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is the recast of Ben Mitchell for real?
SpoonfedVomit
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I couldnt help but laugh my ass off when he walked in the room, the producers must think we are thick, how are we surposed to think this is the same lad
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Well I suppose at least he has glasses and looks grumpy as fcuk...
Exactly my sentiments over this or any "recast".
Its only a recast.
What were you expecting? A clone? He was bound to look different.
The last Ben got mocked into oblivion on here. Poor lad. He wasn't the world's greatest actor, and they had plans for the character, so a recast was inevitable. They probably should've waited longer, but honestly - criticise the old Ben and then criticize them for replacing him? I would've thought the most important thing is whether he can carry a story.
The producers obviously can't. People don't change in to other people. Simple.
It was the character that some people found cringeworthy and they mistook that for being the actor who was bad.
The best thing might have been to let the character go.
Either keep a character or let them go. Don't change the actor who plays them!:eek: Thats just stupid.
It's TV, not real life so anything can happen.
like a six year jump in six months
This!
Oh how dull...
The wonderful thing about their relationship was how different they were. I'm not interested in a Phil clone... it's just boring.
Why do you insist on using quotation marks around the word recast? You seem to be casting doubt over whether it's actually a recast. It's a recast. You don't need quotes because that's what it is.
And you've clearly missed the point of a recast. You aren't supposed to be tricked into thinking it's the same actor. You're supposed to be believe it's the same character.
We all become our parents tho, don't we?
I don't know, do we? :eek:
It's yet another one of Kirkwood's fails. Both Kate Harwood and Diederick Santer spent the best part of five years making Ben anything but a typical Mitchell. It takes Bryan Kirkwood one episode to ruin all their hard work. It's just a kick in the face to long term viewers. The disregard and disrespect the current EP has for viewers is just something else.
And look at how popular the old Ben was - he wasn't.
I'm not liking the insinuation, that...spending time in youth offenders will knock the 'gay' out of you. There is no way that 'soft' Ben would have hit his father...absolutely no way. More ridiculous stuff from the former number 1 soap.