Salem International: Casting Notes: Arrivals & Departures

[pau]

I just saw Stephen Nichols 's tweets/video about his visit to Peggy McCay..it is so cute and moving and sad at the same time..it is life..but i am quite emotional about it..he visit her and it is quite clear she is very frail and probably in end of life care..sigh..it is what it is but it is always hard.. i worked with people in retirement homes but still, it is always hard and moving to me.

[FnkyChkn34]

On 11/17/2017 at 0:45 PM, carrier76 said:

Ugh. Thumbs down.

Agree.  Theresa was boring before, and I can't imagine she won't be boring again.  The actress is good and deserves better than the role of Theresa.

[WendyCR72]

On 11/20/2017 at 10:34 PM, pau said:

I just saw Stephen Nichols 's tweets/video about his visit to Peggy McCay..it is so cute and moving and sad at the same time..it is life..but i am quite emotional about it..he visit her and it is quite clear she is very frail and probably in end of life care..sigh..it is what it is but it is always hard.. i worked with people in retirement homes but still, it is always hard and moving to me.

Very sweet that he visits her, though.

[FnkyChkn34]

Does anyone know when Hurricane Sami's path of destruction will be over?

[Apprentice79]

23 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

Does anyone know when Hurricane Sami's path of destruction will be over?

Next week... 

[Silver Raven]

Leann Hunley will be back as Anna for two months, starting with Friday January 5.  She'll be in a storyline with Roman.  But I wonder if her appearance has anything to do with Stefan.

[worleybird]

Will she still be with that urn? Or did she give it away?

[DisneyBoy]

One can only hope!

 

I really hope her return doesn't have the show reveal that Andre has been Tony all along. That would be too stupid and still not solve any of the problems of TP's latest run.

[swtrgrl]

Does anyone know who Greg Rikaart (ex Kevin, Y&R) is playing? My hope is for him to join the LGBT crew. That would make a quad for whom Ron can hopefully write.

Edited January 2, 2018 by swtrgrl

[TeeVee329]

3 hours ago, swtrgrl said:

Does anyone know who Greg Rikaart (ex Kevin, Y&R) is playing? My hope is for him to join the LGBT crew. That would make a quad for whom Ron can hopefully write.

I'm convinced GR is crossing soaps to play a gay character.  My guess is that he'll be a rebound beau for Paul, and maybe Will tries to sabotage it lol?

[swtrgrl]

10 minutes ago, TeeVee329 said:

I'm convinced GR is crossing soaps to play a gay character.  My guess is that he'll be a rebound beau for Paul, and maybe Will tries to sabotage it lol?

Goodness, I hope so!!!

[sugarbaker design]

1 hour ago, swtrgrl said:

Goodness, I hope so!!!

I might even tune back in for a gay quadrangle!  Oh the possibilities!

Will/Sonny
Will/Paul
Will/New guy
Sonny/Paul
Sonny/New guy
Paul/New guy
 

[superdeluxe]

10 hours ago, TeeVee329 said:

I'm convinced GR is crossing soaps to play a gay character.  My guess is that he'll be a rebound beau for Paul, and maybe Will tries to sabotage it lol?

He’ll probably be some new guy to drool over Will since they all have to.

[TeeVee329]

Is GR sticking around, though?  I thought it was just a guest arc, which made me think he's there to date someone and make someone else jealous, a la Nick dating Kyle and giving Fish the jells on OLTL.

[swtrgrl]

1 hour ago, TeeVee329 said:

Is GR sticking around, though?  I thought it was just a guest arc, which made me think he's there to date someone and make someone else jealous, a la Nick dating Kyle and giving Fish the jells on OLTL.

Not sure. Hmm... Maybe it'll be so good that they'll keep him longer. I love GR. 

[TeeVee329]

Well, in the example I provided, Nick did stick around longer than he was supposed to, though how they eventually dispatched him was...not great.

You know, if it wasn't for this GR casting, I wouldn't have been shocked if Ron had looped Gay Stripper Gil back around to date Paul/cause jealousy for Will and/or Sonny.

Edited January 3, 2018 by TeeVee329

[Cupcake04]

Has anyone seen an update as to when Lisa Rinna will start appearing?  All I can find are articles from last September that say she will air early 2018.

[swtrgrl]

I had forgotten she was coming back for a bit.

[Apprentice79]

2 hours ago, Cupcake04 said:

Has anyone seen an update as to when Lisa Rinna will start appearing?  All I can find are articles from last September that say she will air early 2018.

She should appear sometime around March or April..

