I was never a big fan of Lucy's acting but this cleared some things up and I appreciated seeing this interview

[TheDeadBobby]

There was a lot going on during the filming that I wasn't aware of.... plus she even admits she wasn't the most experienced at the start and learned her way through the different parts she played. She seems to be a very nice and friendly gal! :BL:

 

[Billy Wall]

She was very young. Most actors her age isn’t very good. I thought she was perfect for the part.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Most actors her age isn’t very good

There have been many brilliant actors her age and younger. The problem tends to that producers often cast kids her age for their "looks" first and foremost.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I thought Charlene was great as Lucy. She had great chemistry with both Barbara Bel Geddes and Jim Davis.

I couldn't imagine another actress playing Lucy. Charlene made the part her own.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I couldn't imagine another actress playing Lucy. Charlene made the part her own.

Let's just say she was correctly cast. Any questionable acting just seemed like Lucy's neuroses, just as any questionable acting from Joan Collins seemed like Alexis' disingenuousness. So it's all fine.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Let's just say she was correctly cast. Any questionable acting just seemed like Lucy's neuroses, just as any questionable acting from Joan Collins seemed like Alexis' disingenuousness. So it's all fine.

Plus for what it's worth she looked exactly as if she was the daughter of Valene and Gary.

 

[Taylor Bennett Jr.]

I kind of prefer her acting right at the beginning - when she was super-green and playing the problem child vixen - to a lot of what came later. Did they move to an earlier time slot when they were picked up for a full season? She still had her moments, but was noticeably tamer, I thought. She acted more like a typical spoiled teenager in Runaway than the neglected schemer whose parents abandoned her and/or were driven out forcefully in the miniseries, and I thought the earlier incarnation was more interesting.

 

[Bobby Southworth]

I haven't always been a fan of Charlene's acting, but I just re-watched the episode with Kit, and I've got to say, as many have, she gave a stellar performance throughout the whole episode. She plays romance very well, and being brokenhearted. I was convinced. I saw this sparkle again with Mickey. I think maybe my issue has been more with things and boyfriends/husbands that were written for her, and not so much her acting. The story-line with Mitch, I just found her kind of annoying, and him stubborn and dull. That wasn't about Charlene's acting. In the miniseries, at times she was really good, but at times she seemed like she actually was on drugs, like the scene with her and Pam on the staircase in "Digger's Daughter". However, then she was very convincing as the bad girl in the very next episode "Lessons". I will cut her some slack on the scene in "Digger's Daughter" because that probably equates with inexperience, and or nervousness. Overall, I think Charlene was pretty capable; they just didn't always write the best stuff for her, or really do enough with her character. I also can't see anyone else playing the role.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Plus for what it's worth she looked exactly as if she was the daughter of Valene and Gary.

Yeah she does.

More so with Ted Shackelford than David Ackroyd though. Joan Van Ark was perfect as her Mother.

 

[Pamela_E]

I haven't always been a fan of Charlene's acting, but I just re-watched the episode with Kit, and I've got to say, as many have, she gave a stellar performance throughout the whole episode. She plays romance very well, and being brokenhearted. I was convinced. I saw this sparkle again with Mickey. I think maybe my issue has been more with things and boyfriends/husbands that were written for her, and not so much her acting. The story-line with Mitch, I just found her kind of annoying, and him stubborn and dull. That wasn't about Charlene's acting. In the miniseries, at times she was really good, but at times she seemed like she actually was on drugs, like the scene with her and Pam on the staircase in "Digger's Daughter". However, then she was very convincing as the bad girl in the very next episode "Lessons". I will cut her some slack on the scene in "Digger's Daughter" because that probably equates with inexperience, and or nervousness. Overall, I think Charlene was pretty capable; they just didn't always write the best stuff for her, or really do enough with her character. I also can't see anyone else playing the role.

I totally agree, I thought she was edgy and real at the start. Loved her in those first few seasons, there was a rawness to her that was gradually eroded away.

But I do think she was probably the only cast member I would have tolerated to be recast.

 

[Laurie Marr]

Lucy was a rather brittle, cold and disengaging character in the mini-series. And this worked perfectly because all the Ewings were similarly weird. Once Pam’s PoV was abandoned when a series was commissioned that changed - but Lucy remained strangely otherworldly. How much this was down to Tilton’s abilities as an actor is a matter of opinion.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Lucy was a rather brittle, cold and disengaging character in the mini-series. And this worked perfectly because all the Ewings were similarly weird. Once Pam’s PoV was abandoned when a series was commissioned that changed - but Lucy remained strangely otherworldly. How much this was down to Tilton’s abilities as an actor is a matter of opinion.

With hindsight it was probably down to her acting abilities as she was quite young when she got the role of Lucy Ewing.

She was probably just finding her feet in the role.