Were Tom Welling, Gale Harold, Jason Lewis and Dylan Bruce Almost nu-Adam On Y&R?!
Fans of The Young and the Restless are ecstatic that actor Justin Hartley is returning to daytime television to take on the role of presumed dead bad boy Adam Newman. But while the former soap star’s casting seems spot on, Hartley wasn’t the only contender for the role.
On Friday, Soap Opera Network revealed that several famous faces were in the running for the buzzy role of the Genoa City troublemaker. According to talent manager Michael Bruno, Jason Lewis, Gale Harold, Dylan Bruce, and Tom Welling were all on the short list for the part.
When asked how the show managed to land Hartley, Bruno said, "They are obsessed, not just that show, with primetime fallen names. I felt bad for Judy Wilson ['Y&R' casting director]. She’s a great casting director, who’s such a hard worker, and yet they expect her to get a primetime name and work for a dollar. And so it’s very difficult to find that.
But they had feelers out for fallen nighttime names. Tom Welling from Smallville, also Queer as Folk's Gale Harold, and Jason Lewis from Sex and the City."
While Hartley also has an impressive resume of primetime work under his belt, he told TV Guide he looks forward to getting back to daytime TV.
“Days of Our Lives” has been in the news a lot lately. Kassie DePaiva joined the show earlier this year and has been actively airing throughout the summer. Her character Eve is causing trouble all over Salem.
According to an August 26 report from Soap Opera Digest, Melissa Archer has joined “Days of Our Lives.” Archer has already been filming scenes, but there is no word on her character details or the length of her contract.
This is exciting news for both “Days of Our Lives” fans and viewers who also watched “One Life to Live.” Kassie DePaiva played Blair Kramer and Melissa Archer played Natalie Buchanan on the now-canceled soap.
It appears that these two will reconnect in Salem as well. Archer was also appearing in the web-based soap “Beacon Hill.” DePaiva tweeted a photo of Archer and herself on the set of “Days of Our Lives” earlier today.
Fans have been commenting about their excitement for Melissa Archer since the news broke.
When you have this much talent, you just have to spread it around. This fall, Emmy-winning soap sensation Eileen Davidson will find herself in the enviable and unprecedented position of playing juicy, front-burner roles on both NBC's Days of Our Lives and CBS's The Young and the Restless. Why such generosity of spirit on the part of rival networks? It's all about survival — and we don't mean Davidson's.
"This kind of acting opportunity would never have happened back when the daytime-drama world was really healthy," says Davidson. "Now times have changed. Soaps are trying to stay relevant. They want to stay on the air. They're willing to set aside that old competitiveness to help each other out." Besides, audiences can't possibly be confused, Davidson says. "My characters are 180 degrees apart — from the way they look to the level of their sanity."
And how. The actress recently returned to Days for a four-month run as Kristen DiMera, a psycho sexpot who is facing criminal charges for drugging and raping a Roman Catholic priest — every scandalous moment of it caught on video. (How will she redeem herself? By saving the life of one of Salem's most beloved citizens!) Davidson's double duty officially begins September 3, when she returns to Y&R with a two-year deal to play good-hearted Ashley Abbott, a brilliant cosmetics chemist with the absolute worst luck in men.
If that's not enough Davidson for you, this mother of three — married to former actor/tennis pro Vince Van Patten — has also signed on to the next season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for a reported $750,000, the highest salary ever paid to a new hausfrau in the Bravo franchise. "I don't know what you are talking about," says a not very convincing Davidson when asked about the reality-show gig. "I'm not paying much attention to anything that's been written." Maybe not, but sources say a Bravo crew has already followed Davidson to work at Y&R, with her costars asked to sign confidentiality agreements to keep it all hush-hush.
"Eileen is a phenomenal talent, and no one wants to lose her," says Y&R executive producer Jill Farren Phelps. "We fought hard to bring her back on contract because she is a huge part of our history." Adds Peter Bergman, who plays Ashley's brother, Jack. "It's just not the Abbott family without her. Who could blame Days for loving Eileen — she has a showcase there that's off the fucking charts — but we really need her over here."
Word is Ashley will return to Genoa City having developed an erotic wonder fragrance that'll drive the world mad and, for a piece of the action, she wants to share CEO duties at Jabot Cosmetics with Jack. The soap will also toy with a romantic quadrangle involving Ashley; her daughter, Abby; hunky Stitch; and pregnant Victoria.
