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Current Talk '08 II / Re: Johnathan Frid's Contract renewal-demanding a new character.
« on: July 28, 2008, 03:07:56 AM »His character was the main character, though. It was a strange risk to take, to leave the main characters behind and start over with new ones. The risk didn't really pay off either, since viewers really did want Barnabas there.
Though not necessarily all viewers wanted Barnabas there. And if one can believe what many have written throughout the years, they even found Bramwell appealing in ways they never found Barnabas.
He was hardly getting anything special. Barnabas - 40 IQ points + Johnny Cash makeover = Bramwell. If he had known what the writers were going to give him, he likely would have stayed as Barnabas.
Actually, Frid has said he found Bramwell very enjoyable to play.