“It was a wonderful character they wrote for me,” she told Soap Opera News.

“I got to play all sorts of parts.

She was always masquerading as somebody else.

Josh Ryan Evans and Juliet Mills

I even played Colonel Sanders from Kentucky [Fried] Chicken and Rasputin.

I had a wonderful time on that show and made some good friends as well.”

He also performed stunts for the babies in the feature film “Baby Geniuses.”

Juliet Mills in Passions, and in 2023

“I can’t think too far ahead,” he said.

“I am feeling better than I have ever felt.

I love being an actor.

Josh Ryan Evans as Timmy in Passions, and at a 2002 event

I love my work.

I love the payoff.”

She also starred in 146 episodes of the telenovela “Cosita Linda.”

Eva Tamargo then and now

“Passions,” however, has remained a high point for her.

“It was fun to grow with the character for nine years.”

While Gering enjoyed the show’s out-there plots, co-starring with a primate was something he’d never anticipated.

Galen Gering in 2000 and in 2020

“I don’t know about the whole orangutan thing.

It was challenging.”

“People still love it, and it has lasting impact on people,” he said.

McKenzie Westmore then and now

“I am certainly glad to have been a part of it.”

Acting, however, hasn’t been her primary focus.

“Westmore Beauty is my second child,” she said.

Lindsay Hartley then and now

“Blood, sweat, and tears go into every product that I bring to it.”

“It was a dream come true having him there,” she toldForbes.

As Hartley toldSoaps, her experience in soaps proved invaluable when it came to directing these harrowing TV flicks.

Jesse Metcalfe then and now

“I like them because they’re just fun,” she explained.

Despite her burgeoning directing career, Hartley has no plans to give up her original vocation.

“I definitely have not forgotten about acting,” she told Soap Opera online grid.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead then and now

When the show became both an instant hit and a pop-culture sensation, Metcalfe’s career exploded accordingly.

“In 2023, he appeared in the Prime Video movie “On a Wing and a Prayer.”

“I definitely wasn’t ready for so much exposure so quickly …

Justin Hartley then and now

It was like a tidal wave,” he recalled.

She didn’t stick around long, appearing in just 89 episodes before exiting the show in 2000.

“It was a huge deal for me as a kid.

Natalie Zea then and now

I was going to be a regular on a TV show!”

she toldGlamourof being a part of “Passions.”

“I was the first person on that show to quit!

Ryan McPartlin then and now

I wanted the opportunity to try and explore something else,” she explained.

After dating for more than a decade, in 2014 the two tied the knot.

“Eva and I go way back since our ‘Passions’ days.

Brook Kerr then and now

‘Passions’ is great, it is just classic,” he toldDigital Journal.

It’s like, ‘Really?

What soap were you on?’

It’s great training.

“It’s really exciting.”

In the years that followed, Kerr continued acting, albeit sporadically.

“So I kind of stepped away for a little while.”

“This job on ‘GH’ feels so full-circle, it’s nuts,” she toldSoap Opera Digest.