One of the most engaging pairs to come out of Days of Our Lives lately has been the turmoil-ridden romance between Leo Stark and Dimitri Von Leuschner, played by Greg Rikaart and Peter Porte.
At Days of Days, a Days of Our Lives fan event in Los Angeles, Greg and Peter sat down to talk with Soap Opera News about what they’d like to see coming up with Dimitri and Leo!
With Leo and Dimitri on the run, Peter Porte had to say, “It’s going to take months of very fun antics! I think it goes full sitcom. The jokes are bigger, the gags get more fun… we have a lot of fun!”
Greg Rikaart added, “But what I love too is that there’s a reality that runs right through the center of it. There’s grounding moments.”
“I think our love is tested as we realize how much we are in love,” Peter concludes.
In regard to the trio with Emily O’Brien as Gwen, Greg said, “What my favorite part about that story, beyond the fact it was a really fun story to play, it’s that Emily and I have history from The Young the The Restless, Peter and I have history from The Young and the Restless, so it’s like we were a part of this fun theater troupe where we were a part of this one production, and now we’re playing different characters in this other production. We got on fantastically. Just fun people to work with!”
If given the opportunity to write for their characters, Porte suggested, “I want the tables to turn in some way. I want tension that tears [Leo and Dimitri] apart. I want [Leo] to maybe be confused or seduced in some different direction. But then I come back and there be another love triangle, but Gwen comes back with money and there’s a lot of moving parts.”
“Most of all, I want to find out how Deidre jumps in as our therapist. She’s all our therapist!”
“She knows everything but has to keep doctor-patient confidentiality!” Greg added about how Marlena could fit in.
At the suggestion that Gwen comes back pregnant with Dimitri’s baby, Peter Porte was shocked! “A baby!”
“Our baby.” Corrects Greg at the thought.
Rikaart had a tough time coming up with something the writers couldn’t. “I get to do such fun stuff. It’s hard to come up with anything more outlandish or silly they do. I always think its fun to do something that’s yet to be done. Adversity would be an interesting layer [for Dimitri and Leo.]
“Or a relative! It’s somehow someone connected in town.”
If they could play any character other than their current one, Peter said he’d want to play Leo Stark.
Rikaart chose Dimitri Von Leuschner. (Photo: JPI)
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