Wishful Casting: Amber Tamblyn as Emily Bowen Quartermaine
By Jamey Giddens on April 22, 2009
In the interest of seizing the opportunity, with Amber Tamblyn's latest primetime vehicle sinking faster than Chuck Pratt's approval rating—or I.Q. for that matter— I say Brian Frons get on the horn and ask Tamblyn to reprise the role that made her famous, General Hospital's Emily Bowen Quartermaine.
Since Bad Granny (Constance Towers) is in town for a spell, why can't GH simply say she's been holding the real Emily captive, before slicing NotEmily's throat, as part of Guza's next Sweeps fartacular? I'm sure GH fans would turn a blind eye to Emily suddenly having her original face, the way One Life to Live viewers did when Max Holden came back with his old kisser, or when Amerasian Blair Daimler suddenly became white and from the South.
I have always been fond of Natalia Livingston, but like all the Luckys after Jonathan Jackson, she's a pretender to the throne. All of Emily's quirk and spunk left with Tamblyn, and this Q fan wants some of that action back! So what are you waiting for Fronsie? Get Tamblyn back in Port Charles before she ends up agreeing to Sisterhood of the Traveling Vagina Monologues About How He's Just Not That Into You, or worse, another costly series for ABC primetime to produce, pimp, promote and then kill next season. I'm sure Disney's shareholders will thank you! I know I will.
In the interest of seizing the opportunity, with Amber Tamblyn's latest primetime vehicle sinking faster than Chuck Pratt's approval rating—or I.Q. for that matter— I say Brian Frons get on the horn and ask Tamblyn to reprise the role that made her famous, General Hospital's Emily Bowen Quartermaine.
Since Bad Granny (Constance Towers) is in town for a spell, why can't GH simply say she's been holding the real Emily captive, before slicing NotEmily's throat, as part of Guza's next Sweeps fartacular? I'm sure GH fans would turn a blind eye to Emily suddenly having her original face, the way One Life to Live viewers did when Max Holden came back with his old kisser, or when Amerasian Blair Daimler suddenly became white and from the South.
I have always been fond of Natalia Livingston, but like all the Luckys after Jonathan Jackson, she's a pretender to the throne. All of Emily's quirk and spunk left with Tamblyn, and this Q fan wants some of that action back! So what are you waiting for Fronsie? Get Tamblyn back in Port Charles before she ends up agreeing to Sisterhood of the Traveling Vagina Monologues About How He's Just Not That Into You, or worse, another costly series for ABC primetime to produce, pimp, promote and then kill next season. I'm sure Disney's shareholders will thank you! I know I will.
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20 September 2008
2 years 4 weeks
NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!!!!!
Emily should be played by Natalia again!!!!
I want Nikolas and Emily BABY now....
Make Rebecca for Emily!!!!!!
14 November 2007
3 years 2 weeks
Well firstly, Frons would have to pay her a decent salary to get her back and since she doesn't have a d*ck, that ain't gonna happen. Besides, I have a feeling Amber would rather do 100 Lifetime movies rather than come back to GH.
Though the thought of Soily 2.0 with Amber as Emily is really amusing, lol!
27 March 2009
2 years 15 weeks
I wish daytime was as respected as primetime so actors won't want to leave and "spread their wings".
16 August 2007
12 min 56 sec
Daisy, how could you wish a soily pairing on Amber? FOR SHAME! I love Amber and would love to see her back on GH. However, because of GH being the way it is for her sake I wouldn't want her to come back. Guza would screw the character up and then blame it on Amber like Pratt has done with Eden.
22 August 2007
2 hours 38 min
Love the idea... not sure I can handle both Emily's in town. Not with two Carly's there.
8 May 2008
6 weeks 6 days
Amber, stay far away from GH. I would love for her to come back, but Frons and Guza is not going to pick her up.
14 November 2007
3 years 2 weeks
Oh c'mon Luke! Are you saying that the idea of Amber and Maurice doing a love scene isn't funny to you?? That would be Hilarious!! If people were grossed out by NL & Maurice, could you imagine their reaction to Amber and Maurice??
29 October 2008
2 years 9 weeks
Amber's a great actress and doesn't deserve to be on a show that's that bad. Even if they managed to get her and JJ back on I couldn't tune back in because they've done the fans so wrong lately even great actors couldn't help. I'd be more likely to tune back in if they got a whole new writing staff.
12 February 2008
31 min 53 sec
Anything to get Emily back, I'll take it!
4 August 2008
2 years 13 weeks
Emily the bore is dead. I already have to deal with 2 carly's let Emily rest in peace.
Just get Natalia off the show. Shes horribale.
27 January 2008
3 years 12 weeks
Gee, Jamey must really hate Amber to suggest that she return to the Titanic. She got away on a life boat, don't condemn her now.
22 January 2008
17 min 44 sec
Gee, Jamey must really hate Amber to suggest that she return to the Titanic.
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Did you see the second Sisters With Traveling Tampons?
23 March 2009
2 years 35 weeks
Amber is in a movie with Orlando Bloom. No way is she returning to this dreck.
20 September 2008
2 years 4 weeks
And this is coming from a Courtney/alicia fan?!?! ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10 May 2008
16 hours 8 min
GH is a hot mess! I don't see the actress returning unless they cleaned out upper management, starting with Frons, new writers, better use of the entire casts, and, stop focusing on 3 to 4 actors at the expense of everyone else...JMO
17 March 2009
1 year 27 weeks
I'd be so damn happy if Amber decided to come back. But given the trainwreck that is GH she wouldn't.
Natalia is HORRIBLE. Amber will always be Emily.
