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Kassie DePaiva joins Days
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thepadange
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jwsel
Jan 26 2014, 05:54 AM
I don't know KDP or how much younger than her actual age she can play, but it just seems like a strange decision. When you add in the fact that Mary Beth Evans is the same age as KDP and Judi Evans is younger, and the show has shown no interest in writing for their veteran women in that age group, I don't understand why the show didn't recast Eve with an actress in her mid- to late-30s.
I think that their problem is not that they have no interest in using their actresses in that age group, maybe they would if they knew how. Seeing how the stories are told nowadays it looks like the problem is that they can't do with those legacy characters what they want to. They can't write Kayla as a priest rapist or Adrienne as EJ's mistress. And that's what they want to do because of ratings. If they wanted to write for Kristen (and they clearly did) maybe they can do this for Eve too, no matter if she is in her 30s or 50s. (And it's not only "Days" tendency, it's like GH can't write a decent s/l for Laura, but can write one for Heather or Dr.Obrecht)
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Eve should have been Emma's daughter.
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Jan 26 2014, 08:56 AM
Eve should have been Emma's daughter.
Hell yes, changing Eve's maternity was a dumb move, especially since Charlotte Ross was cast to look like Emma and Eve had a personality similar to Emma...made no sense and was a bad idea. In fact, even the middle school aged me thought that was a stupid thing for the writers to do.

Also, I'm wondering if they are liking Theresa and Brady together so much that they are moving Theresa out of Daniel's orbit and having her lose her Daniel obsession, which can only be good for any character.

My memory is a bit fuzzy with regard to Eve since that was the very early days of my watching, and I think the character had her ups and downs, but she peaked when she was scheming with Jack as far as I'm concerned. I remember also thinking (as a very young person) that it made no sense that a character as smart and sophisticated as Eve would resort to becoming a teen prostitute and I always thought she was too good for Nick (Correlli that is).
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thepadange
Jan 26 2014, 06:43 AM
jwsel
Jan 26 2014, 05:54 AM
I don't know KDP or how much younger than her actual age she can play, but it just seems like a strange decision. When you add in the fact that Mary Beth Evans is the same age as KDP and Judi Evans is younger, and the show has shown no interest in writing for their veteran women in that age group, I don't understand why the show didn't recast Eve with an actress in her mid- to late-30s.
I think that their problem is not that they have no interest in using their actresses in that age group, maybe they would if they knew how. Seeing how the stories are told nowadays it looks like the problem is that they can't do with those legacy characters what they want to. They can't write Kayla as a priest rapist or Adrienne as EJ's mistress. And that's what they want to do because of ratings. If they wanted to write for Kristen (and they clearly did) maybe they can do this for Eve too, no matter if she is in her 30s or 50s. (And it's not only "Days" tendency, it's like GH can't write a decent s/l for Laura, but can write one for Heather or Dr.Obrecht)
The did not want another actress in that age range. They wanted the character of Eve, who just happens to be in that age range. Kayla wouldn't do what Eve will do. Eve will fill the void left by Kristen and Sami.

Charlotte Ross was unavailable, so they picked an actress who they think can bring it. She also has a huge fan base too. It's a win win for Days.
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Drew
Jan 25 2014, 08:34 PM
I have to wonder if the people kicking up all this fuss actually were watching the show in 1991, or just the best-of snipits from Youtube.
To be fair, there's an excluded middle, here, because people have uploaded entire storylines from that era to youtube. People can be new Eve fans and have a clearer memory of her than the people who last saw her in the early 90s.
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I think Kassie can pull it off. I watched oltl some time ago and I loved Blair. She was tough and Kassie can play a birch well. The age thing isn't a big deal. How many actors on this show and others are playing characters much younger than their actual age..? When I see eve I won't be obsessing over how old she is. Kassie is only 6 years older than charlotte ross anyway
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Jan 26 2014, 09:21 AM
I think Kassie can pull it off. I watched oltl some time ago and I loved Blair. She was tough and Kassie can play a birch well. The age thing isn't a big deal. How many actors on this show and others are playing characters much younger than their actual age..? When I see eve I won't be obsessing over how old she is. Kassie is only 6 years older than charlotte ross anyway
I probably watched some of the same video, there is a reason she is so popular.

