Was she supposed to be a cousin? Who was she?
It seems she was added to take the place of Maggie Evans as the resident victim as Kathryn Leigh Scott portrayed her (and very well, I thought) in the original show, but the character of Maggie was going to be earthier and tougher with Ely Pouget's performance, none of which came to be (with perhaps an intended showdown with Laura Collins?)
Daphne was a cousin of Carolyn's. it is not clear if she was David's sister (which would make her Roger's daughter) or if she was from another branch of the family tree.
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I assumed she was the descendant of Elizabeth and Roger's sibling because she's never refered to as Roger's daughter or David's sister, nor is it implied as such.
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She wasn't added to take the place of Maggie. Daphne is a character in the original series played by Kate Jackson. 1991-Daphne more or less takes on Carolyn's role from House Of Dark Shadows while 1991-Carolyn sticks to the role she played in the 1960s TV series.
1991-Victoria had Maggie's 1960s role.
The series does have some differences to the original series which I think was good since most of it all was predictable being we knew most of what was going to happen in this version.
rtjoby: "She wasn't added to take the place of Maggie. Daphne is a character in the original series played by Kate Jackson. 1991-Daphne more or less takes on Carolyn's role from House Of Dark Shadows while 1991-Carolyn sticks to the role she played in the 1960s TV series.
1991-Victoria had Maggie's 1960s role.
The series does have some differences to the original series which I think was good since most of it all was predictable being we knew most of what was going to happen in this version."
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Daphne 1991 was done in early on.
Daphne 1960s was popular and stayed around. I often thought had someone known Kate Jackson would be so well-received, they would have simply recast her as Victoria.
Maggie clearly seemed slated for several departures early on before they decided to keep her on as Jozette-Rachel and so on. I always suspected at one time there Maggie would run away with Willie Loomis, but Loomis from appearance one was pegged with Carolyn and that was how they ended.
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Daphne was done in "too" early on.
Actress Rebecca Staab won me over instantly to where I hoped she'd return but they didn't even use her when they went back in time like they did with all the other cast members.
All of the young females of the revival series were impressive and seemed to be all new talent finds.
I do think Ely Pouget was horribly mis-cast as Maggie ... but I think later on she could won us over as a different type of Maggie which makes you wonder why they didn't give her some other name. I don't recall Maggie ever having an affair with Roger in the original series.
I don't recall Maggie ever having an affair with Roger in the original series.
She didn't. That was new.
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Daphne was loosely based Daphne Budd from House of Dark Shadows who was Liz's secretary in that film only. Maggie in Revival was NOTHING like Maggie from Classic
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Yes, Daphne in the 1991 series was a cross between Daphne Budd and Carolyn from 'House of Dark Shadows' (she is like Daphne in that she was the first victim but had much of Carolyn's scenes; as this show's early episodes were very close to 'House of Dark Shadows'.
As for Maggie, well as rhe 1991 Victoria Winters was in many regards a remake of the Maggie Evans in 'House of Dark Shadows' (who inturn had scenes in that film that were borrowed or inspired by those of Victoria Winters and Maggie Evans who had become almost the same character from surprisingly early on) it made sense that if Maggie Evans were in it she would have to be somewhat different (being a tighter show it couldn't really have two characters which were largely the same... and not only in physical resemblence but being written with almost the same personality and latter general backstory due to career and familial situation). Thus 1991 Maggie Evans comes off more as a female equivolent to Sam Evans (and Roger also has some similarities in being an artist but may be more inspired by Charles Delaware Tate and Jeff Clarke from 'House of Dark Shadows') but has an affair with Roger rather than having some unintentional tension much of the time. She also has aspects in common with Magda and the Fayes (her ESP). She is also slightly like the original idea of the character that was performed unconvincingly from one episode by Kathryn Leigh Scott wearing a horrendous wig lest she be mistaken for Victoria Moltke (it was monochrome after all) and calling people "jerks". The character being in the series bible a more world weary and cynical character.
The 1991 Sam was likewise more that barman who was largely a non-character but seems like he was going to be given a role (the old series would probably have benefitted from having the Barman at the Blue Whale as a character or better the owner of the Collinsport Inn).
1991's Woodard was of course more Thayer David's T. Eliot Stokes as depicted in the show more than the Dr. Woodard of the 1960s series (thouse the film Stokes does fill Woodard's role in many regards)
Sorry for rambling off topic slightly.
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From what I remember although never truly fully explained in the show, Daphne was Elizabeth and Roger Collins much younger cousin, thus making her Carolyn and David's second cousin. Daphne was also apparently Quentin Collins's younger sister. Quentin Collins was going to be introduced if they show had received a full season order or brought back for a second season. Actor Adrian Paul who played Jeremiah Collins in the 1790 story-line was contracted to play Quentin Collins. However the show never continued and thus Adrian Paul never returned to the show as Quentin Collins the modern day reincarnation of Jeremiah Collins. It would have been interesting to see how they explained why Quentin never showed up to his sister's funeral.
share''It would have been interesting to see how they explained why Quentin never showed up to his sister's funeral.''
They'd probably borrow elements of Chris Jennings and thus make him a wanderer. That's my guess, anyway.
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Or possibly that he was estranged from his family, or in Europe on business. There's a dozen possible excuses they could probably come up with I guess. It would have been nice to finally see Werewolves, or at least a Werewolf in season 2. Adrian Paul as Quentin Collins the Werewolf, why did NBC have to cancel this show? Oh yeah low ratings and a network director change.
shareIt is a massive shame as the show was actually very strong, especially for a debut season. Oh, one can only dream...
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From what I remember although never truly fully explained in the show, Daphne was Elizabeth and Roger Collins much younger cousin, thus making her Carolyn and David's second cousin.
1. There were other factions of the Collins family.
2. They had to keep Carolyn as bait for Barnabas during aging process as in the original, and then the terrorizing of Julia.
Smart move creating Daphne, using her for the vampire staking. That whole scene is mostly the same as the original movie, even down to the timing.
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I agree! I really liked her and I was upset that she died and we never saw her again. I wish they had cast her as Carolyn and the terrible actress playing Carolyn as Daphne. Then we would've been rid of her early.
shareDaphne always stood out to me more than the other women in their family. I wish she has more of a role than just the first victim and vampire offspring. They kind of treated her like a distant cousin.
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