Desperate times call for desperate measures, after being sent to Fridays this fall, Last Man Standing has a newly appointed showrunner, Tim Doyle (who made an amazing job at being the showrunner of Better Off Ted and Ellen) who I presume will make some radical changes in an attempt to save the show from the cancellation bear. Among those changes is to recast some of the characters. Therefore, Mike Baxter’s (Allen) eldest daughter, Kristin, previously played by Alexandra Krosney, will be played by Amanda Fuller who recently has been seen in Grey's Anatomy where she starred as Dr. Morgan Peterson, she also made appearances in Scandal (taken into consideration that Grey's Anatomy and Scandal have the same showrunner - the one and only Shonda Rhimes) and in Bones.
 |
| Alexandra Krosney, Amanda Fuller |
Also to be recast is Boyd, Kristin's 5-year old son, previously played by the twin toddlers, Luke and Evan Kruntchev, now will be played by the newcomer Flynn Morrison. Boyd's father, played by Nick Jonas will added to the list of recast characters as Jonas apparently is not available for the role anymore. The role of Boyd's father has the potential of becoming more than recurring as the new showrunner has plans for it to become a potential foil to Mike.
Last Man Standing returns on Fridays beginning November 2nd.
*Foil - In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.A foil's complementary role may be emphasized by physical characteristics. A foil usually either differs drastically or is extremely similar but with a key difference setting them apart.