Blair and Todd were intense.
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She's very good. I am interested to see her interaction with JL. Are Teresa and Eve suppose to get along?
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Jan 25 2014, 09:08 PM
I hate to use the ole go to "Bring Jack back" stuff, but Kassie and Matthew Ashford would be FIRE. And if the Eve recast is a little hard to take I think that could really help things out. I don't think TPTB plan on ever bringing Jack again this time, although he did get his bullshit death that left room for an opening. That cyborg Roman seeing the body doesn't mean anything.

But really Jack is a better version of Todd so I could really just see those two working out well if they wrote Jack as Jack instead of the comedy sideshow he became at times under certain writers. Now I can't help but hope for it. I'm not sure if this recast will work out, but I gotta give it a chance. I know if it doesn't work, it will not be Kassie's fault.
Cyborg Roman didn't see the body. He just reported what the paramedics said. As far as I can tell, no one who knew Jack actually viewed the remains. Which were cremated right away, so there was no DNA test to confirm identity. So there's wiggle room for Jack to be alive. I'm not holding my breath for Jack's return under this inFetchuated regime, which seems obsessed with trying to make a dud couple work long past the point of reason (I still can't believe TIIC don't have a Plan B for these two characters--Fetch can't be the only couple who have failed to catch on in a big way, but they seem to have the dubious distinction of being the pair TIIC are clinging on to like grim death.) But there's a ton of story potential in place if Jack ever does return (JJ! EJ/Abigail! (Nu)Eve!), and if there's a regime change, anything can happen.
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salem_viewer
Jan 26 2014, 09:30 AM
fundays13
Jan 26 2014, 09:21 AM
I think Kassie can pull it off. I watched oltl some time ago and I loved Blair. She was tough and Kassie can play a birch well. The age thing isn't a big deal. How many actors on this show and others are playing characters much younger than their actual age..? When I see eve I won't be obsessing over how old she is. Kassie is only 6 years older than charlotte ross anyway
I probably watched some of the same video, there is a reason she is so popular.

Blair and Todd were intense.
Blair and Todd were intense, dysfunctional as hell and completely messed up but that what was so great about them. KDP is a versatile actress but she does drama so well and one of the best storylines that she did on OLTL was the "Dead Baby Lie" where she found out that Todd gave away their baby, Jack, because he thought that Max had fathered him and when he found out that Jack was actually theirs, he brought him back. I know it's uploaded on YouTube because I watched it again last year. The whole reveal was intense as hell and KDP really brought it. RH was great, as usual, but KDP really shined and I believe that the reveal was done when OLTL was done live for an episode. KDP also was amazing when OLTL was on Hulu recently. Her reactions after she and Todd secretly married and then he had to leave her, yet again, brought me to tears.

Blair kinda stopped being a real bitch early on after she had her daughter, Starr, but she definitely had her major bitchy moments afterwards, especially where her men were concerned. From what I've seen, Blair most definitely is not Eve at all but, imo, she isn't an impossible stones throw away either, especially since Eve will be at least 20 years older than the last time she was in Salem, so I'm looking forward to seeing what KDP does in her new role.
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sillibella
Jan 26 2014, 10:03 AM
salem_viewer
Jan 26 2014, 09:30 AM
fundays13
Jan 26 2014, 09:21 AM
I think Kassie can pull it off. I watched oltl some time ago and I loved Blair. She was tough and Kassie can play a birch well. The age thing isn't a big deal. How many actors on this show and others are playing characters much younger than their actual age..? When I see eve I won't be obsessing over how old she is. Kassie is only 6 years older than charlotte ross anyway
I probably watched some of the same video, there is a reason she is so popular.

Blair and Todd were intense.
Blair and Todd were intense, dysfunctional as hell and completely messed up but that what was so great about them. KDP is a versatile actress but she does drama so well and one of the best storylines that she did on OLTL was the "Dead Baby Lie" where she found out that Todd gave away their baby, Jack, because he thought that Max had fathered him and when he found out that Jack was actually theirs, he brought him back. I know it's uploaded on YouTube because I watched it again last year. The whole reveal was intense as hell and KDP really brought it. RH was great, as usual, but KDP really shined and I believe that the reveal was done when OLTL was done live for an episode. KDP also was amazing when OLTL was on Hulu recently. Her reactions after she and Todd secretly married and then he had to leave her, yet again, brought me to tears.

