According to The Things, “Days of Our Lives” cast members work under a major time crunch. The process moves so quickly and films so far ahead that at times that actors won’t even read their scripts until the night before they are supposed to film their scenes. Back in 2013, actress Rachel Melvin, who previously played the role of Chelsea Brady, admitted that it took some time for her to get the hang of memorizing her lines.
Melvin admitted to Backstage that even though she would often get her scripts an entire week in advance, she wouldn’t have time to look over her lines until hours before she was expected on set. So, she devised a plan to read through them a few times and then again while paraphrasing “in case of emergency.” She then breaks it down to her character’s point of view and feelings and makes some notes before feeling ready to perform. “It used to take me hours and hours,” Melvin said. “But I’m shooting three episodes tomorrow, and I started working on it last night and a little bit this morning. It took me maybe an hour to memorize all three episodes.”
It seems that the world of soap operas is a bit more fast paced than fans originally thought.
