Fans can’t help but love to hate The Bold and the Beautiful’s
Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) and that’s in large part due to how incredibly
talented Brown is. Brown brings depth to
Sheila’s character and excels at showing Sheila’s many layers and how
complicated she is. This past month (April) has
been rough for Sheila and that’s an understatement. She is responsible for the shooting and death
of her own son, Finn (Tanner Novlan) and for shooting her daughter-in-law, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood).
While Sheila is grieving for her son, she is
also suffering in silence when it comes to her guilt (knowing she’s responsible
for his death) and fear of Steffy remembering what happened. When Sheila couldn’t take it anymore, she
attempted to jump off the roof of the hospital, but Taylor (Krista Allen) stopped her. Taylor accidentally slipped off the
edge herself and Sheila saved her which bonded the two women. The rooftop scenes were heartbreaking yet
filled with adrenaline. There were
moments when Sheila attempted to grieve alongside Taylor and Brown showed Sheila
letting her guard down briefly as Sheila was desperate to make a connection with
someone. As Steffy recovered, Sheila
grew increasingly more paranoid that Steffy would remember what happened. She thought about drugging Steffy and then staging
it as an overdose. Brown was able to
voice Sheila’s thought process on how Sheila came to the conclusion of killing
Steffy and how she didn’t want to hurt her but felt like she had to. Sheila is so deranged that she convinces
herself that it’s Steffy’s fault for pushing her to do this.
Brown is able to show Sheila’s fragile mental
state and while Sheila is a villain and does terrible things, Brown is able to
have fans, even if momentarily, empathize with Sheila. That is extremely hard to do considering the
terrible things Sheila has done, but Brown masters this task and makes it seem
effortless. Brown has shown that Sheila
genuinely wanted to start over and make amends, but when pushed too far, she
was driven over the edge which ultimately led to Finn’s death and Steffy getting
hurt. Sheila tries to rationalize that
other people are responsible for her actions.
Even after everything Sheila has done, there are some fans that are open
to a possible Sheila and Deacon (Sean Kanan) pairing! This further shows that Brown is a phenomenal
actress and fans just can’t enough. Bravo to Brown for her captivating performances! Fans can’t wait to see what happens next!
(Article written by Adriana Grecco)
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