Cady McClain stepping into Melissa Reeves’ shoes as Jennifer Horton Deveraux on Days of our Lives, a role she debuted back in 1985, could have been daunting for many an actress.
Cady McClain As Jennifer
Fortunately, the soap found someone who could handle the assignment with ease: daytime veteran, Cady McClain.
Emergency Recast
After Reeves opted not to commute from Tennessee to DAYS’ California
studios due to the on-going pandemic, fans were understandably
concerned. Could anyone, would anyone ever be able to embody the
Jennifer they knew and loved off and on for over three decades?
Then the soap announced that they’d secured her replacement, McClain. Having previously appeared on a trio of soaps, and winning Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on two of them – namely, as All My Children’s Dixie and As the World Turns’ Rosanna, McClain had an impressive resume. Plus, there would be no intimidation factor for the actress. She is a refined daytime pro.
Fitting the Bill
It
turns out DAYS has struck gold with the recast. From day one, Cady
McClain strongly grabbed hold of the role. She never tried to imitate
Reeves’ Jennifer. She simply connected with the words on the page and
made them her own.
In the process, her version of the character is different in some ways. It’s a tad quieter and self-contained. But, at the core, she’s grasped the essence of Jen; a do-gooder, who believes in doing what’s right and expects the same back in return.
Making Connections
Helping the process along has been McClain’s instant connection with her TV kids, Marci Miller (Abigail) and Casey Moss
(JJ). From the moment they shared their first scene together, they were
family. And while she lacks the years of acting shorthand that Reeves
shared with Matthew Ashford (Jack),
McClain is slowly building her own rapport and relationship with her
onscreen husband, not to mention the rest of the DAYS cast.
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