If a longstanding actor dies in a franchise, what should you do?

*Andrew NDB* · 11-21-2020, 12:01 AM

I'm talking about Carrie Fisher as Leia in Star Wars (specifically the choices they faced moving forward with her character after VIII) and, like, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in the MCU (specifically the choice they NOW face moving forward with what to do with the character), as examples. There's others. There seem to be different answers depending on the instance... but as a general policy, what would or should be the most fitting?

But also consider, if YOU were the actor who died, part of a long-running franchise... would you really just want your character buried in the casket with you (or replaced with another character entirely, ala, "Why can't they just replace T'Challa with Shuri, and just have T'Challa vanish forever?"), or would you want it to live on? Should "oh, we need to kill such and such character simply because their actor/actress died IRL" even be considered a good idea?

View Poll Results: If a longstanding actor dies in a franchise, what should you do?
Recast them, continue their character.	7	63.64%
Kill their character off between movies. That's that.	3	27.27%
Replace them with another character.	1	9.09%
Some CGI trickery (hire a new actor, for the same character but face-swap in the deceased actor's)	0	0%
Something else _______ (explain)	0	0%
Voters: 11. You may not vote on this poll

11-21-2020, 12:01 AM	#1
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,574	If a longstanding actor dies in a franchise, what should you do? I'm talking about Carrie Fisher as Leia in Star Wars (specifically the choices they faced moving forward with her character after VIII) and, like, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa in the MCU (specifically the choice they NOW face moving forward with what to do with the character), as examples. There's others. There seem to be different answers depending on the instance... but as a general policy, what would or should be the most fitting? But also consider, if YOU were the actor who died, part of a long-running franchise... would you really just want your character buried in the casket with you (or replaced with another character entirely, ala, "Why can't they just replace T'Challa with Shuri, and just have T'Challa vanish forever?"), or would you want it to live on? Should "oh, we need to kill such and such character simply because their actor/actress died IRL" even be considered a good idea? __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 11-21-2020 at 05:13 AM.