Salem International: Casting Notes: Arrivals & Departures

[brisbydog]

8 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

No. We knew of Nadia's departure for months before she left. It was even reported that her contract was extended specifically to give her a departure storyline. Nadia left because she and her family left for one of the Carolinas. ( I think South Carolina). The show apparently didn't want to pay for her travel between California and the Carolina State she now lives, so she was written out.

Further than that. Her husband got a job in Ireland 

[CanaryFan98]

9 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

No. We knew of Nadia's departure for months before she left. It was even reported that her contract was extended specifically to give her a departure storyline. Nadia left because she and her family left for one of the Carolinas. ( I think South Carolina). The show apparently didn't want to pay for her travel between California and the Carolina State she now lives, so she was written out.

I thought she moved to Ireland. She's not the only actor to live somewhere else and go to California to film Days but I guess those actors pay it themselves?

[4evaQuez]

3 hours ago, CanaryFan98 said:

I thought she moved to Ireland. She's not the only actor to live somewhere else and go to California to film Days but I guess those actors pay it themselves?

At one point she was living in South Carolina, but I guess she lives in Ireland now. Either way, she presumably didn't leave on bad terms with Days' higher-ups. Part of the reporting was that her contract was extended to give her an Exit storyline, which doesn't indicate bad blood similar to Ari Z.

[CanaryFan98]

 

[CanaryFan98]

 

[FrankOFoley]

I like BB and am sad to see him go but I hope he takes NuGabby with him.

[CanaryFan98]

44 minutes ago, FrankOFoley said:

I like BB and am sad to see him go but I hope he takes NuGabby with him.

She’s unfortunately sticking around who do you think EJ’s next love interest is? That is until Sami ever decides to return on a regular basis 

[FrankOFoley]

EJ has had chemistry with everyone so I’ll be interested to see how this pairing works out. For me, NuGabby sucks the life out of the show, such that it is. I would rather see EJ and NotAbby paired.

[Rodney]

What's sad is that Stefan doesn't seem to be getting an official goodbye, either.  He's just going to be phased out with no explanation, it sounds like.

[oceanblue]

I really don't care for the character.   I don't like NuGabby the actor, I was fine with the old one.

[CanaryFan98]

1 hour ago, FrankOFoley said:

EJ has had chemistry with everyone so I’ll be interested to see how this pairing works out. For me, NuGabby sucks the life out of the show, such that it is. I would rather see EJ and NotAbby paired.

You know I wouldn't be opposed to this either. I could see it and Chad gets jealous over it despite being upset over what she did.

[Rodney]

43 minutes ago, oceanblue said:

I really don't care for the character.   I don't like NuGabby the actor, I was fine with the old one.

Why don't you people give Cherie a chance?  It took Camila some time to find her groove, so perhaps it's just a matter of Cherie needing a chance to find her own, as well.

[brisbydog]

19 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Why don't you people give Cherie a chance?  It took Camila some time to find her groove, so perhaps it's just a matter of Cherie needing a chance to find her own, as well.

I enjoyed Camilla but I prefer Cherie.

[SouthernChick]

Goodbye Stefan! I won’t miss you!

[CanaryFan98]

4 hours ago, Rodney said:

Why don't you people give Cherie a chance?  It took Camila some time to find her groove, so perhaps it's just a matter of Cherie needing a chance to find her own, as well.

For me at least I just need a break from Gabi regardless. By the time Camilla left she became really cartoonish. I also don't really feel it with her version of Stabi with BB.  It wouldn't have hurt to have Gabi focus on her daughter for once and how she's messed that relationship up repeatedly over the years.  This would go a long way in humanizing her to me. Yet this show is all about pairings or bust which I find short sighted.

[4evaQuez]

9 minutes ago, CanaryFan98 said:

For me at least I just need a break from Gabi regardless. By the time Camilla left she became really cartoonish. I also don't really feel it with her version of Stabi with BB.  It wouldn't have hurt to have Gabi focus on her daughter for once and how she's messed that relationship up repeatedly over the years.  This would go a long way in humanizing her to me. Yet this show is all about pairings or bust which I find short sighted.

According to Google, Cherie Jimenez is 37, and Chandler Massey is 34. Would people be interested in a late-teens Arianna? I think that's the only way the proposed storyline would be interesting. The last time we saw Arianna; she was being introduced to pre-SORASED Holly, so we could pretend they've been friends for years.

[DisneyBoy]

Stefan was an okay idea, I guess, but a trainwreck character almost from day one. BB has a likability that carried Jake and Stefan for a while, but he was never necessary for the show.