17 March 2009
1 year 27 weeks
Guza would ruin her anyways.
When will he just leave already!?
29 November 2008
2 weeks 1 day
I love Amber Tamblyn and her version of Embrat had life but for the love of God, Bob Guza will give her crap to play and destroy her career like he's doing to Sarah Brown and Rick Hearst.
4 August 2008
2 years 13 weeks
Yep lene91. this Courtney fan is saying NL cant act her way out of a paper bag!
22 January 2008
17 min 44 sec
Alicia is a better actress than Natalia, I have to side with Courtney. Natalia is laughably bad trying to play tough.
3 August 2008
4 weeks 6 days
I love Amber but Guza would just ruin it. Plus, GH sucks. So.....NO.
4 August 2008
2 years 13 weeks
Thank you Jamey. And when Jamey and I agree on things such as TB being the best Carly you KNOW we are right.
3 February 2008
5 days 17 hours
Amber will always be Emily to me. That being said, I think she should run far away from anyone remotely connected w/ GH right now, unless they also plan on bringing back "The Real" Lucky, JJ, and resurrect Alan Q. somehow. I loved AT and SD's scenes together, and Emily and Alan never had the same connection once NL started playing Emily. Bring back Sidney The Bear!
20 February 2009
18 weeks 4 days
I'd love to see AT back as Emily Q all grown up and kicking ass. Amber would rock it, but seriously, I wouldn't wish Guza on any talented actor with a career and while Amber's latest project isn't working out the woman has a career.
27 January 2008
3 years 12 weeks
No, I try to avoid movies about feminine hygiene products. I find them a bit lacking in plot.
14 July 2008
1 year 29 weeks
Why,so she be on another AWFUL show that is on the verge of being canceled,or should i say SHOULD BE CANCELED?
Do you just hate her or what? Why would you suggest she RUIN her career by going back to that CRAPFEST?
19 January 2008
19 weeks 19 hours
AS much as I loved AT as Emily, I will agree with CourtneyFan and say leave Emily dead. Run Amber, run far away from GH!
18 January 2008
1 year 31 weeks
Jamey, I hope this doesn't come off as a personal attack, because it's certainly not meant to be, but I've got to say my peace here.
I realize you indicated you like Natalia, but I think she takes an enormous amount of flack for things that are out of her control here. Yes, she has quirks and makes bad acting choices from time to time, but who hasn't, on this show or any other? I'm not convinced that this role is for her, but I think it's a little difficult for her to know how to play it when all intents and purposes indicate TPTB don't have a clue where this story is heading. She's given interviews where she says she doesn't know, Tyler's had PAs where he came out and said the show doesn't know where they're going, and it's pretty obvious from the story they don't know where to take it. It's like one day they want her to be Emily, the next day they want her to be the bad girl, the next day they want her to be from Mars. And considering the time and money constraints put on these actors in daytime, how is she supposed to grow into the role when no one will give her direction because they're STILL making up their minds about what to do with her?
To me, this is classic Frons, Guza, and Phelps. They killed off a popular character and ruined a popular pairing, realized their mistake too late, and then tried to rectify it by putting the actress back into a cookie-cutter Guza special - the bad girl in leather (as though we don't have enough of those already)who doesn't have an actual story. Natalia took the role to try something new, and maybe her acting abilities don't live up to it, but I know of only a handful of actors, especially in daytime, who go out of their comfort zones acting-wise. I give her credit for at least trying. She may not succeed, and maybe the story isn't working for some people, but I challenge anyone to tell me what IS working on GH these days.
I loved AT as Emily, but she'll never come back, and I don't think I'd want her back. She as Emily could never achieve the same chemistry with Tyler Christopher that Natalia has, and I think the character has progressed beyond the teenage Emily with a crush, which is what AT will always be associated with.
Natalia may not be everyone's cup of tea, but she was and is popular on the show, and there are those of us who were happy to see her return. I don't think that her Emmy win is the sole example of what's wrong with the Emmy nomination process. I think she brought things to Emily that AT did not, and they were for the better, IMO. And who's to say that this story isn't going in the direction to bring Emily back, played by Natalia?
My personal feeling is that there are a long line of things wrong with this show that rank much, much higher than whether or not Natalia is the right person for Emily in someone's opinion.
22 January 2008
17 min 44 sec
No, Beth, that didn't feel like a personal attack at all. You were just stating your opinion. Here's my thing. I liked Natalia well enough the first time around. I do not think she has ever given an Emmy-worthy performance, but she was okay for the fairy tale, soap operatic true love story with Nikolas. However, when the actors broke up in real life, they stopped being able to sell their storyline. It became painful to watch. Her return, in my opinion, has been a failure on so many levels. Yes, you are absolutely right, the blame starts with her bosses, but her bosses aren't the ones acting out the scenes. Natalia was absolutely hideous in those recent scenes where she was calling Alexis a bitch and later trying to act angry and indignant with Nikolas. You do not put Natalia Livingston in a combative scene with Nancy Lee Grahn, one of the best actresses in the history of daytime, when the actress so clearly can't bring it. Amber Tamblyn could bring it at 15. She was a breakout. Natalia barely found a handle on one role, two roles is one too many.
23 April 2009
4 years 4 weeks
I could not disagree with this post more. Natalia is Emily. Emily has progressed past where the character was when Amber played her. AT brings up memories of a teenage Emily, while Natalia brought the character to an adult. Yeah, she may make some annoying acting choices at times, but no one can ever replace Natalia Livingston as Emily. Let's not forget the huge uproar that Natalia leaving GH caused last year. She apparently has a huge fanbase.