But let's get real here. Davidson originated her role on Y&R in 1982, moved to Days in 1993, and has been back and forth a few times, not always with the best results. She consistently scores awesome material on Days — at one point, she was playing five wildly different roles, one male — while Y&R has often failed to write well for her. In fact, she was twice dropped by the CBS show, most recently in 2012. Why take the chance it'll happen again?
"It's always a crapshoot, and I'm OK with that," says Davidson, whose new agreement with Y&R stipulates that she can still appear on Days on a limited basis. "There's a big burnout factor with Kristen, who is always full-throttle. How many times can she be horribly vile and get away with it?" Ashley, on the other hand, is "more rooted, more real, someone I can play on a daily basis. Y&R said they have a great story for me. I assume it's the truth."
If not, no big deal. "I've had really good times in this business and really slow times, and it all works out," she says. "I've had a fantastic career, but I came to a big, wonderful realization a long time ago: None of this defines me."
The Bold and the Beautiful...and the hilarious? Comedy great Fred Willard has been set for a four-episode guest appearance on the hit CBS soap opera playing John Forrester, younger brother of fashion king Eric Forrester (John McCook). John is also the father of jewelry designer Ivy Forrester (Ashleigh Brewer), the show's new Aussie beauty who was recently brought to America by Eric to help out with the family business.
A B&B rep tells TV Guide Magazine that Willard's character is a traveling salesman-inventor and quite the party boy. He contacts Ivy while he's in the states and decides to come visit her in Los Angeles and reconnect with Eric. No word yet if Willard's character is pure comic relief or trouble in disguise!
Willard's many hit films include This is Spinal Tap, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Best in Show and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The Second City alum and multiple Emmy nominee has also had recurring roles on Roseanne, Mad About You, King of the Hill, Everybody Loves Raymond and, currently, Modern Family, where he plays Phil Dunphy's dad, Frank.
Willard begins work at B&B Aug. 27, with his episodes set to air the first week of October.
More soap stars have a new little bundle of joy to add to their family! This time it’s The Young and the Restless Terrell Tilford (Dr. Barton Shelby) and his wife Victoria Platt (Ex-Vicky, Guiding Light)!
The duo welcomed into the world their baby daughter named Marley into the world on Sunday! Terrell tweeted the news with a touching photo: “SHE arrived… Our baby-girl MARLEY was born Sunday eve, 24 August 2014… @VictoriousPlatt, I love you… http://ift.tt/1lAKzN4”
There was also another tweet from Terrell that said, “Mommy is resting, Baby is heathy & Daddy is elated… But we’re all together and that is a Gift… #3istheMagicNumber”
She’s baaaaack! As previously reported, General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini revealed that this fall several male and female villains will be returning to the ABC soap opera, leading to much speculation that perhaps one of the lady baddies was going to be loony tunes Heather Webber!
And as it turns out …. that is the case … as GH long time fan favorite Robin Mattson (Heather) revealed on her facebook that she is indeed returning for another round of causing chaos in Port Charles! Mattson posted: “Heather is returning to GH soon!”
So what will happen this time? Will Heather be mixed up with son Franco (Roger Howarth)? Will she help him seek revenge on Sonny (Maurice Benard) for sleeping with Carly (Laura Wright)? Will she get mixed back up with Fluke/Luke (Tony Geary)? When we last saw Heather, she was going for a stay behind bars!
Alison Sweeney who since departing her long time role as Sami Brady on Days of our Lives has been busy on the other side of the camera!
First, she recently directed an episode of General Hospital and will be returning to do future episodes, and now comes word from Alison that she is already back in Salem directing an episode of DAYS!
Today, Alison tweeted this pic with the words, "So happy 2 b back in Salem – directing! Love visiting my peeps, Lauren Koslow (Kate) and Deidre Hall (Marlena)!"
No word yet on when the episode will air, but as fans of the NBC soap know, DAYS tapes months in advance!
GH's Jeffrey Vincent Parise is back tomorrow as the wrongfully imprisoned Carlos Rivera. Though Executive Producer Frank Valentini had assured the actor that he would return at some point, Parise was overjoyed to get the call summoning him back to duty. "It was a great day," he enthuses to Digest.
“I was excited. I felt like a boxer in training who gets the word that there’s a fight coming up!” Check out the new Digest, on sale tomorrow, for more with Parise.
In the new Universal Studios Home Entertainment release, Jarhead 2: Field Of Fire, Josh Kelly (Cutter, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) stars in a role he was made for. The son of a Naval officer and himself a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq prior to becoming an actor, Kelly plays the team leader for a group of supply Marines that get put into a challenging combat situation.