[CanaryFan98]

15 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

According to Google, Cherie Jimenez is 37, and Chandler Massey is 34. Would people be interested in a late-teens Arianna? I think that's the only way the proposed storyline would be interesting. The last time we saw Arianna; she was being introduced to pre-SORASED Holly, so we could pretend they've been friends for years.

Ari was born before Holly and Tate so she should be older than they are if not a teenager herself. On paper Arianna should be a handful with Sami and Kate as grandmothers. Plus between Gabi's manhopping, thirst for power, and jail stints it's not farfetched she would miss out on a portion of Ari's life. Sonny is Ari's best parent.

Edited October 26 by CanaryFan98

[oceanblue]

Rodney, I don't care for the actor.   I'm not saying I don't think you should like her.  I am so so about the character.   I don't like the character of Stefan but am fine with the actor.   I don't like their storyline at all.   Will they or won't they divorce?  I don't care.  

[CanaryFan98]

3 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Stefan was an okay idea, I guess, but a trainwreck character almost from day one. BB has a likability that carried Jake and Stefan for a while, but he was never necessary for the show.

With BB he was intended to just finish out Tyler's stint on the show as Tyler was fired for being so drunk they had to carry him off the set. They unexpectedly found something with Stefan/Gabi which is why BB stuck around. Then Camilla left and it wasn't the same. If anything they should've just written off Stefan/Gabi together.

[CanaryFan98]

I don’t care for them as a couple but this is good news because they are familiar faces. A shame this happened after Drake passed.

 

 

[Rodney]

Glad to see that it's not a short-term visit and that they're coming back to stay!

[CanaryFan98]

Although I wonder if Claire will follow. I expect Shelle to break up because this show rarely writes then together on screen 

 

[DisneyBoy]

Yay and Ugh.

I know their marriage has been rocky, but they either need to be completely over or completely solid at this point because the yoyo-ing is disgusting.

Martha is a great actress who has chemistry with everybody and they'd naturally want to use that...while Beemer....struggles, so I get why they'd separate them again. But it chips away at Shelle.

There isn't much left to ship at this point. 

Edited November 3 by DisneyBoy

[CanaryFan98]

24 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

Yay and Ugh.

I know their marriage has been rocky, but they either need to be completely over or completely solid at this point because the yoyo-ing is disgusting.

Martha is a great actress who has chemistry with everybody and they'd naturally want to use that...while Beemer....struggles, so I get why they'd separate them again. But it chips away at Shelle.

There isn't much left to ship at this point. 

I completely agree. It's ok if they aren't meant to be either. They can always be connected through Claire that's enough tbh. I didn't mind Shawn with Talia in the brief scenes they had not sure if they would work as a long term thing but it was more interesting to me than he and Belle ever were.

[DisneyBoy]

Maybe they just need to recast Shawn.

[CanaryFan98]

2 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Maybe they just need to recast Shawn.

I wouldn't be opposed to it but it won't change the fact that the show doesn't care about the character beyond Belle and it's barely when with her. Horton males in general regardless of actor don't fare well on this show.

[CanaryFan98]

Clyde Weston Must Die. on X: "The Emily Obrian plot thickens. #Days https://t.co/sAgI1f4KFS" / X

[DisneyBoy]

No offense to Emily at all, but Gwen and the recent Theresa plotlines were real low points, narratively-speaking, of the last few years.

But this show just loves recycling the stuff that doesn't work....

[Mckinnonsgirl]

On 11/3/2024 at 10:51 AM, DisneyBoy said:

Yay and Ugh.

I know their marriage has been rocky, but they either need to be completely over or completely solid at this point because the yoyo-ing is disgusting.

Martha is a great actress who has chemistry with everybody and they'd naturally want to use that...while Beemer....struggles, so I get why they'd separate them again. But it chips away at Shelle.

There isn't much left to ship at this point. 

Jason Cook will always be my Shawn D, he had great chemistry with KA and PR.   

Edited November 6 by Mckinnonsgirl

[DisneyBoy]

Has he retired from acting? I know he came back for Bo's final episodes during the 50th but otherwise he's been absent.

[Rodney]

16 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

Has he retired from acting? I know he came back for Bo's final episodes during the 50th but otherwise he's been absent.

Yes.  He just writes and directs for TV and movies now.

[CanaryFan98]

4 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Has he retired from acting? I know he came back for Bo's final episodes during the 50th but otherwise he's been absent.

He was in a Lifetime movie I saw a few months ago with Alicia Leigh Willis (Courtney GH) and Connor Floyd(Chance Y&R) which came out two years ago. I posted seeing it in the Evil Twins thread.