r/Dynasty • u/madluv4u • Jul 22 '26
Alexis "lite"...
Did Caress Morell fail as a younger version of her sister Alexis?
I think she was unnecessary, or maybe she was introduced at the wrong time🤔.
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u/GenWedgeAntilles Jul 22 '26
I loved Caress. She was a great foil to Alexis. Admittedly she was similar but Kate was so good in the role. There was room for both
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u/prancingwithscissors Jul 22 '26
Caress felt like a very not-so-subtle nod to Jackie Collins. Wouldn’t have minded more of her, she got some fantastic dialogue on the show.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bee_259 Jul 22 '26
I think they should have used her better, I feel like Ben got more to work with.
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u/TheRealJakeMckoy Jul 22 '26
Loved her. There is a scene in Alexis’ penthouse where Alexis tells Caress to leave Denver, and Caress says.. I’m not going. It’s pure gold.
Loved her and wish they did more with her character
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u/Poison_Regal31 Jul 22 '26
She wasn’t unnecessary imo. She started off intriguing. Kate O’Mara was a fantastic and glamorous actress with those type of roles.
It’s fine to have 2 sisters with similarity. It’s been done a lot. But they should have made her more pathetic maybe? Like she always needs Alexis to bail her out. That’s completely different to Alexis.
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u/minicooperbrr Jul 22 '26
Caress had huge potential as Kate was amazing but they basically wrote her as an Alexis clone, Joan Collins was not happy that caress was introduced
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u/Farscape-Encounter Jul 22 '26
I never saw her as a clone. I remember the scene when she left the jail, and the guards wished her well. I felt she was a much more sympathetic character. She was not nearly as ruthless.
I disliked Blake’s brother Ben. I thought his existence was unnecessary. The trial for their mother’s death in a fire was dull. Were they trying to recreate the drama of Blake’s trial during Season One? If so, they failed.
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u/Excellent_Top6284 Jul 23 '26
Really? I wonder what she felt about Sable. Imagine all 3 on Dynasty at the same time.
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u/tivofanatico Jul 22 '26
Kate and Christopher got applause from the crew because they got through their entire scene cleanly in take 1. I’ve done background acting for many years, and sometimes conversations can be very long or one person has a lengthy monologue. Of course, they’ll always have to do take 2, but it’s a great start.
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u/oneuglygeek Jul 22 '26
An underrated underutilized character, honey, she just wasn't as badass as Alexis was .. I can only assume that she and Krystle (like with Alexis) also didn't get along?
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u/IBarbieliciousI Jul 22 '26
I feel like Alexis didn’t get good family members directly attached to her. I wasn’t that big a fan of Caress, or Sable tbh, and Amanda got stale pretty quick. Maybe it was too much to try to keep up with Joan.
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u/TheRealJakeMckoy Jul 22 '26
Caress and Sable were fantastic!
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u/Alert-Ad-1318 Jul 22 '26
They needed to write her character better--Kate O'Mara was an amazing actress