Wishful Casting Double Header: Eric Braeden as GH's Mikkos Cassadine; Michael Nader as Y&R's Victor Newman

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS! If we can get some Stephan in this, it will be complete.

OK Jamey, But I can totally see Robert Newman in Victors shoes!

Ldylkng can Robert just wear Victors shoes and nothing else! I think that man aged better than any other actor on soaps, but yes I would like to see Robert Newman on another soap I don't care if its Victor or not.

How stupid of me to have clicked on this...

O'Yes Michael Nadar,give me my Dex Darling on any Soap I will take him.

Jamey, thank you for taking an otherwise crazy day and turning it around. The double wrap comment had me laughing outloud. Can we turn this into a webisode because I for one would watch, and not just for the Liason aspect but for the thrill of the Cassadines...Long live the Evil Cassadines

If only I cared that Eric B is leaving. Quite frankly I dont care if he stays or leave. He and his reps are playing the same game that so many others have played. That is threaten to leave if their contracts are not honoured how they want it. DONT CARE!!!!

Lets see Steve Burton, Melody Thomas Scott, Jess Walton have all played this silly game already and now its Eric's turn.

They should do a poll of the viewers who care, because not many of us seem to care.

How stupid of me to have clicked on this...

You mean you didn't see it coming?

Michael Nader? How 'bout Roscoe Born!

HA I see someone else watched cold case last night too LOL. But I already told Daisy Clover last night that I would love to see Nader signed on as a love interest for Dorian Lord (of course this was after she told me to give up the ghost on trying to get ABCD to bring back A Martinez LOL)

As for you Jamey, I keep telling you the pills will do you no good unless you TAKE them, otherwise the delusions start coming back LOL No seriously you had me up until you didnt put Lizard in the body bag. If OLTL goes off the air, and I hope it doesnt, but if it does I would love to see Bree W come on as Sarah Webber, hook her up with Lucky because he deserves better, and then for Carly, Sarah, Emily (cuz you know thats who she is) Maxie and Sam to team up and kill Hosabeth dead (and then donate her organs so we know she isnt just dead but soap dead. LOL) they could hatch a plan so each one draws a clear vial of something, one has the read drug but they will never know which. They all lace her lick it slam it suck it shot and then BOOM she buys the farm. The cops cant pin it on any of them because they dont know who actually had the real stuff and well frankly no one cares enough on the pcpd to try and build a case when all it really was was pest control. Besides we know Jake is really Jerry Jax's love child from HIS ONS with Lizard.

Can't wait for the podcast about this to come out

Double the pleasure and double the mischief!!!

Frons would be a genius to hire EB.

I like Eric's Victor, I'll miss "you got that"
"how dare you come into my home." I imagine him saying "with your BS now Get out bleep
$%$#@ outta here!"

There are characters e.g. Sonny Corinthos on GH "I'm just saying" and when Stefan said "the parapet." I'd swoon with delight...I use to tune in back in the day just to hear him and Katherine in dialog say "the parapet." I would miss a lot of Eric in the character.

Nadar, I just like the guy don't care what he's in as for his personal life if he's cleaned up his act, let him act. He could do Victor.

Newman I'd like to see him edgier to do a Victor type character; I am sure he's got the chops to pull it off...I'd follow these guys anywhere their craft takes them doesn't matter. I didn't see Nadar on Cold Case I have to check it out online.

I don't care to read about contract negotiations and think its tacky. The info being strategically placed out here is part of their negotiating stunts. Some actors relish in the attention. I just think its low rent. I don't want to know about it. Just do your job I don't care about what's in your wallet.

Let's give AMC one last breath. Dimitri Marick! Please!!!

As for you Jamey, I keep telling you the pills will do you no good unless you TAKE them, otherwise the delusions start coming back LOL N
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If I take the pills the pretty colors will stop!
 

Can I have what Jamey is drinking?

Roscoe Born @ Y&R as Victor although he's been Terrible Tom..

Yes just put Stephan Nichols' Stefan somewhere in that storyline. You can't have a Spencer v Cassadine storyline without Stefan and his "Lasha"

Sam working with Helena being a bad girl would be soooooo good. I LOVED her on Port Charles as the bad girl. There is a spark in KeMo eyes when she gets to play the bad girl. She was great on Port Charles.

Michael Nader as Victor is a good choice but it would DE-SORAS (unSORAS?) Victor and make him around Nikki's age which I don't think would make Ms. Scott very happy........