"The movie is about Marines banding together, relying on their training, and discovering purpose behind war," he says of the sequel to the popular 2005 film based on Anthony Swofford's similarly titled book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in the Persian Gulf. "This one takes place in Afghanistan in modern time. It has a lot to do with the Taliban and restricting women's rights... it's pretty topical."
Although it's been a decade since Kelly was a man in uniform himself, he says that his own experience doing combat operations proved useful. "It was interesting — I found my brain reverting back into team leader mode. I was becoming a lot more tactical as we were pretending to be tactical," he reveals of playing Corporal Chris Merrimette in the action-adventure film. "I pretty much became the tech advisor [on set] and made sure that everyone maintained tactical awareness."
Still being "in theater" is tough on everyone, even those who initially thought that they wanted to be in the thick of it. "Merrimette is a middle American, good guy who's got a pregnant wife at home. He's questioning whether or not he should be in the war and whether or not he's going to stay," Kelly previews. "So he is, I guess, kind of what I would've been like had I not wanted to become an actor and stayed in the military."
The orders for HFTF poured in, and Rick retained the presidency. Caroline revealed Maya's secret, and Rick sought comfort in Caroline's arms. Upon seeing Caroline in a towel at Rick's house, Maya resigned as Forrester's spokesmodel and Rick's girlfriend. Rick again turned to Caroline. Brooke and Bill held a family meeting with Hope and Liam to announce their relationship. Wyatt became livid upon hearing from Katie that Bill had left her and Will for her sister. When Wyatt blasted Bill for abandoning Will, Bill banished Wyatt from the family, and Liam kicked Wyatt out of the cliff house.
J.J. accused Jennifer of lying to him about her and Daniel. Jennifer took a stand with J.J. and told him that she wanted to get back together with Daniel. At the same time, Daniel realized the importance of being a single parent; he told Jennifer that he loved her, and that was why he had to let her go. Jennifer was heartbroken at Daniel's decision. Justin warned Sami that her arrangement with Melinda might make things worse for her case. E. J. convinced Sami to reject Melinda's deal. Later, E.J. reassured Sami that they would find a way to prove her innocence. Will told Gabi that he did not approve of her relationship with Nick. Gabi accused Will and Sonny and told them that they were trying to ruin her life. Nick tried to get closer to Gabi, but she was unsure if she wanted to move on with him. Will confronted Nick about their past, and Will said that he did not want Nick near Arianna. Sonny smoothed out things with Gabi. Kristen's "from the heart" advice to Jennifer touched Brady. Brady proposed to Kristen, and she accepted. Cameron broke things off with Abigail, but she wondered why he seemed determined to push her towards Chad. Eric and Nicole shared a sad moment due to the tragic death of a young parishioner. Eric talked to Father Matt about how his dreams were inferring with his daily work. Eric's dreams of making love to a mystery woman continued to haunt him. Marlena asked Roman for his help so that she could get the upper hand on Kristen.
Connie was fatally shot but managed to leave behind a clue pointing to the identity of her killer by writing "AJ" in blood. Sonny was bent on revenge when he tracked down A.J. with a gun. Michael and Dante intervened before Sonny pulled the trigger. A.J. had flashbacks that led him to believe that he had indeed killed Connie. Scott asked Laura for a divorce because he realized that Laura could never love him as much as he loved her. Laura returned to Paris for a yearly wellness evaluation. Lulu figured out that Luke was dying, so he told her about Helena's twisted plot to kill him. Derek confided to Ava that he was Sam's father. Ava warned Derek that he couldn't afford to let Sam know the truth without everyone discovering that he was Julian Jerome. Britt took refuge at Wyndemere when Nikolas bailed her out of jail. Patrick decided to sue for custody of the baby because Britt's mother was a danger to the child, so Britt revealed that Patrick was not the baby's father. Carly reminded Franco that he had promised to atone for his wrongs, so he shouldn't look for the easy way out. Spinelli felt betrayed by Ellie's decision to keep quiet about his daughter, so he ended their relationship. Maxie woke up from surgery and called for her baby, but everyone attributed it to confusion from the complicated delivery. Lulu had an uneasy feeling about Maxie's claim and Spinelli's strange behavior. Spinelli confronted Maxie about her lies.
