Actor Roundup

Kimberly J. Brown (“Chloe”, GH; ex-Marah, GUIDING LIGHT) “Probably the first time they wrote a big, crying breakdown for Marah, where she talks to [her father] Josh about how she was scared he was going to stop loving her because she told a lie. I had worked on it a lot and by the end of it, Robert [Newman, ex-Josh] and I were both crying. They called, ‘Cut!’ and I remember thinking, ‘But I want to do it again! That was fun!’ ”

Tanner Novlan (Finn, B&B) “Mine was the first day and they changed all the dialogue in the rehearsal. I remember rifling through my papers being like, ‘Should I write this down?’ and they were like, ‘Okay, we’re going to tape.’ I thought, ‘This is the flexible part that [wife] Kayla [Ewell, ex-Caitlin, B&B] talked about.’ ”

Emily O’Brien (Gwen, DAYS) “Having to do the lingering looks at the end of a scene without being able to respond. Or someone talking out and someone is behind them. That’s not real life, that’s soap life.”

Courtney Hope (Sally, Y&R) “My first day on B&B was January 9, 2017 and by the first week in February, I was in Australia on a remote. I was like, ‘What show did I get on?’ The whole experience of working together and getting to know everyone there was great.”

Melissa Ordway (Abby, Y&R) “The first time I got ‘slapped’ in the face. It was when Summer found out Abby was sleeping with Austin, and Summer slaps Abby.”

Johnny Wactor (Brando, GH) “My ‘welcome to soaps’ was my second or third day work- ing, when I had 22 or 23 pages of pretty heavy dialogue. That was a lot to do in one day and from seeing how fast everything went on my first day, I was like, ‘Holy crap, I only get one take?! I had better show up absolutely prepared and be ready to go!’ ”

Bryan R. Dattilo (Lucas, DAYS) “April Fool’s Day, first day on the job, sleeping with Cherish the rock star, butt naked in skin-toned bikini briefs and I had to wear two of them. It was so embarrassing. And then the crew popped on the AC and they were pointing at me and laughing like, ‘Welcome to daytime, buddy.’ I was so petrified to speak or do anything and they were like, ‘This kid is never going to last. He’s going to be in and out like the wind.’ ”

Lawrence Saint- Victor (Carter, B&B) “The first was when I was still in college. I was on GUIDING LIGHT [as Remy] and I remember sitting in the cafeteria with scenes I’m working on for class, a play that I’m working on, and four GL scripts, thinking, ‘Well, this is what it’s like to be a professional.’ Then, when I was on GL for a couple of months, I got flown out to L.A. for the Daytime Emmys. Walking the red carpet and bonding with my cast? That was a real welcome!”