Days of Our Lives’ Robert Scott Wilson Takes His ‘Shot’ — and Makes It
Saturday, April 9th, 2022
Daytime favorite dons some camouflage and walks away with a win.
While you are watching your favorite Salem soap or even taking in a primetime series or movie, be sure to pay attention to the commercials that follow. If you don’t, you just might miss a very familiar daytime face. Days of Our Lives actor Robert Scott Wilson (Ben) shared an iSpot.tv video on his Instagram, featuring none other than himself in the latest commercial for the United States Army.
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Over a game of pool, with his fellow privates watching on, Wilson’s persona in the commercial made a jump shot over a stripped ball, knocked the 8-ball in the corner pocket for the win and declared, “That is what you call a wicked shot.” The privates on hand were stunned, with one exclaiming, “You gotta be kidding me!”
Wilson’s castmates jumped into the comments to congratulate the daytime favorite. Billy Flynn (Chad) stated, “My guy,” to which the actor replied with a challenge, “Rack ‘em up William,” while Brandon Barash (Jake) sent his pal a big high-five. Fans loved seeing him outside of the NBC soap as well and Sam even made a point to acknowledge, “Love a man in uniform.”
And we agree, it’s always fun to catch a glimpse of the soap stars in their other projects.
While we wait for the birth of Wilson’s Days of Our Lives character’s first child, join us as we take a look back at Ben’s transformation — from murderous villain to virtuous hero — in our photo gallery below.
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1/22
<p>No sooner had Ben (then Justin Gaston) arrived in town than sister Jordan, fearing that her new acquaintances would <em>gasp</em> at how checkered their past was, suggested that he pull a U-ey and leave the way he had come in. There was just one problem…</p>
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2/22
<p>Club TBD waiter Ben (soon Robert Scott Wilson) was far too smitten with Abigail Deveraux (then Kate Mansi) to move any farther away from her than… well, <em>this</em>. Further complicating matters was her continued pull to ex-boyfriend Chad DiMera.</p>
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3/22
<p>There was, um, one <em>other</em> thing going on, too: Ben, it turned out, was the Necktie Killer, a serial murderer who’d sent to the grave both Serena Mason and Paige Larson. As his grip on reality grew ever looser, he even attempted to off Abigail and Chad.</p>
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4/22
<p>In 2016, Abigail decided that turnabout was fair play. So when Ben broke out of his sanitarium and into the DiMera mansion, she stabbed him, knocked him out and tried to set him on fire the very same way he had her and Chad.</p>
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5/22
<p>In 2017, Ben crashed the double wedding of his victim Will Horton’s widower Sonny Kiriakis and Paul Narita, and Chad and Abigail (then Marci Miller). But not to make trouble and get an unpleasant facial from the bride — to reveal that Will wasn’t really, much less most sincerely, dead.</p>
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6/22
<p>After being sprung from prison in 2018, Ben proved himself a changed man by tending to Ciara Brady after the cool rider was injured in a motorcycle crash. So impressed was she, she not only stood up for him after the cabin went up in flames, she moved him in.</p>
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7/22
<p>“Who <em>wouldn’t</em> want a reformed serial killer in the bedroom next door?” reasoned Ciara as she settled Ben into the apartment that she shared with niece Claire Brady and her own pursuer, Tripp Dalton. “Us,” shrieked Tripp and Claire, using their inner voices while outwardly plotting against their new roomie.</p>
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8/22
<p>Ben and Ciara were really just beginning to enjoy their love for one another and Chinese takeout when he was remanded to Death Row for the murder of his sister. He hadn’t done it, though, despite his history of weaponizing neckwear. Jordan had actually been throttled by babydaddy Evan Frears (aka Christian Maddox).</p>
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9/22
<p>Eventually, Ben rescued Ciara so many times that her skeptical mother, Hope, stopped glaring at them like this anytime they embraced. That made the young lovers’ next move clear: First General Tsao’s chicken — OK, fine, <em>and</em> some fried rice — then…</p>
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10/22
<p>What <em>should</em> have been the happiest day of Ben and Ciara’s lives was utterly upended when, as soon as they’d exchanged “I dos,” their nuptials — and potentially their futures — were blown to smithereens by none other than…</p>
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11/22
<p>Paige’s mother sought vengeance by abducting Ben and brainwashing him to throttle Ciara in such a way that he had to wear only his undies for episode after glorious episode.</p>
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12/22
<p>Eventually, of course, Ben and Ciara were reunited. It would have been a, ahem, “Cin” <em>not</em> to put them back together. Alas, the newlyweds were separated again when the bride was kidnapped by yet <em>another</em> someone with a vendetta against the Necktie Killer.</p>
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13/22
<p>Though Ciara was passed from one abductor to another, even worse one (Evan Frears!), she and Ben managed to get together <em>again</em> through a combination of detective work and yelling into thin air. We don’t judge, people; whatever works.</p>
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14/22
<p>Ciara emerged from her ordeal with partial amnesia and skipped town with former beau Theo. While a heartbroken Ben looked in Claire’s direction, he was looking for a shoulder to cry on more than lips to kiss. </p>
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15/22
<p>Since Ben would sooner have made an airplane of Ciara’s divorce papers than sign them, she had their marriage annulled. In turn, he kidnapped her to keep her from tying the knot with Theo.</p>
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16/22
<p>At the cabin where first they fell for one another, Ben wooed his hostage… er, <em>true love</em>, who eventually regained her memory with the help of a particularly prophetic fortune cookie.</p>
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17/22
<p>No sooner had Ben and Ciara remarried than his therapist, Marlena Evans, convinced them that having a baby was a fine idea. Little did they realize that the doc had been repossessed by Satan!</p>
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18/22
<p>Once not only baby Bo but Salem was safe from the devil, Ben and Ciara decided to get the hell outta there — by boarding the <em>Living in Cin</em> and sailing around the world.</p>
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19/22
<p>Wait, is that… ? No. It couldn’t be. Ben doesn’t wear glasses any more than he does shirts. This familiar face — and those familiar abs — belong to Wilson’s new character, ladies’ man Alex Kiriakis.</p>
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20/22
<p>… to make “Challie” fans forget that, after Alex had daytime’s first three-way with girlfriends Chanel Dupree and Allie Horton, the latter went back for another round and wound up blowing her romance to smithereens.</p>
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21/22
<p>Eh, not quite. Though Alex had the rarest of rare feelings for Stephanie Johnson — genuine ones! — he made so many missteps during their courtship that the only place she ended up <em>wanting</em> him to walk… was away.</p>
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22/22