Blair kinda stopped being a real bitch early on after she had her daughter, Starr, but she definitely had her major bitchy moments afterwards, especially where her men were concerned. From what I've seen, Blair most definitely is not Eve at all but, imo, she isn't an impossible stones throw away either, especially since Eve will be at least 20 years older than the last time she was in Salem, so I'm looking forward to seeing what KDP does in her new role.
Sounds interesting, I'll see if I can find video.

I watched the one called "The Belt" wow!, what was going on there.
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salem_viewer
Jan 26 2014, 10:23 AM
sillibella
Jan 26 2014, 10:03 AM
salem_viewer
Jan 26 2014, 09:30 AM
fundays13
Jan 26 2014, 09:21 AM
I think Kassie can pull it off. I watched oltl some time ago and I loved Blair. She was tough and Kassie can play a birch well. The age thing isn't a big deal. How many actors on this show and others are playing characters much younger than their actual age..? When I see eve I won't be obsessing over how old she is. Kassie is only 6 years older than charlotte ross anyway
I probably watched some of the same video, there is a reason she is so popular.

Blair and Todd were intense.
Blair and Todd were intense, dysfunctional as hell and completely messed up but that what was so great about them. KDP is a versatile actress but she does drama so well and one of the best storylines that she did on OLTL was the "Dead Baby Lie" where she found out that Todd gave away their baby, Jack, because he thought that Max had fathered him and when he found out that Jack was actually theirs, he brought him back. I know it's uploaded on YouTube because I watched it again last year. The whole reveal was intense as hell and KDP really brought it. RH was great, as usual, but KDP really shined and I believe that the reveal was done when OLTL was done live for an episode. KDP also was amazing when OLTL was on Hulu recently. Her reactions after she and Todd secretly married and then he had to leave her, yet again, brought me to tears.

Blair kinda stopped being a real bitch early on after she had her daughter, Starr, but she definitely had her major bitchy moments afterwards, especially where her men were concerned. From what I've seen, Blair most definitely is not Eve at all but, imo, she isn't an impossible stones throw away either, especially since Eve will be at least 20 years older than the last time she was in Salem, so I'm looking forward to seeing what KDP does in her new role.
Sounds interesting, I'll see if I can find video.

I watched the one called "The Belt" wow!, what was going on there.
Oh god the "Belt Scene." That was early on in their history and was a big moment for their relationship. Their baby had died (Blair miscarried) and they were fighting. Todd stupidly told her that he was glad their baby died, cue more fighting and then he almost raped her. When Todd was in college he had raped another character named Marty and he let it completely eat away at him for pretty much all of his dark period (pre-2000). It actually affected him for as long as he was on OLTL, imo. But back to Blair and KDP, yeah I definitely think anybody interested should check out that scene (and others!) on YouTube because she was phenomenal. Of course that was back in '95, I believe but it's still amazing, in a big-time messed up way, of course.
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I watched when Eve was on originally and loved the character. I do not see Kassie in that role at all. When I first learned Kassie was casted I thought she was replacing ED as Kristian not as Eve. I understand CR can not do the role and they need to recast but they should de aged her so they could go with someone younger. Since AS is leaving I was wanting Eve for EJ since this EJ/Abby pairing is gawd awful and hopefully be over soon.
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sillibella
Jan 26 2014, 10:37 AM
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Jan 26 2014, 10:23 AM
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Jan 26 2014, 10:03 AM
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Jan 26 2014, 09:30 AM

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Blair and Todd were intense, dysfunctional as hell and completely messed up but that what was so great about them. KDP is a versatile actress but she does drama so well and one of the best storylines that she did on OLTL was the "Dead Baby Lie" where she found out that Todd gave away their baby, Jack, because he thought that Max had fathered him and when he found out that Jack was actually theirs, he brought him back. I know it's uploaded on YouTube because I watched it again last year. The whole reveal was intense as hell and KDP really brought it. RH was great, as usual, but KDP really shined and I believe that the reveal was done when OLTL was done live for an episode. KDP also was amazing when OLTL was on Hulu recently. Her reactions after she and Todd secretly married and then he had to leave her, yet again, brought me to tears.

Blair kinda stopped being a real bitch early on after she had her daughter, Starr, but she definitely had her major bitchy moments afterwards, especially where her men were concerned. From what I've seen, Blair most definitely is not Eve at all but, imo, she isn't an impossible stones throw away either, especially since Eve will be at least 20 years older than the last time she was in Salem, so I'm looking forward to seeing what KDP does in her new role.
Sounds interesting, I'll see if I can find video.

