Bold & Beautiful’s Sean Kanan Admits That in Scenes With a Certain Co-Star, ‘I Always Feel Badly When… ’
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
It isn’t personal. Far from it!
Sean Kanan is well aware that The Bold and the Beautiful has struck pay dirt with the unlikely friendship between Deacon and Sheila. Kimberlin Brown, he tells Soap Opera Digest, “is an actress who likes to take chances, which is something I’ve always liked. [So] we are just having a great time together.”
Above: Taking chances… and a few whacks for good measure.
Credit: Howard Wise/JPI (3)
But that’s not to say that it’s always easy-peasy. Kanan, who made his debut as Deacon more than two decades ago, admits that his character’s reactions to Sheila can be… well, as logical as they are challenging. After all, who wouldn’t be like, “WTH?!?” when faced with the madwoman’s nuttiness. But “I always feel badly when Deacon backhandedly insults Sheila,” he says.
It’s inevitable, though. “She has got a truckload of issues,” observes Kanan in what may qualify as the understatement of the year, considering that few and far between are the characters that Sheila hasn’t tried to kill. “She’s got crazy coming out of her pores.”
Above: “Be afraid… Be very afraid.”
Credit: CBS screenshot
Still, it isn’t Sheila with whom Brooke’s old flame really needs to concern himself. When Kanan plays scenes with Thorsten Kaye as the husband of the object of his obsession, he looks at Ridge’s portrayer, “and I’d be like, ‘I’d get a shotgun.’”
Before you run off to read another article, fade to gray with a collection of the classiest Bold & Beautiful cast portraits on which you’ll ever lay your eyes.
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
1/54
<p>… as Deacon Sharpe, the ex-con with the show’s most, ahem, arresting presence.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
2/54
<p>… this time flashing the intoxicating gaze of Deacon’s that makes babymama Brooke Logan wonder whether her drink’s been spiked. Again. </p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
3/54
<p>… giving us some insight into just how frustrating it is for Deacon to find that life’s highways are 99 percent roadblocks.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
4/54
<p>… as Sheila Carter, the madwoman hell-bent on playing Mommie Dearest to long-lost son Finn Finnegan. By force, if necessary.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
5/54
<p>… wearing the expression that Sheila uses to try to convince people that she’s not Norman Bates, Michael Myers and Lizzie Borden all rolled up in one.</p>
Image: CBS
6/54
<p>… as Steffy Forrester, fashion magnate, devoted wife, corporate exec, loving mother and all-around badass.</p>
Image: CBS
7/54
<p>… this time striking the kind of power pose that we assume Steffy uses to let everyone at Forrester Creations know that she means business — and not the funny kinda business that’s usually going on around those offices, either!</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS (3)
8/54
<p>… breaking out a variety pack of expressions, ranging from Steffy’s “We’re one big, happy family” smile to her “C’mon, Finn, it’s bedtime” look.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
9/54
<p>… giving the illusion that Steffy’s just stepped off the cover of a romance novel. Or <em>is</em> it an illusion? We’d buy that book.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
10/54
<p>… because a single shot in that gorgeous outfit was most definitely not enough.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
11/54
<p>… as Taylor Hayes, the <span style="text-decoration: line-through">only</span> best shrink in town… perhaps because she’s been known to wig out herself now and then.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
12/54
<p>… this time working the countenance that Taylor perfected to say, “I’m not scared of you, Brooke. Were <em>you</em> princess of Morocco? ’Cause <em>I</em> was!”</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
13/54
<p>… helping Taylor remind occasional husband Ridge Forrester that they’ve been known to get, ahem, horizontal.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
14/54
<p>… scoring 10s across the board for Taylor in the “businesslike realness” category.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
15/54
<p>… the rare rich, handsome heir to a dynasty whose last date was with a mannequin.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
16/54
<p>… unleashing the glare that Thomas reserves for people who bring up the whole “Fauxpe” mannequin incident.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
17/54
<p>… demonstrating that if Thomas wanted to, he could totally go all <em>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon</em> on us.</p>
Image: CBS
18/54
<p>… as Liam Spencer, the nicest of nice guys and levelest of heads… unless, that is, it’s one of those days when he can’t tell wife Hope Logan from a mannequin.</p>
Image: CBS
19/54
