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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 354750" data-attributes="member: 27">Knots Landing wanted Olivia deHavilland to play Ruth Galveston.&nbsp; The oft-mentioned reason she turned it down was because she didn&#039;t want to leave her home in Europe (Paris, I believe) for the period of time she&#039;d need to film the role.&nbsp; In a different vein, Anne Heche had played twin sisters Vicky and Marley on Another World from 1987-91 (and won an Emmy for it).&nbsp; The roles were recast when she left to become a film star.&nbsp; At the height of her fame (1997 or so), the actress who had taken the roles on AW became ill, necessitating a casting call for a temporary recast.&nbsp; A smart person in the AW casting office contacted Anne Heche&#039;s manager and asked if Heche would be willing to &#039;drop by&#039; for a two-day stint in her old &quot;Vicky&quot; role (Marley had been written out).&nbsp; It would have been a publicity bonanza for the show, and since Heche had always spoken so highly of that show and &#039;the girls&#039;, it was within the realm of possibility.&nbsp; The manager didn&#039;t relay the offer to Heche, and she only found out after the show had tapped another actress to do the last-minute gig.&nbsp; In later interviews, Heche said she would have been thrilled to return to the show, and I think the viewers like myself would have been even more thrilled to see her back in the part that made her career.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 354750, member: 27"] [I]Knots Landing[/I] wanted Olivia deHavilland to play Ruth Galveston. The oft-mentioned reason she turned it down was because she didn't want to leave her home in Europe (Paris, I believe) for the period of time she'd need to film the role. In a different vein, Anne Heche had played twin sisters Vicky and Marley on [I]Another World[/I] from 1987-91 (and won an Emmy for it). The roles were recast when she left to become a film star. At the height of her fame (1997 or so), the actress who had taken the roles on AW became ill, necessitating a casting call for a temporary recast. A smart person in the AW casting office contacted Anne Heche's manager and asked if Heche would be willing to 'drop by' for a two-day stint in her old "Vicky" role (Marley had been written out). It would have been a publicity bonanza for the show, and since Heche had always spoken so highly of that show and 'the girls', it was within the realm of possibility. The manager[I] didn't relay the offer to Heche[/I], and she only found out after the show had tapped another actress to do the last-minute gig. In later interviews, Heche said she would have been thrilled to return to the show, and I think the viewers like myself would have been even more thrilled to see her back in the part that made her career. [/QUOTE]

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