‘B&B’ Star Lawrence Saint-Victor on Carter Backlash, Hope vs. Daphne, and Transitioning to Action Thrillers
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The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Lawrence Saint-Victor is well aware that the character he plays, Carter Walton, is not everyone’s favorite these days. And that’s just fine with him.
“I love it all. I want all the smoke,” Saint-Victor declares. “I love it because it means people are engaged, it means people are into the story. And if they feel like Carter threw Hope [Logan, Annika Noelle] under the bus, it means they believed in everything he said to her, and he did something that ticked them off. That means they’re invested. I love the good tweets and I love the negative tweets, because the story is doing what it’s supposed to do.”
The actor says he couldn’t have imagined the twists and turns the tale would take when Carter and Hope teamed up to run Forrester Creations late last year. “I didn’t know Carter and Hope supporting each other would lead to taking over the company,” he shares. “I had no idea that Carter’s conscience would start to get the best of him, and he would give the company back and lose the woman he loves. We’re learning this the same way you guys watch it. We open the script and we’re like, ‘What?!’ ”
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Saint-Victor admits he was a bit taken aback by the viewers’ reactions to Carter’s business moves. “I didn’t realize how controversial his decision was going to be until I would see the fan feedback,” he acknowledges. “I knew that he might have been a little naive in thinking he could give the company back and Hope would be fine, but I didn’t realize some fans would be really upset with Carter. When he took over the company, it’s not something he wanted to do, it’s something he felt he had to do. He took no joy out of taking it from them. In his very naive dream scenario, they would all still be able to work together. And then I think as time went on, Carter started asking himself, ‘What is the point of winning if you lose everything? The jewelry line is successful, the fragrance line is successful, and things are working well. We’ve proven that what we’re doing works. Maybe that’s enough.’ I don’t think, in Carter’s mind, he was going to take over the company, and this is the way it would be forever. He figured he would make it a better place, and everybody would eventually assume their positions.”
But it’s that thinking — and his kiss with Daphne Rose [Murielle Hilaire] — that ended his romance with Hope. “Carter is suffering his consequences because nothing is right,” he points out. “He’s back as COO, but Hope’s not here. He’s in love with Hope, and I think he’s a little taken aback by how they broke up. I think in his mind, this is something they can work through. With Daphne, I think there’s this undeniable kind of chemistry/connection. She sees him. Carter’s biggest flaw as a human is his feelings of not being loved or being seen, which is why I think he falls in love so fast, and why he’s ready to marry so quick. He’s like, ‘You see me, I have to lock this up.’ ”
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A high point of the storyline was the recent fight between Hope’s dad, Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan), and Carter. “Sean is the man,” enthuses Saint-Victor of his costar, who appeared as Mike Barnes in The Karate Kid III and Cobra Kai. “Sean is Mike freaking Barnes, the bad boy of Karate Kid. It was a bucket list thing. We were going over the choreography that day before we shot it, and I’m like, ‘I’m about to do a fight scene with the guy who beat up Danny La Russo [Ralph Macchio], and I’m about to be here fighting with him.’ Sean is the real deal. He’s a real martial artist, and he’s not just a fighter, but he also understands fight choreography and storytelling through the art form. He and our fight choreographer created something very beautiful and so much fun.”
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Saint-Victor also had a lot of fun being a part of BET+‘s The Accused, his first starring role in a TV movie, airing April 10. “It’s an action thriller where a plant geneticist, Dani West [Paige Hurd], gets accused of killing her fiancé, and I play the cop that has to bring her in and take her down,” he describes. “We both realize there’s corruption all around us. I’m a good cop, and I learn that I’m working in a very corrupt police precinct, and she’s a geneticist working for a pharmaceutical company, and she learns this company is underhanded and evil as well. So, these two characters who are at odds will eventually have to work together and save the day.”
The movie was filmed during B&B‘s dark weeks last July, so the timing worked out well for Saint-Victor. Despite working in daytime for nearly 20 years, the actor admits he had some jitters. “I was pretty nervous, just thinking about shooting an entire film and telling this story,” he explains. “The weekend before we started shooting, I was going through my script, and then I was like, ‘Hold on. This isn’t a soap. I don’t have to learn the whole script because we’re not shooting the whole movie tomorrow.’ So then I was like, ‘Oh, I can relax. We’re gonna do, like, five pages a day. This is like a walk in the park compared to the workload that we do on Bold and the Beautiful.’ I had to learn endurance. Daytime is a sprint, one take, go; film is an endurance game. It’s a different muscle, sustaining the emotion for a longer duration of time, so I got to exercise that muscle.”
Playing a detective was also a new challenge for the actor. “I did a lot of research on detectives and homicide detectives just to see how they see the world,” Saint-Victor shares. “We see a lot of them on TV, and they’re usually these hardcore aggressive types, or you see the good cop, bad cop routine. When I was doing my research, I found that a lot of these detectives were warm and genuine, so I really leaned into the idea of being a friend and connected to that quality of being the hero.”
Saint-Victor says he enjoyed working alongside Hurd. “She is amazing,” he raves. “She was number one on the call sheet, and I was two, so she carried so much and set the entire tone of production. We refer to each other as No. 1 and No. 2, Batman and Robin, Jordan and Pippin. We became really great friends shooting and still are now.”
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He’s even more intimate with the actress playing his wife in the film — Shay Saint-Victor, his real-life spouse. “So I booked the role and we were shooting in New York,” he explains of how she was cast. “I had the whole family there, and they were like, ‘How about Shay play your wife?’ My wife is an actress, so she was able to just jump in, but it was bizarre because she’s pregnant in the film, and she was wearing this belly the whole time. I’m like, ‘This is bringing back so many memories.’ [The two have a son, Christian, 6.] But my wife is also a musician and singer, so she actually wound up writing two songs for the film, one with MC Lyte. So yeah, Shay got herself in this thing. She’s all over the place!”
