Playgirl, formerly a print magazine, has relaunched as an online publication. What better way to kick things off than to feature five Days of our Lives hunks — Bryan Dattilo (Lucas), Eric Martsolf (Brady), Christopher Sean (Paul), Robert Scott Wilson (Alex), and Paul Telfer (Xander). The quintet of actors chatted with the website about the pros and cons of being considered eye candy.
The Hunks of Our Lives
“Soap hunk should be a compliment to a daytime star, although there is a stigma too,” says Dattilo, who made his DAYS debut as a teenager 31 years ago. “Sometimes, it means [you’re] only good for shirts off-only scenes and not too bright.”
Being a hunk can come along with being on a soap opera, but Martsolf says there’s more to it than that. “It’s a responsibility, quite frankly,” he says. “Generations of fans have supported and loved soaps forever. I take great pride in being a small part of its legacy.”
“You only realize its greatness when you finally step away from the work and see the impact it’s made on the fans,” Sean says. “They are your barometer of success.”
DAYS has made history by being the first network soap opera to go exclusively to a streaming platform. As a result, fans may be seeing new dimensions to their favorite genre. “You never know what wild storyline could come down the pipe nowadays,” Wilson says, “and with us going to a streaming platform and being able to push the envelope a bit more, I’m here for it all.” (Click here to read our recent interview with Wilson on his 10th anniversary with DAYS.)
Telfer, who arguably appears shirtless more than most hunks on DAYS, says there’s more to being a hottie than bare-naked flesh, muscles, and pecs. “[W]hen you say ‘hunk,’ it makes you think of the mid 20th century, brawny man, the Marlboro Man for example,” Telfer offers. “Superficial, yes, but for soaps, because the stories spend so much time with us, you can’t help but reveal vulnerability and flaws and eccentricities that someone as simple as just a hunk wouldn’t have the opportunity to reveal.”
Check out the full interviews on Playgirl by clicking here.
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