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Matt Ashford's Diva of DOOL Interview
Topic Started: Jul 19 2012, 09:17 AM (8,910 Views)
Evan
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"Hope going in a new direction" presumably means a new love interest after Bo leaves/dies/however they write PR off the show LOL

How many times have we already seen Jennifer in mourning for her supposedly dead husband? MR won't need to rehearse this one too much.
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Jul 19 2012, 09:21 PM
DesignatedShelley
Jul 19 2012, 03:52 PM
One thing the interview suggested to me -- going off of what esp13 posted -- is that fan feedback has to become a lot more precise otherwise it's going to be poorly interpreted by TPTB. Matt said that there simply was never a plan B for J/J/D, it was either going to be That Story or nothing at all, and that's not ideal and it doesn't speak well of the writers that that was a reality, but what is a fan to actually do about it? Perhaps, since supposedly NBC/Sony/whatever other TPTB are listening now more than they have been before, there needs to be more dialog about what to do when a story tanks. It's not really good soap writing to have no plan B, but I can't think of a way to compel the writers to remember that.

I don't blame Matt for being a realist about it all though. It's got to be tough taking the principled stance for decades and getting nothing in return for it but a shaky financial future. It's easier for fans to take on that fight than actors, so I have no problem doing it if I could think of a way to do it effectively.
I haven't listened to it yet, but this just sounds like a cop out to me. They've gotten more negative feedback for other, more prominent stories than what they got for the J/J/D triangle. Those stories didn't just up and disappear. Besides, they also got a lot of positive feedback on those characters and that positive feedback actually got some mainstream attention. They used that as an excuse. I truly doubt Jack was a part of MarDar's plan.
Again I think it's basically that they are not going to stick their neck out for Jack much. I think they'd keep him around and even write "for" him if they could write him out of character and fuck with J&J as they saw fit. Does that mean he was truly a part of MarDar's plans? Depends on how you define that word. They were never going to build the show around him, nobody's debating that point. And again with this whole "many cooks in the kitchen" thing, we still don't know who ultimately made plan B a futility.

IDK, I still think all signs point to it being NBC and TomSell who made it clear that Jack was not a priority. But if Matt is still saying "You never know on a soap", I think there must be some wacky way for it to possibly work out in his favor. It'd be just that: very wacky. I really think all it boils down to is that a lot more conditions have to be right for Matt to have his place on the show than, say, Galen Gerring or James Scott. Matt as a fixture on the show is a(n unnecessarily) complicated prospect; not a guaranteed prospect, nor an impossible prospect. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty pessimistic about seeing him again on the show, but that is a matter of other practical logistical things too since it's all multivariable.

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As for Matt's comments, I think Matt just wants something interesting to do as an actor and he doesn't really care as much if Jennifer doesn't choose Jack. Quite frankly I think Matt has always thought that Jennifer should've left both him and Emilio in the dust simultaneously, back in the day. I remember one audio interview (I think from 2006) where he said that Jack was a total loser (and Missy protested, as did I of course).

Relatedly I can't recall Matt ever saying a bad thing about Jack's romantic rivals after 1993 (not sure either way about before), not even once. I think it's very much something he avoids on purpose, he's almost pathologically positive about the other men. I don't think Matt ever ever ever was interested in playing a soap hunk, to me it seems to practically bore him, and I don't think he ever wants to talk about his character as if he personally gets off on Jack beating out the other guys for the Jennifer prize. I don't think he ever wants Jack to be the macho strutter type and thus can't justify getting his feathers ruffled over whether or not Jack is the better man. I don't think he sees the fulfillment of acting to be about being validated as the better man, in this sense.

(And you have to remember that he plays a guy that once raped a woman. I know the writing was much better then when he was redeemed, but I can understand why the actor himself would shy away from tooting that horn.)

I can't agree in the slightest with his comments on Dannifer seeming like a great couple, however I think he's coming from a place that is a lot more accepting of bad writing than we are, because he has to be, because he can't control the writers and it's the zen thing to do, and that's Matt. Honestly I can't blame the actors for making peace with it, especially the older ones, it's hard for a lot of people to carry that kind of negativity around especially when it's their own lives and not the lives of TV stars far far away. I find it hard to fault them for not banging their head against a brick wall.