With a full plate on B&B — Saint-Victor is also one of its writers — and off, the actor marvels that his soap journey started nearly 20 years ago when he was cast as Guiding Light‘s Remy Boudreau. “I am so fortunate and feel so grateful to just be here and embraced by CBS Daytime,” he reflects. “My entire adult life has pretty much been involved with CBS Daytime, and it’s been so good to me. To still be here and be involved with The Bold and the Beautiful, getting to write and act, it’s a dream.”
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I can't wait for Carter to find out he was dupped by Steffy and Daphne, but too late to get back with Hope. All of this is his fault and he knows it. Hope didn't tell who she was wearing the lingerie for first, then went along with his COO he had planned a while ago. Then he turns his back on her once he regained his conscious, that what he did was wrong. I'm glad Deacon knocked some sense into him because he helped ruin Hope career. And let's not forget what he did in his past with Zoe and Paris. Quinn and Eric now Hope. He's a recking ball and everyone blames Hope? I'm confused 🤔
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I can't wait for the reveal of why Daphne came to town. He hasn't suffered any consequences yet.
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Deacon a father?? Is that what they call it these days? Hope doesn't have a career? Watch her she does nothing! It's the designers that do it all! Do you remember her line was losing before. She is the biggest b....! She doesn't Love anyone she is a user.
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I can’t believe Ridge and Eric took him back AGAIN ! First after having a fling with Quinn, then his takeover of FC ! What will he do next ??
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I thought the fight scene was a shock with Deacon going from zero to full throttle as an indignant father. She's not a victim, she's a prep.acessry 2 a crime.but the fight scene was fierce! Even Daphne went off. I will look for his movie accused, I don't stream Bet+ channel 😕
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LOGANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TREATED SECOND CLASS Ridge Jr. Helped Eric, Bridgette nor Rick are never talked about* real Forresters*, only Stephanie who is really a Marone. Matriarch Stephanie was a ho
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I love B&B I've been watching since the beginning. But I'm really sick how Carter sleeps with everyone on the show. Now Daphne is new I'm sure he'll be in bed with her soon. They have already kissed so here it comes! It's sickening. All my family agrees with me! Even a couple of son in laws! There must be a writer on your soap who he's in cahoots with. It's just tackey! As soon as we see a new woman we all say ok, Carter will be with her soon. You need to change that part. Thank you! ❤️
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Carter is no different from everyone else on the show. Everyone between each family has slept with one or the same person at some point. And the cycle repeats. So it has always been sickening. Nothing new.
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I think Brooke looks like an idiot to keep wanting to get back with Ridge ! Any real person would never go back move on !! Storyline sucks !
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It doesn’t matter if Eric raised Ridge as his son and adopted him and gave him his name then he’s a forrester…u don’t have to be blood 🩸 to be family…
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First of all deacon should be arrested for using his black belt tricks on people that are not trained in marshal arts.that,s how he broke ridges hand.he couldn't,throw his punches on Carter Carter gave him a.good whallop.
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I wanted Carter to beat the slop out of him. Hope is a grown woman, not a kid!
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Carter was the one bleeding.
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She needed to shove him out the door! Same with Carter show him the door.
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🤧 I turn it off every time they relentlessly try to sell Carter! Worst story
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All I can say is go Carter…everyone else has slept with everyone…get ur part in too…
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Everybody in this soap has slept with everyone…and the biggest one is Brooke…and it’s just Carter time to shine…u go Carter…ur a catch….as we all can see…
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U do have a remote control…turn the channel
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Carter deserved it. He cheated with Quinn and the Forrestor forgave him. Then he stole their company and they forgave him. What did he do? Throw Hope under the bus. I don’t care if Hope is an adult. Deacon sees how the Forrestors beat her down. Then Carter did the same thing. Only thing I disagree with is him encouraging Hope to pursue the flip flopper, cheating Liam.
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Hope don’t know anything about fashion or design…so she needs to be gone…she didn’t think about her line until Carter gave them back there company…all she did was lay on her back just like her mother did…
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Well it's OK to leave hope she and mr.waffle Liam belong together. DAPHNE IS BETTER FOR YOU CARTER MORE YOUR TYPE OF A WOMEN..
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Most normal employees will leave a company if they aren't treated right. It's bull butter in thinking that they could steal someone else's company to make it better. A bogus reason because Katie nor Brooke gave Electra the reason why she was fired, therefore she couldn't defend herself. Then Carter nor Hope asked Brooke why Electra was fired or what Electra had to say about her being fired. So much for stealing the company so that everyone will be heard. Carter should've been fired and disbarred. I don't give a kitty that he thought it was something he had to do, stealing is stealing. And then the idiot had the audacity to think that the people that he stole their life work from would just pat him on the back and allow him to run the company while the owners will just be employees. Bull butter!
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They are second
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That scene was so funny 😂…and thank you for saying that hope isn’t a victim…but she sure like playing one…
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And he admitted that …get over it…and hope is just as much the blame…she could have went to them and told them what Carter was planning…but no..she went right along with it…then she got a big because she felt powerful…so she’s just as guilty as Carter…and she’s getting everything she deserves…😂😂😂😂😂
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My grandson could put on a better performance than what deacon did…Carter should’ve knocked that old man out…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 still laughing after that scene
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I think Liam and Steffy would be better together…Liam and Hope together was boring really…put hope with Finn..
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And I think that Carter and Daphne would make a great couple… chemistry
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And u hope that he gets with Daphne and don’t go back to the whining hope because she thinks everything she did was right…take her off the soap tired of seeing her crying and it only works for brook and deacon …
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