Days of Our Lives Peacock orders Beyond Salem spin-off

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Peacock has ordered a limited, five-episode series from DAYS called DAYS OF OUR LIVES: BEYOND SALEM, which will bring back THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS star Lisa Rinna (ex-Billie). Also featured will be Deidre Hall (Marlena), Drake Hogestyn (John), Jackée Harry (Paulina), James Reynolds (Abe), Victoria Konefal (Ciara), Robert Scott Wilson (Ben), Billy Flynn (Chad), Lamon Archey (Eli) and Sal Stowers (Lani). Additional beloved characters are also set to make appearances. The series’ description reads: John and Marlena travel to Zurich, Ben and Ciara have a romantic getaway in New Orleans, Chad visits some old friends in Phoenix, and Abe, Paulina, Lani, and Eli vacation in Miami. All find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving stolen jewels which, in the wrong hands, could cause dire consequences for Salem. It’s a race against time for ISA agent Billie Reed as she crosses the globe in search of this missing treasure.

This is pretty much like the Last Blast and Abby & Chad in Paris, but on Peacock. It's encouraging that they're investing in this at least.
 

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I wonder if they will actually film on location, or if we'll just see the infamous "Downtown Europe" set re-dressed for various far-flung cities.
 

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I wonder if they will actually film on location, or if we'll just see the infamous "Downtown Europe" set re-dressed for various far-flung cities.
It'll be re-dressed sets like they've done for ages now. Realistically, they'll shoot this during the dark weeks in maybe less than a weeks time. Hopefully the Peacock money means it'll at least be better produced than Last Blast and Chad & Abby in Paris for the DAYS app.

Still, it's smart of them to focus on going to streaming since that's where the future is.
 

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It's filming this week, so obviously it's not on location but at least they put out a casting call for several roles:

Role: Brunette Caucasian Female
Audition Date(s): 07/12/2021
Start Date: 07/26/2021
Info: Seeking a Brunette Caucasian Female. - 28-40 . Wears a cat suit, so must be in great physical shape. You MUST be 5'3 and wear size 0/2. About 110-117 pounds. (This is a body match, so no exceptions!) This is a special Business U5, so there are no lines, but it's VERY featured and you'll have a blast.


Role: Harold Sakata ("Oddjob") Look-alike
Audition Date(s): 07/12/2021 week of
Start Date: 07/26/2021 week of
Info: Seeking a male actor that can look like Harold Sakata who played Oddjob in the film Goldfinger (and other James Bond Films.) Please Google it. He was Japanese, but can be any ethnicity if you look like him. Needs to be beefy, 200 plus pounds. 5'8 -5'11. This is a Special Business Under Five that is VERY featured and will be a blast. 30 to 45 years old, East Asian, Filipino, Pacific Islander male


Role: Upscale Male Guards
Audition Date(s): 07/06/2021 week of
Start Date: 07/26/2021 week of
Info: 30 to 40 years old, all ethnicities. Seeking 2 Upscale Guards, 30 to 40 years old. Must be at least 6 feet tall, but no more than 6'3. Must be willing to be clean shaven. These roles are special business U5s, so there are no lines, but will be very featured.


Role: Great Looking Real Couples
Audition Date(s): 07/12/2021 week of
Start Date: 07/26/2021 week of
Info: 25 to 35 years old, all ethnicities. Seeking attractive, in great shape, REAL couples! Married or dating couples who will be a part of a fun, sexy, romantic summer day at the pool. 25 to 35, any ethnicity. You must both be in GREAT shape and comfortable in swimwear! Say something about your partner in the notes. These roles are Featured Extras, Extras and Special business U5s. PLEASE NOTE: Extra work on soaps is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than other kinds of extra work. It's quicker, fun and will never stop you from being considered for larger roles in the future. So submit!

Role: Pool Party Guests
Audition Date(s): 07/12/2021 week of
Start Date: 07/26/2021 week of
Info: 25 to 40 years old, all ethnicities. Seeking Attractive Men and Woman in great shape for fun summer pool party scenes. 25-40, All Ethnicities. MUST be comfortable and look terrific in swimwear! These roles are featured Extras and Extras, with possible U5 upgrades. PLEASE NOTE: Extra work on soaps is completely different than other kinds of extra work. It's quicker, fun and will NEVER stop you from being considered for larger roles in the future!


Role: Attractive Male Gay Couple
Audition Date(s): 07/19/2021 week of
Start Date: 07/26/2021 week of
Info: 28 to 38 years old, all ethnicities male. Seeking an attractive, in great shape, REAL Male Gay couple! Married or dating, who will be a part of a fun, sexy, romantic summer day at the pool. 25 to 38, You must both be in GREAT shape and comfortable in swimwear! (Say something about your partner in the notes.) These roles are Featured Extras, with a slight possibility of a U5 upgrade. PLEASE NOTE: Extra work on soaps is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than other kinds of extra work. It's quicker, fun and will never stop you from being considered for larger roles in the future. And it will be a fun memory for you and your partner. So submit! This works one or two days, the week of July 26th or on August 2nd or 3rd.

It might not seem much, but for co-vid + how DAYS doesn't use a lot of extras as it is, it does look at least like they're getting some Peacock money.
 

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I watched an (older) episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills recently and in it Lisa Rinna returned to Days telling another housewife about Billie recasts and that she got no idea what had happened to Billie since she had left Days. Was this just reality talk or real talk? It's hard to believe that actors don't know what happen to their recast characters, because even if they don't care, fans might send him messages or tweets about it. But maybe actors really ignore anything about their past work or even their current. I got the feeling many actors on soaps got no clue about other storylines besides their own.

About that new spin-off: Why not, but I won't watch it, I haven't watched the other online spin-offs before, too.
 

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I watched an (older) episode of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills recently and in it Lisa Rinna returned to Days telling another housewife about Billie recasts and that she got no idea what had happened to Billie since she had left Days. Was this just reality talk or real talk? It's hard to believe that actors don't know what happen to their recast characters, because even if they don't care, fans might send him messages or tweets about it. But maybe actors really ignore anything about their past work or even their current. I got the feeling many actors on soaps got no clue about other storylines besides their own.

About that new spin-off: Why not, but I won't watch it, I haven't watched the other online spin-offs before, too.

For a lot of actors it's literally just another job, add that they shoot scenes out of sequence so keeping up with their own storyline is hard enough. Then there's DAYS's break-neck shooting schedule which is a lot even for a daytime soap. I think people tend to assume that actors are fans of their own shows when they're usually not. A lot don't even watch the finished product.
 

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This is really exciting to me. DAYS has been the #1 streamed show on NBC.com for years and it is likely it's a hit for Peacock as well. I hope this spin off does well and leads to more DAYS mini series or perhaps an actual spin off. I also think looking at all the mainstream press this got that the other soaps will be looking into their own spin offs. B&B is ripe for a Forrester Internationals spin off.
 

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I saw a photo of Eileen Davidson on set (as Kristen, one assumes) in an article about the show, so they really are blowing the budget on casting.

Edit: found the pic (on Daytime Confidential)
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