THIRD TIME'S A charm

DAYS's Brandon Barash And Camila Banus Talk About The Past, Present And Future Of Their On-Screen Pairings.

Soap Opera Digest: Brandon, you came in as a quick recast for Tyler Christopher. Did you two have any interaction before you jumped into the story?

Brandon Barash: Zero. I think we met on my first day when we filmed our first scene. Everything was on the spot, including this crazy chemistry that people are talking about.

Digest: Did you hit it off right away? 

Barash: I think we get along well. We respect one another. We respect each other’s process and that’s a big part of it, too, when there’s a mutual respect between actors.

Camila Banus: I think we’re both professional and keep it funny, too. We’re always joking around, which is nice and good.

Digest: Camila, what did you think when you heard your characters would be paired up?

Banus: It was such a new pairing for me because I had come from a different group of actors that I was always working with, the Will, Sonny and Chad characters. And it was a big difference for me because they were introducing this new DiMera family member that I hadn’t heard of. But it was just interesting to include this new DiMera character that had so much power, and for Gabi to be involved with him or have the potential involvement, was exciting.

Digest: Do you remember how you approached the story? Did you talk about how you would play the scenes?

Barash: No, that’s not really how I like to work. I don’t want to speak for Camila, so I guess I’ll let her add on to it, but it doesn’t seem that she rolls that way.

Banus: That is something we have in common.