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Liаm View member profile	Mar 27 2024, 05:33 PM Post #301
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,160 User: 10,139	There doesn’t feel like there’s enough characters to do that without it being an absolute death knell to the show, it could work but I can’t see it being as easy as that. Although by chucking the deadwood who have been in the show a while and still not really come to anything (Zain, Dave and his family, Pearl/Sharon/sadly Zoe, Vicky, Beau, Dilly, Liberty, lowkey a few of the teens but they’re tied to the core families) you probably have a good half or more of the 20 sewn up. I do worry they will cull the interesting new characters like Kitty and Abe, both kind of feel like they have a potential shelf life with the storylines they’re in so I don’t know how they would survive a time jump. I can see them maybe just basically centring the show on the McQueens/Hutchinsons/Osbournes then maybe keeping like Maxine, Sienna and Misbah in their own little corners, and maybe they hold on to some of the newer faces and allow them to develop. I think they could chop the deadwood, trim the main families a bit (get rid of Beau, Hunter and Prince), and I think they can get to the 20 without too much damage but it does feel very Brookside and I don’t think it will be that straight forward. I could see a couple of the big names/mainstays jumping ship and that could be a death knell if they’re left with either boring characters or newbies that people aren’t invested in. Already confirmed to be leaving is Sharon, I do expect Pearl and Zoe to follow tbh


lewistgreen View member profile	Mar 27 2024, 06:45 PM Post #302
BuzzJack Legend Pronouns: he/him Joined: 25 July 2013 Posts: 25,976 User: 19,585	I'm really intrigued to see how all of this is going to pan out on screen. Hollyoaks going back to a smaller cast will literally strip it right back to where it started. I do think people will switch off if we have just some core families so having extra characters who support/aren't tied to a family would certainly allow the show to retain its diversity which has always been its strong point but allow for multiple storylines too.


Liаm View member profile	Mar 27 2024, 08:17 PM Post #303
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,160 User: 10,139	It’s bold but honestly I’d be more inclined to get rid of the bulk of the core families and keep the diverse/interesting characters, like we don’t really need Darren, Jack and Nancy if we’re being honest, and frankly even a chunk of the McQueens (Cleo, Hunter, Prince, even John Paul tbh) as blasphemous to HO as that may sound I can’t see the show being around in a few years anyway sadly so I kind of think they should go more bold, lean into the diversity and exciting storylines rather than just relying on stale characters that have been around for ages.Hollyoaks has always been bold and taken risks, done things no show would ever do, so why should they stop now?


Liаm View member profile	Apr 2 2024, 09:29 PM Post #304
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,160 User: 10,139	The evil heinous Diane being a TERF is the least surprising thing ever tbh


lewistgreen View member profile	Apr 5 2024, 07:09 PM Post #305
BuzzJack Legend Pronouns: he/him Joined: 25 July 2013 Posts: 25,976 User: 19,585	Glynis Barber and Rita Simons sharing scenes together again is nothing short of iconic


Liаm View member profile	Apr 8 2024, 06:39 PM Post #306
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,160 User: 10,139	Cindy to be the first big axing confirmed, really surprised at that and that means I highly doubt Dave or Mason will stay, Lizzie I could maybe see standing on her own especially with her presumably having Freddie’s baby


Jordanlee View member profile	Apr 8 2024, 06:49 PM Post #307
Jord Joined: 12 March 2017 Posts: 10,757 User: 27,116	I don’t feel too optimistic of who the cast cull will be impacting if that’s the first name we’re losing. I have a real hunch that it’s the characters who need axing who are gonna end up staying. I just really hope that the character mentioned above gets a real exit and isn’t just mentioned as having moved on as part of the time jump. They’ve put a insta post up and in there it’s revealed that They aren’t being killed off but yeah this is really an awful decision.


ElectroBoy View member profile	Apr 8 2024, 09:17 PM Post #308
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 26 February 2007 Posts: 14,266 User: 3,002	QUOTE(Jordanlee @ Apr 8 2024, 07:49 PM) I don’t feel too optimistic of who the cast cull will be impacting if that’s the first name we’re losing. Warren, Scott and Sharon are also said they're leaving I don't think Cindy is a big shock - she isn't part of a family, or larger group and therefore is expendable. I'd imagine anyone outside of the Osbornes, Hutchinson, Hay and McQueen units are likely to be heading for an axe. The remaining Chen Williams and I reckon the remaining Maaliks barring Dillon will be gone - Dillon being saved due to the Lucas storyline. The time jump will probably see them in a couple. I can see the McQueens being cut down - hopefully the Goldie, Prince, Hunter strand will be going. This post has been edited by ElectroBoy: Apr 8 2024, 09:18 PM


