Days of our Lives is set to introduce Doug Williams’ namesake, never before mentioned grandson, Doug Williams III — one presumes the son of Douglas “Dougie” LeClaire, the child born of Doug and Rebecca North but raised by Robert LeClair — on Tuesday, December 3rd. To hear actor Peyton Meyer tell it, his alter-ego is a chip off the old, (formerly) bad block.

Peyton Meyer Coming To Days of our Lives

The Girl Meets World grad teased to TVInsider that, “When we first meet Doug, he’s a mischievous guy. He’s in and out of trouble. No matter where he goes, chaos comes with him.

“He’s not purposefully mischievous or purposefully wishes harm on people. I think it’s just how he grew up, that everything he does ends up causing a bad karmic chaos storm behind him. He’s a gentle guy and he’s peaceful, but it seems that he doesn’t make the proper choices when he needs to.”

Meyer’s first day at the studio was a veritable trial by fire, as he not only had to adjust to the riggers of daytime but navigate the minefield that was his new costars surface-level emotions. (After all, Doug Williams’ memorial doubled as a second for his beloved portrayer, Bill Hayes.)

And then there was the less-than-best first impression he made on Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams). Recalls Meyer:

“Susan was the first scene that I had. I’m very adamant about time. I always try to be 30 minutes, maybe an hour early. I don’t like being late. So I got there an hour and a half early, and the makeup department was about an hour and a half behind and we were one of the first scenes up.

“So when I got to hair and makeup, we had about seven minutes until my scene, so the crew and the cast were waiting on me to get to set, which was out of my control. They had been waiting about two or three minutes.

“I meet Susan and she looks at me and she is so intimidating because she’s so professional. She said, ‘Nice to meet you. Be on time, get your lines down, show up, and be prepared,’ and gave me the entire rundown of how the show works.

“Immediately, I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m so sorry I wasn’t late to makeup. I don’t have time to explain because we’re shooting the scene already.’ After that moment of intimidation from her, [I realized] she has such a power on set. I was sitting there as a 25-year-old memorizing 25 pages a night working, filming an episode per day, and I didn’t understand how the process worked and it was so difficult. Watching Susan do it so effortlessly was something that I’ll carry with me forever. She was so professional.”

All in all, Meyer has taken to life in Salem: “It’s one of the best experiences I’ve had in my career…I feel like I’ve learned so much as an actor, and that this boosted my career and my performance as an actor 10 times.”

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