New Gracie
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silvernightfire — 17 years ago(April 17, 2008 12:40 AM)
Come on man. Gracie appears onscreen maybe half a minute every episode. If you'd really stop watching the show because of something minor like this, then you're simply too fickle a viewer. Did it occur to you that perhaps Laura wanted to leave the show to pursue other projects? Anyway, I have yet to see the new Gracie as I am watching the show in Australia (they aired episode 8 last night), but I doubt it'll change my perception of the show in the slightest. Grammer and Heaton is where the true heart and warmth of the show lies, although all the supporting actors round out an excellent cast, although the role of Gracie is by far the weake2000st contributor to the show, mainly due to it being predominantly set in a workplace not a character's home.
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Rhezekim — 17 years ago(April 17, 2008 09:28 AM)
Well I can't argue with what you are saying as you are correct but I still hate it when a show trys to "better" itself by changing casts but I never thought about Laura wanting to leave to pursue other possibilities, it just never occured to me, it just seems that in most cases when a cast change is made it's due to the show trying to get better ratings. There was one episode where it was just her and Kelsey, have you not seen that episode? Thanks for the response but I would still like to find out what happened, did she leave or get replaced?
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Zippy B — 17 years ago(April 17, 2008 09:33 AM)
Looking at her list of projects she seems to be a busy kid and is about to enter Jr. High. As she appears to be a very smart kid I assume that some form of college or university is in her future so a full time sitcome AND a TV series (voice work), and the "3 YOUNG _______" characters she seems to have on the go, it might be a sensible move for her to drop Back to You, and wait for something with more promise for her to turn up.
Shows that make this kind of casting change this early in life have a tendency to do so because they are in danger of being cancelled. -
catmandodo — 17 years ago(October 20, 2008 08:48 AM)
the relationship between Gregg and his daughter is integral to the show as this shows the development of his character as a self-absorbed/egotistical/girl chasing/minipulator to a person that gives more thought to other people, i may be wrong but this is the only reason i watch it, to see the changes in character.
The old Gracie so to speak was an amazing actress with a very acute delivery of her lines, pefect. but infortunatly this has now been changed. -
astromuse24 — 17 years ago(April 18, 2008 07:24 PM)
I figured that during the lengthy writers' strike she (as well as the woman who played the weather girl) looked for other projects and landed something that wouldn't permit her, time-wise, to also continue on Back To You.
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Zippy B — 17 years ago(April 18, 2008 09:32 PM)
That is plausible. The show doesn't look like it is going somewhere, and Laura can probably work her way onto a GILMORE GIRLS like show by the time she is 14 or 15.
The only info I can find includes a quote from a Fox spokesman saying they were going a DIFFERENT DIRECTION with Gracie, which can mean anything. -
don-bradford — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 09:52 AM)
Fox's "Back to You" returned with a new episode and some tweaks to the cast. Weathercaster Montana (Ayda Field) will appear in one more episode, but the character will disappear after that. Producers and the network decided the character had run its course, according to the show's publicist.
They also decided to go in a "different direction" and recast Gracie. Lily Jackson takes over the role from Laura Marano. -
Rhezekim — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 03:36 PM)
If you don't mind me asking, where did you find this information? I have been scanning the internet but then again I don't know of all the great sites to go to so if you wouldn't mind letting me know what website maybe I could use it for future reference. I hate the fact that it was FOX that made the decision to re-cast and not Laura's because they replaced her with a actor that looks to be 4 or 5 years younger than Laura plus in the show Kelsey is just getting reading to telling Gracie he is her dad, it's sad that they have one or two episodes together (Kelsey and Laura) along with Laura having a few minutes here and there but it was enough for me because she wasn't the main character. Now that I have gotten used to Laura she is now gone, I just hate it when a show does that, trying to make the show better could end up backfiring on them.
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Zippy B — 17 years ago(April 22, 2008 09:42 AM)
I saw the exact same quote, though I can't remember where, and it doesn't turn up on a search anymore. It was a very hard quote to find though. There is very little out there on the topic.
There was also talk of some complaints about Laura's acting in places, and while not entirely unfounded (she did seem a tad un-natural at times) I would put that more on her level of experience, the directing and the somewhat lame material she had to work with at times. Get the kid a few acting lessons if thats the problem. Some of the stuff she delivers very well, especially the more emotional stuff. (For one thing, during the studio tour she was altogether too interested in what was going on when she sould have found it mind numbingly boringher mom WORKS therebut that is a problem with the writing and the directing, not the acting. A more experienced actress might have said something, but when a 10 year old starts pulling that kind of crap, they are being 'difficult'.) She seemed quite natural in her main big part in the Sarah Silverman showI doubt the biggest problem was with her.
My guess is that somebody somewhere decided that the kid was the problem with the show, when the kid has very little to do with what is wrong with the show. Some of the best moments on the show were between her (laura) and grammar.
Anyways, it is network execs being network execs, and basically you take a show that doesn't have as big an audience as you like, and take a chance that you will gain more people than you lose by making idiotic choices like this. It is a desperate act, and it is the kind of thing almost always done by shows that get cancelled shortly thereafter. It's is kind of like skipping the part where your show is a HUGE hit, and moving straight to the 'jumping the shark' kind of moments. -
AtherWorld — 17 years ago(April 24, 2008 10:14 AM)
The recast should have been after the big reveal. We've invetsed in Laura. Where's the payoff? They cut Gracie's hair, and cut her height and age too. She does not look like a fifth grader.
A new direction? Like what? All I can see is wanting to keep Gracie 11 for a while, and a younger actress can last longer than an older actress entering puberty. Makes for an extra long year show's time. Great for cliffhanger endings.
I just hope somebody's telling Laura about all the fan outrage over her leaving, and fan support for her in general. Be a nice pick me up after FOX cut her loose. -
Zippy B — 17 years ago(April 24, 2008 12:47 PM)
I am sure she can use the internet, and it would be hard to resist checking out what people are saying about you, 2000though I imagine most people tend to avoid it because some people can be pretty mean.
She actually has a really busy schedule for such a young kid, and I don't really think this show is going anywhere in the long run anyways. Too many screw ups, and changing a key character is on that list. -
tracytrollinger — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 08:06 AM)
The quote is from a collumn by Rob Owen, that appeared April 18 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. You can still find it by by typing Laura's name into Google then clicking on the News tab and expanding to full results.
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lindsey-dyson — 17 years ago(April 05, 2009 07:27 AM)
I've only just seen this show and the original Gracie - Laura was fantastic I'm sure the new girl is a good actress but I prefered Laura she was very good, funny and had good chemistry with Kelsey. It's a shame as I too hate when people change the actors playing a role it kind of ruins it for me too