Recasting a successful TV show is like major surgery. Sometimes it’s absolutely necessary for the patient to survive, but it’s still risky.
The need for a new performer isn’t usually because the actor wasn’t right for the role (though as you’ll see, that does happen from time to time). More often it’s what’s happening behind the scenes — personal feuds, substance problems, health issues — that gets an actor dropped. In some cases the character goes away too, as when Robert Downey Jr.’s Bobby got axed from Ally McBeal. If the role is too important, transplanting a new actor into the part is the only option.
The risk, of course, ...
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May 04, 2018 at 08:01AM
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