It was touch and go for a while there on Days of Our Lives. A mysterious person caused all kinds of horrible things to happen to the cast of Body & Soul, with the worst being Bonnie falling down a hospital elevator shaft. Then, after unwittingly reading B&S scripts that were tainted with poison, many of the cast learned that they were being killed off and became worried for their jobs. Some of that worry leaked over into the real world, causing Judi Evans to worry for her character, Bonnie, and the character Bonnie plays, Kassandra.
It Looked Like Curtains for Bonnie
Poor Bonnie has been in traction since her fall broke a ton of bones in her body. But as she’s been recovering, going from talking without moving her lips to talking through gritted teeth like a ventriloquist, Evans told Soap Opera Digest, “She heals very fast. She’s kind of a magical character — or it’s something in the Salem water!” However, it wasn’t all giggles.
When she got the script containing Bonnie’s plight, Evans grew worried. “I was panicked. I cried a little. I was so worried,” she remarked. “I was freaking out because you never know, and I was too terrified to ask. It took a while to get that next script to find out I didn’t die.” She didn’t ask because she had done that when she played Adrienne and her character was killed off back in 2020.
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That Hurt a Little
Evans also praised makeup artist Natalie Thimm, who made Bonnie look like she really had fallen several flights. “She did an amazing job, and she did it in about 20 minutes. It was like watching a speed painter! And she had to match it for a few days as the story played out.” Between the makeup and all the phony casts she had to wear, Evans felt that it helped her really get into the character’s predicament.
The story reminded Evans of an incident in 2020 when she fell off a horse and broke several bones. But she was able to use that experience to inform her portrayal of a convalescing Bonnie. When Evans was taken to the hospital, her pain was intense, but the EMTs couldn’t give her any painkillers until they got to the hospital. Comparing the real accident to the fictional one, Evans remarked, “I mean, my accident was probably not as painful as going down an elevator shaft face-first, but, yeah, that hurt a little.” (Get more details on Evans’ riding injury.)
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