Executive producer/head writer bradley bell reflects on three decades of bold and beautiful
Soap Opera Digest: March 23 marks your big anniversary. Congratulations on 30 years! Does it feel like 30?
Bradley Bell: In some ways it feels like 30, and in other ways it feels like yesterday. It’s very satisfying and gratifying and most important, it’s still fun. It’s loads of fun every day, so as long as we’re having fun, we’re all in.
Digest: It was clever to revive the Spectras to time with the show’s 30th.
Bell: Thank you. For the 30th anniversary, one of my goals was to bring the show full circle and take the characters on the original cast call sheet, or from the first few years, and reinvent them and revive the institutions that made the show what it is — and we’ve come very close. We’ve got Spectras, Logans, Spencers and Forresters 30 years later. I’ve watched other shows sometimes veer off-track, as we have at times, but it feels good to have these characters front and center as we celebrate 30 years.
Digest: Speaking of compelling stories, the Ridge and Quinn dynamic is discovered this week, which is going to be a huge moment. What can you tease about what’s ahead for Brooke/Ridge/Quinn/Eric?
This story is from the March 27 2017 edition of Soap Opera Digest.
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