Guy Wilson, who portrays Will Horton on
NBC's Days of Our Lives, says he views his character's recent
marriage to another man as an “example of true love.”
The soap opera made daytime television
history earlier this month with the nuptials of Horton and Sonny
Kriakis (played by Freddie Smith), broadcasting the genre's first gay
male wedding.
(Relate: Days
of Our Lives
gay wedding makes daytime TV history.)
“When we filmed that episode and the
days leading up to that, with each day it became increasingly
powerful for us,” Wilson
told Gay Star News. “The actual day of filming it, there was
no acting. We didn't have to act. It was simultaneously one of the
most powerful moments I've had as a performer or otherwise and also
one of the most fluid moments I've had as an actor.”
“We were trying to demonstrate for
our viewership the fact that it's okay to be fearless, to express who
you are and what you believe in and it's okay to love whoever you
want to love. I view the Will and Sonny storyline as an example of
true love, pure love,” he added.