For over 20 years, Alison Sweeney (38-years-old) has played Sami Brady on NBC’s Soap Opera, Days of Our Lives. That has all change, now that Sweeney has decided to leave the series. Now The Biggest Loser host is opening up about leaving the role she spent two decades developing.
Sweeney recently spoke with TV Guide, where she opened up saying goodbye to the character she spent most of her life playing:
“We shot those scenes more than four months ago and it still hurts. But everybody needed closure--including the fans. Counting down the final months and weeks and days was so hard. I was, like, ‘This is Sami's last disagreement with her mother!’ ‘This is her last catfight with Nicole!’ ‘This is the last time she'll say 'I do'!’ No matter where I go in my acting career, I'm sure I will never play a schemer who's had 15 weddings and kept all her dresses.”
However, we have not seen the last of Sami Brady, as Sweeney hinted:
“The idea that Hollywood execs read Will's article and want to be in ‘the Sami Brady business’ was a sweet send-off that I felt to the bone. For all of Sami's trials and tribulations, Days was sending her--and me--off with love and appreciation, and that means more to me than I can possibly say...Sami desperately needs something to look forward to so she's taking the kids off on a new adventure but the writers made sure it's not anything permanent and that Sami can come back to Salem anytime she wants.”
Fans might not have to wait that long for her return, with Sweeney adding:
“Are you kidding? Days celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. No way am I missing that!”
Are you going to miss Sami? What did you think about her send off? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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