Susan Walters And Linden Ashby They are happy not only to be husband and wife, but also to be co-workers.

“This is a dream come true,” Ashby, 64, said. Us Weekly Starting to work with 61-year-old Walters on the set of The Young and the Restless as the series celebrates its milestone 13,000th episode.

Walters added that it has been nothing but “rainbows and sunshine” for him and Ashby since they joined the cast more than two decades ago.

The couple, who has been married since 1986 and has two daughters, currently plays the characters Diane Jenkins and Cameron Kirsten in the series. Walters started the show in 2001 and left the series in 2004. He returned briefly in 2010 and rejoined the main roster permanently in 2022. Meanwhile, Ashby also joined the program. The Young and the Restless He left in 2003 and the following year. He reprized his role in 2023.

Walters shared that when she first returned to the show, her husband was very supportive and helped her prepare.

“Since returning to the show a few years ago, Linden has helped me with my lines every day,” the actress said. We.

While Walters thanked Ashby for helping him with his performance, he shared that his wife also returned the favor — especially when he was in a difficult situation.

“There were days when I literally couldn’t make it without his help,” she explained. “To run and then just be there, because it’s so fast and unlike anything I’ve ever done before, and it’s the hardest job for an actor in the entire industry.”

Walters acknowledged that the series is “dialogue-heavy”, which can be difficult compared to a lot of the “single camera” work he and Ashby have done in the past. But he admitted that the extra challenge could make the job “really fun”.

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“It’s like capturing this lightning in a bottle, which is very difficult with multiple cameras and multiple takes and things like that,” he said. We. “You can overlap. “There can be quite surprising spontaneity here.”

The Young and the Restless This isn’t the only project starring Walters and Ashby. The two met in 1983 on set of soap lovingwhere Walters became a regular cast member and Ashby started as a guest before joining the cast full-time. Afterwards loving The couple ended in 1995 working together again Open Teen Wolf for six seasons. Ashby played Stiles Stilinski’s father (Dylan O’Brien) while Walters’ character is the mother of Stiles’ love interest, Lydia Martin (Netherlands Roden).

The Young and the Restless It airs weekdays at 12:30 ET on CBS.

With reporting from Lanae Brody