 On May 2, 2014, "Soap Opera Digest" confirmed that Scott had wrapped filming and would exit the series screen sometime in the fall.In a May 2020 interview with "Soap Opera Digest", Paul Telfer revealed he had previously been hired as a one-week stand-by, due to an undisclosed health issue by James.Telfer later joined the cast as Xander Kiriakis in 2015.