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Dan Gauthier Talks Joining ‘Days’ After 15-Year Hiatus & His Take on Peter Blake
Stephanie Sloane
DECEMBER 16, 2025, 12:35 PM

Dan Gauthier will make his Days of Our Lives debut as Peter Blake on December 19, marking his return to the genre after 15 years.

Gauthier, who played One Life to Live‘s Kevin Buchanan from 2003-2010, welcomed the opportunity to return to daytime. “I knew a lot of the actors on the set, like [John-Paul] Lavoisier [Philip Kiriakis], and Stacy Haiduk [Kristen DiMera] is someone that I have known for years, so it was really fun to reconnect with those folks,” Gauthier says. “Everybody was so kind and accepting and welcoming. Everybody had a great attitude, and it was fun right away. I couldn’t ask for anything better, to be honest with you.”

Despite the familiar faces, Gauthier admits he had some jitters before arriving at the studio. “There’s always nerves,” he notes. “It’s no different than the first day of school, when you’re meeting new people. There’s a nervous energy about getting on a new set and feeling it out and what to expect and what happens, but because I’ve been doing it for a long time, I’m kind of used to that. But certainly, it was probably a little more comfortable knowing that I was going to see people that I knew as opposed to not knowing anyone so that certainly took away a little bit of the nerves.”

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As did tackling the role of Peter, played by Jason Brooks from 1993 to 1998. With nearly three decades since the character was last in Salem, Gauthier felt he could put his own spin on the role. “I had no idea what the storyline was going to be until I got the script, so I just went in with, ‘This is my own take on this thing. Whatever the dialogue and whatever the storyline is, it’s just my own take on this,’” he explains. “I didn’t watch anything or do any research as far as what had happened in the past. I just took what was in front of me and went that way.”

While Gauthier is keeping details under wraps, Peter’s return immediately places him in the thick of the DiMera family drama, involving Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera), Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera), Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera), Tyler Joseph Andrews (Theo Carver), and Haiduk. “The mystery is kind of the enjoyment of this whole thing,” he teases. “I don’t want to give up too much because that’s the fun. I don’t want to use certain words that would foreshadow exactly what it is, so it’s a surprise. What I can say is this is probably a surprise to viewers of him being there or how he is.”…..

https://www.tvinsider.com/1234411/days-of-our-lives-dan-gauthier-peter-blake-interview/

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