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Not as hot as the original Tammy on Amazon's Transparent

posted 9 years ago by edlitz36
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For those not in the know, Melora Hardin didn't play Tammy in the original pilot of Amazon Prime's new series Transparent.

Amazon produced one episode of Transparent called a "pilot episode" and it debuted on Amazon Prime on February 6, 2014. It was free to watch and that original first episode was very popular. Based on the ecstatic response to that original pilot, Amazon picked up the show for a whole 10-episode season. Unfortunately, 4 of the cast members from the original pilot couldn't return to film the rest of the season and had to be recast. So, Amazon hired new actors and decided to remake the original first episode so that the cast would be consistent with the rest of the season. The new pilot and the next 9 episodes debuted on August 27, 2014. New cast and all.

The cast of the "Original Pilot" Season 1, Episode 0:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3976338/

The cast of the remake of the pilot simply titled "Pilot" Season 1, Episode 1:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3233560/

The most prominent recasting was the role of Tammy, the lesbian ex-girlfriend. She was originally played by actress Gillian Vigman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0897005/) and she was way hotter! She had long blonde hair, a very sexy pair of glasses, wore regular women's clothes, perfect figure, seductive body language, and she's 5 years younger than Melora. She also played hard-to-get in the original pilot-- the Sarah character really had to work to seduce her, which made the scene 10X sexier. She was a lesbian with lipstick.

But when she was recast with Melora, they really butched her up. They gave her that damn dyke haircut and made her wear more masculine clothing. They made her character more affable and willing and thus the new make out scene really fell flat by comparison.

Some stills of Tammy from the original pilot:
http://i.imgur.com/7Nvw8Jb.png
http://d1h1icg9nkzvny.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/TP_Cha racter_01-e1392355633282.jpg
http://cdn1-www.afterellen.com/assets/uploads/2014/02/school.png
http://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/makeout_party.p ng

So disappointing she got knocked up and had to leave the show.

Religion should be made fun of. If I believed that stuff, I'd keep it to myself. -Larry David

[–] Garmonbozia8 9 years ago

Interesting to know... but even though Melora's Tammy is butch, that doesn't mean she isn't sexy. I think Melora is fantastic in the show and shows how a butch lesbian can still be very sexy in her own way. And as far as acting goes, this shows off her talent. It can't be easy playing that part when she isn't naturally butch. Her performance is extremely believable.

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[–] Ithilfaen 9 years ago

She had long blonde hair, a very sexy pair of glasses, wore regular women's clothes, perfect figure, seductive body language, and she's 5 years younger than Melora.
You list all these superficial things as if they were facts.
Personally, I hate blondes and the long hair makes them look like cheerleaders. Hardin's body is great and she's a great actress and I don't care about age so...

They gave her that damn dyke haircut and made her wear more masculine clothing
Maybe they did it exactly because they didn't want to make a porno for sad little men like you?

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] angelofvic 8 years ago

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I think she is amazing on Transparent. Especially season 2, where she flips out LOL.
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