Scene And Heard

POOL SHARKS: Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GH) and her daughter, Verity, have a weekly date with Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) and his youngest girl, Adeline. Explains LoCicero, “Every Saturday, we go over to Dom’s house for a swim lesson with his swim teacher, Omar, who Verity calls Armor. Adeline’s been swimming with her older sisters since she was a teeny-weeny, so she’s a little more advanced in the swimming pool than Verity, but they just have a ball — usually. Verity was a grouch this last week and she didn’t want to participate, but she’s 2, so she gets to play the grouch card a little bit liberally these days [laughs]. Usually, it’s her favorite time of the week and she talks about it all week long. It’s really fun. Every time we’re there, we’re like, ‘Ugh, we need to take a picture,’ but one of these days we’ll remember!” Teases Zamprogna of LoCicero’s excursions to his pool, “I think she just wants to see me with my shirt off. No, I love hanging out with Lisa every weekend and watching the kids swim together. It’s awesome!”

LASTING IMPRESSION: Greg Vaughan (Eric, DAYS) is feeling the absence of Arianne Zucker, and her portrayal of Nicole. “Nicole was a light for Eric in so many ways,” notes Vaughan. “She was more than his significant other. She was his soul mate and best friend. So to lose the presence of Nicole, and the history that the character shared with Eric, is definitely going to be felt on-screen. Ari and I have a tremendous respect and love for one another, and our chemistry as Eric and Nicole made for a dynamic duo.” Vaughan, who took a one-year break from DAYS in 2016, can appreciate Zucker’s desire to pursue other projects outside of DAYS. “She’s in a happy place,” he reports. “Ari and I have known each other for 20 years. DAYS is a big family and there is a camaraderie that carries outside of work. We have a good history of friendship. There is definitely a missing piece to the show without her presence, but no matter if Ari is on DAYS or not, she has left a big mark on the show.”

FAMILY AFFAIR: Bryton James (Devon, Y&R) says he was delighted when Entertainment Weekly contacted him about appearing in a reunion photo shoot with his former co-stars from the sitcom FAMILY MATTERS. “I was extremely excited!” enthuses the actor, who played little Richie from 1990-97. “It had been almost 20 years since I’d seen most of the cast and I really couldn’t wait for the day to come.” The nine-hour shoot didn’t disappoint. “I’ve stayed in touch with Telma Hopkins and Darius McCrary since he was on Y&R [as Malcolm] a few years back, but other than that, it made for quite the reunion,” James smiles. “Telma never ages, so I always feel like I’m a kid again whenever I see her.” During the session, “we mostly talked about the prospects of getting a reboot of FAMILY MATTERS off the ground, but my favorite part of this was the real feeling of family that I got by being around them again. We all vowed to not let so much time go by again.”

REIMAGINATION STATION: Nathalie Kelley (Cristal) was excited but a bit wary about taking on the iconic role of Krystle Carrington in The CW’s DYNASTY reboot, but she ended up appreciating the new take on the classic soap. “To [the producers’] credit, this modern version represents a more current picture of what’s happening in America,” Kelley enthuses. “The diversity of the cast really reflects that. ‘Krystle’ is now ‘Cristal’, originally from Venezuela. I think that’s another bold and intelligent choice, considering what is happening there right now, and it’s important to be talking about the geopolitics of Venezuela on a CW show.” As for the trademark DYNASTY catfights, “Initially, we had all kinds of resistance to it,” she shares of her talks with on-screen nemesis Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon). “But, here’s how I justify it. If modern women today are fighting for equal pay and to be treated equally and to be seen as equally as men, why can’t we also have the right to fight like men? They’re no less masculine or manly after getting into a fight. Why should we be less feminine or less as women after a fight? That’s my feminist take on why we pull each other’s hair out [laughs].”