‘The Bold And The Beautiful’s Bradley Bell Explains Kimberlin Brown’s Sudden Departure & Return: “Villains Typically Need A Cooling Off Period”
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fans of The Bold and the Beautiful were gobsmacked by the decision to supposedly kill off Kimberlin Brown’s Sheila Carter in a February episode — only to bring her back from the dead two months later.
Brown told Deadline “she didn’t see this coming, quite honestly .. I truly believe that my following and my fans and the people who have loved to hate Sheila all these years are responsible for me coming back.” For the first time, Bell is addressing his decision to bring back the character that everyone loves to hate.
While he didn’t say whether he changed his mind (or if it was all part of some secret master plan to throw off fans), he explained why it was necessary to temporarily part ways with Sheila. “Villains typically need a cooling off period, which just adds to the drama to their return,” Bell tells Deadline. “And Sheila needs to cool her heels once in a while.
Sheila has been a ratings dynamo, and that’s why she’s murdered so many people. She is now happily married and working at a restaurant.
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