[Afamilyatwar-list] Cast Changes

[john at johnfinch.com]

On 19.07.2018 15:25, Scott Filderman via Afamilyatwar-list wrote:
> Given the enviable amount of authority John Finch developed at
> Granada, I ask the following question:
> 
> When actors depart a series (e.g., Ray Smith or Mona Bruce in Sam or
> Shelagh Delaney in AFAW), is it because the writer (with unusual
> influence, in Mr. Finch’s case) decides it is dramatically
> appropriate OR did the actors decide it was time to move on, and Mr.
> Finch accommodated them. Of course, it’s routinely a combination of
> both. As John’s production families seemed (and I do emphasize
> “seemed”) to be happy campers, I wonder which factor tended to be
> operative—“You go because your usefulness will increase by your
> absence!” or “Damn, Shelagh wants to go be in Star Wars! I need to
> kill her character!”
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Varies.  Mostly dramatically appropriate.  Ray Smith asked to leave as 
he was afraid of becoming typecast.  We would gladly have kept 
him.Shelagh Fraser's departure was dramatically appropriate, as were 
most of the departures.  There were casting errors, but they were few.   
  JF