Casting
Calls & Contract News
for One Life to Live
Date: October 23, 2000
As the November "sweeps" gets under way, there are many behind-the-scenes negotiations taking place with the actors and actresses of One Life to Live.
First up is the casting on two new characters. Actor Murphy Guyer will begin on the show on Tuesday, October 31. Guyer will portray Asa's (Phil Carey) lawyer. And Margo Martindale will play the character of Sybilla, the sister of Delphina. Sybilla, also a psychic like her sister, will predict some unusual events at Viki's bridal shower. Martindale will begin on Thursday, November 2.
Also on Wednesday, November 8th, All My Children's Myrtle Fargate (played by Eileen Herlie) will cross over to OLTL when she rushes to Rae's (played by Linda Dano) defense.
Sources says that Laura Koffman, who played Cassie Cramer is ready to get back to work at OLTL. However, a rep for the show stated there are no plans to bring her character back at this time. Koffman, left OLTL last year after being let go during her maternity leave. If she doesn't return to OLTL, Koffman may take a job on another soap instead.
There have been huge rumors spreading recently about Catherine Hickland (Lindsay) and Roger Howarth (Todd) departing from the show. However, both of these rumors have not been exactly correct. "That rumor is absolutely unfounded and untrue.", quoted Hickland. There is still seven more months before her contract ends, and negotiations at this point are still unclear. Howarth's first "out" clause of his contract doesn't allow the actor to leave until March 2001. At that time, Howarth will need to decide to either leave the show or go ahead and stay until the next "out" clause comes up. Howarth's manager said a lot of Howarth's decision may be based on his negotiations with OLTL, and perhaps the upcoming writers' strike in May. If the Writers Guild of America goes on strike this could effect Howarth's chances of getting auditioned for any primetime show.
The big news lately has also been on the rumor of Don Jeffcoat's (Joey) contract. According to some published reports OLTL has decided not to renew the actor's contract, which expires this month (October 2000). However, Jeffcoat will not finish shooting his scenes until November 24th, which wouldn't air until mid-December. The Don Jeffcoat Fan Site created an online petition, which was signed by a thousand fans in support of him staying. Since OLTL does not comment on the star's contracts, it still may be unclear if Jeffcoat will actually be leaving or not.
According to sources, there is also a casting call for two other new characters for the show. It seems OLTL may be in search of an actor to play a character named McKinnon Foster, a early 30's male who is a wealthy and mysterious businessman. Another casting call is for Jen Rappaport, a manipulative teenager and the daughter of Lindsay and Sam Rappaport. No actresses have been named yet for the role.
And finally on the road again is Linda Dano's character Rae Cummings, who will be making her appearances again on General Hospital, All My Children, and Port Charles. Dano recently stated she will continue to be on OLTL for awhile longer, but will eventually make her way over to her first stop on GH. This time her visits to the other shows will finally result in Rae's child being revealed, and it will cause a major impact on the lives of the citizens from all of the four soaps.
Here are a few expiration dates of some of the stars' contracts:
Hillary
B. Smith (Nora) - Contract ends December 2000.
Kale
Browne (Sam) - Contract ends March 2001.
Kamar
De Los Reyes (Antonio) - Contract ends February 2002.
Kassie
DePaiva (Blair) - Contract ends October 2001.
Catherine
Hickland (Lindsay) - Contract ends May 2001.
Charissa
Chamorro (Sophia) - Contract ends September 2002.
Roger
Howarth
(Todd) - Has upcoming out clause in February 2001, with Option to stay until
2003.
Erin
Torpey (Jessica) - Contract ends September 2002.
Ty
Treadway (Colin) - Contract ends May 2004.
Recurring Contract Status:
Ellen Bethea (Rachel)
Wortham Krimmer (Andrew)
Patricia
Mauceri (Carlotta)
Michael Storm (Larry)
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