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Back in October, Days Of Our Lives (DOOL) broke fresh ground when they aired the first threesome in soap opera history. Now, two of the three performers – Raven Bowens (Chanel) and Robert Scott Wilson (Alex) – are looking back on the contentious love scene.
The threesome lit up social media and even had fans who don’t subscribe to Peacock chiming in with their opinions. However, Bowens revealed to Soaps.com that DOOL anticipated more attention – because the footage was shot before they knew they were leaving NBC.
“It’s so funny because you know how NBC is a channel that just plays, like in the airport, in a nail salon?” Bowens explained. “Imagine that’s what’s just happening [in the background]!”
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For herself and co-star Wilson, it was important to remember that threesomes are somewhat taboo outside of Los Angeles, which Bowens acknowledges as “such a progressive place where it’s like, ‘Oh yeah, we’ve done that’”.
In fact, one could make the argument that most DOOL viewers live in more socially conservative areas, “where it’s not as common to be, you know, sexually fluid,” as Bowens described it. “Or people are, but they’re a little more quiet about it. They’re not as open with their sexuality and what they’re doing.”
Recently, DOOL enlisted star Deidre Hall to remind viewers that the show would remain “family oriented”. Wilson is also hyper-aware that some viewers might have been put off by the soap opera first.
“There’s always going to be people who are offended,” Wilson stated, before admitting that the threesome idea was developed with utmost caution.
“I think they really shot it beautifully. Everything was thought of. We had an intimacy coordinator; we had a female director who has great taste in vision,” the actor detailed. “They talked to us privately. [Co-executive producer] Albert Alarr brought us up and talked about it weeks before.”
And while the scene may have oozed with sensuality, Wilson admitted that it was choreographed to the extreme. “It’s still awkward,” he said. “I’ve been doing this for years and intimacy scenes are always a little awkward, but it’s always handled with class and taste.”
Bowens, meanwhile, is pleased that she was able to make history in the soap genre. “It was exciting to know we were pioneering things,” she said. “I remember being a kid and thinking, ‘Oh, everything’s already been done. Is there anything that I’m ever going to be able to do in life that’s never been done?’”
“So, it’s kind of cool, because yes, it’s been done in other spaces, but in this space it’s unique,” she added.
And now that DOOL is exclusively on Peacock – and therefore not strictly a daytime drama – Wilson hopes to give viewers more taboo in the future.
“It’s romance any time, so now we should be able to do threesomes anytime!” he exclaimed.
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