John OliverDreams of becoming a soap opera star are coming true!
The British comedian, 49, announced the Sunday, June 28, episode of HBO’s Last week Tonight that you have booked gigs at both General Hospital again Days of Our Lives.
In March, Oliver applied for a cameo on the ABC daytime soap General Hospital after finding out that ESPN Stephen A. Smith has played the recurring role of Brick for the past decade.
“When John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and said he wanted to appear on a soap, we didn’t hesitate one bit. He was everything you’d hope he would be: prepared, professional, funny and genuinely kind to everyone on set,” General Hospital a large producer Frank Valentini said the statement to Variety. “He plays an important character in the story, and I can’t wait for fans to see who crosses paths in Port Charles.”
“General Hospital it was everything i hoped it would be. “It’s a real honor to have a small stain on the history of this glorious sport,” Oliver quipped in a statement.
Oliver said on his Sunday show that he was “burningly jealous” of Smith’s role. General Hospital.
“To be clear: Acting on a soap opera is not my Plan B,” the comedian said. “I just offered my imaginative acting skills to any soap that met my criteria, which were: I wanted to play a character with a funny name, I wanted a good story line like a kill or a slap and I wanted an amazing close-up of my face.”
It appears both General Hospital again Days of Our Livess, NBC/Peacock’s survival soap, answered Oliver’s call.
After 60 years on the air, Days of Our Lives has seen its fair share of memorable stars in Salem. Married…Child actress Christina Applegate appeared on the soap opera as a three-month-old baby named Burt Grizell in 1972. Long before marrying Ashton Kutcher and starting her family, Mila Kunis was playing sports […]
“I’m happy to say that I’ve already recorded a week’s worth of episodes Days of Our Liveswhich is obviously a great honor,” he said. Deidre Hall, Susan Seaforth Hayes again John Aniston. There have also been guest appearances from legends such as Dick Van Dyke, Shwi and Mtekhala and now me.”
Oliver will appear in three episodes of General Hospitall aired on July 2, 3 and 6. His own Days of Our Lives episodes air on August 11, 12 and 14.
General Hospital first aired in 1963 and follows the lives of the citizens of the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.
Days of Our Liveson the other hand, it is set in the fictional town of Salem, Illinois, and was shown on NBC in 1965. In 2022, it moved to the Peacock streaming service.
