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<blockquote data-quote="Emelee" data-source="post: 409608" data-attributes="member: 73">A recast for Stephanie was never an option for Bradley Bell. He mentions it every now and then. Last time he talked about it was just last week, in a Deadline interview.He said, regarding soap operas killing off long term characters:&quot;You’re getting rid of a lot of history. But if the story is that good, it’s important to make that decision,” explains Bell, who recalls what it was like to write off Susan Flannery’s Stephanie Forrester in 2012. Flannery was one of the core four cast members who helped launched the CBS soap in 1987, but at age 73, she was ready to walk away from her storied career in daytime.Recasting such an icon was out of the question, so Bell fashioned a goodbye that had Forrester dying of cancer in the arms of her daughter-in-law Brooke, who Stephanie used to refer to as the “slut from the valley.”“It just seemed like a poetic way for her to go,” explains Bell. “It’s always scary and it’s always difficult to say goodbye, but again, very necessary. You have to kill them every once in a while in order to keep your credibility as a writer. And I promise myself every year, I’m going to kill more people.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emelee, post: 409608, member: 73"] A recast for Stephanie was never an option for Bradley Bell. He mentions it every now and then. Last time he talked about it was just last week, in a Deadline interview. He said, regarding soap operas killing off long term characters: "You’re getting rid of a lot of history. But if the story is that good, it’s important to make that decision,” explains Bell, who recalls what it was like to write off Susan Flannery’s Stephanie Forrester in 2012. Flannery was one of the core four cast members who helped launched the CBS soap in 1987, but at age 73, she was ready to walk away from her storied career in daytime. [B]Recasting such an icon was out of the question[/B], so Bell fashioned a goodbye that had Forrester dying of cancer in the arms of her daughter-in-law Brooke, who Stephanie used to refer to as the “slut from the valley.” “It just seemed like a poetic way for her to go,” explains Bell. “It’s always scary and it’s always difficult to say goodbye, but again, very necessary. You have to kill them every once in a while in order to keep your credibility as a writer. And I promise myself every year, I’m going to kill more people.” [/QUOTE]

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