I think Matt just wants to be (and be seen as) a team player and to act out interesting stories whether or not they are True Love stories, and I really don't go looking to the actors to call out the stories though I appreciate it when they do. Moreover I can't deny that fans can be "My couple together NOW or bust". Clearly TPTB knew that Dannifer didn't work, but did they know that people would like to see Jack/Nicole? Or did they instead think that they would only settle for J&J, and thus the whole rushed reunion + death (to remove the sheer possibility of J&J) thing. I find it perfectly acceptable to face the prospect that I am simply much more into J&J and more in love with Jack than he is (although I believe he is in love with playing Jack), anyway, and with that in mind I can understand his comments and it doesn't really bother me if he disagrees since the writers don't cater to his opinion anyway.
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^I just want to compliment your post, and I think you make a lot of good points about MA's possible POV. I know when he was fired in 93, he was sorry that Jack and Jennifer weren't given the chance to be a married couple that could survive on a soap. And that was a shame, because I think they could have. If there's any couple I think could have, it's Jack and Jennifer. Sadly, he was fired because Days had lost the writers/producers who had a clue about Jack and Jennifer, so with that being the case, Jack and Jennifer really couldn't have that chance.
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Not happy that MR is already back to pimping Dannifer on her Twitter page - that's rubbing it in the faces of upset Jack/Jen fans.
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Jul 28 2012, 07:18 PM
Not happy that MR is already back to pimping Dannifer on her Twitter page - that's rubbing it in the faces of upset Jack/Jen fans.
She isn't pimping anything. She tweeted pics of her with a lot of people, including Eric and Kate. I think some Jack/Jen fans just read too much into her tweets.

And I don't think there is anything wrong with her tweeting pictures of her and Shawn, they seem to be friends, and if she is happy working with him, I'm happy for her. No one wants to have a poor work environment.
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She can tweet pictures of herself with Shawn, and it's all good...except for the fact that there are still a lot of Jack and Jennifer fans out there who are losing Jack soon and they're trying to deal with it. They're being told that Dan and Jen is just around the corner and they have to deal with that too.

I figure Missy could wait a bit, out of consideration for those fans, who've supported her over the years. A little sensitivity to the J/J fans would have been appreciated, that's all.

She could always wait a while, couldn't she?

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Jul 28 2012, 07:48 PM
She can tweet pictures of herself with Shawn, and it's all good...except for the fact that there are still a lot of Jack and Jennifer fans out there who are losing Jack soon and they're trying to deal with it. They're being told that Dan and Jen is just around the corner and they have to deal with that too.

I figure Missy could wait a bit, out of consideration for those fans, who've supported her over the years. A little sensitivity to the J/J fans would have been appreciated, that's all.

She could always wait a while, couldn't she?

Fully agree.
Missy could have had a little more sensitivity to some of her fanbase, the J&J part of it.
She better start talking up Dannifer, because the Dannifer fans will be all she'll have left to support her in coming months, I doubt MA fans will be sticking around after Jack's "death".
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Jul 28 2012, 07:57 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 07:48 PM
She can tweet pictures of herself with Shawn, and it's all good...except for the fact that there are still a lot of Jack and Jennifer fans out there who are losing Jack soon and they're trying to deal with it. They're being told that Dan and Jen is just around the corner and they have to deal with that too.

I figure Missy could wait a bit, out of consideration for those fans, who've supported her over the years. A little sensitivity to the J/J fans would have been appreciated, that's all.

She could always wait a while, couldn't she?


She better start talking up Dannifer, because the Dannifer fans will be all she'll have left to support her in coming months, I doubt MA fans will be sticking around after Jack's "death".
I wouldn't say that. There are plenty of Jack and Jennifer fans, like me, who will still support Missy. It isn't her fault Matt is leaving. I have no ill will towards her, and I am very grateful that she helped create one of my favorite Days love stories. My support of her or Jennifer won't go away when Matt leaves, it exists independent of him.
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Bring back Jack!

