When Luna Nozawa first joined The Bold and the Beautiful in 2023, she wasn’t written as a bad girl. She was someone who was sweet and innocent, much like Electra Forrester. However, her character then took a dark turn.
B&B viewers have questioned Luna’s shocking transition, which played out over the course of a year. Meanwhile, actress Lisa Yamada shared the shocking truth about her on-screen alter ego.
Key Takeaways
- Luna was initially meant to be a good girl.
- She revealed herself as a baddie who had a penchant for murdering.
- Yamada shared the truth behind her character’s transition.
B&B Fans Want the Truth
On Reddit, one fan posed the question, “Was Luna once a good girl gone wild?” They wanted to know what happened to the former Forrester Creations intern.
They recalled the time when Luna (Lisa Yamada, learn these five fast facts about her) accidentally took her mother’s mints while sneaking into Zende’s (Delon de Metz) apartment. She claimed that she was drugged and thought she was sleeping with RJ (Joshua Hoffman).
One person responded, “Luna admitted that sleeping with Zende was a plan, and she was never on drugs. She was fully aware of what she was doing. I still don’t understand the point, but she slept with him on purpose and wanted everyone to think he had taken advantage of her when she was never actually on drugs.”
Luna told Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) that RJ was a “boy,” while Zende was a “real man.” She wanted something different and willingly jumped into bed with Zende once she knew he was interested in her. This was her way to sleep with him without making it look like she was cheating on RJ.
She’s also committed a series of crimes since then. Luna killed Tom Starr (Clint Howard) when she thought he was her biological father. She also killed Hollis (Hollis Chambers) when she found him tampering with the evidence. In addition to her crimes, Luna has tried to kill Steffy more than once and shot her grandmother, Sheila (Kimberlin Brown), in the foot.
What Happened To Luna?
On the new episode of the Soapy podcast, Lisa Yamada shared what happened to her on-screen persona. She admitted, “In the beginning, I was playing this sweet, virginal girl… And no one was buying it.” Luna was initially cast as RJ’s love interest.
Things changed course around the holidays, when Yamada informed head writer and executive producer Bradley Bell. “I drunkenly told him at a Christmas party that I want to be bad. And he was like, ‘OK.'”
Yamada didn’t expect her character to end up murdering people, framing her mom for that order, shooting a daycare, and raping Will Spencer (Crew Morrow). “I meant like a badass,” Yamada clarified. “But [Bell] totally took it and ran with it.”
She’s grateful for Luna’s storyline. “Honestly, I really appreciate it. I get to do a lot,” Yamada added. Even though Luna’s in jail, she’s planning her escape this week. Find out the soap legends who helped Yamada channel her inner villain.
