“The Daring and the Lovely” has solid daytime newcomer Harrison Cone to play reverse Christian Weissmann, who performs Remy Pryce, in what’s being billed because the half-hour cleaning soap opera’s first homosexual couple.
In line with Deadline, which first reported Cone’s casting, the actor will make his debut on the Tuesday, September 16 episode of the sequence as an aspiring designer who’s in a relationship with Remy. Additional, the homosexual male couple will even share an on-screen kiss, marking yet one more first for the 38-year-old present.
Particulars on the identify of the character that Cone will likely be portraying are at present being stored below wraps, because it’s understood he has shut ties to a different main character on the present, that means he could possibly be deeply related to the Logans, Spencers, and even the Forresters themselves.
The romance between Cone’s thriller character and Weissmann’s Remy comes as a shock to followers of the sequence, as, up till lately, Remy seemingly had a romantic curiosity in Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace). After all, it was later revealed that he was her stalker who additionally created deepfake photographs and practically killed her within the course of, however that’s a cleaning soap opera for you. For reference, Electra is the grandniece of Eric Forrester (John McCook).
“Remy’s queer and all of us cheered,” Weissmann mentioned in a publish on his Instagram tales timeline quickly after the information of Cone’s casting was introduced. In the meantime, Cone re-shared a publish by the present’s set designer, Lou A. Trabbie III, who mentioned, “Enjoyable set to design!” in response to the casting information.
Whereas that includes a homosexual male couple with a serious storyline will mark new territory for “The Daring and the Lovely,” it won’t be the primary time the present has had LGBTQ+ illustration. In 2012, the present launched its first lesbian couple with Karen Spencer (Joanna Johnson) and Danielle (Crystal Chappell). Though their relationship was initially meant to be hush-hush, as they have been launched as simply mates, it was later revealed that Karen and Danielle have been romantically concerned.
In 2015, the present broke new floor when it instructed the captivating tale of 1’s transition from male to feminine with the revelation that Maya Avant (Karla Mosley, now showing on “Past the Gates”) was really born Myron, and the way the information of being a transgender feminine would impression her relationship with Rick Forrester (Jacob Younger). The character left the canvas by 2019.
Homosexual illustration in daytime continues to thrive in 2025, considerably constructing on the early days of Luke Snyder (Van Hanisis) on “As The World Turns” and Will Horton (Chandler Massey) on “Days of our Lives.”
Van Hansis, who made historical past for his portrayal of Luke on the since-canceled CBS cleaning soap opera, can at present be seen as Lucas Jones on “Normal Hospital,” paired reverse Adrian Anchondo’s Marco Rios. On “Days of our Lives,” the pairing of Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and Javi Hernandez (Al Caderon) has reinvigorated the sudser. At “The Younger and the Stressed,” Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) noticed the long-running cleaning soap opera by way of its first same-sex marriage ceremony in 2022. The brand new cleaning soap “Past the Gates” has additionally supplied main storylines for Martin and Smitty (Brandon Claybon and Mike Manning), an interracial homosexual couple, whereas giving a lot deal with the same-sex love lifetime of Chelsea (RhonniRose Mantilla).
As for Cone, the actor’s credit embrace roles in such exhibits as “Stage Fright,” “Superstore,” “American Horror Tales,” “Hacks,” and extra lately, “The Summer time I Turned Fairly,” amongst others. On the movie aspect, he’s appeared in “First Love,” “I Want You All of the Finest,” “Ick,” and extra lately, “ Terrestrial,” amongst others.
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