Hilary posted an online photo of herself with a shirtless Cane. Lily and Cane plotted to work together to uncover Hilary's true intentions. Neil quizzed Mason about Anne Turner, and he suspected that Mason was hiding something. Abby hired Courtney as an intern at Jabot. Tyler set up Noah with Courtney. Chelsea talked Melanie into dropping the rape charges against Adam. Dylan and Chelsea learned that Connor might have a degenerative eye disease. Avery and Victoria encountered obstacles while trying to plan Avery and Nick's wedding. Victoria decided that she no longer needed Newman Enterprises to be happy. Sharon talked to Faith about accepting that Nick was with Avery. Jill found a sketch of Katherine in the Chancellor safe, and she began to piece together clues about what Katherine had meant in her letter. Nikki enlisted Paul's help to investigate a phone number that Katherine had given her, but she hid her quest from Victor. Nikki urged Summer not to shut out the people who loved Summer. Summer remained conflicted about her families, but she agreed to join Jack on a trip to visit Phyllis. Adam told Victor that their investors were Adam's old college buddies, but when Adam realized that Victor would never respect him, he sought to take down Victor with the real investor -- Jack. Carmine posed as a maintenance worker and turned on the gas in the Baldwins' home, intending to die with Lauren. Michael talked Lauren out of shooting Carmine. Carmine was arrested.
Monday, September 1
Days is pre-empted due to NBC final round golf coverage of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Tuesday, September 2
Kristen's (Eileen Davidson) revelation shocks Marlena (Deidre Hall); Brady (Eric Martsolf) kisses Theresa (Jen Lilley); Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) has bad news for John's (Drake Hogestyn) friends and family; Nicole's (Arianne Zucker) efforts to manipulate Eric (Greg Vaughan) blow up in her face.
Wednesday, September 3
Kristen makes a move that sends ripples through town; Marlena must make a difficult decision; Theresa hits a low with Brady; Sami (Alison Sweeney) and Nicole butt heads.
Thursday, September 4
Marlena's request horrifies Eric; Kristen and Theresa butt heads; Aiden (Daniel Cosgrove) takes a risk on Hope (Kristian Alfonso); Sami accuses of EJ (James Scott) of working with Stefano (Joseph Mascolo).
Friday, September 5
Kate (Lauren Koslow) and Sami try to block Stefano's return; Eric gives his answer to Kristen; Clyde (James Read) gets together with his competition; Abigail (Kate Mansi) tries to fix things with Ben (Robert Scott Wilson).
Monday, September 1
ABC is airing a repeat episode of GH due the Labor Day holiday.
Tuesday, September 2
Levi (Zachary Garred) goes to extreme measures; revelations about the accident leave Sabrina (Teresa Castillo) stunned; Kiki (Kristen Alderson) accidentally hears surprising news.
Wednesday, September 3
A mystery man is unveiled; Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) has questions about the identity of Nathan's (Ryan Paevey) dad; Patrick (Jason Thompson) is closer to the truth.
Thursday, September 4
Julian (William deVry) and Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) struggle with their feelings; Nina (Michelle Stafford) finds a new obsession; Sabrina is set on revenge.
Friday, September 5
Nina works with Rosalie (Linda Elena Tovar); Spencer (Nicolas Bechtel) confesses to Emma (Brooklyn Rae Silzer); Sam (Kelly Monaco) wants to know why Patrick is withholding information.
Monday, September 1
B&B is pre-empted due to CBS coverage of 2014 U.S. Open Tennis.
Tuesday, September 2
Hope (Kim Matula) suspects something is going on between Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Deacon (Sean Kanan); Deacon wants an answer from Brooke; Katie (Heather Tom) defends Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) to Rick (Jacob Young).
Wednesday, September 3
Ridge finds a way to fix his designs; Hope confronts Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer) about going after Liam (Scott Clifton).
Thursday, September 4
Liam feels uncomfortable when he realizes he's the only other single person at Ivy's barbecue; Quinn (Rena Sofer) makes a confession to Bill (Don Diamont).
Friday, September 5
B&B is pre-empted due to CBS coverage of 2014 U.S. Open Tennis.
Monday, September 1
Y&R is pre-empted due to CBS coverage of 2014 U.S. Open Tennis.
Tuesday, September 2
Sharon's (Sharon Case) confesses to Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that she's her biological mother; Jack (Peter Bergman) and Kelly (Cady McClain) advance their relationship; Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Ian (Ray Wise) face off.
Wednesday, September 3
Ashley (Eileen Davidson) returns to Genoa City; Neil (Kristoff St. John) makes major life changes; Michael (Christian LeBlanc) and Lauren's (Tracey Bregman) marriage his a rough spot.
Thursday, September 4
Victor (Eric Braeden) tries to get answers about Sharon from Phyllis (Gina Tognoni); Ashley has a proposition for Stitch (Sean Carrigan); Nick (Joshua Morrow) works to save his family.
Friday, September 5
Y&R is pre-empted due to CBS coverage of 2014 U.S. Open Tennis.
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