Robin Riker News

Robin Riker stepped into the role of Beth Logan on June 18.

A week before that, the actress sat down with Soap Opera Weekly to discuss the show:

Soap Opera Weekly: How are you enjoying the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful?
Robin Riker: Everybody's been so welcoming. My first day that I arrived, I wasn't even working, I was just showing up to meet the-powers-that-be. John McCook (Eric), who wasn't even working that day — I think he was dropping off some paperwork — came in to show me around and introduce me to people. He spent a good hour chatting and welcoming me.

New to The Bold and the Beautiful: Robin Riker.

Weekly: How did you end up getting the part of Beth?
Riker: It was very fun the way I got the part. I was living in New York and doing theater, and I got a call saying that Brad Bell (B&B's executive producer and head writer) was interested in meeting with me for this role. Never having done much soap opera before, I wondered what it would be like, but I was unable to come back [to L.A.] right away.

This was on a Monday, and on Tuesday, my friend had taken me to a ball game. I took out my cell phone to take pictures of the diamond to send to my husband, and I saw that there were two urgent calls from my agent. I had to leave the stands to talk, and the only place that I could find any quiet was in the ladies' room. They said that Brad wanted to talk to me, and I said, "Well, I'm in the ladies' room at Yankee Stadium if he wants to give me a call." (Laughs.)

Two minutes later, the phone rang and Brad said, "I understand we're having a conversation in a funny place," and I said, "Yes." He said, "Do you want me to call you tomorrow?" and I said, "No, I rather dig it that we're talking in the ladies' room at Yankee Stadium!" So we had a 20-minute conversation. I made my very first deal for the one of the very first series I ever did on a pay phone in a coffee shop, so it seemed [to be] in the right realm for me.

As previously announced, Robin Riker has been cast as Beth Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Fans of the series are aware that it's been seven years since Beth was last spotted on the series, as viewers have wondered where Beth has been when her children needed her during this time.

Executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell recently answered that question, sort of, in a response to Soap Opera Central.

"Beth, who has been mysteriously absent during the harrowing series of tragic events that her children have recently endured, including Storm's suicide and Katie's heart transplant, is forced to face her children and reunite with her family," Bell said.

Meet the new Beth Logan, soap opera fans. Robin Riker is coming to The Bold and the Beautiful.

As for Riker, leaving New York City and the theater scene for The Bold and the Beautiful wasn't a difficult choice.

"I had a talk with Brad Bell and he made it sound like such a lovely invitation," Riker smiles. "And I love to accept invitations."

Warning: The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers ahead!

Robin Riker will be joining The Bold and the Beautiful as Beth Logan.

The veteran actress has appeared on such shows as M*A*S*H, Malcolm in the Middle, and Boston Legal. In 2000, she played the role of Maureen Lockhart for several episodes of Days of Our Lives.

The character of Beth Logan, meanwhile, is the long-estranged Logan matriarch and mother of Brooke, Donna , Katie and the recently-deceased Storm Logan.

Look for Riker (pictured below) on The Bold and The Beautiful in July.