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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 442276" data-attributes="member: 19949">This German newspaper article from 1985 reports that Madonna was set to join Dallas as JR&#039;s daughter.[ATTACH=full]59306[/ATTACH]Madonna was supposed to appear as JR’s illegitimate daughter to save Dallas from declining ratings. Who knows—perhaps her mother was Julie Grey? The unconventional lifestyle of Madonna’s character would have landed the Ewing family in all sorts of embarrassing situations, and JR couldn’t stand her... It sounds very much like this character would have been a mix of Jamie and James.Doris Day, on the other hand, was slated for Dynasty—which, according to this German newspaper article, sent Joan Collins into a rage.[ATTACH=full]59307[/ATTACH]The article does not reveal which role was intended for Doris Day (aside from playing the second bitch alongside Joan Collins in Dynasty), but merely the fee: she was to receive 165,000 Deutsche Marks per episode, which corresponded to a value of around 56,000 US dollars in 1985.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 442276, member: 19949"] This German newspaper article from 1985 reports that Madonna was set to join Dallas as JR's daughter. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Madonna.JPG"]59306[/ATTACH] Madonna was supposed to appear as JR’s illegitimate daughter to save Dallas from declining ratings. Who knows—perhaps her mother was Julie Grey? The unconventional lifestyle of Madonna’s character would have landed the Ewing family in all sorts of embarrassing situations, and JR couldn’t stand her... It sounds very much like this character would have been a mix of Jamie and James. Doris Day, on the other hand, was slated for Dynasty—which, according to this German newspaper article, sent Joan Collins into a rage. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Doris.JPG"]59307[/ATTACH] The article does not reveal which role was intended for Doris Day (aside from playing the second bitch alongside Joan Collins in Dynasty), but merely the fee: she was to receive 165,000 Deutsche Marks per episode, which corresponded to a value of around 56,000 US dollars in 1985. [/QUOTE]

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