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Hollyoaks Jason Costello
Would anyone else like this character to return? He was interesting back in the day and with all the Silas stuff it would be nice to see a more trustworthy member of Bobby's family look out for him.
Over the years we have seen Seth, Carl and Wendy return but no mention at all of Jason.
Over the years we have seen Seth, Carl and Wendy return but no mention at all of Jason.
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If so. Yes
Also given that Seth and Wendy both turned out to be accomplices for Silas. I wouldn't trust the show with a Jason return. They would probably reveal that he is the next Silas and also plans to kidnap Bobby or obsess over the McQueens.
Because...political correctness? If so, stuff 'em.
There's literally no sense in bringing back the cis woman who originated the role (which wasn't a great decision in the first place) to pay a post-transition trans man. Heck, even a cis man would be more appropriate, but - ideally - they would cast a trans man. That's not 'political correctness', it's just logic.
To be honest, Jason was probably the least interesting member of the family: being transgender was pretty much all he contributed to the show; and it was handled pretty poorly in retrospect. Even his unconvincing relationship with Bart was all about his trans status; there was nothing to root for in their relationship. Though there was some potential after his mothered was murdered by his grandfather, but he left shortly after, so there wasn't even much opportunity to develop the character in that regard either. Jason wasn't a bad character, but there's no point in bringing him back, even if they found the right actor.
BIB: Jason never identified as female. He presented as female, but identified as male; which was the whole point of the storyline. Of course, it made sense to cast a woman in the role (to show the early stages of the transition journey), especially at the time when the transgender community wasn't represented. Heck, in interviews, Jason was continually referred to as 'she', and had 'Gender Identity Disorder', which was a dodgy way to present the storyline! However, if the character now presents (and still identifies) as male, why would they bring back the original actress who - as far as I'm aware - presents and identifies as female?
Regarding 'shirtless scenes': you do realise this is Hollyoaks, right? Jason would probably be in his prime to have gratuitous shirtless scenes, and deliberately avoiding that would insinuate that trans men should hide their bodies. In fact, having a woman playing the role would suggest that trans men are just women pretending to be men, which is definitely 'a bad thing'!
You'd wonder why characters come back to the village after their years of misery there.
Russ bought the pub his brother set fire to and killed multiple people in.
Jason was miserable the whole time he was in the village
Too many returning characters have been treated awfully.
If Jason returned he would probably be revealed as the latest serial killer for no reason, or he would be a new victim for the latest serial killer.
The actress was amazing. I sometimes had to remind myself that she was really a woman. She can't, however, convincingly play the character after a decade of being on male hormones. Political correctness is another reason, though, now that you mention it. People would get upset about the casting.
Yep, him and Maxine are cousins.
Would you care to explain that to somebody who has lost track of how people are related to each other? It almost seems that everybody is, somehow, related to everybody else.
I think, Maxine and Heidi were cousins. So Trish and Heidi were sisters
Or maybe Heidi's mother and Trish were sisters. It's very confusing!
Silas married Heidi's mum who was the sister of Trish's mum. Heidi and Trish were cousins. Maxine, Mitzeee and Jason and his siblings were second cousins. Hence all the dating a relative jokes when Riley and Mitzeee had their thing.
If any of my relatives looked like Mitzeee, I might be tempted to go there, too.
I believe there was mentions of the relation between Maxine and Bobby when Carl came back but it’s been mostly forgotten.