That was no ordinary cold front that hit The Young and the Restless’ Genoa City in Friday’s episode (recapped here), those chills came

courtesy of the diabolical Matt Clark landing in town to seek revenge on the Newmans. “Obviously, based on his track record and [what

went down] in Los Angeles, Nick assumed that we had not seen the last of him,” Joshua Morrow tells Soaps.com. “It’s not really who he is to sort of [let it go].

 

“So Nick came back to Genoa City fully expecting it to happen,” he adds, “and, of course, we wouldn’t have a show if he if he didn’t.”

Morrow’s Loving This Throwback Story
Morrow, for one, is a big fan of the storyline. “I like the players involved. I like the way it’s unfolding. It really gives you a chance to sort of get back into that old Nick/Sharon/Matt Clark dynamic that was so gripping back in the in the ’90s.”

 

 

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Morrow has been killing it as Nick stares down a demon that he thought had been sent to hell decades ago. He makes Nick’s rage palpable. “I’m having a blast,” he says. “The workload is crazy substantial right now, but that’s what they pay me for — and I’m happy for it.

 

 

“I always tell [headwriter/executive producer] Josh Griffith, ‘Give me the ball, dude.’ And he certainly gave it to me right now!”

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An added bonus of the storyline, Morrow is getting to work closely with daytime vet Roger Howarth. “I cannot speak highly enough of Roger,” he says. “What an incredible take he has on this version of Matt Clark. You know, the two previous players, Eddie Cibrian and Rick Hearst, were both amazing, but they were all very different Matt Clarks.”

 

 

Howarth’s Matt 3.0 does something none of his previous iterations did. “The way this is all going to unfold, Roger is making me — Joshua, not Nick — feel sorry for Matt. I have never once, as Nick, felt sorry for the character of Matt Clark. And what Roger has done is… it’s like, I want to know more about Matt, like how he got this way. And it’s strictly about the performer.”

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In the weeks ahead, as the threat that Matt poses looms large, Nick will be forced to ask himself how far he’d go to protect his loved ones. “I think for the first time in his life, he’s ready to go the distance,” says his portrayer. “You know, Nick is the hero. He acts with his heart a lot, not really his head.

“But he’s had enough of this decades-long journey with Matt Clark,” he continues. “This is a real moment for Nick. The audience is going to have to sort of accept this version of Nick because this is a different situation for him and one that I don’t think the audience expects from him.”