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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 201482" data-attributes="member: 27">I think this show has just had a series of unfortunate casting situations that mostly could not be avoided.&nbsp; Yes, they fired Nathalie Kelley and James Mackay, but they had no way of knowing Ana-Brenda&#039;s health would deteriorate from being overworked and burned out.&nbsp; What could they do?&nbsp; Force her to continue working until she ended up in the hospital or something?&nbsp; They also had no idea Nicollette Sheridan&#039;s mother would contract cancer, and that NS would choose to return to LA to be with her rather than just wish her well from across the country.&nbsp; Again, they could have held her to her contract but decided instead to be compassionate human beings.&nbsp; The temporary recast of Alexis as played by Liz Gillies strikes me as an audacious attempt at creating some buzz, and wasn&#039;t conceived to be a permanent thing; a producer even said in an interview that this was a stop-gap measure to buy some time as they continued the audition process.&nbsp; I understand a lot of people felt their intelligence was insulted by the move, but I saw it as the publicity stunt that it was. And yes, I hear your whispers in the background about the NS and A-BC stories being PR creations, but I&#039;m choosing to believe what they said about the actresses&#039; situations.They&#039;ve just had a peculiarly bad streak of luck with those two characters.&nbsp; The character of Steven may very well be another victim of the situation, with the show afraid to bring in a new Steven (a character sorely needed) when his re-introduction would only be overshadowed by more &quot;Oh, not another recast!&quot; criticism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 201482, member: 27"] I think this show has just had a series of unfortunate casting situations that mostly could not be avoided. Yes, they fired Nathalie Kelley and James Mackay, but they had no way of knowing Ana-Brenda's health would deteriorate from being overworked and burned out. What could they do? Force her to continue working until she ended up in the hospital or something? They also had no idea Nicollette Sheridan's mother would contract cancer, and that NS would choose to return to LA to be with her rather than just wish her well from across the country. Again, they could have held her to her contract but decided instead to be compassionate human beings. The temporary recast of Alexis as played by Liz Gillies strikes me as an audacious attempt at creating some buzz, and wasn't conceived to be a permanent thing; a producer even said in an interview that this was a stop-gap measure to buy some time as they continued the audition process. I understand a lot of people felt their intelligence was insulted by the move, but I saw it as the publicity stunt that it was. And yes, I hear your whispers in the background about the NS and A-BC stories being PR creations, but I'm choosing to believe what they said about the actresses' situations. They've just had a peculiarly bad streak of luck with those two characters. The character of Steven may very well be another victim of the situation, with the show afraid to bring in a new Steven (a character sorely needed) when his re-introduction would only be overshadowed by more "Oh, not another recast!" criticism. [/QUOTE]

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