<p>… turning Liam’s other cheek, which it turns out is as scruffy and chiseled as the first one.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS (2)
20/54
<p>… stopping off to take a coupla pictures on Liam’s way to… Hmm. We’re gonna guess… a polo match?</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS (3)
21/54
<p>… demonstrating both how Liam puts on a jacket and how handsome he is while doing so.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
22/54
<p>… as Hope Logan, the eternal optimist whose long history of heartbreaking tragedies has somehow never managed to diminish her — wait for it — hope for the future.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
23/54
<p>… giving side-eye as best a character as sweet as Hope can.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
24/54
<p>… this time breaking out the “Could <em>you</em> lie to this face?” expression to which — sigh — so many of Hope’s loved ones have answered yes. </p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
25/54
<p>… modeling a print that’s so floral, it suggests that Hope would’ve made an excellent flower child.</p>
Image: CBS
26/54
<p>… as Bill Spencer, a second-generation publishing tycoon who’s always got one eye on fashion and the other on whatever knockout is wearing the latest in haute couture.</p>
Image: CBS
27/54
<p>… as Katie Logan, the ex that Bill just can’t bring himself to admit isn’t so much the one that got away as the one he pushed away.</p>
Image: CBS
28/54
<p>… as Wyatt, the Spencer heir whose wit is as sharp as the sword on the necklace that all the men in his family wear.</p>
Image: CBS
29/54
<p>… modeling one of Wyatt’s suit-and-tie combos so casually that we’d believe he just leapt off the cover of <em>GQ</em>.</p>
Image: CBS
30/54
<p>… as Shauna Fulton, the Vegas transplant you can always bet on to stir the pot.</p>
Image: CBS
31/54
<p>… working this come-hither look that made Ridge Forrester putty in Shauna’s hands.</p>
Image: CBS
32/54
<p>… as Ridge Forrester, the dashing designer whose interest in women’s clothes has often been more about getting them out of ’em than dreaming up new dresses.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
33/54
<p>… revealing the trademark come-hither look that Ridge uses to get all those women out of their frocks. Quick, look away! Look awa… Oh. Too late.</p>
Image: CBS
34/54
<p>… as Brooke Logan, the passion’s plaything driven by her belief that Ridge is her destiny. Or maybe it’s Bill. Is it Deacon this week? What about… You know what? Never mind.</p>
Image: CBS
35/54
<p>… in this image painting on the smile that Brooke uses when she really, <em>really</em> doesn’t want anyone to think that anything is less than both hunky <em>and</em> dory.</p>
Image: CBS
36/54
<p>… in this instance trying out the sorta serious expression that Brooke might use to argue that her portrait should replace the late, great Stephanie’s on the Forrester mansion’s mantel.</p>
Image: CBS
37/54
<p>… here epitomizing the California girl that she and her character are — and that David Lee Roth made extra famous in his ’80s cover of the Beach Boys.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
38/54
<p>… revealing the shoulder Brooke turns cold anytime Taylor or Sheila is around.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
39/54
<p>… flashing the beatific smile that Brooke only sports when she’s dreaming of her “destiny.”</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
40/54
<p>… looking gorgeous beyond BeLieF. (Longtime fans will get that one.)</p>
Image: CBS
41/54
<p>… as Zende, the Forrester heir whose bedroom eyes never fail to make it hard to buy that he’s a one-woman man.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
42/54
<p>… serving up enough intensity as Zende to short your computer screen. Don’t say we didn’t warn… Oh dear. Too late? Our bad.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
43/54
<p>… as Paris Buckingham, the enchantress whose affect on men Jabot Cosmetics should really look into bottling.</p>
Image: Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc.
44/54
<p>… as Carter Walton, the world’s hottest wedding officiant… who just wants a wife to call his own. Is that too much to ask?</p>
Image: CBS
45/54
<p>… as Quinn Forrester, a jewelry designer whose exterior can seem — but <em>only</em> seem — as hard as the gems with which she works.</p>
Image: CBS
46/54
<p>… teeing up the wide-eyed, innocent look that Quinn wields so well anytime one of her schemes blows up in her face. (And they always do.)</p>
Image: CBS
47/54
<p>… as Eric Forrester, the silver fox who didn’t just earn a reputation as a player over his lifetime, he invented the game.</p>
Image: CBS
48/54
<p>… looking so confident, Eric could almost make us buy that, despite his many missteps, Father really <em>does</em> know best.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
49/54
<p>Right? ’Cause Steffy, Thomas and Taylor don’t really consider a family photo complete without him in it.</p>
Image: Gilles Toucas/CBS
50/54
