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Post by Squad 51 on Aug 18, 2022 10:54:50 GMT -5
I also remember in "North & South" the role of Billy Hazard played three different actors - from child to adult. Same goes for Izabel Hazard.
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Post by Tim on Aug 18, 2022 11:30:53 GMT -5
If they had lost Tyler or Bitsie, that would have finished them. Those two are the lead actors.
All the others, while important, are just not in the same league.
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Post by adzpower on Aug 18, 2022 11:42:13 GMT -5
The trouble is they may not have the luxury of writing him out temporarily, if its that close to filming then its possible the scripts can't be changed at this point, and Jonathan might have a big storyline right from the start of the season for all we know.
I don't think there needs to be any explanation for his looks changing, just go full steam ahead with the new actor and act like nothing has changed, that'll be the best thing they can do to help assimilate the new Jonathan into the show and to help fans accept him faster.
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Post by matt on Aug 18, 2022 16:43:19 GMT -5
Not really. Script rewrites happen all the time even that close to production. There's been instances episodes have been dropped from production days before filming like Xena and Charmed pulling the plug on scripts and having to rush a replacement episode as such short notice. But in the case of S&L, I don't think they'll do that. Not when it's the opening episode setting up S3. I don't think they can just write out the character like that.
I do expect they'll even want New Jon's actor to be on set Day 1. They'd want to make him feel most confortable on set. It feels right to do it right away. I'm sure they'll be hiring someone locally in Canada. Since the entire cast had to report to set by now. The process of hiring someone back in the states, getting paperwork sorted to film overseas and all might be a longer process. I'm not sure.
Another part of me wonders if the cast has known longer than we have. Bitsie, Tyler and Alex attended a con just last week without Jordan. But it was made public this week. They may have known he was going to leave or the idea of it had been known but only made official this week.
It seems Alex might have taken the news the worst since he was very close with Jordan. Fans noticed he just unfollowed him on Instagram this week. He's a teenager after all and might just be overreacting.
I'm sure he's a professional and will get over it and welcome his new on-screen brother. It might take time to restablish that brotherly bond at such short notice with someone new.
The casting people do fantastic jobs. Like the recast for Kate Kane, Lois Lane or Jimmy Olsen on Lois and Clark. They know what they're doing when finding people.
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Post by Tim on Aug 18, 2022 17:02:45 GMT -5
They were probably told to keep it under wraps until an official announcement was made.
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Post by matt on Aug 18, 2022 17:10:30 GMT -5
They were probably told to keep it under wraps until an official announcement was made.
Agreed. He already admitted his mental health issues at the start of summer I believe. So it likely was something that came to light these past two months. He was with the cast at a panel in June or early July. But not the one recently. I think this has been known for at least the past 3 weeks. They likely realized Jordan's health is more important than having him risk getting worse being asay from his family back home in Texas and it was only during early August it was official. He's very young too. I think him leaving and being let go was the right move given the personal issues he's had. At least the last time we saw OG Jon was on a happy note and not some cliffhanger. Makes transitioning to new Jon easier than cutting him in the middle of a storyline.
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Post by Tim on Aug 18, 2022 18:01:46 GMT -5
Guess we'll have to wait and see how they handle this.
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Post by jennifer on Aug 19, 2022 20:43:32 GMT -5
I don't have much more to add, you all covered my feelings.
But, having had some time to think about it. I think it will be a little strange seeing someone else playing Jon at first, but we'll get used to it in no time.
I mean they are re-casting a teenager character who's 15 years old. So it isn't that hard to imagine that Jon might be a little different, I mean he's yet to find himself judging from S2 with his place in the world. So the re-casting might benefit it from a storyline point of view. Teenagers go through phases, so Jon might just have gone through one.
They could even do a time jump after S2. Which will be much easier to have us the viewers to jump right in.
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Post by Tim on Aug 19, 2022 23:17:29 GMT -5
Guess we'll see if they'll explain it, or just let it go.
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Post by matt on Aug 23, 2022 0:07:11 GMT -5
This could be the rumoured actor who'll be our new Jonathan. This has been appearing online in various fan communities. The fact that the official Instagram account for Superman and Lois is also following him is the strongest lead. They don't just follow any random person. We shall see if this rumour turns out to be real when the official casting news leaks sometime before filming starts in two weeks.
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Post by Sunday on Aug 23, 2022 0:11:46 GMT -5
Interesting. Yeah, the official social media accounts for the show wouldn't start following someone random. Official IG accounts for shows and films tend to only follow cast and crew for their productions only.
I noticed the official S&L Twitter page's most recent follow is also this same guy like the IG one. I think the chances he's are new Jon are high. Suppose he does turn out to be our new Jon. He must be a new actor, I can't find anything about him on google.
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Post by matt on Aug 23, 2022 0:15:31 GMT -5
Interesting. Yeah, the official social media accounts for the show wouldn't start following someone random. Official IG accounts for shows and films tend to only follow cast and crew for their productions only. I noticed the official S&L Twitter page's most recent follow is also this same guy like the IG one. I think the chances he's are new Jon are high. Suppose he does turn out to be our new Jon. He must be a new actor, I can't find anything about him on google. Yeah. The fact the official social media page for Superman and Lois on BOTH Instagram and Twitter follows this same guy as their most recent follow is telling. Unless its a decoy and they are in on it. We might get an official announcement tomorrow or later this week.
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Post by adzpower on Aug 23, 2022 4:50:43 GMT -5
Yeah that has to be the new Jon - way too big a coincidence for the official account and Alex to start following him at the same time. Interesting that they're going for someone completely unknown but I have no expectations since literally every actor is unknown before they hit it big.
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Post by Squad 51 on Aug 23, 2022 10:45:05 GMT -5
We shall see then.
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Post by Tim on Aug 23, 2022 11:08:50 GMT -5
Never heard of him.
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