Oh please nooo, I can’t stand her.

Anne Heche is so HOT : have you seen her it “Spead” I know, right: sounds defining
w/Ashton Kutcher… she was never at her most finest… LOOKS dept.

absolutely, loved her… and she bowled me over… in Men in Trees… WELL DONE.

she can run the gamut… shows hair makes a big difference… but she’s aloof, inviting, come on

My first pick would be Robin Christopher who was on GH before and I’ve seen her work. She can pull off playing Phyllis really well.

Good choice Dinah, I love Robin

Now that’s an idea I can get behind, and it would make me watch more than just one or two days a week.

Oh yes! Good one! Except I don’t watch Y&R anymore until JFP is there.

Robin would be amazing. I’ve always liked her.

Plus I would buy her as Summer’s mom

Good one too!

I think Sarah or Tamara could pull it off. Kelly not so much but I do like her. Michelle Stafford is a powerhouse and it will be hard to fill her shoes.

I would agree. It’s just that B&B did a horrible job with her when she was on that show. I’d hate for the same thing to happen on Y&R.

Good choice! She can handle the part.

They are all too young I am sorry but would producers and writers start considering the history of a character. Women do not die on the vine after 40 the character has history with Jack and PB is 60 years old. If you were recasting Victoria or Chelsea or even Avery these people would work but not Phyllis. Phyllis is not an igenue!! Lol!

Over half those you listed are WAY too young….Lindsay Hartley playing mother to Hunter King??? Ummmmmm no…hahahaha same thing with Alison Sweeney and Gina Tognoni….way too young…..

Have you seen Sarah Brown with the red-ish brown hair? Looks sexy.

Nicolette Sheridan would be perfect if she’d do it…even blonde!!!

I love your idea.she is the first person that came to mind and she fits the character description, I would definitely go with Jamie.

This is a very good call. She can play smokin’ hot!

Watros is a lil more over the top and can play the psycho really well, she doesn’t strike me as that “phyllis” sexiness that’s needed….Jamie Luner and Robin Christopher would be ideal!!!!

Good choice – I totally agree with all of it! Jamie Lunar would also be good in the role.

I agree all this age tampering really messes with the time line– the character Phyllis, not MS, was twenty in 1994 when she was first introduced, so technically Phyllis should be forty– therefore an actress in her late thirties up to mid forties should be able to play her without stretching credibility too much. But because they SORAS both of her children Daniel and Summer– that real age seems to be pushing it, and an actresses in late forties early fifties would look more the age Phyllis should be to have children the age they are now at. So you’re right anyone younger than 45 would be a disservice to the character and the history they gave her.

I am surprised they are recasting at all. I thought JFP would be happy if the character stayed in a coma forever. And the way the stories are now I don’t see how Phyllis can fit into the canvas as a major player again. Unless my secret hope that the real Phyllis was killed by Lauren when Sheila took Phyllis’s face and this Phyllis has been Sheila all along

I always imagined Shelia had a mental break during that shooting and really thought she was Phyllis and that is why she never acted like Sheila. So I am hoping when Phyllis wakes up, she is cured of her delusion and remembers she is really Sheila. If that happens I think I could accept any recast knowing, she won’t be really be Phyllis and that character died a long time ago.

AGREED!

Soaps are all about the re-cast, Eric.

I agree and would prefer a former ATWT actress – especially Kelley Menighan Hensley – she’s the best!

I would love to see Lesli and Kelly back.

That is a really good idea. Both of these ladies would have great chemistry with the new Kelly (Cady McClain)

Pretty actress but too dark skin for Summer and the legendary nickname “Red”

Liz Keifer is my number one choice. I can stop scrolling and support your suggestion, Ricardo!

Liz Keifer, honest to goodness… all that sexy… was right up there with my faves on GL… right on with Beth Chamberlain – mention Crystal Chappell and these ladies turned it ON

Liz Keifer is 52… and is fab

she’d be tantalizing with Peter Bergman

I agree. Gina Tognoni would be my number 1 pick.

