Brooke Logan could have misplaced her \u201cdestiny\u201d a.ok.a. Ridge Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em><\/a> however not less than she gained\u2019t be spending the upcoming vacation alone. Dallas<\/em><\/a> star Patrick Duffy<\/a> is reprising his position as Stephen Logan, Brooke\u2019s dad, on Wednesday, November 23, simply in time to spend Thanksgiving along with his household. And he\u2019s not coming alone. Duffy\u2019s real-life girlfriend, actress Linda Purl, who not too long ago did a flip as Peyton Honeycutt on General Hospital<\/em><\/a>, has been solid as Stephen\u2019s new woman love, Lucy.<\/p>\n TV Insider sat down with Duffy and Purl to talk about his return to B&B<\/em> and her debut on the half-hour cleaning soap. The couple additionally talked about their prolonged careers \u2014 which incorporates his historic run as Bobby James Ewing on not solely the OG model of Dallas <\/em>however the present\u2019s TNT<\/a> revival<\/a> in 2012, Purl\u2019s position in one of many highest-rated TV films ever, and extra.<\/p>\n Stephen\u2019s coming again to Los Angeles simply in time. His daughter, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang<\/a>), continues to be in shock over the love of her life Ridge (Thorsten Kaye<\/a>) strolling out on her and marrying ex-wife Taylor Hayes (Krista Allen<\/a>) earlier than the ink on the annulment papers had been dry! <\/strong><\/p>\n Patrick Duffy:<\/strong> Yes. She wants a fatherly determine round a bit extra.<\/p>\n It\u2019s arduous to imagine however you had been final on B&B<\/em> again in 2011! Do you stroll proper again into the present or do it is advisable to do lots of preparation? <\/strong><\/p>\n Duffy:<\/strong> It was as if I\u2019d by no means left. The magnificence is that it begins on the manufacturing itself. The Bold and the Beautiful<\/em> actually has established a household ambiance on the present. They\u2019re all so invested of their relationships with each other as actors. By the time I left in 2011, I had began to really feel that Kelly, Jennifer [Gareis, who plays Donna Logan], and Heather [Tom<\/a>, who plays Katie Logan] had been my daughters. When I did the present again then, they\u2019d say, \u201cDaddy\u2019s here!\u201d Isn\u2019t that charming?<\/p>\n Well, 11 years later, I walked into make-up, and [Katherine\u2019s] in her chair. She noticed me within the mirror and stated, \u201cDaddy\u2019s here!\u201d Heather and Jennifer stated the identical. Coming again felt like slipping into essentially the most snug wardrobe of an environment. And to expertise doing the present once more with Linda? I assume the phrase could be proud. I\u2019m blissful that Linda can see this. This is a job that doesn\u2019t really feel like a job.<\/p>\n How did it come about the place Linda joined as Stephen\u2019s girlfriend? <\/strong><\/p>\n Linda Purl:<\/strong> Quite a lot of good luck on my half! I\u2019m undecided of all of the conversations however Brad [Bell, B&B<\/em>\u2019s executive producer and head writer] and Patrick are long-term associates. It simply labored out and I received to tag alongside. I\u2019m very grateful. I\u2019m certain Patrick\u2019s help had no small half in my being solid. I\u2019m grateful and it\u2019s enjoyable \u2014 and terrifying! I had simply carried out an arc on General Hospital<\/em> which has helped give me such admiration for what individuals who work on cleaning soap operas do every day. You get shot out of a cannon.<\/p>\n You need to be in your toes. Patrick and I had simply come off doing a tour of a play [Catch Me If You Can<\/em>] \u2013 we did 152 performances in England. That was a problem and a privilege. Here, we get as a lot rehearsal as a cleaning soap can afford. Everyone needs to be on their sport.<\/p>\n Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You\u2019re no stranger to soaps; your first credit score was in 1974 on The Secret Storm<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Purl:<\/strong> That was my first job within the States. It\u2019s curious as a result of the know-how [in soap operas] hasn\u2019t modified all that a lot, I really feel. It\u2019s modified on movie units extra. We had TelePrompTers on [The Secret Storm<\/em>]. [Laughs<\/em>] I don\u2019t know whose thought it was to do away with them! I feel that engaged on a cleaning soap opera is sort of a cross between doing theater and movie. It all occurs within the second \u2014 solely with cameras.<\/p>\n Linda, you will have so many credit together with the 1977 TV-movie Little Ladies of the Night<\/em>, which shined a lightweight on teen prostitution. The movie had a 53 (!) share and was seen in over 25 million households. <\/strong><\/p>\n Purl:<\/strong> That was an Aaron Spelling manufacturing. We had David Soul (Starsky & Hutch<\/em>), Clifton Davis (That\u2019s My Mama<\/em>), and Carolyn Jones (The Addams Family<\/em>) within the solid. I had a really meaty position in it about teenage prostitution. We shot it on Hollywood Blvd., which was a really energetic place again then. We had been all shocked by the rankings. I imagine it held some type of report. I\u2019m undecided we\u2019ll see these sorts of numbers once more or the numbers we noticed with Dallas<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"Katherine](\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bold-beautiful-brooke-stephen-lucy.jpg\")
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