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Why Morgan Fairchild decided not to reprise her role as Jenna Wade
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Could it be that Morgan Fairchild is the star with the most threads here? I just checked: there are nine threads about her by now! It almost seems to be de rigueur for any user to start his own thread about Morgan Fairchild.
Whenever I see interviews with Morgan Fairchild, I get the feeling she mixes things up a bit; consequently, I’m never quite sure how accurate her statements are—such as the claim that she didn't want to join Dallas because the series had already been running for so long and was sure to be cancelled in a year or two. Instead, she wanted to co-produce her own series—but which series was that, exactly? It certainly wasn't Paper Dolls.
I think Morgan Fairchild and Morgan Brittany would have brought a similar vibe to Dallas (despite their different looks)—and that was precisely what the show didn't need in 1983 when Jenna returned. Perhaps they should have brought Morgan Fairchild back as Jenna in season 8 (after Katherine's departure) and let Holly be Bobby's love interest in season 7. It certainly would have been more interesting to see Morgan Fairchild mourning Bobby; however, they likely wouldn't have wanted to keep her on the show as compulsively as they did Priscilla Presley, and she would probably have been written out midway through season 10, just like Mandy and Jamie. That way, Ray and Donna could have stayed together. Besides, it’s questionable whether Steve Kanaly and Morgan Fairchild would have passed the chemistry test anyway.
Whenever I see interviews with Morgan Fairchild, I get the feeling she mixes things up a bit; consequently, I’m never quite sure how accurate her statements are—such as the claim that she didn't want to join Dallas because the series had already been running for so long and was sure to be cancelled in a year or two. Instead, she wanted to co-produce her own series—but which series was that, exactly? It certainly wasn't Paper Dolls.
I think Morgan Fairchild and Morgan Brittany would have brought a similar vibe to Dallas (despite their different looks)—and that was precisely what the show didn't need in 1983 when Jenna returned. Perhaps they should have brought Morgan Fairchild back as Jenna in season 8 (after Katherine's departure) and let Holly be Bobby's love interest in season 7. It certainly would have been more interesting to see Morgan Fairchild mourning Bobby; however, they likely wouldn't have wanted to keep her on the show as compulsively as they did Priscilla Presley, and she would probably have been written out midway through season 10, just like Mandy and Jamie. That way, Ray and Donna could have stayed together. Besides, it’s questionable whether Steve Kanaly and Morgan Fairchild would have passed the chemistry test anyway.
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Pam and Jenna had some sparks in that early episode Old Acquaintance… Morgan would have made things a *lot* more interesting than Priscilla, I’d have to think..
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