Liam.k. View member profile	Apr 8 2024, 10:21 PM Post #309
BuzzJack Idol Joined: 8 December 2010 Posts: 50,917 User: 12,472	Shocked to hear that Cindy has been axed, I know there’s some tough decisions to be made with so many cast and crew required to be axed due to the reduction in episodes, but I would have thought someone that had been with the show for nearly 30 years would be immune. I get Hollyoaks has a much higher turnover than the other three soaps but familiarity with characters that viewers have grown up with and followed their journeys over a number of years is what has kept viewing figures up for as long as they have done and you would think Hollyoaks would take notice of this given it’s basically on the verge of being axed.


Torple View member profile	Wednesday, 03:29 PM Post #310
Ego reputo vos es totus pilosus rectum Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 14,985 User: 35	QUOTE(ElectroBoy @ Apr 8 2024, 10:17 PM) I'd imagine anyone outside of the Osbornes, Hutchinson, Hay and McQueen units are likely to be heading for an axe. The only thing that makes me think this is actually unlikely is this would leave Hollyoaks axing nearly every non-white cast member. Especially if it is indeed the Goldie strand of the McQueens who are also trimmed. With that racism scandal only a couple of years back, I'd think Hollyoaks would tread more carefully on that one.


Mack. View member profile	Wednesday, 03:58 PM Post #311
It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva Joined: 1 February 2011 Posts: 53,566 User: 12,915	Why axe Cindy, this show has had its day for me.


Liаm View member profile	Wednesday, 10:10 PM Post #312
Brown cow, stunning! Joined: 7 December 2009 Posts: 67,160 User: 10,139	With a lot of characters coming back, idk it feels like they are chasing nostalgia a bit too much and not focusing on what they’ve got. They could easily cut deadwood and still keep interesting characters but with who’s gone so far I worry it could go the other way and they kind of have underdeveloped characters they’ve wasted for the last few years and it would just be a weird balance. Part of what makes HO good and fresh is that there are lots of characters and they aren’t always in the forefront, it’s paced well so you get a good mix of dynamics and storylines before anything feels too stale. I feel like focusing on less people, that won’t be the case? For cuts potentially I’d probably go: Dilly - unless they really give her a stable relationship and set her up, or a business in the village, or something I don’t see the point. She’s just there faffing around the mansion Carter/Freya - she’s pointless and I think he should have some kind of dramatic commupance, I hope the time skip doesn’t put him with John Paul as yet another doomed relationship. Norma - without Warren, what need is there for her really, as fab as Glynis is. Beau - the Hutchinsons have enough with Ro’s storyline and the other two being older as well with the time skip could provide more storylines, there’s a strong crop of young actors coming up Zain - I’d be astounded if him and Misbah made it through the time skip as a couple and what else will he do really? Mason/Dave - I could make a case for Lizzie given Freddie getting her pregnant but I wouldn’t be that upset if she went too, although I don’t mind her Ethan - since I’ve been watching again, he’s been pretty pointless Pearl/Zoe - love Zoe but they really have squandered this family unit at least from what I’ve seen Maxine and John Paul - for similar reasons, both classics but they are the kinds of characters where you just seem to watch the same circles of misery like the writers don’t know what else to do with them JJ/Suzanne - obvious shelf life on JJ, I could see Suzanne leaving Frankie with Darren and Nancy to bolster their family unit a bit There is quite a lot of deadwood but it’s a shame they’ve spent years not developing these characters and then just cut them quite cruelly. I do like the time jump idea as that was really good for Neighbours when it came back, but I worry they will just use it as an excuse to not say anything about how or why people left, instead of the kind of missing pieces vibe that Neighbours had which kept you watching to fill in the blanks of certain storylines. QUOTE(Torple @ Apr 10 2024, 04:29 PM) The only thing that makes me think this is actually unlikely is this would leave Hollyoaks axing nearly every non-white cast member. Especially if it is indeed the Goldie strand of the McQueens who are also trimmed. With that racism scandal only a couple of years back, I'd think Hollyoaks would tread more carefully on that one. I’d be astounded if Zoe and Pearl survived the cut, especially with Sharon going, I’m not sure they would bring Goldie back soon just to cut her, but they could bring her back to wrap up things I guess and the boys leave too. That only leaves the Maliks and Vicky with her brother and dad. When I look at things the way I have in this post, they’ve given a lot of the non white characters the square root of f*** all to work with lately!