Soap Opera Digest: Melissa, you were a fan of Bryton's before you met him because you're a longtime Y&R watcher. What do you remember about first meeting him?
Melissa Ordway: What I remember about the first time is that Bryton has a way of making you feel like you've known him forever. He's just such a good guy. He's so friendly and I just remember feeling super-comfortable.
Digest: Bryton, can you recall your early impressions of Melissa?
Bryton James: She, from day one, has been the sweetest person on and off set.
Ordway: Oh, thanks. James: You really are. The one thing that's always struck me about Melissa is that she's a pleasure to be around.
Digest: When you weren't working together nearly as closely as you are now, what was your dynamic like behind the scenes?
Ordway: What is so awesome about our whole cast is that we all like hanging out in hair and makeup and getting to know each other. Even if we're not in the same storyline or working together that much, we end up becoming friends. I feel like that's how it was with Bryton. I just got to know him so well before we even worked together that much, and I've joked around for those 10 years that I wanted Abby and Devon to be together. But every girl on our show had said they wanted to work with Bryton. It seemed like we all were fighting over him.
James: For years, we rarely had scenes together. A lot of times we were on our little storyline island. Our characters have always been friends, so it's not like we haven't interacted. For 10 years we've had a friendship and they almost put our characters together back when Emme [Rylan] was playing the role.
Ordway: There was one date on the rooftop with me after Abby and Tyler broke up and Devon was trying to get over Hilary.
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