Ryan Gosling was on Joshua Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast. The beloved actor told him that Soap Opera actors do not get the love they deserve. The fact that they have learn lines overnight, do it in one take, and take part in some wild scenarios. He said watching all of that is “an incredible acting class.”
Then he pointed out the brilliant acting that Deidre Hall did on Days of Our Lives when she was possessed by the Devil. He praised her and all of the work she has done throughout her career on the Daytime Drama.
Well, word quickly got back to her about what he said, and she had something to say to him. “I caught the podcast. Oh my gosh, what fun! And we played it in the dressing room, and we played it in the makeup room, and we’re just thrilled to be acknowledged and to be so well spoken of. Because we work really hard, as you acknowledged,” she said. “So we think it would be nice if you wanted to come over and see what we do in our neck of the woods. So this is an open invitation to visit the Days of Our Lives set. Nobody will be possessed. And if they are, I’ll keep an eye on you.”
With an offer like that, how can Gosling refuse? Maybe he can play a possessed man on the show? I bet he would win a Daytime Emmy if he did that.
Now, let’s talk about Mr. Hall. Can you believe she is 78 years old? She looks better now than she did when she was just a newbie on DOOL in ’78! She is aging beautifully!
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