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\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>‘The Witcher’ and More TV Shows That Recast Characters<\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tTV shows may come and go, but what about characters \u2026 can they be replaced? Technically, yes. In some cases, a casting change happens before fans even notice there\u2019s a difference. Other shows poke fun at the fact that an actor has left the show and they\u2019ve added a new person in their place. Following [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cTop to bottom, it was just not handled the right way,\u201d Lilley told Soaps.com<\/a> in August, claiming she learned she\u2019d been recast on set. \u201cEverybody was mad because everybody was kind of lied to.\u201d<\/p>\nLilley, who was last featured on the soap in 2018, called the experience a \u201chorrible situation,\u201d explaining she reached out to former co-executive producer Albert Alarr<\/strong> about reprising her role this season. (Alarr has since been fired following a separate nine-week internal investigation<\/a> into misconduct allegations.)<\/p>\nAccording to Lilley, she suggested she bring Theresa back to Days<\/em> for Victor Kiriakis\u2019 (played by the late John Aniston) funeral<\/a>. Lilley negotiated coming back to shoot 12 weeks\u2019 worth of scenes in four weeks\u2019 time. However, during her shoot, she realized something was off.<\/p>\nLilley claimed she spoke with Alarr, 67, and said, \u201cListen, you told me Theresa\u2019s going to do X, Y and Z, and I haven\u2019t gotten the scripts. I only have one more for Monday, and I have two weeks left [on set].\u201d<\/p>\n
Alarr allegedly responded<\/a>, \u201cOh no, Theresa is still going to do all of that \u2026 We\u2019re going to do it with a different Theresa.\u201d Lilley was then reportedly told that O\u2019Brien would be taking over the scenes. \u201cOh yeah, we\u2019re just gonna put her in a wig,\u201d Lilley recalled being told by Alarr as to how they would transform a brunette O\u2019Brien into the iconic character.<\/p>\n\n![\"Days](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Days-of-Our-Lives-Casting-Shakeup-Leaves-Jen-Lilley-and-Fans-in-Shock-Everybody-Was-Mad-473.jpg?w=700&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Emily O\u2019Brien.<\/span> Chris Haston\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLilley confessed to Soaps.com that she is convinced that the network was \u201cbluffing\u201d when they told her they had written a 12-week arc. She noted that O\u2019Brien being cast as Theresa<\/a> just confirmed her suspicions, because she was ready to film all 12 weeks of scenes if the team could do it in her four weeks of availability.<\/p>\nDespite being upset by the switch, Lilley revealed that she has \u201cno hard feelings\u201d toward O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat poor girl has had to have conversations with me [on set, knowing she was going to replace me]. How horrible she must have felt!\u201d Lilley told the outlet.<\/p>\n
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Lilley, who was last featured on the soap in 2018, called the experience a \u201chorrible situation,\u201d explaining she reached out to former co-executive producer Albert Alarr<\/strong> about reprising her role this season. (Alarr has since been fired following a separate nine-week internal investigation<\/a> into misconduct allegations.)<\/p>\n According to Lilley, she suggested she bring Theresa back to Days<\/em> for Victor Kiriakis\u2019 (played by the late John Aniston) funeral<\/a>. Lilley negotiated coming back to shoot 12 weeks\u2019 worth of scenes in four weeks\u2019 time. However, during her shoot, she realized something was off.<\/p>\n Lilley claimed she spoke with Alarr, 67, and said, \u201cListen, you told me Theresa\u2019s going to do X, Y and Z, and I haven\u2019t gotten the scripts. I only have one more for Monday, and I have two weeks left [on set].\u201d<\/p>\n Alarr allegedly responded<\/a>, \u201cOh no, Theresa is still going to do all of that \u2026 We\u2019re going to do it with a different Theresa.\u201d Lilley was then reportedly told that O\u2019Brien would be taking over the scenes. \u201cOh yeah, we\u2019re just gonna put her in a wig,\u201d Lilley recalled being told by Alarr as to how they would transform a brunette O\u2019Brien into the iconic character.<\/p>\n Lilley confessed to Soaps.com that she is convinced that the network was \u201cbluffing\u201d when they told her they had written a 12-week arc. She noted that O\u2019Brien being cast as Theresa<\/a> just confirmed her suspicions, because she was ready to film all 12 weeks of scenes if the team could do it in her four weeks of availability.<\/p>\n Despite being upset by the switch, Lilley revealed that she has \u201cno hard feelings\u201d toward O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n \u201cThat poor girl has had to have conversations with me [on set, knowing she was going to replace me]. How horrible she must have felt!\u201d Lilley told the outlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Emily O\u2019Brien.<\/span> Chris Haston\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n