Days of our Lives’ Victoria Konefal has never quite felt like someone content to stay in one lane. For a long time, she lived inside a role that came with history baked in. Ciara wasn’t just another character, she was legacy, expectation, and loyalty…the kind of character fans don’t casually let go of. Now, she’s stepped somewhere darker with her new horror film, Scared to Death, recently opening up about the experience and how her career is moving differently.
Key Takeaways
- Konefal called Scared to Death a “really fun” project and a new experience for her career.
- She said seeing her name in theaters for the first time felt surreal and unexpected.
- She highlighted strong off-screen bonds that carried into the film’s performances.
- She said working with Peter Reckell was wonderful, as well as being meaningful for fans.
- She teased a darker, “grungier” project already in the works.
Finding Freedom in Fear
Konefal spoke to Digital Journal about joining Scared to Death, and the excitement was there right away. “That was a really fun project to shoot!” she said. The film drops a group of filmmakers into a haunted children’s shelter and lets the tension build from the inside out, but for her, the pull wasn’t just the premise.
She kept coming back to what made this project a first for her: “To have it come out in theaters is even cooler. I’ve never had a movie come out in theaters before, and seeing my name up there was really fun,” she said. It didn’t feel like a career milestone she’d been chasing; rather, it sounded more like a moment that caught up with her.
What stayed with her wasn’t the horror beats so much as what they did for her. “The screenplay taught me how to develop friendships that weren’t necessarily scripted,” she said, describing how the cast built something off-camera that didn’t feel manufactured. “We formed this bond… that translated on screen.” (Find out Konefal’s thoughts on soap acting.)
Carrying Salem With Her
Even as she moves into something darker, Konefal hasn’t shaken where she came from. She talked about finally working with Peter Reckell, whose return as Bo carried years of expectation with it. “I always wanted to work with him because I knew the legacy of Bo,” she said, noting how long it felt out of reach.
When it finally happened, it didn’t feel like a box being checked. “It was so beautiful to get to give the fans that Ciara and Bo father and daughter moment,” she said. Her words seemed meant for the DAYS audience, but they clearly meant something to her, too.
Konefal said she’s already talking about another project, one she described as “more on the grungier and deeper side,” and she’s stepping into music with a rock album in the works. She called this chapter “Moving Forward,” and it fits. Not a break from what came before, just a widening of it. (Find out where Ciara gets her strength from.)
