Hollyoaks character axed ahead of their first scenes?
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It looks like the upcoming Brendan Brady 'look-a-like' Sammy has been axed before he's even appeared on screens. All articles and pictures of him have been removed on DS and he doesn't appear in next weeks DS spoilers now. It looks like Hollyoaks bosses decided to get rid of him after many Stendan fans were angry at the decision to introduce a Brendan look-a-like.
It's a shame as I was interested to see where they were going to take his character and, as far as I know, he was only going to be a minor character. What does everyone else think?
It's a shame as I was interested to see where they were going to take his character and, as far as I know, he was only going to be a minor character. What does everyone else think?
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If anything, Kirkwood is seeking ideas and feedback from Facebook and Twitter fans. Certainly not from here, he has been going against everything said on here. He is only interested in the shock factor. Apparently, that's what keeps them different from the rest (their words).
I was going to say this but you've summed it up so well.
spot on. excellent post. i couldn't agree more.
I agree, a very tiny group of people are vocal on social media, look at supernatural fans, supernatural wins most social media awards as the fans band together and are very focused, yet it's viewing figures in the uk us tiny, to the point that not only was it shown 8 months behind the USA, it's now been dropped in the uk, yet is constantly trends and their stars have more followers on twitter than viewing figures in the USA
Yes, although it was an awful storyline and would distract from the more serious storylines.
He would be paid no matter what
They added Riley and Lindseys deaths days before they aired and Silas' return was added because scenes were removed. I guess it's the advantage of having an independent production but the stuff we get in its place is usually dire. The actor may be under contract and appear as something else though like when Lorettas child killer storyline was cut they had the actress play a crazy nurse for a few episodes.
Maybe he just realised it was a stupid gimmick that did nothing to service any of the plots, and thought better of it.
Disappointing for the actor, I suppose, but he'll get paid regardless.
The actor posted this on Twitter on 13th August which must be related:
https://twitter.com/Andymcguire4/status/499534646410248192
It's a shame for him but these things happen on Hollyoaks. They axe storylines and reshoot things a lot more than the other soaps; things like the fire week in 2010, most of summer 2012, and the Loretta storyline in 2009.
Yes, fans should never have that much power. If it is what has happened Kirkwood is on a slippery slope.
Of course it is possible they have just reviewed the scenes and independently decided they didn't work or they have just postponed it.
Hopefully the scenes just didn't work for whatever reason and were cut.
I agree fans should not that much power, especially when the character in question was played by an actor who left the soap voluntarily. Sad for some fans I know but producers can't make decisions that way.
Things are cut from episodes all the time for various issues. It looked like a minor 'comedy' plot within a episode focused on Nancy's rape. Maybe it wasn't deemed appropriate in tone. Maybe there's been a timing issue - too much to cram in.
Any character that is somewhat dark is apparently Hollyoaks' replacement for Brendan Brady. First it was Freddie and now people are trying to say that Cameron is their Brendan replacement. It's stupid.
Probably a love triangle with Ste and JP.