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Current Talk '03 I / Re:Why Did Christopher Pennock Stay on DS after Leviathan?
« on: May 25, 2003, 10:07:03 PM »Christopher Bernau and Geoffrey Scott were not used anymore (GS wasn't a good actor anyway). I am puzzled as to why they decided to keep Christopher Pennock
I think it came down to one simple reason: popularity. Unlike Bernau and Scott, Pennock generated a lot of positive fan mail (makes you wonder what sort of substances the people who wrote those letters were on? ). and he quickly became the focus of a lot of favorable press (mostly in the teen mags). DC was always one to think those two ingredients translated into ratings success.
Scott was a lost cause. Bernau may have grown on the audience. But in DC's estimation, Pennock was a proven commodity. And actually, given how subsequent roles really got to showcase his talents, it was a smart choice to have kept Pennock around.