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Kate Mansi Leaving Days
Topic Started: Jan 4 2016, 09:18 AM (35,956 Views)
cord08
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I was just thinking about that November casting call that some speculated was for a recast Abby. If it was indeed for Abby, I think they might cast a unknown in the soap world or at least didn't/don't have a known soap actress in mind.

I could be totally wrong about this, but it seems like if they have someone in mind for the role, we don't hear quite as much about a casting call. For instance, did we hear about a casting call for VI's character? I know we heard about the casting call for Marie Wilson's role, and she's a known soap name, but it said they wanted a known name in that role.

IDK if they're required to put out a call (they might be), but it's just something that popped in my head considering all the casting calls we saw last spring we saw for the teens, etc.
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Jan 6 2016, 11:48 PM
I was just thinking about that November casting call that some speculated was for a recast Abby. If it was indeed for Abby, I think they might cast a unknown in the soap world or at least didn't/don't have a known soap actress in mind.

I could be totally wrong about this, but it seems like if they have someone in mind for the role, we don't hear quite as much about a casting call. For instance, did we hear about a casting call for VI's character? I know we heard about the casting call for Marie Wilson's role, and she's a known soap name, but it said they wanted a known name in that role.

IDK if they're required to put out a call (they might be), but it's just something that popped in my head considering all the casting calls we saw last spring we saw for the teens, etc.
Personally, I'd rather it be an unknown in the soap world. None of the names I've seen thrown out are actresses I would want in the role. Kate Mansi was an unknown and so was Billy Flynn.

I guess this is all speculation, but quite a few of the soap outlets (Michael Fairman for instance) seem to think the role is being recast.
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I would love it if Alexandra Chando came into the role of Abby. I think she would do great in that role but I don't know if she'll come back to daytime.
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Jan 6 2016, 08:00 PM
Are the babies who play Thomas still filming?
It's probably too soon to know unless something happened to them before KM left. She has only been gone for a few days of filming.
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Jan 4 2016, 11:46 AM
As much as I love Chabby and I don't want to see that connection severed I'm happy for Kate Mansi and I wish her all the success and opportunities she might get Primetime or films. As much as it's upsetting for fans I completely understand!! She's 27 and it's basically now or never. It's a shame cause even though she's been on the show for 5 years she's just now beginning to get recognition and compelling storylines.

It seems to be a trend with young and talented actors on DAYS, they're here for 3-5 years then they want to move on to other things;

Jensen Ackles (Eric Brady): 1997-2000
Kirsten Storms (Belle Black): 1999-2004
Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Brady): 2004-09
Shelley Henning (Stephanie Johnson): 2007-2011
Chandler Massey (Will Horton): 2010-2014
Ashley Benson (Abby Devereaux): 2004-2007
Kate Mansi (Abby Devereaux /Adult #2): 2011-2016

Notice that none of them stuck around for more than 5 years! They're all young and talented so of course it's normal for them to want to try different things!! And I hate to say this but I can see Billy Flynn wanting to go and try new things 1 or 2 years from now! Hope he sticks around for a long time but who knows??

Heck how many times did the 80's and 90's stars came, left then returned!? So who knows Kate might still return one day.

So can we safely assume that the casting call was for an Abby recast? Cause I find it hard to believe that she and the baby would just leave Salem without Chad.
Freddie Smith (2011-2015)
Just to add, the trend goes back further than this. The majority leave in that time frame.
Eric Winter (Rex Brady): 2002-2005

He left on his own choice.
The trend goes bak even further, to 80s and 90s. Kristian Alfonso, Christie Clarke, Billy Warlock, Charlotte Ross and countless others left after their initial contract came to an end. However, the return rate was much higher back then. Out of 10 younger actors who left, 7 returned and 3 didn't. Today, it's the other way around: 7 actors don't return and only 3 do. At the same time, TPTB are party to blame because they hesitate to bring back some actors if they know they're available. For example, Rachel Melvin has said in many tweets she'd go back to Days in a heartbeat. Yet, nobody's calling her, even though now would be the perfect time for Chelsea to return, for a number of reasons.
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I hope we get to keep Chabby.
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Jan 5 2016, 04:57 AM
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Jan 4 2016, 11:30 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepreally
But Sami and EJ were already established popular pairing before Nicole ever came into the picture.
If by popular pairing you mean one half of the pairing is professing their love for anyone else but the other half of the pair.

It was basically the equivalent of saying Steve and Ava were a couple or Jan and Shawn or Xander and Nicole or Jennifer and Lawrence or Hope and Larry Welch.
Don't forget Stefano and Marlena :blulaugh:

Well yeah I agree! EJ and Sami were the equivalent of all those bad pairings. It was nauseating watching a charming, cultured, rich and extremely tall and handsome EJ grovel and beg for the love of lowly and simpleton Sami Brady when he could just snap his fingers and have someone 100x times better. I was just saying that EJami was already popular when EJole came into the picture. I liked EJ and Nicole but I always felt that he treated her like second choice, a placeholder for "Samantha".

