While General Hospital has yet...
Another Carly swap!
While
General Hospital has yet to confirm it officially, the ABC soap has reportedly fired
Jennifer Bransford from the pivotal role of Mafia minx Carly Corinthos Alcazar. Although Bransford is widely considered a talented actress — she sent chills down our spines as Nora's nutso assistant, Georgie, on
One Life to Live — the poor gal has evidently fought a losing battle to fit in since joining
GH in April as Carly No. 3.
Now here's where this latest twist in Carly's saga gets juicy: Speculation about a recast abounded recently after GH issued a casting call for a "sexy, fiery and passionate" female character in her early thirties. Sound like Carly No. 4 to you? Turns out, GH has poached popular Guiding Light heroine Laura Wright (Cassie) to play Sonny's true love. Wright, who made her daytime debut on ABC's Loving back in the '90s, could step in as the new Carly as soon as November sweeps.
"General Hospital offered me the role of Carly and I said yes, yes, yes!" Wright confirmed this week in a posting on her fan club website, LauraAddicts.com. "As sad as I am to leave a wonderful place that I called home for a long time, it is time for me to go. This was not an easy decision. But my husband and I talked about it, and we said, 'What the hell! Let's live on the West Coast for a few years!'
"I'm also so excited to play this character," Wright wrote of Carly. "Wow! What a challenge. I start working in October, so I don't know when I will start airing. I know so many of the GH fans loved the past actresses who played this part. I know I have big shoes to fill. I hope I make you proud."
So what happens to Cassie, the spunky ex-stripper Wright has played on GL for the past eight years? "Guiding Light and Laura Wright have mutually agreed to part ways when her contract expires in October," GL's executive producer, Ellen Wheeler, explained in a diplomatic statement. "Moving forward, we've got a fabulous story in place for Cassie and the role will be recast. We wish Laura the best of luck."
