Y&R's Top Secret Plot to Bring Back Bierdz!

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Y&R's Top Secret Plot to Bring Back Bierdz!; SOD Article
Topic Started: May 27 2009, 12:13 PM (537 Views)
Kenny	May 27 2009, 12:13 PM Post #1
It hurts so good... Posts: 37,092 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: June 6, 2007	Please link to DR only. Thank you! :) Y&R's Top Secret Plot to Bring Back Thom Bierdz Not surprisingly, the jaw-dropping revelation that Cane has been in touch with someone who looks just like the late Phillip Chancellor III has unleashed a barrage of questions. Is it really Phillip? If so, where has he been all this time? How did he end up in Australia? What's his connection to Cane, with whom he was supposedly swapped at birth? The answers will be revealed as this story unfolds, but just as shocking is the fact that Y&R was able to keep the return of Thom Bierdz a secret. "It definitely was hard work to keep this under wraps," smiles the actor. "I knew since February that I was coming back, so it was killing me! What's really cool is that I told some friends and galleries that sell my art, but I said, 'Just don't tell anybody.' And I'm so pleased that they didn't leak any of the information." Bierdz was surprised when he was first contacted by Y&R. "I was very surprised," he says. "What's so amazing is that it's almost been so years to the week of Phillip's death, so that's astounding to me on a personal level. To go back 20 years later and visit and job that you were at, plus be a whole new person, is exciting." (Ahem... new person? Covering his previous slip-ups!) To pull off this shocker, Y&R made special arrangements for Bierdz. "When I was shooting at Y&R, they didn't use my name on anything," he explains. "I would come into the studio and I wasn't on any schedule or list, so security would have to call someone and make sure I was allowed in. Everyone was very careful. I would come in early and leave by 9:30 in the morning. I was the first one in and I would shoot a lot of episodes in one day and then I would disappear again. I was like the invisible man." Bierdz also says that he feels more at ease this time than when he reprised his character in 2004 (Phillip appeared in Katherine's booze-soaked dream). "It was pretty overwhelming for me that time," he admits. "But now it seems I'm really comfortable. I'm having a great deal of fun." Although he can't talk about future storyline, if he's signed a long-term contract and "whether or not I am Phillip," Bierdz is looking forward to sharing scenes with his former co-stars. "Jeanne Cooper and I have kept in contact and I think the world of her," he enthuses. "I'm so honored that we've remained close all these years. I've also kept in touch with Tricia Cast, and I'm so excited about working with her again in the future. It's so exciting that I will be able to be with these people again."



Drew	May 27 2009, 12:15 PM Post #2
Posts: 8,304 Group: Veteran Member #62 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera EastEnders Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days of our Lives Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Footballers Wives	You wrote Phyllis instead of Phillip



momof3girls	May 27 2009, 12:17 PM Post #3
Posts: 14 Group: Members Member #3,670 Joined: February 26, 2009 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Young & Restless Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Young & Restless Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera Young & Restless Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Young & Restless	Great read, thanks for posting. I love this storyline.



Drew	May 27 2009, 12:18 PM Post #4
Posts: 8,304 Group: Veteran Member #62 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera EastEnders Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days of our Lives Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Footballers Wives	I wonder if Jess Walton was one of those ones snubbing him at the SODAs when he was bartending. Her and Lauralee Bell were the only other two still around from that time that really were in his characters circle on the show.



Kenny	May 27 2009, 12:22 PM Post #5
It hurts so good... Posts: 37,092 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: June 6, 2007	Drew May 27 2009, 12:15 PM You wrote Phyllis instead of Phillip LoL, that's what I get for reading two articles at once.



lulu	May 27 2009, 12:25 PM Post #6
Posts: 177 Group: Members Member #379 Joined: September 15, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Y&R Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Guiding Light Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Knots Landing	Thank you, Kenny! Much appreciated! :)



Mason	May 27 2009, 01:03 PM Post #7
Posts: 33,183 Group: Staff Member #291 Joined: August 26, 2007	I can't wait for his first scenes with Nina.



DrewHamilton	May 27 2009, 01:10 PM Post #8
DRtv Writer Posts: 7,666 Group: Veteran Member #46 Joined: June 14, 2007	I can't wait to hear how they explain this.



Drew	May 27 2009, 02:20 PM Post #9
Posts: 8,304 Group: Veteran Member #62 Joined: June 14, 2007 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera EastEnders Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days of our Lives Favorite Primetime Soap Opera of All Time Footballers Wives	Kenny May 27 2009, 12:22 PM Drew May 27 2009, 12:15 PM You wrote Phyllis instead of Phillip LoL, that's what I get for reading two articles at once. maybe you're just slow :P



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