I watched the one called "The Belt" wow!, what was going on there.
Oh god the "Belt Scene." That was early on in their history and was a big moment for their relationship. Their baby had died (Blair miscarried) and they were fighting. Todd stupidly told her that he was glad their baby died, cue more fighting and then he almost raped her. When Todd was in college he had raped another character named Marty and he let it completely eat away at him for pretty much all of his dark period (pre-2000). It actually affected him for as long as he was on OLTL, imo. But back to Blair and KDP, yeah I definitely think anybody interested should check out that scene (and others!) on YouTube because she was phenomenal. Of course that was back in '95, I believe but it's still amazing, in a big-time messed up way, of course.
Thanks for the info, gonna check out videos :whistle:
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Drew
Jan 25 2014, 08:34 PM
I have to wonder if the people kicking up all this fuss actually were watching the show in 1991, or just the best-of snipits from Youtube.
Well I'm kicking up a fuss and I started watching in 1981. I don't need youtube clips to help me remember Eve because Charlotte's performances were so unforgettable. I also know KDP and have my doubts about her being right for this role. I would have preferred a non-daytime vet as the recast instead if the role was that critical. I truly hope I'm wrong and that KDP pulls it off successfully.
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I think OLTL did a live week when Blair found out about the baby lie
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Kassie DePaiva ‏@KassieDePaiva 4m
My new Blog is posted! Well, I'm sure you have heard the news by now… I am headed to @nbc @DaysofourLives http://www.kassiedepaiva.com/home.html
https://twitter.com/KassieDePaiva/status/427528413943836672
Edited by thepadange, Jan 26 2014, 02:54 PM.
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thepadange
Jan 26 2014, 02:53 PM
Kassie DePaiva ‏@KassieDePaiva 4m
My new Blog is posted! Well, I'm sure you have heard the news by now… I am headed to @nbc @DaysofourLives http://www.kassiedepaiva.com/home.html
https://twitter.com/KassieDePaiva/status/427528413943836672
Wow 20 years ago she started playing Blair.

That makes me feel.....so old. :D
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Jan 26 2014, 03:13 PM
thepadange
Jan 26 2014, 02:53 PM
Kassie DePaiva ‏@KassieDePaiva 4m
My new Blog is posted! Well, I'm sure you have heard the news by now… I am headed to @nbc @DaysofourLives http://www.kassiedepaiva.com/home.html
https://twitter.com/KassieDePaiva/status/427528413943836672
Wow 20 years ago she started playing Blair.

That makes me feel.....so old. :D
I wonder if at any point she googled Charlotte Ross just to make sure the two of them looked somewhat alike and she wasn't getting into yet another Mia-Korf situation.
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Jan 26 2014, 09:07 AM
thepadange
Jan 26 2014, 06:43 AM
jwsel
Jan 26 2014, 05:54 AM
I don't know KDP or how much younger than her actual age she can play, but it just seems like a strange decision. When you add in the fact that Mary Beth Evans is the same age as KDP and Judi Evans is younger, and the show has shown no interest in writing for their veteran women in that age group, I don't understand why the show didn't recast Eve with an actress in her mid- to late-30s.
I think that their problem is not that they have no interest in using their actresses in that age group, maybe they would if they knew how. Seeing how the stories are told nowadays it looks like the problem is that they can't do with those legacy characters what they want to. They can't write Kayla as a priest rapist or Adrienne as EJ's mistress. And that's what they want to do because of ratings. If they wanted to write for Kristen (and they clearly did) maybe they can do this for Eve too, no matter if she is in her 30s or 50s. (And it's not only "Days" tendency, it's like GH can't write a decent s/l for Laura, but can write one for Heather or Dr.Obrecht)
The did not want another actress in that age range. They wanted the character of Eve, who just happens to be in that age range. Kayla wouldn't do what Eve will do. Eve will fill the void left by Kristen and Sami.

Charlotte Ross was unavailable, so they picked an actress who they think can bring it. She also has a huge fan base too. It's a win win for Days.
The characters they aren't writing for are capable of a lot, though... lying about other people's babies, having affairs, shooting people are all things Salem's "good girls" have in their pasts. I don't think it means they shouldn't have done this particular hire, etc., but a show where only psychos and "bad girls" are capable of doing interesting things is never going to be my favorite.
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