‘Days of Our Lives’ (DOOL) spoilers reveal that star Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera) might be one of the most recognizable stars in the daytime television world, but if there’s one place that he will always call home, it’s his native Greece. The handsome actor recently opened up about returning back ‘home’ and his own transformations that he’s experiences, both on and off screen. Here’s what you need to know.
In a new essay that he shares with Soap Opera Digest, the multi-talented soap star starts off with, “When I left my home on a journey to Europe, I knew that when I returned through that same door, something about me would have changed. I discovered that crossing large bodies of water was the best way to objectively see where life has taken you so far. Being at a distance helps reveal what you cannot see developing inside the womb within your own walls. I believe that when a transformation is taking place, this practice demands willpower. If you allow your thoughts to flow without adjustment, you can easily spin into areas you’d prefer to avoid, especially when dealing with other people’s unrealized junk.”
‘Days of Our Lives’ Spoilers: Star Thaao Penghlis Shares His Thoughts About Returning To His Homeland Of Greece
After a rather eventful trip to Greece, Thaao says that he climbed to the top of Acropolis. While sitting there by the ruins of the Parthenon, he thought about the two characters that he had been playing for the last 38 years on ‘Days of Our Lives’, Andre and Tony.
He said, “I had always played Tony as the perfect son of Stefano DiMera, always pulled together with a hint of being diabolical. Andre, who popped up on the screen a year later, was an impostor trying to be Tony so that Father would love him, as well. But he turned out to be a failure who committed many crimes. As the years went on, different head writers made both characters similar, which sometimes made it difficult to interpret. Even after they died many times, some confusion set in, especially when James Reilly was head writer. Andre began being an arrogant loser.”
Thaao added, “Showing Andre with a heart brought about his death. As the story continued, I understood with Abigail’s insanity she killed the one friend she loved, Andre. In the story that followed in regaining her sanity, that accidental death gave her the most pain. A brilliant episode followed, expressing that in a black-and-white segment. By giving my character heart, it proved to be his demise. But when I walked back through that same door in Los Angeles, the change that took place was an Emmy nomination for that black-and-white episode.”
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