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The Temporary Soap Recasts that you remember
The only ones i remember are
Neighbours Libby Kennedy, Cheryl Stark Home and Away Alisa |
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oh god that Ailsa recast was absolutely hilarious
wasnt it some small dumpy ginger woman?
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Cheryl from neighbours, my Mum was really pissed off about it at the time
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Meg in Sunset Beach.
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Hayley in Home & Away. This could be construed as a standard recast, but the replacement actress was only contracted for a couple of months to finish off Hayley's storyline when Bec Cartwright left earlier than anticipated.
I suppose Miss Ellie in Dallas could be considered a temporary recast, although this was news to Donna Reed as it turned out. |
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The new Hayley had red hair and looked nothing like bec Hewitt
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The Ailsa recast in Home and Away is the one I always remember too ... really appalling especially as it came when Ailsa was right in the middle of a major storyline
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oh god that Ailsa recast was absolutely hilarious
wasnt it some small dumpy ginger woman? |
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Selina in Home and Away when the original actress fell ill.
also Libby in Neighbours |
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Rebecca Fisher in H&A was also recast temporarily. H&A did this a lot in the 90s, thankfully they stopped doing it!
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Rebecca Fisher in H&A was also recast temporarily. H&A did this a lot in the 90s, thankfully they stopped doing it!
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The new Hayley had red hair and looked nothing like bec Hewitt
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She clearly infected Scott Hunter with her polar opposite recastitis and that how he came to be Brad Willis.
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Libby in Neighbours. I'll always remember her walking into the coffee shop on her phone saying 'Hello, Libby Kennedy speaking'. Who does that?!
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Selina in Home and Away when the original actress fell ill.
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I remember that. The actress had cancer so they recast for a while but she resumed the role when she recovered. Sadly, the cancer came back and she died about 10 years ago.
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The Ailsa recast in Home and Away is the one I always remember too ... really appalling especially as it came when Ailsa was right in the middle of a major storyline
![]() Having said that, the temp actress didn't do a bad job, if you look at it objectively. |
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MIss Ellie in Dallas was played by Donna Reed for one season whilst Barbara Bel Geddes was off sick having a hysterectomy
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Pam Ewing was played by Maragaret Michaels post plastic surgery, and came in to end her storyline off -- and was the best recast Ive ever seen - they looked and sounded absolutely identical -- look
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4qpLjnZd0 |
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Yeah, I really wish they'd delayed the story until the original actress could return, it was one of Ailsa's biggest ever story lines and probably would be a lot more memorable today if the original actress had been there.
Having said that, the temp actress didn't do a bad job, if you look at it objectively. Also in H&A: Selina and Mitch McColl. In Neighbours: Cheryl played by Colette Mann (Sheila) while Caroline Gillmer was away. Does Kim Medcalf as Sam Mitchell count as a temporary recast ? |
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The Ailsa recast in Home and Away is the one I always remember too ... really appalling especially as it came when Ailsa was right in the middle of a major storyline
![]() Ordinarily if someone is ill, they do try to give their storylines to someone else if possible. However, in this case, it was such a major storyline for Ailsa that they couldn't give it to someone else or delay it. |
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Meg in Sunset Beach.
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Meg in Sunset Beach.
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Selina in Home and Away when the original actress fell ill.
also Libby in Neighbours |
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Betty Turpin's son Gordon was temporarily played by Geoffrey Leesley when Bill Kenwright was unavailable
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Ordinarily if someone is ill, they do try to give their storylines to someone else if possible. However, in this case, it was such a major storyline for Ailsa that they couldn't give it to someone else or delay it.
It was a very insular storyline, affecting only Ailsa and Shauna (and peripherally Alf and Duncan) with no ties to other characters or storylines, so could have easily been put off and replaced with something else. |
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wasnt it some small dumpy ginger woman?
