AMC's Eden Riegel (ex-Bianca) spoke to Daytime Confidential about All My Children's move to LA.
"Of course selfishly I am thrilled that my AMC family may be moving here," says Riegel. "I miss Alicia [Minshew], Cam [Mathison], and Susan [Lucci] so much, and New York is way too far away. And I hope that the Production team, crew, and hair, makeup and wardrobe departments will be making the move as well.
Jamey Giddens of DC also said: After so many years of incredible work, they are as much a part of the family as anyone." Wouldn't it be positively groovy if AMC could lure West Coast-based AMC alums like Riegel, Tamara Braun (ex-Reese), Alexa Havins (ex-Babe), Justin Bruening (ex-Jamie), Rebecca Budig (Greenlee) and Robin Christopher (ex-Skye) back to the canvas now that the show will be filming in their neck of the woods?
This could finally reboost All My Children, definitely if their vets,
Susan Lucci, Darnell Williams, Michael E. Knight, Debbi Morgan,
David Canary, and also stars
Beth Ehlers and
Alicia Minshew,
Jacob Young,
Chrishell Stause,
Mellisa Claire Egan,
Ricky Paull Goldin would make the move most importantly. Hopefully the future of the African American aspect of the cast,
Cornelius Smith Jr. and
Shannon Kane could make the move too, what about
J.R. Martinez? But then after all of these people hopefully will re-commit to the show wouldn't it be awesome if Riegel,
Tamara Braun, and
Rebecca Budig would come back? Could
Alexa Havins come back as Babe from the dead with
Justin Bruening's Jamie? I mean especially since Knight Rider is cancelled, even though I'm still holding out the hope for my wishful casting of
Chris Engen as Jamie Martin, and now the show is closer to him! I think with having the the traditional vets, and with
Lisa de Cazzotte at the EP helm, that the fashiony, young adult atmosphere that it has completely decimated.
Robin Strasser had this to say to Soap Opera Weekly:
Robin Strasser: I will say for the record that I called Frank [Valentini, executive producer] at about 3:15 yesterday. I said, "Frank, Frank, I hope you're happy to hear this but I can't, I can't...I have to say 'yes'. Whatever ABC wants to pay me is okay, I just love what I do and I can't continue in this holding pattern. 'Yes, I'm in, I'm in. Send me a contract, I'll sign it.' He said, 'Okay. That's great. I'll call legal and we'll close this up.' And then I said, 'So what about the rumors?' He said, 'Well, it's a secret until 5 o'clock today.' " Now this was at 3:15. He said, "ALL MY CHILDREN will move to LA and ONE LIFE TO LIVE will move into their studio." I almost screamed into the telephone bursting an eardrum on the man. I'm trusting and wishing the best for ALL MY CHILDREN. They've got some great real estate they're moving to in LA. And there's a lot of great opportunities for renting and buying the personal residences. And then our show apparently is going to get at least 30-50 percent more studio space so that our big concept productions and efficiency can be ramped up. Frank has found better and better ways to make a great show but does it cost effectively because if we don't do it that way we'll be joining GUIDING LIGHT. I'm so proud to be part of that solution.
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L.A.! Especially since they’ve been trying so hard to incorporate imaginary characters into their storylines (Annie, Spike’s imaginary mom). With our two shows being in the same city, I hope they’ll feel comfortable coming to us for help and maybe together we can expand the opportunities for the imaginary community.”
