Jack Wagner Has 'One Goal' in Surprise The Bold and the Beautiful Return, and It Involves Brooke (Exclusive)

Published: June 11, 2025

Jack Wagner opens up to PEOPLE about his return to The Bold and the Beautiful 13 years after his initial run on the series. Wagner says being back on set with his castmates was like a "class reunion" and teases how his character Nick will try to reconnect with Katherine Kelly Lang's Brooke as she navigates her relationship with Thorsten Kaye's Ridge.

Wagner, 65, says it was "great" to again work with Katherine Kelly Lang, who plays Brooke, and teases that his character will "surprise" her as "her heart's breaking" because of Thorsten Kaye's Ridge.

"Coming back to a show like this, the goal for me is to make an impact," he explains. The "key" to Nick right now, he says, is that he's "immovable" and "afraid of nothing." Nick runs Marone Industries now and is an "internationally known" shipping tycoon.

He has "one goal," Wagner says: "To get Brooke to wake up to the insanity that she's been in for so long."

Wagner notes that soap operas move at a grueling pace — on The Bold and the Beautiful, he might film 29 pages of dialogue in one day — but he's used to jumping into shows that are already running.

As for how his return came about, Wagner says it all began when he ran into executive producer Bradley Bell at a golf course. He told Bell, 60, that he was heading to Italy this summer, where the show has a massive fan base and has filmed many times.

Wagner says the first time he did a press tour in Europe for the series, which has a loyal international audience, he was amazed by the fans' passion. "It's like you're the Rolling Stones in Italy," he says, adding it reminded him of the "frenzy around General Hospital" in the 1980s.

Though right now Nick is only set to appear this summer, Wagner teases there is a "possible future here for Nick with Brooke."

Wagner makes his The Bold and the Beautiful return on June 16.

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