Tracey Bregman went via some powerful instances throughout her early days on The Younger and the Stressed.
Bregman opened up concerning the backlash she’s acquired through the years for enjoying villain-turned-fan favourite Lauren Fenmore on the Tuesday, August 26, episode of CBS’s Soapy podcast. “Oh, sure. I did. … After which having to be imply to Beth Maitland, I imply, come on,” she recalled.
Bregman acknowledged that having to be imply to Maitland’s Traci Abbott on the present was “very tough,” as the 2 actresses are good buddies. “And I knew, as a result of we had been so shut, how she was actually feeling about a number of issues,” Bregman stated. “And it was a narrative that was type of primarily based on her being somewhat obese and being aware about that. After which, I needed to say the worst issues to her, and Beth will inform you that I cried greater than she did over it as a result of I might barely get it out typically.”
On the flip facet, Bregman stated she and Maitland additionally shared “enjoyable instances” whereas filming, significantly when their characters acquired right into a “bodily battle” over Don Diamont‘s Brad Carlton. “However I’ll inform you, it was a double-edged sword, enjoying the imply woman, as a result of I might get loss of life threats and other people tried to run me off the freeway. It was dangerous,” she acknowledged. “There have been some dangerous elements of it that I by no means actually talked about, truly. I’ve by no means actually talked about it.”
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When requested if she ever went to the present’s producers to complain about her character’s actions, Bregman stated, “I didn’t as a result of it was additionally a rare story for us to play as actors.”
Y&R alum Greg Rikaart stated he additionally labored via related struggles throughout his time enjoying Kevin Fisher on the CBS cleaning soap opera. “My expertise and my perception on enjoying a quote-unquote dangerous man is that there needs to be some vulnerability and humanity beneath the imply factor that’s being stated or the imply factor that’s being finished,” the Soapy podcast cohost shared. “And also you having that’s most likely what made the viewers not hate Lauren the best way they possibly ought to have as a result of she was doing these dangerous issues.”
Bregman’s onscreen husband, Christian LeBlanc, additionally acquired off to a villainous begin enjoying Michael Baldwin on Y&R. Like Rikaart, LeBlanc stated there’s extra to antagonists than their not-so-nice habits.
Noting that he’s been requested whether or not he prefers to play “a foul man or a very good man,” LeBlanc shared, “My reply is all the time, I’d wish to play a human individual, as a result of there’s all the time the one who does the dangerous issues for a very good motive, and the great issues for a foul motive.”
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He continued, “That’s the center of it. And for those who’re enjoying that full-bodied human being, there’s a probability for redemption, as a result of that’s a part of the human situation.”
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