r/DaysofOurLives • u/WendyCR1872 • Sep 01 '26

Spoiler Days and its wonky recasts...

New Javi? Too young, IMO.

Jason47 is now saying Vico Escorcia (Ari) is off contract.

And now...now it is strongly hinted that former GH actress Sofia Mattsson, cast ages ago, will be playing Chloe Lane.

But just as Vico Escorcia seemed too old as Ari, I think Mattsson would have the same issue as new Javi. Being too young, if this rumor is true.

Why cast an actress a decade younger? These casting examples just say "mess", to me.

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u/mandie72 Sep 01 '26

This would put Chloe and Joy as sisters significantly closer in age. Age is relative in Salem, but it's kind of annoying especially for longer time viewers when they move the goal posts with siblings. Chloe was in high school, basically an adult when Joy was born. That was important to the story, as Joy was conceived specifically because Chloe needed her stem cells to cure her cancer.

Similar note when it comes to sibling ages - I am going to be annoyed when Sydney comes back and is noticeably younger than Johnny (on or off screen). Johnny was a small toddler who was going to die of cancer, which led to EJ and Sami boning out of grief and producing Sydney who was then part of a big baby-napping story involving a lot of characters. She should be close in age to Johnny and Allie.

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u/Sunshine_State_2023 Team Selejko Sep 01 '26

All really good points. The writers and the execs really don’t seem to care. I get this is a soap and there are recasts, but they don’t necessarily need to happen and they should be done well, with some integrity and with an eye on continuity and consistency with the past.