I haven't seen anyone saying it's her fault that Matt was fired. The comments about this are to do with her timing. Yes she can pimp Dannifer if she wants (they certainly need it considering their lack of anything of substance). BUT the issue is that maybe she could've thought how alot of J&J fans might feel about Matt leaving at this point in time - and seeing her being all happy posing with SC doesn't help matters. She knew people were upset about Dannifer, the triangle, Jennifer's behaviour before so to tweet a pic of herself and SC yesterday of all days was incredibly insensitive. I mean I'm sure she'll have plenty of chance to post those pics in the future when they replay this lame pairing once Matt last airs and Jack is out of the way of their true love.

Nobody's suggesting you don't support Missy but maybe some of us can't watch while Jack is killed off so Jennifer can be with Daniel (as per the writers preference). Again nobody is blaming Missy for that. Maybe had she posted any pics of her and Matt while he was around we may not be so offended by it - though I'm sure (and only speaking for myself) it still wouldn't have gone down too well now (because it comes across that she is more into Dannifer and SC than she was J&J and that to me as a longterm J&J fan is something I don't understand).
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Jul 28 2012, 08:50 PM
I haven't seen anyone saying it's her fault that Matt was fired. The comments about this are to do with her timing. Yes she can pimp Dannifer if she wants (they certainly need it considering their lack of anything of substance). BUT the issue is that maybe she could've thought how alot of J&J fans might feel about Matt leaving at this point in time - and seeing her being all happy posing with SC doesn't help matters. She knew people were upset about Dannifer, the triangle, Jennifer's behaviour before so to tweet a pic of herself and SC yesterday of all days was incredibly insensitive. I mean I'm sure she'll have plenty of chance to post those pics in the future when they replay this lame pairing once Matt last airs and Jack is out of the way of their true love.

Nobody's suggesting you don't support Missy but maybe some of us can't watch while Jack is killed off so Jennifer can be with Daniel (as per the writers preference). Again nobody is blaming Missy for that. Maybe had she posted any pics of her and Matt while he was around we may not be so offended by it - though I'm sure (and only speaking for myself) it still wouldn't have gone down too well now (because it comes across that she is more into Dannifer and SC than she was J&J and that to me as a longterm J&J fan is something I don't understand).
I never said anyone was saying Missy got Matt fired. But since you brought it up, I will say it, because that sentiment does exist, even on this board. I've seen people say that the blind item about one half of a supercouple trying to get the other half fired was about Missy. In one of the tweets for the week threads a while back, there was A TON of that going on. Wasn't Matt even aware of that very sentiment in this interview?

As for her tweets, it is her personal twitter account. She shares what she wants to with the people who want to see it. If people don't want to see pics of her with Shawn, unfollow her. Because expecting her to magically know what all her fans will think about what pic she tweets is unrealistic in my mind. And asking her to edit what she tweets on her own personal twitter account is asking way too much in my opinion. She should just tweet whatever she wants to, those who don't like it, that's their problem, not hers. Her real fans know she doesn't mean any harm by them.
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Jul 28 2012, 08:36 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 07:57 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 07:48 PM
She can tweet pictures of herself with Shawn, and it's all good...except for the fact that there are still a lot of Jack and Jennifer fans out there who are losing Jack soon and they're trying to deal with it. They're being told that Dan and Jen is just around the corner and they have to deal with that too.

I figure Missy could wait a bit, out of consideration for those fans, who've supported her over the years. A little sensitivity to the J/J fans would have been appreciated, that's all.

She could always wait a while, couldn't she?


She better start talking up Dannifer, because the Dannifer fans will be all she'll have left to support her in coming months, I doubt MA fans will be sticking around after Jack's "death".
I wouldn't say that. There are plenty of Jack and Jennifer fans, like me, who will still support Missy. It isn't her fault Matt is leaving. I have no ill will towards her, and I am very grateful that she helped create one of my favorite Days love stories. My support of her or Jennifer won't go away when Matt leaves, it exists independent of him.
Sure. There'll be some that support Missy. No one's against her getting support.

Over the years, I've admired Missy. I don't think she's a bad person. I don't think anyone thinks that. I just think she could have handled the Jack/Jen/Dan situation better than she did.

She was supposed to support the Dan/Jen thing, right? Okay. I didn't blame her for showing support for that. That was her job.

But you walk a fine line when you have a longstanding coupling you've been a part of, that people have loved. At the same time she was supporting Dan and Jen, she was saying almost nothing about Jack or Matt, and he was ON the show, so J/J fans would have appreciated hearing more about him, and that didn't happen. I think it frustrated J/J fans, and I can understand that.

