just does. I really like them. Hard to pull off though. For example, Rachel Melvin came off as way, way too young in the Dan story. It was just ridiculous, she isn't capable of playing the maturity level for that kind of story...and now she's playing a teen on heroes. Go figure. |
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| cassie1013 | Dec 9 2009, 04:11 AM Post #143 |
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DEAD on. She had that whole emo thing going in her Day of Days interview, too. God, the way she's playing Mia actually really reminds me of BELLA. Edited by cassie1013, Dec 9 2009, 04:12 AM.
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| cassie1013 | Dec 9 2009, 04:19 AM Post #144 |
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I also agree Gabby is pretty good. Taylor seems to think she's good at playing sad and depressed, according to her DOD interview. LOL to that. Re: Line remembering. God, it was so obvious that Patton was focusing on remembering his next line at times. SO obvious. I've been there and I know the feeling. I've seen it happen for real too, and it's always that rigid movement, stutter, and nervous look. You need a photographic memory to work in daytime. Yeah, Will, being the only 'related' character to anyone, needs to lead this teen group. Why didn't they SORAS anyone else to be teens, too? Theo?? I'm sure there's characters they could have dug up. |
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| dooldooldool | Dec 9 2009, 04:39 AM Post #145 |
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YES YES YES Tad deserves more air time -- and maybe even a last name -- as NuBlondeWill's best bud. Nearly every teen in America has a go-to pal. Every successful DOOL female teen has had a galpal/co-hort. Sami had Jamie. Belle had Mimi. Even TracyMiddendorfCarrie had live-in platonic bud Jesse. Currently, they seem to be building up the Melanie-Arianna bond (even with the 10+ year age difference). And no doubt, Mia and Gabi are headed toward a friendship of some type. DOOL hasn't had to write for a late teen male in some time. Lucas would probably be the most recent example and that was 15 years ago. And frankly, Casey is too tall for TS. Their scenes are awkward and unrealistic. Why would Chad Peterson Woods, son of the DA and a Judge, snarky bad-boy of Salem West even be interested in Mia, whose personality in smaller in stature than her height. She was a "cheerleader at Salem West". Egad, their teams must have been suicidal. |
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| Halloween Family | Dec 9 2009, 11:44 AM Post #146 |
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I don't know that the problem with Chlesea was maturity level, it seemed like it was more to do with sexuality. RM has a different look and very beautiful eyes but doesn't really exude sexiness. That's why it was hard to buy this lust/love at first sight. Melanie is a lot more sexual. dooldooldool, lol about the suicidal teams! |
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| Paxton | Dec 9 2009, 11:51 AM Post #147 |
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Well, I don't buy it at all, as I'm sure I've mentioned, lol. I find Melanie extremely immature and believably 19, and I've yet to see them show any real common ground between her and Philip other than to throw it out there that she "understands" him because they're both dark or some such nonsense. I agree that Chelsea and Daniel were hideously awful, but I could not disagree more that RM didn't have the maturity to pull off a storyline the way MB can--I think RM is a much, much better actress even though Chelsea was not one of my favorites. The age difference was around 20 years with Chelsea and Daniel, not around 10 as with Phelony so that was even more difficult to pull off convincingly. I completely agree that RM is lacking in traditional va-va-voom sex appeal and I still remember that scene where Daniel and his doctor buddies were drooling over Chelsea while Stephanie and Hope were standing right there, and it was so ridiculous. But I see MB in the same physical mold as RM: small and slight and small-busted, with quirky rather than traditionally hot or sexy looks. Asking me to believe that a man like Philip can't do better than Melanie is asking me to believe too much. |
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| PhoenixRising05 | Dec 9 2009, 12:01 PM Post #148 |
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It's not the same thing, for a number of reasons. Like Cassie said, she looks older to me. It's also funny Chelsea got mentioned in this discussion because that is a good example of the difference here. I loved Melvin but she had such a unique look to her that you could never buy her in a romance with an older guy. Maybe you could but certainly not when it got sexual. The maturity was there but it just didn't look right IMO. The character of Melanie also has been through so much that I can buy her going after Philip and, considering who he is, I can buy him wanting her. His maturity level has always lacked too, despite what he has been through. The other thing to is Melanie is of legal age, both in real life and on the show and she has chemistry with Jay. They look good together. Casey, on the other hand, is so tall, as others said, that it looks awkward with Taylor and I don't find that Taylor and Casey have a great chemistry between them, at least not yet. There is something but the awkwardness takes away from it. Not to mention, Casey is of legal age in real life and Taylor is not. That bothers me and normally it doesn't too much but considering we know Mia and Chad have already had a sexual relationship, that makes it look wrong to me. They should've casted some\one younger as Chad. Plus, as Cassie said, the way Chad is makes me hard to buy he would ever be interested in someone like Mia. The connection because of their child is the only think that has made me interested in them together to this point. I also agree with the point that it always look liked Dylan was trying to remember his lines. That did not help matters, especially the way Days shoots. Edited by PhoenixRising05, Dec 9 2009, 12:03 PM.
