Overview
- A new Days of Our Lives promo released August 8 teases Oliver’s mystery character entering Mayor Paulina Price’s office and interacting with Jackée Harry’s character.
- Days confirmed the short story arc will stream on Peacock on August 11, August 12, and August 14.
- Oliver filmed the Days scenes in June after publicly offering himself to soap operas on Last Week Tonight in March.
- His Days appearance follows a well-received, three-episode turn on General Hospital as the mysterious WSB head called Z, showing he is taking dramatic, not just comic, roles.
- Executive producer Ken Corday and cast members praised working with Oliver, saying he was fast, improvisational, and a fun presence on set, which fits soaps’ long history of celebrity guest turns.