[pau]

Lisa Rinna...i can't hate her...can not...She totally destroyed her beautiful face though..But she will always be Lynn Echolls..the mother of my favorite fictional male character ever..Logan Echolls..the iconic Logan Echolls from the delicious tv show Veronica Mars.

So i will always have a soft spot for her..and her husband Larry Hamlin is a charismatic and talented actor..He was great on VM once again and on Mad Men.

But she never did much for me on Dool..i quite enjoyed her on Melrose Place and i loved her on Veronica Mars..but all the characters on this show were awesome and so well written. But on a soap like Dool with wacky writing (to be kind..) she was meh or her character was meh, i don't know.. imho...

Edited January 3, 2018 by pau

[JBC344]

45 minutes ago, pau said:

Lisa Rinna...i can't hate her...can not...She totally destroyed her beautiful face though..But she will always be Lynn Echolls..the mother of my favorite fictional male character ever..Logan Echolls..the iconic Logan Echolls from the delicious tv show Veronica Mars.

So i will always have a soft spot for her..and her husband Larry Hamlin is a charismatic and talented actor..He was great on VM once again and on Mad Men.

But she never did much for me on Dool..i quite enjoyed her on Melrose Place and i loved her on Veronica Mars..but all the characters on this show were awesome and so well written. But on a soap like Dool with wacky writing (to be kind..) she was meh or her character was meh, i don't know.. imho...

So glad to see another person praise Lisa for her work on Veronica Mars.  Her work on the show never gets mentioned.  Loved her on that show. 

[pau]

Just now, JBC344 said:

So glad to see another person praise Lisa for her work on Veronica Mars.  Her work on the show never gets mentioned.  Loved her on that show. 

Of course, Veronica Mars is one of my favorite tv show..and Lisa Rinna had the honor to play the tortured trophy wife from a very complex and twisted fictional family..the writing and acting were so great quality...her husband is a great actor..their scenes were so fun and quite fascinating to watch.

[swtrgrl]

Sigh...Logan Echolls.

[Silver Raven]

Marci Miller just tweeted about Jen Lilley working on set today.  Has this been officially announced?

[JBC344]

17 minutes ago, Silver Raven said:

Marci Miller just tweeted about Jen Lilley working on set today.  Has this been officially announced?

Yeah, it was announced a few months that Jen was coming back. 

[swtrgrl]

JL airs around May. I'm interested to see how asshole Brady reacts to it all.

[DisneyBoy]

I hope we see Mateo again too...

[Rowan]

15 hours ago, swtrgrl said:

JL airs around May. I'm interested to see how asshole Brady reacts to it all.

You know he's going to be a ridiculous douchebag about it. I came around on the character of Theresa because of JL, and I hated that Brady got to feel all smugly superior during her exit. I want him to have to take back all the horrible crap he's said about her. 

[swtrgrl]

7 hours ago, Rowan said:

You know he's going to be a ridiculous douchebag about it. I came around on the character of Theresa because of JL, and I hated that Brady got to feel all smugly superior during her exit. I want him to have to take back all the horrible crap he's said about her. 

That's so cute that you think he'll do that. (LOL) You know he's going to be a blowhard about her not telling him the real reason she left and "oh, if you really loved me, you would have told me and I'd have not told anyone." Blech. He's not a lovable bad guy/good guy/ grey area guy. He's just an asshole.

[Silver Raven]

I was thinking that I'd love to see Eric hook up with Theresa, to get him away from Jennifer, but then I remembered that they're cousins.

[Silver Raven]

Gilles Marini is joining the cast as an attorney named Ted who will be involved with Kate.

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/17/days-of-our-lives-gilles-marini-new-role/

[Apprentice79]

2 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Gilles Marini is joining the cast as an attorney named Ted who will be involved with Kate.

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/17/days-of-our-lives-gilles-marini-new-role/

I loved him on Dancing with the stars. He is so humble and serious about his art. He is very nice looking, I hope the show uses him wisely.

[pau]

2 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Gilles Marini is joining the cast as an attorney named Ted who will be involved with Kate.

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/17/days-of-our-lives-gilles-marini-new-role/

He is too good for this soap imo..and once again with Kate..ugh..why always her ?

[peachmangosteen]

I love Kate and even I'm like really lol.

[boes]

17 hours ago, swtrgrl said:

That's so cute that you think he'll do that. (LOL) You know he's going to be a blowhard about her not telling him the real reason she left and "oh, if you really loved me, you would have told me and I'd have not told anyone." Blech. He's not a lovable bad guy/good guy/ grey area guy. He's just an asshole.

Wouldn't it be great if Theresa used her return wisely and just offed him in her first scene, buried the remains in Victor's truss in her second scene, and sold off his belongings at a yard sale in the third?

