* We did not include any recasts dictated by real-life tragedy, or the extremely common aging up of a tyke. * Roles that were recast before a show ever premiered are detailed here.

TVLine looks back at more than two dozen times when a TV role was suddenly recast, the sometimes surprising reasons why, and if that change in appearance was ever mentioned on-screen.

Kelly Ripa was just 20 years old when she landed the role of Hayley Vaughan on the ABC soap opera "All My Children" — and it changed her life forever.

Warwick Davis has starred in a long list of hit movies and TV series and the 'Willow' star once said a surprising comedic role changed his life forever.

Milla Jovovich reflects on filming one scene as Leeloo in The Fifth Element that she says not only makes her cry, but that changed her life.

Years before she won her first Golden Globe for her role on One Day at a Time, Valerie Bertinelli already knew that the show would change her life.

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Today, "This is Us" star Chrissy Metz opens up to Dr. Oz about how her tumultuous childhood and early struggles shaped her life and why she decided to take her latest movie role.

Andrew Garfield presented Sally Field with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards 2023 on Sunday ...

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Drew Barrymore attributes the 1994 Western action film Bad Girls with profoundly impacting her life at the age of 16. On a recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, she reunited with her co-star ...