Dynasty's original cast versus the new one: How did the reboot change things up? 

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The shiny new reboot of classic American soap opera

hasn\'t just shifted the setting from Denver, Colorado to Atlanta, Georgia – it\'s made several changes to the characters, too.

With Nicollette Sheridan replacing Joan Collins as Alexis, Sammy Jo changing from a woman to a gay man, and the Colby family reborn entirely as African-American, it\'s a pleasingly dramatic raft of changes.

We\'ve rounded up the original cast and their modern-day counterparts to show how the new series differs from the \'80s outing.

Self-made CEO of Denver-Carrington (or Carrington Atlantic in the reboot series), Blake Carrington was played by

star John Forsythe throughout the original series. 

Played by Linda Evans in the original series, the reboot stars

\' Nathalie Kelley as a Hispanic reimagining of Blake Carrington\'s second wife, now called Cristal Flores Carrington.

Blake\'s first wife, legendary diva Alexis Carrington, was iconically played by Dame Joan Collins in the original. 

\' Nicollette Sheridan is Alexis in the reboot. Inspired casting.

The biggest change in the reboot, Heather Locklear\'s Sammy Jo Carrington – niece of Krystle – is now a gay male character called Sam \'Sammy Jo\' Jones, played by Venezuelan actor Rafael de la Fuente.

The daughter of Blake and Alexis was originally played by Pamela Sue Martin until the fourth season when Fallon was recast with Emma Samms, who went on to star in spin-off series

. Now the third person to play Fallon, actress and singer Elizabeth Gillies, stars in the reboot series.

Notable for being one of the earliest gay main characters on a US TV show – even if he married two women – Steven was originally played by Al Corley, who left at the end of the second season. 

Jack Coleman took over and, in classic

fashion, the new face was because of plastic surgery after an oil rig explosion. Corley returned for the miniseries 

, and now Australian actor James Mackay plays the younger son of Blake and Alexis.

The chief steward of the Carrington household and fiercely protective of the family, Joseph Anders was played in the first four seasons of

legend Alan Dale, but the character remains the same, especially in his instant distrust of Cristal (AKA Krystle).

As the chaffeur for the Carringtons, Wayne Northrop\'s Michael Culhane left at the end of the first season, but not before he\'d had an affair with Fallon, and also returned for the seventh season. He is one of several characters cast as non-white for the reboot, with Robert Christopher Riley in the role.

John James appeared as Jeff Colby in six seasons of

after that was cancelled. Like in the original series, he has a close relationship with Fallon in the reboot, where he is played by Nigerian-American actor Sam Adegoke.

Tracy Scoggins first appeared as Jeff\'s cousin Monica Colby in

season five, before starring in spin-off show

. In the reboot, Monica is now Jeff\'s sister and Fallon\'s best friend from high school, played by Wakeema Hollis.

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