Too old in JFP’s eyes that is why probably she won’t look at Robin Christopher who would be great because she is 48. I wish she would have left Phyllis in the coma if we are going to make her younger then her sister Avery or Sharon. Marcia Cross is a great actress but she is 52 that is a no no in JFP’s world.

Oh I love that idea if shr will return to daytime

Interesting. I didn’t realize that the uber popular Michelle Stafford was a re-cast!

That would fail. Sandra was a horrible Phyllis.

Oh please no!!! I think she was awful as Phyllis…

Yes Gina Tognoni!!!!

Wendy would be a good one..

Sarah is my first choice and Susan Haskell is my 2nd!! Good call. I could see Susan being very age appropriate to have been with Jack and Nick and have Daniel/Summer

I like this idea! Her talents are being wasted on GH’s Olivia. Lisa has shown she can be feisty. She is the right age group to play off Peter Bergman. I think they would have chemistry too. I’d approve of this casting.

The hardest part about that is the new pace of soaps. Shooting up to 3 episodes a day, often with no rehearsal, and actors playing major characters shooting more than 100 pages a day regularly. An actor who is new to soaps and also a front burner character runs the risk of holding up production with flubbed and forgotten lines, an inability to keep up, or the chance, like Joan Van Ark, of quitting after a cycle because its too much. None of which is good for a show. Not a dure thing and always exceptions, but it shows why shows lean toward proven soap talent when casting a front burner role.

I agree the recast for Billy has been terrible. But the recast of Kelly is great. Cady McClain makes that role so much more likeable.

David Tom is really failing in the role, Billy Miller was phenomenal and Tom really isn’t living up to that standard at all.

As for Kelly, I like her much more now with Cady McClain in the role than I did when Cynthia Watros was playing her. I do really like Watros but she didn’t shine as Kelly and she made the character very unlikable – well, the writing is to blame I guess.

As for Phyllis, I think if the recast her with a well known, well liked actress, it might work. Then again, Y&R recast Diane with Maura West who is phenomenal, but that was an epic fail. So I guess time will tell.

I love the actress playing the witch on Once Upon A Time…she also has daytime experience…she was the original Margaret on OLTL!!!

Her name is Rebecca Mader, and that’s an interesting choice.

I wish that too since you mention her but like you know it most likely wont happen…i only watch Y&R on occasion but id watch everyday if she was Phylis!!!

She would be great but I think they will probably keep her for a while on OUAT.

Someone told me she has basically retired from acting! I could see her in the role but I have a feeling they are going to step in it and hire a younger actress.

Her writing on ATWT and B&B were not up to par to her acting talents. SJB is a phenomenal actress who could play the part!

She was fantastic as Claudia on GH. I didn’t watch when she played Carly but I hear she was great in that role too.

B&B completely wasted her talent. I watched since she first aired until her final airdate as Agnes and I gotta say, it was a major disappointment, especially since she’s such a great actress and got handed a bad role with worse writing.

I think she’d be a great Phyllis recast. She and Robin Christopher are my top two candidates.

@MARK while you’re yukking it up I think Kim Zimmer would be a great replacement as Sharon’s mom with a story of having the chance to walk…or maybe not

YES!

outside of the aforementioned… this : Charlotte Ross could be the clincher : she has “ALL” the elements required to be : Phyllis : can we say…even sexier, just as dark, edgier, and then some

Altho… I will keep on propping Robin Christopher

Isn’t she on Nashville now..I don’t see anyone leaving a primetime gig to come back to daytime.

Sandra Nelson was a successful Phyllis recast.

Sometimes people just need a change? Playing same character year after year can get tiring for an actor. Becomes limiting for what you can do in the future should the show get cancelled. But obviously she had issues somewhere.

There was no one : I repeat : NO one : like Liza and her tour de force role on Santa Barbara

Marcy Walker : did it for me : had that “IT” factor : fully embodied : captured me

last I heard… Ms. Walker, was a church counselor