“Coming back pretending was honestly kind of harder than you can imagine. There was none of that awkwardness. There was none of that pretending to be the son of someone that you had no idea who he was,” explains Ransom, referring to actor James Reynolds (Abe). “He’d been my TV dad for, like, seven years. It was kind of wild to pretend that I had no idea who this man was sitting in front of me.”
Being asked back to the show years after the powers that-be decided to age Theo, “was the craziest thing,” admits Ransom. “I got an email from my manager saying, ‘DAYS would like to have you back for a few episodes. Would you want to do it?’ I was like, ‘Wow. Yes, of course.’ I didn’t even know what the role would be.”
After accepting the gig, the information started trickling in. “They said, ‘You will be playing “a Theo”, and there’s another character,’ ” he recalls. “I was a little bit confused. Then I got the script and was like, ‘Okay, now I get it. This is going to be cool.’ ”
Ransom was quite excited about the prospect of seeing the DAYS cast and crew again. “I made sure I was dressed nice my first day to make a good impression. I had on nice jeans, a button-up shirt and a cowhide jacket. It was like, ‘Yeah. I came back good,’ ” he shares with a laugh. “By the second week, I was in sweats and a hoodie.”
This story is from the July 10, 2023 edition of Soap Opera Digest.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the July 10, 2023 edition of Soap Opera Digest.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
GREAT Expectations
With A Baby And Wedding On The Way, Y&R's Camryn Grimes Is Excited About The Future
thumbs up! and down!
Best Of Show Or Worse For Wear? Digest Decides.
DARIN BROOKS CLARIFIES B&B STATUS
Darin Brooks (Wyatt, B&B) posted an update on social media after fans noticed that he was removed from the opening credits of the show he first joined in 2013.
A NOVEMBER to REMEMBER
Your must-have guide to soaps upcoming tales.
Hot Plots Preview!
What Will Happen
Y&R: VICTOR'S ULTIMATE TEST
Victor arrives at the GCAC for a meeting with his sons that Adam has organized. \"This is all Adam's plan to prove that his dad is incompetent,\" begins Mark Grossman (Adam). \"Adam has arranged for a psychiatrist, Dr. Skelton, to be sitting nearby so he can observe Victor's behavior and make a proper diagnosis.\"
GH PREVIEW: DREW IS FREE!
Carly gets a happy surprise when Drew shows up at Kelly's, having been granted an early release from Pentonville.
B&B: RIDGE KEEPS MUM ABOUT ERIC
After learning that Eric is dying, Ridge tries to make his father's life a little easier. \"Ridge told Eric he won the fashion showdown because he realizes that his father needed this,\" explains Thorsten Kaye (Ridge). \"He's in no way trying to be patronizing, and if Eric were to ever find out, I'd hope he see the love behind it. Ridge just thought it was the right thing to do.\"
DAYS: LI IS MURDERED!
Gabi and Stefan's plot to take over DiMera takes a deadly turn when he finds her kneeling over Li's body, holding a knife.
BLAKE BERRIS ON NEW DAYS ROLE
After years of playing a gamut of wild and wonderful characters on DAYS - the quirky, obsessive Nick, a Halloween zombie, and, most recently, the gatekeeper to hell Blake Berris is tackling something new and different: a bona fide leading man. And he's finally ready to embrace it.