Days of Our Lives star Conner Floyd hasn’t hit screens yet as Chad DiMera, but the actor has recently opened up about the opportunity to join the series, how it came to be, and the note Billy Flynn knew he would get from production on his first day.
Floyd recently spoke with TVInsider about his ending on The Young and the Restless and joining the Peacock streaming soap opera Days of Our Lives.
The actor discussed joining the iconic family, sharing “The DiMera family is really cool, and the more I dig into it, this character has a lot to unpack. I like working, so I was really, really excited to dive deep into Chad and explore this world that he’s in.”
Floyd acknowledged the fact that the series holds a lot of history within its walls, adding, “Days of our Lives is an iconic show, and a lot of really talented people have walked those stages, Billy Flynn included, so it’s going to be fun to try to fill those shoes.”
The actor explained how things have been since he joined the soap, sharing, “Salem’s great, everyone’s awesome and very welcoming and very helpful. I’ve hit the ground running, and it’s been going great so far. Just like Y&R, everyone over there is very hardworking, and there’s a very talented cast and crew, and I’m going to bring it for them.”
The actor shared the story of how he came to join Days of Our Lives. The actor shared, “This is actually a pretty crazy story, I was flying to Boston for Christmas with my fiancée to visit her family, and I was going to propose to her that weekend right before Christmas. The flight was delayed, then we get on the plane, and it’s delayed on the tarmac, delayed in the air, and delayed when we landed in Boston. I mean, this thing turned into, like, a 12-hour trip.” The actor continued, “We’re sitting next to these people the whole time and after about five hours, we made conversation, and it was Marnie and her family.” Referring to Days of Our Lives casting director and Daytime Emmy Winner Marnie Saitta, “So, we were chatting and CBS got brought up somehow. She was like, ‘What do you do at CBS?’ I said, ‘I’m on Young and the Restless.’ After 12 hours of talking, she said, ‘I’m gonna call you.’ And that’s kind of how this came into play.”
The actor told a story about his first scene he shared on The Young and the Restless with Billy Flynn, who played Chad Dimera prior to Floyd. “When we had our first scene together, I said a couple words to him and then after they said cut, he goes, ‘You and I sound just alike,’ — we have this low, gravelly voice and kind of talk low and slow — ‘I guarantee you the first note you get over there is more voice.’ And sure enough, first scene I had over there [Days of Our Lives], my first note was, ‘Uh, Conner, we need more voice.’ I texted Billy and said, ‘You called that, man.’ The more we hung out, it seems we’re very cut from the same cloth, and it’s good casting on Marnie’s part, I ain’t gonna lie.”
