Submitted by bros402 t3_11yt9r5 in television
wrosecrans t1_jdb8plj wrote
Reply to comment by derstherower in Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes Shine in Hulu's 'Up Here' by bros402
For anybody who doesn't know the story, Mae was the second actress to play Egg. The plan was to just swap the actress with every appearance as a joke so the audience would never be able to recognize her because the character was so forgettable. But Mae Whitman wound up getting the role permanently. She was apparently never entirely sure if she should be flattered that they decided to keep her on. Or deeply offended that she was so forgettable.
But the original actress, Alessandra Torresani, has been forgotten for being the forgettable character because Mae was so memorable. So there's a weird philosophical debate about who was actually the more forgettable.
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