I wonder how much she'd get for all his depilatory supplies?

I can dream, can't I?

[MsTree]

8 hours ago, pau said:

and once again with Kate..ugh..why always her ?

Because IMO she is the only "older" woman who can display & carry out the passion, and the only one I care to see doing it.

[boes]

6 hours ago, MsTree said:

Because IMO she is the only "older" woman who can display & carry out the passion, and the only one I care to see doing it.

Well said.  

[DisneyBoy]

I was so excited until I saw the photo and realized it was that guy. He's played too many "Fantasy Man" roles. He's like the new Fabio. Kate deserves better.

But hey, if he's not a murdering lowlife, it'll be a vast improve over her last three relationships!

"Ted". Pfft. Yeah, sure. He totally looks like a Ted. *Eyeroll*

[Apprentice79]

25 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I was so excited until I saw the photo and realized it was that guy. He's played too many "Fantasy Man" roles. He's like the new Fabio. Kate deserves better.

But hey, if he's not a murdering lowlife, it'll be a vast improve over her last three relationships!

"Ted". Pfft. Yeah, sure. He totally looks like a Ted. *Eyeroll*

He could be a suave French business man. Gilles Marini is French.  The show could use his ethnicity and create his character around it.  They can call him Pierre-Joel...lol  

Edited January 18, 2018 by Apprentice79

[pau]

4 hours ago, Apprentice79 said:

He could be a suave French business man. Gilles Marini is French.  The show could use his ethnicity and create his character around it.  They can call him Pierre-Joel...lol  

lol...i am french so it is funny to me..'appelons-le François plutôt !!' (total cliché french name)..haha..i like him, he has a 'frenchy suave touch' but he is also pretty french mediterranean..(with some greek/italian touch/looks) not really nordic french..Yep France is not a big country but people can be pretty different looks wise, culture wise, accent wise ect..according to geography..wink.

Edited January 18, 2018 by pau

[Apprentice79]

13 minutes ago, pau said:

lol...i am french so it is funny to me..'appelons-le François plutôt !!' (total cliché french name)..haha..i like him, he has a 'frenchy suave touch' but he is also pretty french mediterranean..(with some greek/italian touch/looks) not really nordic french..Yep France is not a big country but people can be pretty different looks wise, culture wise, accent wise ect..according to geography..wink.

I am from a French speaking country too...lol   It would be refreshing if TV shows would show that diversity, is not just in America. Gilles's character does not even have to come from Metropolitan France, he could be from Mauritius or Reunion island...

Edited January 18, 2018 by Apprentice79

[pearlite]

20 hours ago, Apprentice79 said:

I am from a French speaking country too...lol   It would be refreshing if TV shows would show that diversity, is not just in America. Gilles's character does not even have to come from Metropolitan France, he could be from Mauritius or Reunion island...

Me too, at least part of it.

Or Martinique, or Quebec...

[Silver Raven]

Tate is being paid by Colin and Kyle Schroeder

https://twitter.com/schroeder_twins

[MsTree]

10 hours ago, Silver Raven said:

Tate is being paid by Colin and Kyle Schroeder

Hah...like father, like son...starting the kid early, no? 

 

(Psst...I know you meant played :))

[JBC344]

39 minutes ago, MsTree said:

Hah...like father, like son...starting the kid early, no? 

 

(Psst...I know you meant played :))

Are the twins Ricky's sons?  Or dare I say grandsons?

[FnkyChkn34]

On 1/20/2018 at 3:55 AM, JBC344 said:

Are the twins Ricky's sons?  Or dare I say grandsons?

Rick Schroder is only 47, and it's spelled differently. :-) 

[JBC344]

54 minutes ago, FnkyChkn34 said:

Rick Schroder is only 47, and it's spelled differently. :-) 

Thanks.  Lol, nowadays you do find 47 year old grandparents.  :)

[sugarbaker design]

10 minutes ago, JBC344 said:

nowadays you do find 47 year old grandparents.  :)

Nowadays you find 37 year old grandparents.

[FnkyChkn34]

1 hour ago, JBC344 said:

Thanks.  Lol, nowadays you do find 47 year old grandparents.  :)

 

57 minutes ago, sugarbaker design said:

Nowadays you find 37 year old grandparents.

Ha, very true to both (unfortunately?).  

[boes]

2 hours ago, sugarbaker design said:

Nowadays you find 37 year old grandparents.

My parents were grandparents at 40, thanks to my brother's high school project.  Mom babysat her first grandson along with her own baby boy, my youngest brother.  

#thegoodolddaysweren'tsogood