The CW to Soaps: Is This the New Career Path for Actors?
Typically, actors who get their start on daytime dramas move on to primetime and movie roles. Think Judith Light, Demi Moore, Meg Ryan, James Earl Jones, Kathleen Turner, Julianne Moore, and John Stamos, among others.
I’ve noticed lately, though, that a lot of former CW actors are popping up on the soaps. (Jensen Ackles is the exception here. He went from Days of Our Lives to shows on Fox and then WB/CW.)
Michael Muhney (Sheriff Lamb, Veronica Mars): After Veronica Mars, Muhney did a few small movies. He has since popped up as Adam Wilson on The Young & the Restless.
Brett Claywell (Tim Smith, One Tree Hill): When Claywell’s character was written out of One Tree Hill, he had a brief guest stint on Dollhouse. Now he is on One Life to Live.
Amanda Setton (Penelope Shafai, Gossip Girl): She was actually the first ex-CW actor that I noticed on a daytime drama. Setton is also on One Life to Live.
I know that soap operas are steady work with good pay, even at the lower levels. And they are an amazing way to build skills such as learning lines fast and working with few opportunities to re-film for mistakes. But there is a stigma attached to the daytime dramas.
What do you think? Does this mean that the CW is on an even lower echelon than the soaps? Are people just taking the work they can get? Or will actors begin to move back and forth between primetime and daytime?
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March 23, 2010 6:13 am
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By Quiet Pool, March 23, 2010 @ 6:52 am
I couldn’t even remember who the girl from GG was, but I’m assuming I’d have the same thoughts as I do about the guy who played Tim Smith. Sure the CW has some pretty poor acting, but I’m assuming that these people are being downgraded to the day time soaps. The One Tree Hill actor did not show many acting chops while on the CW drama and therefore they found it easy to write him out. Going to the day time soaps seems simply like he was sent back to the minors. I’m sure the same could be said about the GG actress.
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