Overview
- His Happy Sad Confused podcast remarks, released over the weekend, singled out Deidre Hall’s Marlena possession on Days of Our Lives as “an incredible acting class.”
- he said soap actors do not get enough credit, pointing to nights spent memorizing about 10 pages of lines and shooting tough scenes in a single take.
- he recalled growing up glued to TV and even faking sick to watch Live with Regis and Kelly alongside Days of Our Lives.
- He used classic soap twists as examples of hard pivots performers must nail, citing demonic possession, characters returning from the dead, and the 1995 Bo recast from Robert Kelker-Kelly to Peter Reckell.
- He made the remarks during promotion for Project Hail Mary, which opened to $80 million, helping push fresh attention to the craft behind daytime dramas.