A major Forrester returns to the canvas this week. Here’s the latest comings and goings casting news at The Bold and the Beautiful. Find out who it is as well, if any popular stars from yesteryear are joining the show this week or in the near future, if any newcomers are boarding the soap in contract, recurring, or day-player roles, or if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the CBS drama.
The Week of September 1, 2025
At long last, Matthew Atkinson returns to Los Angeles as Thomas Forrester, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) and Taylor’s (Rebecca Budig) mercurial son. Look for the character to surprise his TV mom when he arrives at her office door this week and issue a warning to Katherine Kelly Lang’s Brooke and Heather Tom’s Katie. Atkinson made his last appearance on the soap in July 2024.
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Meanwhile, it appears that the Forresters and some other B&B clans will be getting a boost in the near future. “There’s a couple of younger characters that are tied to our major families that are going to be coming in,” co-headwriter Michael Minnis revealed in an interview with TV Insider.
Ashleigh Brewer is back as Ivy Forrester this week. She shares poignant scenes with Annika Noelle’s Hope.
Jordyn Lynn Ariza returns as young Beth Spencer. The child interacts with her TV parents, Scott Clifton’s Liam and Annika Noelle’s Hope.
