While Billy and Adam have spent the majority of their shared tenure on The Young and the Restless at each other’s throats, Connor’s recent OCD diagnosis has got the two connecting like never before — and that suits actor Jason Thompson just fines.
Jason Thompson On Much Appreciated Changes
“I love working with Mark [Grossman AKA Adam Newman],” insisted Thompson [Billy Abbott] to Soap Opera Digest. “Not only because we feel that we can be truthful to the characters and everything else, but Mark has got an energy about him personally and he really does bring that into Adam. He keeps you on the edge a little bit and that’s a good thing.
“But I also love that there has been a lot of evolution [between Adam and Billy] since Mark and I have taken over these roles. An evolving character is a good character, it’s a well-written character.”
As for exactly how long the rivals’ cease-fire will last, Thompson mused:
“They’re never going to be best friends. They’ve done some pretty horrible things to each other, but Chelsea and Connor supersede all of that. The safest and most productive way forward is for Billy to try not to get involved, but he’s going to support Chelsea and he really does care about Connor. He would jump in a lake to save Adam’s kid. The safer the transfer of all that energy goes, the safer it’s going be for Chelsea to be in control of her emotional life because the fear of her going to that [dark] place again, I think, is very real for Billy and the triggers [for Chelsea] are very delicate. He wants to say all of the right things and even if he and Adam resort back to the type of interaction that they’ve been doing for years now, it’s gratifying to know that they know how to get back to that spot of understanding each other. Now, they know what they’re capable of.”
What say you? Are you enjoying the thaw in Billy and Adam’s enmity? Let us know in the comments below.
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