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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 442257" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>A lot of backstage factors led to his time on the show becoming a bit nonsensical and lacking the sort of cohesion that Frank V promised to Paevey when he agreed to return.&nbsp; His was supposed to be a six-month return, a short-term gig that RP agreed to more for the money than any great dream of returning to soaps. As soon as he was brought back, both Kirsten Storms and Finola Hughes took a powder, so to speak; just as they managed to write around those departures, Steve Burton also left them mid-story.&nbsp; RP signed a short-term contract extension at some point, which gave them some breathing room but was likely not something he wanted to do.&nbsp; I hope they offered him lots and lots of money to do them this favor.&nbsp; Anyway, when KS&#039;s return didn&#039;t work out they pivoted Cassius away from Lulu almost immediately, which sent the message (to me at least) that they&#039;d planned a triangle between those three that had to be scuttled.&nbsp; The revelation of his true identity would have been an excuse to repair Maxie and Lulu&#039;s friendship.&nbsp; All the stuff with Joss, Cullum and Sidwell was likely stretched out a bit.&nbsp; The actor who played Cullum stated on social media that Rocco was supposed to have killed Cullum on the docks so they were apparently doing all sorts of rewrites for the story as it unfolded.&nbsp; If I had to guess, all the quasi-romantic/captive stuff with Josslyn was also &quot;new material&quot; dropped in to help stretch things out, with someone on the writing team having decided they didn&#039;t want Cassius to be a full-tilt villain in the vein of Peter August (or Ross Cullum) but to allow him to leave the show as an anti-hero who had some redeemable features.&nbsp; Whether that was a favor to the actor (for helping them when they needed him to stick around longer) or just fan service to those who found/find the actor appealing [raises hand], we might never know.&nbsp; They certainly left the door open for a return later on.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 442257, member: 27"] A lot of backstage factors led to his time on the show becoming a bit nonsensical and lacking the sort of cohesion that Frank V promised to Paevey when he agreed to return. His was supposed to be a six-month return, a short-term gig that RP agreed to more for the money than any great dream of returning to soaps. As soon as he was brought back, both Kirsten Storms and Finola Hughes took a powder, so to speak; just as they managed to write around those departures, Steve Burton also left them mid-story. RP signed a short-term contract extension at some point, which gave them some breathing room but was likely not something he wanted to do. I hope they offered him lots and lots of money to do them this favor. Anyway, when KS's return didn't work out they pivoted Cassius away from Lulu almost immediately, which sent the message (to me at least) that they'd planned a triangle between those three that had to be scuttled. The revelation of his true identity would have been an excuse to repair Maxie and Lulu's friendship. All the stuff with Joss, Cullum and Sidwell was likely stretched out a bit. The actor who played Cullum stated on social media that Rocco was supposed to have killed Cullum on the docks so they were apparently doing all sorts of rewrites for the story as it unfolded. If I had to guess, all the quasi-romantic/captive stuff with Josslyn was also "new material" dropped in to help stretch things out, with someone on the writing team having decided they didn't want Cassius to be a full-tilt villain in the vein of Peter August (or Ross Cullum) but to allow him to leave the show as an anti-hero who had some redeemable features. Whether that was a favor to the actor (for helping them when they needed him to stick around longer) or just fan service to those who found/find the actor appealing [raises hand], we might never know. They certainly left the door open for a return later on. [/QUOTE]

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