Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a career-defining second.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” star opened up solely to The Blast about turning into the primary Black actor to earn Daytime Emmy nominations for each performing and writing in the identical 12 months. He additionally mirrored on the emotional cellphone name that left him speechless, Carter Walton’s evolution through the years, and why he’s extra grateful than ever for the life he has each on and off display screen.
Lawrence Saint-Victor is celebrating a landmark 12 months in his profession after incomes two 2026 Daytime Emmy nominations, one for his longtime efficiency as Carter Walton on “The Daring and the Lovely” and one other for his work as a author on the hit CBS cleaning soap opera.
To make the celebration even greater, this achievement additionally makes him the primary Black actor to obtain Daytime Emmy nominations in each an performing and writing class in the identical 12 months.
“Brad Bell [executive producer and head writer for ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’] referred to as me as I used to be dropping my son off at camp with my spouse, and I used to be fully speechless. I knew that was the time after they can be introduced, however I used to be busy doing dad stuff and didn’t need to deal with it or wait to listen to,” Lawrence instructed The Blast solely. “And when my cellphone rang and I noticed his title on my caller ID, I used to be like ‘This may very well be excellent news!’ And yeah, wonderful information and I used to be fully speechless. I used to be making an attempt to inform him how grateful I used to be, however the phrases weren’t actually popping out.”
Being the primary Black actor to be nominated for each performing and writing in the identical 12 months made this milestone much more wonderful for Lawrence.
“I’m nonetheless digesting it,” he continued. “I feel it simply makes me consider all of the individuals of shade that opened the door for me to come back by way of, so it’s simply fantastic to be a part of that legacy.”
Lawrence Saint-Victor Has Portrayed The Similar Character For Extra Than A Decade
Lawrence has portrayed Carter Walton on the favored cleaning soap for greater than 13 years, watching the as soon as stoic lawyer evolve into one of many daytime drama’s most layered and emotionally complicated characters.
Portraying the identical character for therefore lengthy means watching and serving to the character evolve over time.
“I feel for a very long time, Carter was this actually good man with a great ethical compass, the man you’ll be able to sort of lean on,” he mentioned. “There’s a purpose why he comes off so excellent. There’s a purpose why he presents himself as a superhero. I used to be gifted storylines that begin to peel again that veil of this sort of damaged, lonely man who places on this air of excellence as a result of it’s how he attracts individuals to him.”
He continued to share that Carter needs nothing greater than to get married and have kids, and the dynamic has made it “fantastic to peel again the layers” of the character.
Portraying the identical character for therefore lengthy additionally offers Lawrence a novel perspective that many actors don’t normally get.
“It makes me grateful as a result of I’ve lots of the issues in my life that Carter yearns for and virtually vice versa,” he mentioned. “When I’m enjoying Carter and linking into his loneliness, it makes me go, ‘Wow, I even have the issues that he needs.’ It’s very fascinating so I’d say I’m grateful after I take a look at my life.”
Stepping Into Writing In Addition To Performing
Lawrence has all the time had an curiosity in writing and used to write down in faculty. It wasn’t till being on “The Daring and the Lovely” and his relationship with Brad Bell through the years that he grew to become concerned about writing for the present.
“We might discuss storylines a lot, after which in the future, he [Bell] requested if I’d be concerned about writing, and I mentioned yeah,” he instructed The Blast. “It’s one factor to simply attempt to write your individual initiatives, but it surely’s one other factor while you step right into a present the place you might be writing another person’s imaginative and prescient. That was one thing that was very interesting to me, very terrifying as effectively. However I’d say Brad Bell is the one who noticed it in me earlier than I noticed it in myself.”
Being an actor influenced the way in which he approached writing scenes and dialogue, giving him a novel vantage level that non-actors wouldn’t precisely have.
“I feel that’s what gave me my edge. Coming in, our writers are so nice and so they’ve been writing for therefore lengthy, so with regards to me leaping in as a author, it’s like I can’t compete with them,” he shared. “I can’t maintain that stage of weight. However what I do have is I’m on set. I get to listen to how the dialogue sounds in our mouths. I get to listen to how every actor may tweak the dialogue to make it really feel extra pure or extra in keeping with how they play the character. So I’ve this perception.”
Why Lawrence Saint-Victor Feels ‘The Daring And The Lovely’ Continues To Resonate With Audiences After So Many Years
“The Daring and the Lovely” has been on the air since early 1987. With many followers watching because the early years and persevering with to at this time, it’s clear that the cleaning soap has a method of pulling followers in and protecting them .
“I feel soaps generally offers the viewers the power to really feel as if they’re rising up with the characters. It’s like going to church. It’s similar to going to your favourite restaurant. It’s there. You recognize what to anticipate and there is perhaps some twists and surprises, however there’s something very acquainted about coming residence,” he instructed The Blast. “What I feel ‘The Daring and the Lovely’ does distinctive is we don’t happen in a fictional city, in a fictional state, in a fictional metropolis; we happen in Los Angeles, and a lot of our present is predicated on Los Angeles.”
He added that the present has additionally introduced viewers to different locations reminiscent of Monaco, Monte Carlo, and Australia, and offers the perception of the “loopy lives of the wealthy and well-known.”
Recommendation For Actors Beginning Out And What Lawrence Saint-Victor Would Love To Do In The Future
When requested what recommendation he would give a brand new actor simply beginning out, Lawrence mentioned, “study your craft.”
“Learn to act. There’s one million methods to do it. You possibly can go to a standard college or you will get a coach or go to a studio for improv, no matter it’s, study your craft so you’ll be able to personal it,” he mentioned. “Upon getting possession of it, it’s yours, so you are able to do no matter you need with it.”
He added to “by no means quit,” explaining that the “frequent denominator between so many profitable individuals is that they simply stayed within the race since you by no means know when your ticket’s gonna be referred to as.”
So far as issues he hasn’t accomplished but in his profession that he hopes to in the future, Lawrence would like to “play a superhero,” so that you by no means know the place you’ll see him subsequent.
