A shocking casting move for Billy Flynn! #YoungandRestless #DaysofourLives www.soapoperadigest.com/content/cast...

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— Soap Opera Digest (@soapoperadigest.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM

This is indeed a surprise. I guess this means Abigail will stay dead. I wonder if Chad will leave with Annalyne McCord (sorry if that is misspelled), or if he will leave to go find Abigail on some tip, like when Josh Lewis left GL in 1990.

Billy was one of the best younger actors on DAYS. He's going to be a loss for them. 

I doubt he will get anything of value at Y&R these days. I just hope he isn't as miscast and dead inside as the likes of Jason Thompson.

Should have joined as a Billy recast, JT is so wrong for Billy 

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Should have joined as a Billy recast, JT is so wrong for Billy 

He would fit more as Billy, yes.

I’m shocked. Honestly feel like Days would be better to him than Y&R, just look at Trevor St. John, Robert Newman, etc. etc 

9 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I wonder if Chad will leave with Annalyne McCord (sorry if that is misspelled), or if he will leave to go find Abigail on some tip, like when Josh Lewis left GL in 1990.

OR, third option, what if Hank Northrop is going to be Chad 3.0? 🤔

I'm just surprised that he's shot promotional images for the 60th Anniversary.  Which I assume indicates that he'll appear until next fall.

These big life choices just seem to pop up for soap actors, without much notice.

Edited March 11Mar 11 by j swift

Just now, j swift said:

OR, third option, what if Hank Northrop is going to be Chad 3.0? 🤔

If Chad was still in the thick of story, I could see it. As of now they might feel the character is fine to go.

From SOD, he's premiering on Y&R this spring, but still appear on DAYS .

Damn

This had to have been a last-minute thing, since Billy Flynn was just at the 60th cast shoot. But wow, what a shocker!!!!!!!

Newly created role? Josh Griffith doesn’t know how to create new characters with any longevity.

 

I'm assuming he'll be the mysterious Aristotle Dumas.

This is such a shame.  He's very talented and Chad has become such a staple on the show.  It's also very sad because it somewhat confirms that Abigail will stay dead (for now).  But he's obviously been wasted . . . I know he thought Marci Miller leaving would have Chad be less constrained by her scheduling, and I think he was made a lot of promises . . . but Chad has been pretty aimless since her travesty of a murder in 2022.  It's hard to not think it would've been better for them to ride off into the sunset, or even that they shouldn't have returned in late 2019 at all considering what came their way.

Wow this is a big shocker. 
 

It took me a minute to get use to Billy as Chad as I adored the original. Casey Deidrick (who I recently read is in some legal hot water). Flynn and Mansi were absolutely the best back in the day (has it really been a decade?!!?) and the 2020-22 stuff between him & Miller was solid work as a tent pole couple.

I’m a bit surprised Flynn is coming to Y&R….new role? That could mean anything really with JG…Claire’s secret ex boyfriend? A past lover of either Audra or Sally? New Fen? Jack & Nikki’s lost son they thought died? Noah Newman 6.0?

I shouldn’t give him anymore ideas 🙈🙈

Speaking of JG….gotta love this quote from the TV Insider:

Y&R’s executive producer/head writer Josh Griffith wrote for Flynn from 2015-16 at DAYS, so he’s very familiar with the actor’s skills. “On behalf of the entire company of The Young and the Restless, we look forward to welcoming Billy to the show,” Griffith tells TV Insider. “He will be a wonderful addition to Y&R’s stellar cast.”

Yes Josh, we all remember your disgusting offensive run on Days in 2015-16 that got you fired. And yes Josh, we already Flynn will get your current low energy boring  drama free writing on Y&R unless your having one of your mood swings….

42 minutes ago, j swift said:

OR, third option, what if Hank Northrop is going to be Chad 3.0? 🤔

Doubt it; per TV Insider announcing Hank Northrop's casting, he's due to debut by the end of 2025, and per the announcement by TV Insider, Billy Flynn is appearing as Chad through 2026.

❝ An actor with a very familiar last name to soap fans has been hired at Days of our Lives in a new role. Hank Northrop, son of the late Wayne Northrop, who played Roman Brady, and Lynn Herring, who plays General Hospital‘s Lucy Coe, will arrive in Salem later this year but has already started filming. ❞

❝ Because of DAYS’ unique shooting schedule, which tapes nine months ahead of when the shows airs, Flynn will remain on the soap well into 2026. ❞

Just now, soapfan770 said:

Noah Newman 6.0?

He'd be a fantastic Noah Newman; he and Joshua Morrow would be excellent together. But I don't see a dedication to Noah, especially if Kyle is actively on the canvas.