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Diamont remembered that Bradley Bell, B&B’s executive producer and head writer, created Dollar Bill for him after his unceremonious exit from “The Young and the Restless.” He played Brad Carlton on Y&R for 24 years.
“He stepped up for me, big time, and made it very clear that the success of the character was important to him,” Diamont shared.
“When I saw my first scenes were with Susan Flannery (ex-Stephanie), I thought, ‘Ah, this is brilliant.’ She was absolutely the character you’d want to see Bill with right off the bat,” he added.
The rest, as they call it, is history, and now it has been 10 years already. He got two sons onscreen, Liam Spencer played by Scott Clifton and Wyatt Spencer played by Darin Brooks, and he is proud of that the Spencers have become an integral part of the soap opera.
When asked if he can see himself playing Bill Spencer for the next decade, he said, “Oh, sure! Absolutely.”
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Over that time, Diamont sees Bill going through some periods of being at his most behave, like what is happening to the character right now, but he also says Bill will always be Bill.
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“The character has to be who he is, or it’s not ‘Bill,’” he said. “I’m waiting for something to happen where all of a sudden, viewers really want Bill to go kick somebody’s ass. That would be a nice way to bring him back to who he is.”
For Don, playing Bill has been the most gratifying so far. “It is, without a doubt. No other role comes even close. Just because you’re successful in a role on one show doesn’t mean that translates to another show, so I take a lot of pride in it,” he said.
Despite being on “The Bold and the Beautiful” for a long time now, Diamont expressed that it is something that he does not take for granted. “This opportunity and the success that’s come along with it, it means so much to me.”
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