Besides, Mr Braeden, I don't see a huge number of opportunities for romantic leads in the their late 60's, so may be you should stay put.

Loved Michael Nader on Dynasty...and I remember bits and pieces of his portrayal of Dimitri and I liked him there. I could get down with him on Y&R. I could possibly work. It would definitely take some adjusting but I guess Bill Bell would say the show must go on and any actor can be replaced. LOL

I can totaly see EB as a Cassadine. That was actualy my first thought when I first read and heard all the rumblings over he and his character on Y&R. I was like, he'd make one hell of a Cassadine. I wonder if that was to happen, who they would let go at GH so they could afford to pay him. It wouldn't be any producer or writer that's for sure.

Jamey what a great idea!!! I LOVED everything you wrote!!! I beg you, PLEASE apply for a writing job on GH. Maybe then I will look forward the show!!!!!!
Oh, by the way the double wrap comment made my day!!!!

I could see EB on another soap, but I'd rather Victor die than be recast!

Jamey I cant even pick on you. Its just so sad that all you have left is fan fic, and once Jake is repurposed, that will be the final nail in the horror show that once was Jason and his Hosabeth. I guess the only hope for a reunion would be if the writers made sam a villianess...and I only see that happening if someone finally gets wise and decides to steal her away to turn her into a big primetime star.

This whole contract business needs to be handled in a different way, b/c these actors do have a pt. when it comes to what they sign, but these are dire days and ppl just need to try to meet each other halfway, b/c if OLTL only has a couple of months left, that is a sign that tells me it is over.

Well it just goes to show that the networks don't give a shit about the soaps no one is safe, not even the mustache. Watch their ratings drop, if they get rid of Victor and Nikki, there ratings will plummet, as did OLTL when they drop their popular stars. They are slowly killing the soaps.

Can anything be done to save them? Perhaps creating a new network like the Sci-Fi(Sy-Fy) channel. I know there is Soapnet, but all that is crap.

I think I'd have to say that if Eric Braeden leaves due to not being able to resolve these contract issues, they should let the character leave town and "put the character to bed." DON'T kill the character--it's needless and a weak way to get rid of them (and seems vengeful). I don't really see a need to recast Victor. He's really been painted into a corner with the current storyline anyway (he can sit there with Mary Jane, who was also painted into a corner, too), so short of being the town pariah, what's to like about how his scheming created such heartbreak, harm, and death? If EB stays, I'll be curious to see how they resolve this for the character, but I would accept if he left town for good, too. Lastly, I think re-casting Michael Nader as Victor Newman seems a little too..."stunty" (and he's 11 years older than MTS, for the record). AS FOR THE CHARACTER OF TUCKER, though someone else suggested Robert Newman for Victor, I'd rather see him as someone new like Tucker. I don't know that RN would relocate from the East Coast (I suppose stranger things have happened in this economy), but I would certainly be interested in seeing Robert Newman doing something a little different. When Josh Lewis first came to town on Guiding Light, he was a bit slimy and had a defined nasty edge, so we know Robert has it in him to play such a character again. Josh Lewis became so watered down by the end of GL, I'd love to see him as a powerful executive who can charm the ladies. Also, he plays a little bit young than what I'd see for Tucker (and it's possibly a little too close to what he played on GL), but what about Grant Aleksander? He's no stranger to the West Coast (thanks, Capitol) and certainly has the acting chops. Robert Newman can do smoldering leading man pretty well, though!

Whether he is popular or not, Victor Newman is the face of Y&R. Heck I know people who have never watched Y&R and they have heard of Victor Newman. Also, EB/Victor has a huge straight male crowd, especially with AA viewers. So with VR/Dru not coming back and perhaps EB leaving the show, Y&R will hit 2.5 with a quickness.

Also what in the world are Ashley, Nikki, Nick, Victoria, Jack and Adam going to do without their life line? Because sorry MM/Adam is not EB/Victor by any stretch of the imagination. So it would be best if Victor leaves town and they bring on a new character like Tucker to partially fill in the gap.

I could definitely see Eric as Mikkos, if they bring Stephen Nichols back (Stefan), I can definitely see them, Alexis, Helena, and Nicholas butting heads. As for Michael, am not a Y&R viewer, but I can see him as Victor, but I am with you Katjoy26, bring him back as Dimitri, I can see him giving David a run for his money.

Now, this is a GH that I would kill for!