She could have done both...supported Jen/Dan to the best of her ability, and been more open to the J/J fans too. It's not easy, but other actors and actresses have done it for years.

That said, she's not a bad person, and she has a right to be happy where she works and basically do whatever she wants. But the whole Dan/Jen thing being confirmed before Jack's even gone...that's not gonna go over well. Not right now.



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Jul 28 2012, 09:33 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 08:36 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 07:57 PM
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Jul 28 2012, 07:48 PM
She can tweet pictures of herself with Shawn, and it's all good...except for the fact that there are still a lot of Jack and Jennifer fans out there who are losing Jack soon and they're trying to deal with it. They're being told that Dan and Jen is just around the corner and they have to deal with that too.

I figure Missy could wait a bit, out of consideration for those fans, who've supported her over the years. A little sensitivity to the J/J fans would have been appreciated, that's all.

She could always wait a while, couldn't she?


She better start talking up Dannifer, because the Dannifer fans will be all she'll have left to support her in coming months, I doubt MA fans will be sticking around after Jack's "death".
I wouldn't say that. There are plenty of Jack and Jennifer fans, like me, who will still support Missy. It isn't her fault Matt is leaving. I have no ill will towards her, and I am very grateful that she helped create one of my favorite Days love stories. My support of her or Jennifer won't go away when Matt leaves, it exists independent of him.
Sure. There'll be some that support Missy. No one's against her getting support.

Over the years, I've admired Missy. I don't think she's a bad person. I don't think anyone thinks that. I just think she could have handled the Jack/Jen/Dan situation better than she did.

She was supposed to support the Dan/Jen thing, right? Okay. I didn't blame her for showing support for that. That was her job.

But you walk a fine line when you have a longstanding coupling you've been a part of, that people have loved. At the same time she was supporting Dan and Jen, she was saying almost nothing about Jack or Matt, and he was ON the show, so J/J fans would have appreciated hearing more about him, and that didn't happen. I think it frustrated J/J fans, and I can understand that.

She could have done both...supported Jen/Dan to the best of her ability, and been more open to the J/J fans too. It's not easy, but other actors and actresses have done it for years.

That said, she's not a bad person, and she has a right to be happy where she works and basically do whatever she wants. But the whole Dan/Jen thing being confirmed before Jack's even gone...that's not gonna go over well. Not right now.



Yeah, I get what you're saying, and I understand why some people feel that way. With Jack leaving soon, I understand why people are so sensitive right now.

I guess, for me personally, I don't really make judgments on people based on what pictures they post on twitter and the like, as I don't think it can always accurately reflect about how they feel about something. I guess that's why I'm not as bothered by this as some people.

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And you make a good point. She can post whatever tweet pictures she wants.

I just think, right now, since J/J fans KNOW the show is going back to Dan and Jen, and that Matt was fired...Well, how does that go down easy? Being reminded of Dan and Jen right now...that's gotta be hard for J/J fans. And let's face it...Jack fans have been through this lots of times. Matt's always getting fired, and Jennifer's always getting put with some other fella.

There are people who'd like to see the reverse happen, for novelty's sake alone. Not that Missy should be fired, necessarily, but that Jack should be the one paired with someone else and Jennifer would be on the sidelines, watching, and having to fight for him. She did fight for him in their first run, but ever since then, it's always been about him having to get her back. He did all the work, repeatedly.

They ought to have turned it on its ear.



