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The Young and the Restless star Chris Engen was recently featured in The Vancouver Sun.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

When Chris Engen walked on to the set of The Young and the Restless five months ago and into the shoes of character Adam Wilson, he had done a little homework, but not much.

Not because it wasn't a breakthrough role for a young actor -- his character's real name turns out to be Victor Newman Jr., making him the prodigal son of the daytime soap world's most venerable and villainous scion, Victor Newman, and thus the focus of many scenes -- but because it's just how he does things.

In fact, the 28-year-old Californian hadn't much watched the show - daytime's number-one soap opera, with about 5.3 million daily viewers - and didn't know all the characters, much less their story lines in the 35 years that The Young and the Restless has been on the air.

Attention, fans of The Young and the Restless: There's a new Newman on the way!

The series has tapped Chris Engen (best known for his work on Felicity and Saints and Sinners) to play Victor Newman Jr., the son of Victor and his former wife Hope.

The younger Newman grew up in Kansas after his parents divorced and has been recently missing in action.

Engen's first air date will be February 12.