Rachel Confirms s7 Casting Spoilers

[x-forgetromeo.livejournal.com]

 


I'd like to take this opportunity to say that whether or not you loved/hated Ashley Seaver, Rachel Nichols as an actress is a human being who did not deserve to be sidelined liked this. She obviously loved her job and her co-workers, and is justifiably upset about this. 

CBS pulled the same stunt with Rachel that they did with AJ and Paget last year. Please keep that in mind. CBS might have fixed one of the symptoms by bringing AJ and Paget back, but they have in no way solved the problem of treating their actresses as disposable.

If you can, please send Rachel some love on twitter. 

Comments

[blue-sunflowers.livejournal.com]

I've read through most of the comments on this post, and my main issue is that you're presenting your *opinions* as fact. Which they're not.

Unless you're considering yourself as doing the exact same thing, then you have no case and are pretty much acting the hypocrite here. Sorry pointing out that Rachel's situation is "just how things work" - and backing the statement up - irritates you, but again, not my fault. TV is littered with actors and actresses fired after only a short stint on the show when it became clear they weren't working out and/or the network just didn't want to shell out the money to pay for them anymore. And it's certainly not telling you that you can't be pissed because even though I'm pointing out that's the way things work that for some reason ALSO means I'm telling you that makes it fair. Since uh, no. I never said that, and in fact said the exact opposite.

So sorry, I'm not really feeling it for Rachel. Not only was she new to the job, but also in a situation where this was expected. Her character was never well-received, and unnecessary for the show anyway. Rachel'll be perfectly fine finding a fit somewhere else. For one, she's already got a part in the new Conan the Barbarian movie, so she won't be hurting for money. So no, I'm not gonna waste time shedding tears for her. Rachel bounced back just fine after being cut from GI Joe 2.

And no, as of a week ago Rachel wasn't sure she was returning. That's a fact. She was hoping. She even stated in her tweet "crossing my fingers things don't change". That's a clear indication she knew things were NOT a done deal. "Slated to return" is not the same as "Guess what! I'm definitely returning!" Not even Erica Messner went so far as to say Rachel was definitely returning. At most, she said JJ coming back doesn't necessarily mean Seaver is leaving. Messner I'm sure wanted Rachel to stay. It wasn't up to Messner though, since Messner doesn't pay the bills. CBS and ABC Studios clearly didn't want to pay for 8 full-time regulars, which isn't surprising. BTW, it's also been reported since AJ's return was announced, that Rachel was on shaky ground to begin with. I highly doubt Rachel was unaware of her precarious situation. She basically had to pray Paget wouldn't return in order for her own job to stay safe.

And I never said people should be expecting bad things to happen to them in the real world. Actors though should, since that's pretty much the entire point of the industry. It's one of the cruelest ones out there. Even the Occupational Outlook Handbook says your chances of success are extremely low. But whatever, continue to misread my statements as me telling everyone they're wrong to feel sorry for Rachel, when I never did. Just that I'm not.

And if you'd read most of the comments here, you'll note I've said all this before. So since it appears the only thing you're interested in is personally telling me off simply because A) you don't like what I'm saying; B) I'm pointing out problems with the complaints here; and B) I don't automatically see Rachel as some poor doe-eyed perfectly innocent victim of the Big Bad Corporate World, I'll move on from this conversation, since I'm not interested in a continuing with this fairly useless catfight.

[sodoesrachael.livejournal.com]

You don't give up, do you? I'm completely and utterly uninterested in your opinions. You know what nice people do in situations like this? They state their opinion clearly *once* and move on, they don't go through the comments and piss off all the people who disagree with them, like you seem to be doing. (That's trolling, fyi.) I only commented to you in the first place for that reason, because I'm sick of people using the internet as their hunting grounds. But as they say, there's no use kicking a dead horse.

So you know what? Do what you want. Have fun. This is the very reason I've been staying away from this community, so thanks for the reminder.

Peace out.