Now that Lawrence Saint-Victor is writing for The Bold and the Beautiful as well as playing Carter, it stands to reason that he’d have given some thought to his own dream storyline. So when Soaps.com recently spoke with the actor, we asked what plot he’d like to see get twisted for his alter ego.
“This is just me,” he noted upfront, “just fan fiction. But I would love to get into Carter’s family life and explore why is he the way he is. He presents himself as so good and so earnest and so perfect, but then when he’s in these relationships, it almost looks like he’s trying too hard.
“It makes me wonder what is broken inside of him that he feels like he to work so hard to be good,” he continued. “That has to come from his family. When I first came on the show, Texas battle played Carter’s adopted brother, Marcus. In my mind, there’s a reason why Marcus went to L.A. to find his biological parents, and when he found Donna, allowed Eric to adopt him and took the last name Forrester. It felt like there was something that he was getting away from.”
Lookin’ at you, Mom and Dad. “I feel like there’s something in Carter and Marcus’ home life that was incredibly toxic,” Saint-Victor suggested, “and for one son, it made him flee to find his ‘real’ family, and for the other son, it just made him believe, ‘Well, if get straight As, if I get my law degree, if I do everything right, then maybe I’ll deserve love or happiness.’ It’s all about deserving for Carter, so I would love to dive into his history and find out exactly why he is the way he is.”
Not only would such a story shed light on the soap’s perpetual Mr. Nice Guy, it would open the door for Marcus to return and for some heavy hitters to be cast as Mom and Dad. Maybe All My Children legends Debbi Morgan (Angie) and Darnell Williams (Jesse)? Young & Restless’ Vivica A. Fox (ex-Stephanie) and Nathan Purdee (ex-Nathan)?
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