THE JOURNAL-NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1985
Terry Lester exiting soap for the Orient by Lynda Hirsch
After a four-year run as the channing, manipulative Jack Abbott on “The Young and the Restless,” Terry Lester has decided to leave the show. Lester, who recently starred in the CBS movie “Blade,” about an American private eye in Hong Kong, was negotiating with “Y&R” producers until the last moment. “I wanted to work something out. I’ve enjoyed being with the show However, I was concerned about the possibility of Blade’ being picked up as a series and being tied to “Young and Restless.” We were in negotations for the last few months. “I’ve enjoyed working on “Young and Restless.” I think Jack has changed in the past four years, although every once in a while there’s a tendency to make him the same old circus villain he was in the beginning. Happily the producers, the writers and myself were usually able to keep Jack progressing — never a wonderful person, but not nasty just to be nasty.” If Lester’s series is picked up he will be spending most of his time in the Orient. Although “Blade” would be based in Hong Kong, eventually it’ll go on location all over the Orient.
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