Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-108.81.117.0-20140328021301/@comment-13965604-20140329143347

71.9.18.20 wrote: Because Darren Stevens syndrome is lame and you either have to play it off and pretend no one notices that this character now looks completely different or go to the magical plastic surgery well. Do you really want to see that? Some new chick playing Allison? And everyone makes sure to call her Allison in every scene so the audience understands that this is Allison now and we're just not saying anything about her miraculous change in appearance? I'm going to be blunt here and it's probably something you're not going to want to hear but this is the truth. That. Is. Stupid. It's lame, it's uninspired, it assumes the audience is so passive that they're just going to accept whatever we throw at them and it's frankly insulting.

Go back and watch an old show that has recast. Or even a more contemporary one. Start watching it, grow attached to the characters and actors, and then tell me how you feel when they're suddenly being played by a different actor with no warning whatsoever. I'm guessing you'll say you felt jarred and uncomfortable. That's always how that works out. It's just bad filmmaking. It's just bad storytelling. Under the circumstances, just letting the actor go is the best choice. It's the best of a bad situation but you know something? That's what we have to work with a lot in life and the sooner we learn to roll with the punches the better off we'll be.

Beautifully explained. Thank you for putting some time into this answer. It's ridiculous that people think they can just swap out a main character like that. However, I do still think that Cora is in a place where they could do it without people getting too upset by it. She was here very briefly and pretty much undeveloped, and as already been gone as long as she was here. I don't feel like she had time or development to be 'loved' yet. There are atleast two other actresses I've seen recently that I had to look up the movie to find out they weren't her, and minor changes in appearance are more forgivable. 'Shes a teenager, she's still growing' sort of thing...but anyway. They still won't do it, methinks, for the reasons you already stated. And I just realized how long and off topic this got to my response, sorry about that. Anyway. Thanks for the well written reply to this thread.