Who Is the New Taylor? 'Bold & The Beautiful' Casts Rebecca Budig as Krista Allen's Replacement
justjared.comRebecca Budig has joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful as the new Taylor actress, replacing previous star Krista Allen.
You might remember that Krista exited the show in December 2023 and her fans were shocked to find out that her contract wasn’t renewed. Rebecca is no stranger to the soap opera world after previously having roles on Guiding Light, All My Children, and General Hospital.
Getting to play a psychiatrist on Bold is fitting for her as she was recently thinking about going back to school to study psychology! Keep reading to find out more… “I love therapy — I’ve gone to years of therapy — which is a little different from psychiatry, obviously,” she told People. “I’ve been around enough mental health care professionals … just to get a sense of what they’re like.” “Before this job came up, I thought about going back to school and studying psychology, because it actually fascinates me.
It’s ironic that I got this part, given that that’s what I was going to try and do in the fall, anyway,” she added. Rebecca hopes to be embraced by Bold fans! “I just hope they’re open to that idea and interpretation of it and that they just believe the relationships between Taylor and Ridge and Taylor and Brooke,” she said. “I always thought that All My Children might’ve been the best job I ever had in terms of the people all really getting along, but I truly get the vibe here that it’s that one in a million group of people that is just collaborative, kind, supportive and just very welcoming.
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