Last season, Nicollette Sheridan joined The CW’s remake of Dynasty as Alexis Carrington and now she is leaving the show. The network announced the news yesterday and said, “Nicollette Sheridan will be leaving Dynasty in order to focus on some personal family responsibilities. She was a valuable asset to the show and we wish her continued success in the future.”
Today she released a statement explaining what are those “personal family responsibilities.” She said, “Working on the Dynasty reboot and reprising the iconic role of Alexis has been thoroughly enjoyable, but the chance to spend precious time with my terminally ill mother is more important to me right now.” Then she added, “I am profoundly grateful to Mark Pedowitz (The CW) and David Stapf (CBS) for graciously allowing me to return to Los Angeles to be with her, and I wish them and everyone associated with the show nothing but continued success. I am hopeful that my fans will embrace my successor with as much passion as they embraced me.”
According to TV Line, they are looking to recast the role. Who better than Joan Collins? If not her, someone else from the original show. How about Emma Samms, Pamela Sue Martin, Catherine Oxenberg or Leanne Hunley. How hot would that be?
When it comes to Alexis, her character has been pretty useless this season. Hopefully, with the recast, it will reignite the role for season 3. In case you missed it, the show was picked up for another season last month.
When it comes to Sheridan, she is doing the right thing. Family comes first.
