SPOILER! Casting news

[everafter]

Jackée Harry (ex-Lily, ANOTHER WORLD) is joining the cast of DAYS, the actress announced this morning on the TODAY show.

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/cont...ry-joins-days/

[Flowercity79]

I cant wait to see what role she will play! I LOVE the actress! This is great for DOOL!

[Cat women]

Sounds intriguing. Looks like they might be casting a daughter too. Not sure what she meant by “ain’t nothing but trouble in River City”.

Welcome Jackée, you are fabulous.

[tiff5555]

She is best known from 227 and Sister Sister

[NJN]

She got her start on Another World, playing Lily Mason for several years. Brought a lot of fun to the show.

[Abby_fan]

dee2 yes that is the show. tiff5555 You are young. I feel old now. Lol

[dee2]

^^Thanks. It seems I remember her from other shows, also, but can't think what they might be. She was funny. I hope she is on Days.

[soapfan6]

I AM BEYOND EXCITED. A few months ago she mentioned wanted to come and visit days, I cant remember the exact tweet but RC commented and agree to this. I cant believe they actually made this happen, especially with the budget restraints on this show.. I will be tuning in fulltime to again.

[fire_lookout]

Ooh this should be fun. Perhaps her daughter will be college age/young adult to fill the void Ciara left.

[Abby_fan]

Well alright then! I loved her on AW. Jackee is a wonderful actress. She could be paired with Abe or Roman.

I am excited about this.

[ShermanTank]

Roman... I want Shelia back for Abe!! I liked her..

[jam6242]

Another article said that her character's name is Paulina, and she's connected to the Carvers. Is successful and outspoken. Won't air until March 2021.

[Cat women]

Thanks for the info

[MoTownGrl06]

If she is connected to the Carvers, I wonder if she will be Abe's sister or a cousin of his. Maybe they will pair her up with Roman lol

[tiff5555]

If hiring for a comedy stuff, they should ask the actress who played Anne as well.

[JackandJenfan]

dee2 Anne was speaking truths about Jen. ( The writers pretty much had her be the voice of the audience there.)

[dee2]

^^ Not for me. I didn't care for Anne.

[eileenregina]

I was always cheering Anne on when she put "Her Hortoness" in her place. Jen's smug, holier than thou persona always grated on me. I like Cady McClain better in the part.

[icyblue2034]

If hiring for a comedy stuff, they should ask the actress who played Anne as well.

I wish so badly that she'd come back. She was fun, told it like it was, and so often seemed to speak what many of us were thinking. Especially during the Daniel Jonas era when she wouldn't put up with the special treatment and rule violations. She wasn't afraid to call out the Horton entitlement, even Jen an Abigail. I loved that. And didn't she have some good chemistry with Lucas?

I'm looking forward to what Jackee will bring. Figured she'd be connected to the Carvers. Only question is how? I'm certain she'll bring some lightness and joy that this show so desperately needs. I mean, it's Jackee! How could she not?

[Clementine15]

Anne was really fun with Lucas! Wish they would have gone with that

[RoidRage]

I read it is part of a new focus on African Americans. All I know is there should be more men in that group.

[eileenregina]

I was hoping that Theo was back for good instead of a visit.

[CADY]

She is a great actress. Looking forward to seeing her in Salem.

[CanaryFan98]

I love Jackee Harry but I don't trust Days to write well for her either.

Unless its one of those supporting roles like Maxine was I don't expect this show to feature her they don't write their minority characters well(or anyone else for that matter) haven't since Bill Bell was there way before most of our times.

[CanaryFan98]

dee2 I don't either a lot of these characters they get rid of are better than their replacements and could've been better love interests for the characters they ended up ditching or don't bother to write for.

[JackandJenfan]

dee2 The only thing Maxine did for the most part was prop Dan.

[varlena]

Agree with JackandJenfan. Maxine was the worst type of one note character, propping others.

[knotsfan]

Jackee Harry was simply marvelous as Lily Mason on Another World! She took what was intended to be a one episode role and turned it into a 2 year gig. She took the old cliche of a “hooker with a heart of gold” and ran with it. Lily mostly interacted with Felicia Gallant, Wallingford, and Cass Winthrop, and was a joy to watch. She got the job as Sondra Clarke on 227 and stayed on Another World for a while, but doing both jobs was too hard so she left AW. She won a best supporting actress Emmy for 227; and appeared in several movies and tv shows after that.

She is going to be a breath of fresh air on Days, and I’m actually excited by this news. I suspect Jackee will be something of a Greek chorus on Days, representing the audience by commenting how insane the goings on in Salem are.

[tiff5555]

I wonder if she will be related to Lani or Eli? Or just a newbie coming in? Hmmm....

[JackandJenfan]

Hopefully, just a newbie. Maybe the daughter can go after Eli.