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I agree. I think them moving on, and then Jennifer realizing her feelings for Jack and fighting for him would have been a great story. Too bad the writers didn't see the potential in it we do.
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I've seen people say that the blind item about one half of a supercouple trying to get the other half fired was about Missy.
So what? Fans are going to gossip. People also suggested that it was referring to the DHs, PR & KA, EB & MTS from Y&R and a number of other couples. I don't understand why people act like Missy Reeves is somehow above the same kind of speculation and criticism that other actors receive here on a daily basis. In fact, she's gotten off easy compared to a lot of other people on Days. If she's more sensitive to it than some other actors, that's her problem. Maybe she should try ignoring it like the rest of them seem to do.
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I've seen people say that the blind item about one half of a supercouple trying to get the other half fired was about Missy.
So what? Fans are going to gossip. People also suggested that it was referring to the DHs, PR & KA, EB & MTS from Y&R and a number of other couples. I don't understand why people act like Missy Reeves is somehow above the same kind of speculation and criticism that other actors receive here on a daily basis. In fact, she's gotten off easy compared to a lot of other people on Days. If she's more sensitive to it than some other actors, that's her problem. Maybe she should try ignoring it like the rest of them seem to do.
People can gossip all they want. I was responding to someone who said they hadn't seen that kind of sentiment, and letting them know that I had seen it here. :shrug:
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I will believe it when I see it! There better be a damn good reason for Jennifer to go back to Daniel. Daniel has got to know that he is second fiddle to the 'revered Jack'. All the best to Dannifer, I honestly can't understand why TPTB would even want to go back there. As a JnJ fan, it feels like another slap in the face. I think Jennifer with someone new is okay, just not Daniel, he is definitely not her type, well maybe the new shallow and fickle bitches' type, but not my old favorite, Jennifer Horton type. I hope MR's pics are just teasers.

As for SC and MA, Jack is definitely more the kind of man I'd choose to be with. Jack has never been written as a "hunk" type, his character has relied on his intellectual wit, humor and intense romantic sex appeal.
SC's Daniel is just sex, one dimensional appeal, no history or substance, just blah, all while MA has a way to get Jack under your skin. It is something the actor does, not the character, even if MA doesn't see it for himself, it is undisputedly there.
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Jul 28 2012, 11:25 PM
I will believe it when I see it! There better be a damn good reason for Jennifer to go back to Daniel. Daniel has got to know that he is second fiddle to the 'revered Jack'. All the best to Dannifer, I honestly can't understand why TPTB would even want to go back there. As a JnJ fan, it feels like another slap in the face. I think Jennifer with someone new is okay, just not Daniel, he is definitely not her type, well maybe the new shallow and fickle bitches' type, but not my old favorite, Jennifer Horton type. I hope MR's pics are just teasers.

As for SC and MA, Jack is definitely more the kind of man I'd choose to be with. Jack has never been written as a "hunk" type, his character has relied on his intellectual wit, humor and intense romantic sex appeal.
SC's Daniel is just sex, one dimensional appeal, no history or substance, just blah, all while MA has a way to get Jack under your skin. It is something the actor does, not the character, even if MA doesn't see it for himself, it is undisputedly there.
Agreed. I don't see why they'd go back to Dannifer either. If they have to put her with someone else, I'd rather they try her with Brady (as weird as that would be), since it would at least be something different.
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For me, it's hard to like Daniel. I could have. I have no real objection to the actor.

It's just that he came in, got involved with Chelsea who was twenty years his junior...then ended up involved with her grandma Kate. Then it was Chloe, whom he would love forever, but Chloe made a mistake and he dropped her like a hot potato, then it was Jennifer, now it's Nicole...and heck, I'm probably leaving someone out, too.

It isn't appealing, the way he's involved with so many women in so short a time. He has no depth, and any demons he has don't interest me.

I was prepared to like him with Chloe...that was his last chance with me. And he blew her off for a mistake she made...she always loved him. When things went south, he cut her off entirely, refusing to forgive her.

He's worthless, IMO.

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Jul 28 2012, 11:30 PM
For me, it's hard to like Daniel. I could have. I have no real objection to the actor.

It's just that he came in, got involved with Chelsea who was twenty years his junior...then ended up involved with her grandma Kate. Then it was Chloe, whom he would love forever, but Chloe made a mistake and he dropped her like a hot potato, then it was Jennifer, now it's Nicole...and heck, I'm probably leaving someone out, too.

It isn't appealing, the way he's involved with so many women in so short a time. He has no depth, and any demons he has don't interest me.

I was prepared to like him with Chloe...that was his last chance with me. And he blew her off for a mistake she made...she always loved him. When things went south, he cut her off entirely, refusing to forgive her.

He's worthless, IMO.

I never blamed him for leaving Chloe. She did cheat on him. And it was with his daughter's husband, which is even worse. Even if he could forgive her for betraying him, he'd also have to forgive her for betraying his daughter. It was just a messed up situation all around.
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