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Due to a scheduling conflict, Jess Walton was unable to play a plot arc written to include Jill Abbott. The show opted to do a short-term recast with longtime Days actress Lauren Koslow, who plays (and will continue to play) Kate Roberts. Roberts's turn as Jill is set to begin on May 25.
Koslow's first soap role was photographer/blackmailer Lindsey Wells on Y&R. She actually blackmailed Jill (then played by Brenda Dickson)! Koslow then became an original cast member of B&B (as Margo), then assumed the role of Days's Kate Roberts from Deborah Adair in 1996. Oddly enough, Adair had played Y&R's Jill Abbott after Dickson was fired, so it makes a weird kind of sense that Koslow gets her turn as Jill. From what was written in the article, the temp recast has no effect on either actress's job: Days was willing to "loan" Koslow but plans to keep her on as Kate, while Jess Walton has not been "replaced" in the part she's had for 40 years.
Koslow's first soap role was photographer/blackmailer Lindsey Wells on Y&R. She actually blackmailed Jill (then played by Brenda Dickson)! Koslow then became an original cast member of B&B (as Margo), then assumed the role of Days's Kate Roberts from Deborah Adair in 1996. Oddly enough, Adair had played Y&R's Jill Abbott after Dickson was fired, so it makes a weird kind of sense that Koslow gets her turn as Jill. From what was written in the article, the temp recast has no effect on either actress's job: Days was willing to "loan" Koslow but plans to keep her on as Kate, while Jess Walton has not been "replaced" in the part she's had for 40 years.