The Bold and the Beautiful: Will Daphne Rose help Steffy or be a thorn?

The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose | Image Source: JPI
The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose | Image Source: JPI

On The Bold and the Beautiful, Steffy has enlisted the assistance of her friend Daphne Rose to help enact her plan to divide and conquer Carter and Hope — but will it go sideways instead? Actress Murielle Hilaire, who plays Daphne, thinks it could.

Murielle Hilaire on The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose | Image Source: JPI
The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose | Image Source: JPI

The Bold and the Beautiful, Daphne Rose (Murielle Hilaire) breezed into Forrester Creations wearing a custom-designed scent and exuding her charms. She immediately had Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Hope (Annika Noelle) transfixed by her presence.

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It turned out that Daphne Rose wasn’t just the most famous and coveted nose in Paris, the perfumer was also a close friend of Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). Steffy had invited Daphne to come to L.A. as part of her plan to get back her family’s company, Forrester Creations.

Steffy has been anticipating that Carter and Hope won’t know what’s hit them until it’s too late. By dividing and conquering the duo, Steffy thinks she’ll have a better chance of taking back control of the company as Hope won’t be in Carter’s ear, encouraging him to do the wrong thing.

Murielle Hilaire knows Hope best

The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose, Hope and Carter | Image Source: JPI
The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose, Hope and Carter | Image Source: JPI

Daphne Rose has an air of mystery around her. It seems those in her presence are taken by her energy but can’t quite put their finger on why they feel so transfixed by her allure. But there’s one person who knows Daphne Rose better than we do: actress Murielle Hilaire.

In an interview with TVLine, Hilaire explained her character. “You should never be completely sure of what she is thinking. She doesn’t want to be obvious. There’s a spark [of mischief] in her eyes, for sure. She’s not black-and-white, she lives in a very gray area,” Hilaire shared.

A gray area? Does that mean that Daphne isn’t as determined to help Steffy in her plan as her friend thinks she is? Hilaire added, “Daphne really cares for Steffy, but I don’t think she’d travel all the way to L.A. just to help a friend.” It would only make sense if Daphne Rose is the businesswoman that everyone claims she is, she would be thinking about her own profits as well. Surely, a woman who people would trip over themselves to do business with wouldn’t put her company on hold indefinitely to help get back Forrester.

It may have been an easy ask of Daphne to come to meet Carter. His idea of expanding Forrester Creations into a global luxury brand is exactly what Daphne wants for her fragrances. “She’s thinking of her own career and how she can keep expanding her brand worldwide,” Hilaire shared.

Daphne Rose could be a thorn

The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose, Ridge & Steffy| Image Source: JPI
The Bold and the Beautiful: Daphne Rose, Ridge & Steffy| Image Source: JPI

Although Steffy asked Daphne Rose to come to L.A. to shake things up between Carter and Hope, it’s a manufactured attraction. But did sparks fly when Daphne was introduced to Steffy’s father, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye)? The actress thought it was possible.

When Daphne Rose met Ridge, they immediately had something in common. She had created the ‘Forrester’ scent that had everyone swooning, but she was taken by his cologne. “Even when I read the script for that episode, I wondered if he was the man for whom she’d created the fragrance. When she said to Ridge, ‘The woman who gave you that cologne must know you well.’ I thought there might be something there that we’d discover about the two of them,” Hilaire shared.

But Daphne has a task to do first, as Ridge knows. However, this week, he warns her and his daughter to “keep it clean” when carrying out their plan to seduce Carter away from Hope. Once the job is done, will Daphne have another reason to stay in L.A.? The actress teased, “She likes games. To her, there’s nothing more amazing than to keep people guessing. She lives for that.” Could Daphne’s flirtations lead to something more between her and Ridge on The Bold and the Beautiful?

Steffy had found a silver lining in the takeover by noting that it led to her parents’ reunion. But she also knows her dad is prone to infidelity and can be easily swayed. Will Daphne Rose be a thorn in what Steffy thought was the perfect plan?

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