“The Bold and the Beautiful” star Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer) will be the next guest on the audio/video podcast series “Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart,” releasing Tuesday, September 16, on Audacy and the CBS brand YouTube channel.
In an exclusive clip from the show’s 11th episode, Clifton can be seen discussing prologues and dialogue scenes in soap operas with hosts Rebecca Budig (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “All My Children,” “General Hospital”) and Greg Rikaart (“The Young and the Restless,” “Days of our Lives”).
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As noted by Rikaart, the scenes in question typically air online or internationally, which means fans watching daily episodes of their favorite soap in the United States don’t necessarily get to see them.
In response to Rikaart’s question of whether the actors can take more liberty with those types of scenes, both Clifton and Budig chime in, noting they don’t really have an opportunity to do so, with Budig in particular saying, “You can’t really [do that].”
Clifton echoes Budig’s response, saying, “‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ is such a great show to work on when it comes to the script writing and the dialogue because, yes, it’s like, very classic old school like campy, like, ‘I love you!’/‘No!’ – it’s that classic kind of soap dialogue which can come off campy and sort of corny, and sometimes the exposition feels like so in your face, or like the lines are made to be dramatic irony, but it’s a little like, ‘okay,’ but all those mechanisms are there for a reason and they give us so much faith to kind of massage it.”
Watch our exclusive clip below.
In a separate non-exclusive clip released by CBS, Clifton talks about his interest in music, particularly writing songs, and how his mother helped him hone his skillset.
Watch that clip below.
Featuring lively, nostalgic conversations with beloved past and present stars and creatives from across the entire soap opera community and all networks and platforms, including daytime and primetime, “Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart” takes a deep dive into the legacy, fandom and enduring appeal of soap operas.
Previous guests have included Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, “The Young and the Restless”), Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans, Days of our Lives”), Sheila Ducksworth (Executive Producer, “Beyond the Gates”), Lauralee Bell (Christine Blair, “The Young and the Restless”), Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, “General Hospital”), Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter Walton, “The Bold and the Beautiful”) and Heather Tom (Katie Logan, “The Bold and the Beautiful”), Marc Cherry (Creator and Executive Producer, “Desperate Housewives”), Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, “The Young and the Restless”) and Tracey Bregman (Lauren Fenmore, “The Young and the Restless”), Eva LaRue (“General Hospital,” “All My Children”) and more recently, Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree, “Beyond the Gates”).
Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman, “The Young and the Restless”) will appear on the Tuesday, September 23 episode, while Cameron Mathison (Drew Cain, “General Hospital”) will close out the season on Tuesday, September 30.
Produced by the Paramount Multiplatform Production Group, “Soapy Hosted by Rebecca Budig and Greg Rikaart” is executive produced by Mike Benson. Andrew Pemberton-Fowler serves as producer.
