Luna’s latest scandal has officially sent The Bold and the Beautiful universe into full-blown chaos. She’s pregnant with Will’s child after getting him drunk and assaulting him, and the Spencer, Forrester, Logan, and Finnegan families are losing their minds and practically circling like sharks in designer heels. Her actions have already sparked moral outrage in Los Angeles, but for actress Lisa Yamada, this storyline is the culmination of a journey that started with a Christmas party conversation and led her straight into soap villainy. In a new interview, she opened up about the daytime legends who helped her fully embrace Luna’s wicked side.
Key Takeaways
- Lisa Yamada revealed that Luna’s dark turn actually began when she jokingly asked showrunner Bradley Bell to make her character “a badass.”
- Yamada credited Don Diamont for helping her tap into Luna’s villainous edge, calling him a mentor both on and off screen.
- Kimberlin Brown, who plays the legendary Sheila Carter, gave Yamada invaluable advice about how much fun it is to play the bad girl.
- Yamada said she’s proud that Luna has become the character “people love to hate” — and she’s not planning to stop stirring up trouble anytime soon.
Finding Her Dark Side with Don Diamont
Yamada sat down with Woman’s World to talk about Luna’s transformation from good girl to full-blown troublemaker. She had been at a Christmas party in 2023 and asked executive producer Bradley Bell to change her character into a bad girl. “I meant a badass—like Jacqueline MacInnes Wood’s Steffy,” she recalled with a laugh about asking for more edge in her role. “I guess he took that and ran with it, but I had no clue at the time.”
Yamada credited her onscreen connection with Diamont (Bill) for giving her the confidence to dive headfirst into darker territory. She explained that their bond began during the story in which everyone believed she was his daughter. “He’s truly become a paternal figure for me, on the show and off,” she explains. He became a mentor to her when she got nervous about playing Luna as evil.
She also laughs about the tonal whiplash of Luna’s shift. She hilariously noted that she went from being a sweet girl to “screaming and swinging a gun around!” Diamont’s faith in her, she added, helped her lean into the mayhem with both stilettos on the ground.
Kimberlin Brown’s Lessons in Playing Wicked
It turned out, there’s no better guide to embracing your inner villain than Brown — the woman behind the soap world’s ultimate chaos agent, Sheila. “Kimberlin told me from the jump that being a bad girl is the most fun,” Yamada shared. “You get to be a part of the most intricate storylines.”
For Yamada, having Brown in her corner has been both hilarious and grounding. Yamada further explained that Brown became a wonderful grandmother figure, also, both in front of and behind the cameras. She remarked that the veteran star gave her the space to play unhinged while staying connected to the emotional core underneath.
And with Luna now pregnant, hated, and firmly entrenched in the center of the drama, Yamada loves every minute of it. She enthusiastically noted that Luna became the kind of character that “people love to hate,” and happily stated, “I’ll take that as a compliment, and I’m down to keep raising hell for a long time.”
