No. It's bad enough what they'd done to inject "drama" into and John and Marlena's relationship as it is; I don't want to see them dredging up her husband from the Carter administration, just to manufacture more unnecessary conflict.
could comeback to Salem, reclaiming Marlena after all these years
And therein lies the major problem I'd have with that scenario, because it's probably exactly what would happen; and smacks too much of the aforementioned Alex North contrivance, which was basically an amalgamation of Marlena's relationship with Don Craig and Roman; setting him up as her (secret) first husband, with a son that was "lost", while using the archival footage of the actor from when he played Roman. Marlena isn't a possession to make claim, and those types of stories with any of the women on the show are tired and frankly outdated.
On top of that, it's be roughly 40 years; which for Marlena is 6 presidents, 3(ish) children, two spouses and countless weddings ago. She's moved on.
Now if you were tell me he might show up just to walk down memory lane and catch up with Marlena, with genuinely no ulterior motive; sure, that could be fun. John doesn't have to be threatened, the three of them could go out for dinner, Don and Marlena could share a dance, maybe they even run into Roman, who Don of course knew, and they could reminisce about their mutual "one who got away," Don invariably asks if Marlena had ever thought what might have been, but ultimately they're all very happy with how things turned out. Don's backstory would probably be that he and Marlena got divorced after DJ's death took too much of a toll on their marriage, and he might reveal that he had gotten remarried, maybe even ended up having kids of his own, and is probably even a grandfather. His wife could have recently passed, and he happened to be passing through his old stomping grounds and was feeling nostalgic, so he stopped to see Marlena; and then he's on his way. 1-2 episodes, tops.
Now, like another poster said; would it be practical to bring an 80-something actor out of long term retirement? Probably not, but at least for a small nostalgic novelty, it could be a fun change of pace; and maybe even be appealing, depending on the actor's health, but definitely not a major necessity if didn't happen either. Certainly nothing warranting a recast if the original actor wasn't interested.
"Sorry, I mistook you for a corpse."
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engle_james
8 years ago
Seeing this thread reminded me, Don did have a daughter, named, amusingly enough, Donna Craig, and she was played by Tracey Bregman, who went on to play Lauren on the Young and the Restless. She would have had a couple of kids and they would be adults by now. I think it would be great if, the next time they bring in a new character, they consider making him/her a relative of Don's.
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