Why does it seem like shows are scared to recast characters?

[Ol’Otis]

Aunt Viv

 

[Tikal]

I don't like it either but I'd like it less if a dope story got canceled over an actor leaving or passing away IRL. A lot of folks didn't like Andy's replacement on Spartacus but we got an extra season and a GOAT tribute to the actor cause it got to continue and finish.

I think Spartacus is one of the most recent shows that made it work with the recast. So I agree when done right you can still continue the story of the show as intended

 

[Paper Boi]

internet and access to the info on every actor changed shyt up. it was a lot easier in the 90s and before.

then you got the super vocal die hard fans depending on the type of show

 

[STAN JONES]

most of the time its just better to just kill/write the character off

with main characters like Spartacus you really have no choice but to recast

I feel like The Chi shouldve recasted the role of Brandon after Jason Mitchell got fired

 

[KravenMorehead™]

It can come off callous and turn millions off to the show permanently

you may get the "{insert replacement} ain't better than {insert predecessor}" thing that lasts the rest of the show and becomes the dominant conversation

 

[jackswstd]

They should’ve recast Livia, I was interested to see where that storyline was gonna go in The Sopranos. That CGI shyt they used was odd as fukk. Should’ve just had her die before the season.

 

[MJ Truth]

Look at the way people historically shyt on the second moms on Family Matters and Fresh Prince. Ain't nobody getting recasted brehs.

 

[Kaydigi]

Ruined Charmed by not recasting Prue. They danced around her name for the following 4 seasons

 

[StraxStrax]

People overreact a lot but they'll get over it. Everyone had something to say about Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2 but one film later nobody gives a shyt anymore. Same with Marc Ruffalo replacing Edward Norton as the Hulk.

There's of course a difference if you replace an actor early on or at a time people have started to bond with the actor's portrayal but outside of initial outrage nobody will care once the replacement becomes the norm.

I'd say recasting a TV show and movies are two different things. When movie characters have been recast it's most often been after one movie or it's a reboot and the entire cast (or most of it) is recast. Some Bond and Batman movies have done it though.

The attachment of actors to a role in a TV show is also much higher. Ironman/Tony Stark, in all the Marvel movies, may have been less on screen than Sheldon, just in the first season, of Big Bang Theory.

 

[Rhapscallion Démone]

Never mind I understand now