So all I was saying was Sami didn't get in the way of EJ/Nicole. She was always EJ's first choice.
I don't think she was saying Sami got in the way of EJole. I think she meant AS got in the way & after her antics concerning her last return, I believe that spec could be true.
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Jan 7 2016, 02:51 AM
The trend goes bak even further, to 80s and 90s. Kristian Alfonso, Christie Clarke, Billy Warlock, Charlotte Ross and countless others left after their initial contract came to an end. However, the return rate was much higher back then. Out of 10 younger actors who left, 7 returned and 3 didn't. Today, it's the other way around: 7 actors don't return and only 3 do. At the same time, TPTB are party to blame because they hesitate to bring back some actors if they know they're available. For example, Rachel Melvin has said in many tweets she'd go back to Days in a heartbeat. Yet, nobody's calling her, even though now would be the perfect time for Chelsea to return, for a number of reasons.
Such a good point. The return rate is super low, comparatively, not because the actors don't want to return, but because the show just isn't interested in seeing them return. Even with MB and CB's returns as Melanie and Gabi, they weren't committed to keeping either on for more than a year and I totally think both actresses would return full time given the option. CB, for sure, said she would come back to Days again if it was offered.

I think they would be a lot more interested in having Abby come back than Chelsea. If KM ever wanted to return to Days, I think she would be one of the few they'd bring back. But, that's only if they don't recast Abby, which it seems like they are open to.
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Jan 7 2016, 10:34 PM
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Jan 7 2016, 02:51 AM
The trend goes bak even further, to 80s and 90s. Kristian Alfonso, Christie Clarke, Billy Warlock, Charlotte Ross and countless others left after their initial contract came to an end. However, the return rate was much higher back then. Out of 10 younger actors who left, 7 returned and 3 didn't. Today, it's the other way around: 7 actors don't return and only 3 do. At the same time, TPTB are party to blame because they hesitate to bring back some actors if they know they're available. For example, Rachel Melvin has said in many tweets she'd go back to Days in a heartbeat. Yet, nobody's calling her, even though now would be the perfect time for Chelsea to return, for a number of reasons.
Such a good point. The return rate is super low, comparatively, not because the actors don't want to return, but because the show just isn't interested in seeing them return. Even with MB and CB's returns as Melanie and Gabi, they weren't committed to keeping either on for more than a year and I totally think both actresses would return full time given the option. CB, for sure, said she would come back to Days again if it was offered.

I think they would be a lot more interested in having Abby come back than Chelsea. If KM ever wanted to return to Days, I think she would be one of the few they'd bring back. But, that's only if they don't recast Abby, which it seems like they are open to.
I agree I think they would bring KM back if she was available and willing. It sounds like they were trying really hard to keep her.

I am torn on the whole recast thing. I want Chabby to continue, but at the same time Id like for KM's exit to be written so its open for her to return. I wouldn't be surprised if her exit was written in such a way so that is open for her to return if there is no immediate recast.
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I like when there is a bit of a breather between recasts. It'd be kind of cool to do a throwback "presumed dead" exit ala the supercouples of the 80s. Then, usher in a recast about six months later to shake things up just when Chad has started to move on with someone else.

In the meantime, I think that they should bring back Stephanie.
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Jan 7 2016, 10:34 PM
OliveAnn
Jan 7 2016, 02:51 AM
The trend goes bak even further, to 80s and 90s. Kristian Alfonso, Christie Clarke, Billy Warlock, Charlotte Ross and countless others left after their initial contract came to an end. However, the return rate was much higher back then. Out of 10 younger actors who left, 7 returned and 3 didn't. Today, it's the other way around: 7 actors don't return and only 3 do. At the same time, TPTB are party to blame because they hesitate to bring back some actors if they know they're available. For example, Rachel Melvin has said in many tweets she'd go back to Days in a heartbeat. Yet, nobody's calling her, even though now would be the perfect time for Chelsea to return, for a number of reasons.
Such a good point. The return rate is super low, comparatively, not because the actors don't want to return, but because the show just isn't interested in seeing them return. Even with MB and CB's returns as Melanie and Gabi, they weren't committed to keeping either on for more than a year and I totally think both actresses would return full time given the option. CB, for sure, said she would come back to Days again if it was offered.

I think they would be a lot more interested in having Abby come back than Chelsea. If KM ever wanted to return to Days, I think she would be one of the few they'd bring back. But, that's only if they don't recast Abby, which it seems like they are open to.
I think it was MB who only wanted back for 6 months. CB signed a one-year deal and that's pretty much the standard now (1 or 2 years). I've heard Rachel Melvin say she'd be open to returning but I also heard her say the story would have to be right. I'm not sure if she is exactly itching to come back but maybe she is. I would like to see her return though. It would be cool if Abby was on canvas at the same time and they restarted the Chelsea/Abby friendship.

