With the new season of Melrose Place just kicking off, there’s already been confirmations of cast members getting the boot.
The two cast members getting the boot this time around happened to be Ashlee Simpson and Colin Egglesfield, Ashlee plays Violet Foster and Colin plays Auggie Kirkpatrick. If you watched Melrose Place this week, Colin is the guy who Ashlee desperately tries to get into the pants of by having him help make her “bed”, no surprise there.
Here is what the show’s executive producer Todd Slavkin said —
What was behind the decision to let Ashlee and Colin go?
TODD SLAVKIN: Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12. And we always knew that [Ashlee's] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin's character of] Augie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show.
So it was always the plan for Ashlee to leave after episode 12?
SLAVKIN: Yes. Because we felt that once the murder mystery was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift into a much more fun, romantic, sexy upbeat kind of show, and [her] character would move on.
Is it fair to say that if either of those characters clicked you would’ve found a way to keep them?
SLAVKIN: Well, you never know when you go along. But in the end, we felt like it was right [decision].
How did Ashlee and Colin take the news?
SLAVKIN: They’re total professionals and they took it like professionals. When you go into a show you never know what’s going to evolve and what the possibilities are. But because they knew ahead of time [that leaving was a possibility], it wasn’t a complete shock.
Hmm.. Do you think there was actual plans to let the two go or do you think there’s something else going on?
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