Even he recognized this. Per the news posting on Soap Opera Digest:
❝ The actor’s DAYS career began inauspiciously, when he was was asked to come in to read for a role on the show. The actor recalled to Soap Opera Digest in 2015, “I tested with Dee [Deidre Hall, Marlena], and then they said, ‘We want you!’ They ended up creating a whole family around the character, which was a special thing.”
In addition to that family that fleshed out Northrop’s character (parents Caroline and Shawn, brother Bo and sisters Kayla and Kimberly) and Roman’s growing friendship with his best bud on the Salem police force, Abe Carver (“I just loved working with Jim Reynolds [Abe]. He was like a brother to me,” Northrop told Digest), the actor was kept plenty busy in storyline opposite Hall, with Roman and Marlena becoming one of the show’s most popular duos. As he put it to Digest in 2015, “Dee and I just hit it off and we’re still friends. There was a natural flow between us that just kept going and going. Our characters were diametrically opposed individuals that fell in love and the audience really bought into it. So, kudos to us and to the writers!” ❞