Salem International: Casting Notes: Arrivals & Departures

[CanaryFan98]

4 hours ago, Rodney said:

Once she split from Brady, the writing was on the wall.  There's nothing left for Ava in Salem.

I wonder if Ava's returning to Philadelphia, where the other Vitalis are, or joining Tripp and Wendy in Hong Kong?

There was nothing left for Ava before that either this exit is long overdue she should've left with Harris. However I'm fine with her going to HK to be with Tripp/Wendy

[DisneyBoy]

For real. Why'd they torpedo her leaving with crazy Harris? That seemed like a custom-made HEA.

 

 

[CanaryFan98]

1 hour ago, DisneyBoy said:

For real. Why'd they torpedo her leaving with crazy Harris? That seemed like a custom-made HEA.

 

 

We would've been spared the last few months of whatever this was.

[BuckeyeLou]

Whoa: Today is setting in motion all the people(and guns) for what will happen.  There are lots of guns floating around & more people with Motive: So Who will it be?!  I did like the sibling scenes today:  Brady & Belle, commiserating over their addiction to the DiMearas.  With Gabi & Rafe, Gabi made some good points, but I also see Rafe's point of view: Why didnt the people closest to him, realize it was not HIM?!  I do like the build-up...

[Artsda]

I'm so tired of EJ blamed for everything while everyone else gets away with all that do. 

[CanaryFan98]

So we're getting a new Arianna I have to admit I'm surprised they're casting one that looks more like Gabi than Will for a change.

 

Soap Opera News on X: "Arianna is coming home! https://t.co/AJ5WSyOWqp #DaysofourLives #DAYS" / X

[Rodney]

5 minutes ago, CanaryFan98 said:

So we're getting a new Arianna I have to admit I'm surprised they're casting one that looks more like Gabi than Will for a change.

The last one looked like Gabi, too.

[CanaryFan98]

2 minutes ago, Rodney said:

The last one looked like Gabi, too.

I honestly don't remember the last Arianna I feel like it's been years but from what I  remember she seemed to look more like Will's side of the family than Gabi's.

I do hope they invest more in Gabi/Arianna's relationship it would be something different from her than the usual power hungry/man of the hour antics they only seem to write her for. 

[Rodney]

Just now, CanaryFan98 said:

I honestly don't remember the last Arianna I feel like it's been years but from what I  remember she seemed to look more like Will's side of the family than Gabi's.

No, there was another Arianna briefly after that one, and she looked more like Gabi.

[methodwriter85]

Kate Mansi looked Latina with very WASP parents so it's a shrug for me. 

[DisneyBoy]

Haha! Latina? Ok I never noticed that. Maybe?

As much as I appreciate the show not casting yet another blonde girl...I really liked that Ari looked like her Daddy Will.

Plus, she's showed up here and there at significant events and now it's going to make no sense to show those flashbacks if everyone ends up asking "who's the little blonde girl?"

RIP blonde Ari I guess LOL

[CanaryFan98]

8 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

Kate Mansi looked Latina with very WASP parents so it's a shrug for me. 

She's Italian and while I agree she didn't look like Jack/Jennifer's daughter(even when they had her dye her hair blonde at one point to match) she had great onscreen chemistry with them and her TV bro that made me look past it.

[DisneyBoy]

When JJ first showed up, they had a sibling scene in the Horton living room where she looked at him like she wanted to tear off his clothes and mount him like a racehorse.

So I wouldn't have called their chemistry "great",  personally 😆

[CanaryFan98]

I honestly don't remember that scene but I thought they had a good sibling rapport. 

I think JJ worked with both Abigails and Jennifers which is wild since I didn't think Matt fit with Cady's Jennifer and Marci's Abby seemed closer to the Dimeras than the Hortons in general.