James Hyde saved the peace in Harmony as lawman Sam Bennett on the supernatural cleaning soap opera Passions for almost a decade. Now, he’s been tapped to play Jeremy Stark, a thriller man from Diane Jenkins’s (Susan Walters) previous on The Young and the Restless.
Hyde is ready to make his Y&R debut on Friday, October 21 nevertheless it’ll be a fast go to – for now. Watch for Hyde to return to the present within the close to future. And on Thursday, October 20, he’s going to pop up on Station 19 in an episode titled “Dancing With Our Hands Tied.”
Read on for the news as he tells us about each roles!
How did your becoming a member of Y&R come about?
James Hyde: This is partially manifestation. I haven’t been on a cleaning soap set since Passions ended. I bear in mind considering that if I ever got here again to daytime, I wished it to be with Y&R. [Y&R’s casting associate] Greg Salmon has all the time saved me in thoughts. My agent reached out to the present a number of instances and [Greg] would say, “That’s not right for him but we’re keeping him in mind for something else.” I went in for the function of Tucker McCall [which went to Trevor St. John]. I didn’t get it, in fact, however Greg despatched me an e mail telling me I’d completed a pleasant job and possibly they might incorporate me into the present [in another role].
When you get these emails, you are likely to take them with a grain of salt. Per week or so later, they known as with the a part of Jeremy. I shot my first episode on the finish of September and I labored with Susan. It felt so nice to be again on this style. I used to be on Another World, As the World Turns, after which, Passions. It’s virtually like a full circle second. It’s superb to have all these “what if’s.” We’ll see what occurs.
Dana Sparks, who performed your spouse Grace on Passions, popped up on Y&R final yr as Dr. Lena Cavette
I do not forget that. She let me know. She and her boyfriend had been just lately over to go to my spouse and me.
‘Passions’ solid (Everett Collection)
What’s saved you busy just lately?
I labored on a Lifetime film known as Trapped by My Sugar Daddy that Lindsay Hartley (ex-Therese Lopez-Fitzgerald, Passions] directed.
Tell me you had been not the sugar daddy! (Note: the movie seems to have had a title change – as Lifetime films are likely to – to Prisoner of Love.)
[Laughs] I performed a really dangerous character on that. It was completely pleasant.
You’re additionally guesting on La Reina Del Sur?
Yes. It’s the one with Kate del Castillo and it’s on Telemundo, then, it goes to Netflix. I most likely come on in November. I shot that in Columbia. I’m in 5 episodes as this English man who’s a lender. I’ve an East End accent. All my films [that I watched to help me with my accent] had been the Guy Ritchie films so I watched them consistently whereas I used to be there. I had a blast. My character has lent somebody who reads [playing] playing cards some cash. He owes me and so, we go to a on line casino the place he can provide me indicators. The story this season goes from Columbia to Mexico to Peru to Argentina.
Can you arrange your visitor spot on Station 19?
I play a lawyer whose son has an accident. My character is available in and tries to take over. He has a little bit of a disagreement with the rescue personnel who’re attempting to assist. I labored with Jaina Lee Ortiz [Andy Herrera], Jay Hayden [Travis Montgomery], and Boris Kodjoe [Robert Sullivan].
What are you able to say about Jeremy, your Y&R function?
Greg advised me I’d be working with Susan [Walters, who plays Diane]. Our characters first met when she was dwelling in Los Angeles. I seemed Susan up and discovered that she simply occurs to be good associates with [one of my Passions love interests] Kim Johnston Ulrich [ex-Ivy Crane]. Susan is so open and giving and useful. My first day was superb.
The Young and the Restless, Weekdays, CBS
Station 19, Thursdays, 8/7c, ABC
La Reina Del Sur, Tuesdays, 9/8c, Telemundo