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| VictorNewmanfan | Dec 9 2009, 10:55 PM Post #149 |
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According to DC Dylan Patton is Out as Will Horton and Christopher Massey is in as the new Will!Here is the DC Link http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/12/07/days-dylan-patton-out-chandler-massey-in-as-will-horton |
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| Bradyclan | Dec 20 2009, 02:05 PM Post #150 |
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RM could pull off sexiness. Actually, when she first came and was playing lolita with a much older Patrick Lockhart , she was believable. I don't know if it was the character change or something but she wasn't able to chanel her old Chelsea performances into that storyline. I jst have a feeling that she had been a little insecure with her body during that time. Alot of unjustified criticism was made at that time. It's funny though, because her next role will be playing a teen seducing a much older teacher. RM can pull it off , I have no doubts about that. I don't think MB would have done a better job than RM with SC. In fact, I think it would be worse. |
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| Halloween Family | Dec 20 2009, 10:05 PM Post #151 |
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I missed the start of RM on Days, it's good to know that she has it there because she is a good actress. I just didn't get an overwhelming sense of sensuality from Chelsea in the Dansea stuff or even Dan for that matter. When I first saw her, it was refreshing to see someone that didn't fit the "soap opera beautiful" mold. You have a point about the criticisms, she even mentioned something about soaps having beatiful actors and she didn't think she fit in or something like that. RM's eyes are quite striking, she was pretty but for the life of me I will never figure out wth they were thinking with that A-line haircut and chunky highlights. What project are you talking about for RM's next role? It hurts my brain to even think about MB and SC in a romance onscreen. |
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| Liz<3Days | Dec 20 2009, 10:15 PM Post #152 |
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Actually, wasnt RM cast as another character on DAYS? I vaguely remember her with a foreign accent, then they made her Chelsea/Georgia? I remember she had long hair and very pretty. I never saw chemistry between her and Dr. Dan. I complete turnoff! |
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| ChoppedLiver | Dec 21 2009, 12:47 AM Post #153 |
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Yay!!!! No more helmet heAd, bad acting, snot nose teenager!! Well I guess he still a teenager...... If I have to watch this kid get pushed around in a wheelchair I'll fucking give up DOOL for life they ruined Degrassi with that paralyzing bullshit. |
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| evilD | Dec 21 2009, 12:48 AM Post #154 |
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I remember that RM was a recast of Chelsea since I remember stumbling across one episode with somebody else playing Chelsea (hell, might've been the very first time we saw Chelsea) but I don't remember seeing her elsewhere on the show. I do remember seeing her on a Tonight Show with Jay Leno segment called "Pumpcasting", shortly after she debuted on the show. |
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| ScorpioQueen | Dec 21 2009, 01:00 AM Post #155 |
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I was wondering the same thing. Interesting... Either way I'm looking forward to seeing the new Will. He's cute :wub: |
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| Cheryl30 | Dec 21 2009, 01:32 AM Post #156 |
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it's a lot of things on degrassi which is ruined. i haven't watched a couple of seasons. :lol: |
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| Bradyclan | Dec 21 2009, 06:14 PM Post #157 |
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| Halloween Family | Dec 21 2009, 06:32 PM Post #158 |
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Thanks, I will check it out. I'm excited to see RM in a new project. |
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| LovingDays | Jan 26 2010, 11:25 AM Post #159 |
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Chandler Massey's first airdate is on February 1 finally as Dylan patton's last air date was on january 20 |
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| dc cubs | Jan 26 2010, 11:55 AM Post #160 |
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Thanks for the info. I hope Chandler as nuWill is a big improvement. I felt bad for Dylan but his young and this will be a learning experience for him. |
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