TPTB seem to really like Kate a lot and they are probably happy she stayed an extra year, so yeah I think they would love her back. At the same time though, I'm getting the sense they want to recast Abby pretty soon because they really want the character on canvas for obvious reasons.
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Jan 4 2016, 07:45 PM
Theresa can be with Chad, Brady can be with Nicole and Fynn can be administering the shock treatments to Abby.
Days can try all they want putting Chad with Theresa will b a disaster and will never reach the popularity that Chabby currently have.
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Okay, Theresa has been on the canvas for close to three years now and in all that time she and Chad have never once interacted. And I'm not sure the show will be changing that anytime soon. And there has really been no indication at least that I know of that this will happen or will ever happen. Since KM's exit was just confirmed and given that Abby will still be appearing onscreen until May or June. It is probably too soon to speculate what will happen with Chad later down the road.
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Now that I've gotten past my sadness of KM leaving, I really do wish her the best. She has really grown into her own as an actress the past couple of years especially and it's going to royally suck not having Chabby happiness to watch.

And whoever thought it would be a good idea to pair Theresa with Chad, just NO. She doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as him. She doesn't deserve to be paired with Brady either, but that's another story. Frankly, if she fell into a black hole with Phillip, I wouldn't mind it one bit.
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Jan 8 2016, 02:41 PM
Now that I've gotten past my sadness of KM leaving, I really do wish her the best. She has really grown into her own as an actress the past couple of years especially and it's going to royally suck not having Chabby happiness to watch.

And whoever thought it would be a good idea to pair Theresa with Chad, just NO. She doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as him. She doesn't deserve to be paired with Brady either, but that's another story. Frankly, if her fell into a black hole with Phillip, I wouldn't mind it one bit.
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For example, Rachel Melvin has said in many tweets she'd go back to Days in a heartbeat. Yet, nobody's calling her, even though now would be the perfect time for Chelsea to return, for a number of reasons.


I think they need to bring back Chelsea or Stephanie. I fail to see why they keep bringing back Melanie while Chelsea and Stephanie are more important characters not to mention, that they had solid performers portraying them.

Ciara could use her big sister. Hope and Chelsea had a good relationship by the end of her run, so they could explore that . Hope could use the support. Chelsea is Kate and Victor's grand daughter and can be inserted into either Titan or Basic Black's story.
And who knows with Melvin and Flynn being solid actors, a Chad/Chelsea pairing could be good.
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I noticed on Twitter last night that Michael Goldberg, fellow poster and editor at Serial Scoop, was tweeting about how he thought Days should hire a newcomer to replace Abby instead of a known soaper.

I just thought that was interesting because it might mean that they haven't recast Abby yet. That, or Michael doesn't have any info yet...or he's being coy. So, if that casting call was for Abby, maybe they weren't able to find a suitable replacement as soon as they were hoping since the start date was in December.
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Jan 10 2016, 11:03 AM
I noticed on Twitter last night that Michael Goldberg, fellow poster and editor at Serial Scoop, was tweeting about how he thought Days should hire a newcomer to replace Abby instead of a known soaper.

I just thought that was interesting because it might mean that they haven't recast Abby yet. That, or Michael doesn't have any info yet...or he's being coy. So, if that casting call was for Abby, maybe they weren't able to find a suitable replacement as soon as they were hoping since the start date was in December.
Michael has said he has no idea whether they are recasting or not. Before he tweeted that, he had just replied to my tweet (agreeing) about how Kristen Alderson would be a nightmare as Abby. There was a poll going around with notable actresses suggested for the part of Abby, that's why I tweeted that and I think why MG was talking about it too.
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Jan 10 2016, 12:28 PM
cord08
Jan 10 2016, 11:03 AM
I noticed on Twitter last night that Michael Goldberg, fellow poster and editor at Serial Scoop, was tweeting about how he thought Days should hire a newcomer to replace Abby instead of a known soaper.

I just thought that was interesting because it might mean that they haven't recast Abby yet. That, or Michael doesn't have any info yet...or he's being coy. So, if that casting call was for Abby, maybe they weren't able to find a suitable replacement as soon as they were hoping since the start date was in December.
Michael has said he has no idea whether they are recasting or not. Before he tweeted that, he had just replied to my tweet (agreeing) about how Kristen Alderson would be a nightmare as Abby. There was a poll going around with notable actresses suggested for the part of Abby, that's why I tweeted that and I think why MG was talking about it too.
Thanks. Didn't see the other tweets.

I don't think we have to worry about KA being cast. She seems to have gone into semi-retirement from acting, and she moved back to her hometown of Philly about four or five months ago.
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