Thorne Forrester
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| Thorne Forrester | |||||||||||||
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| The Bold and the Beautiful | |||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Clayton Norcross (1987-1989) Jeff Trachta (1989-1996) Winsor Harmon (1996-present) |
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| First appearance | Episode 1 March 23, 1987 |
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| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Unemployed Former Vice Preisdent& Head of Manufacturing and Development at Forrester Creations | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Thorne's Beach House, Los Angeles, California |
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Thorne Forrester is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The character is currently played by Winsor Harmon since December 1996. Previously the role was played by Clayton Norcross from the show's premier in 1987 until 1989, then by Jeff Trachta from 1989 until 1996.
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[edit] The Forrester underdog
Thorne is the eldest son of Eric (played by John McCook) and second child of Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery). He has two sisters: Kristen (Tracy Melchior) and Felicia (Lesli Kay), he had another sister named Angela Forrester who died when she was 14; and three half-siblings: his older half-brother Ridge (Ronn Moss) by his mother, and Rick (Kyle Lowder) and Bridget (Ashley Jones) by his father.
[edit] Thorne and Caroline
Thorne (then played by Clayton Norcross)grew up in the shadow of his big brother Ridge, giving him a desperate need to prove himself to his family. He was in love with Ridge's girlfriend Caroline Spencer in 1987. Caroline only saw him as a friend and initially she wanted him and Brooke Logan together, but Brooke fell for Ridge also and so the infamous Ridge-Caroline-Thorne-Brooke love square began. After Ridge cheated on Caroline again she gave up on Ridge. Thorne then was releaved when they broke up and Thorne went after Caroline while Brooke Logan went after Ridge. During the Caroline rape storyline he was with her through it all and he proposed to her and since she was vulnerable she said yes after Brooke pushed her into it. Later on Caroline realized that Brooke used her to get to Ridge and so this caused problems in Thorne's marriage.
[edit] The Shooting
Ridge wanted him,Brooke (who was now involved with Ridge) and Caroline to have a little party by the pool, that night Caroline got tipsy and Thorne being overprotective of her, put her to bed. While they were drunk Ridge pretended to trick Caroline and slip in her bed, but she thought he was Thorne so they both had sex. Later on, Caroline acted weird because she found out and Ridge and her kept it a secret, Caroline told Stephanie and said she was gonna make a move on Ridge. Thorne overheared a conversation between Stephanie Forrester and Eric Forrester about the prank that Ridge pulled on Caroline. Thorne was shocked about it and he was tired of his brother. While Caroline was away, Thorne got drunk and took sleepping pills and this promted him to shoot Ridge one night. Stephanie Forrester saw him do it, and with her own hand-gun that she kept hidden. Thorne had no memory of this because of the combination of the alcohol and sleeping pills. Stephanie kept this a secret for as long as she could, but she eventually told Eric Forrester and Ridge Forrester. Then one day while Stephanie was with her alleged daughter "Angela" (who was really an imposter, and her true name was never revealed) she was talking about the shooting and "Angela" overheard it. When it was discovered that Angela was a fake, she later threatened to blackmail Stephanie about the shooting and that would tear the family apart. Later, "Angela" supposedly died in a car accident but she came back as another imposter named "Deveny Dixon" and she was working with Sally Spectra. Deveny fell in love with Thorne (then being played by Jeff Trachta)so she wanted to fix her face. Thorne wanted to help her by getting a good doctor to perform plastic surgery since she was in an accident. Then the doctor showed Thorne a computer image of what she looked like before, but it wasn't ready yet. Stephanie came by and when the image of Deveny came, she recognized "Angela". But "Angela" was two steps ahead and gave Thorne alcohol and gave him sleeping pills, and told him about the shooting and what Ridge and Caroline did one night. Thorne was now goingt to kill Ridge but Stephanie (who already confronted "Angela")stopped him in time, and he was furious with Stephanie for not telling him about what Ridge and Caroline did and the shooting and telling Ridge first. Caroline who was already divorcing Thorne returned and found out about everything, and Ridge chose to marry her. Six months later Thorne was devastated when he found out his ex-wife Caroline Spencer was dying, she died in July 1990. He had gotten involved with Macy, but dumped her for Caroline's twin Karen Spencer. They eventually broke up and Thorne went reunited with Macy.
[edit] Thorne and Macy
After his divorce with Caroline, Thorne fell in love with Sally Spectra's daughter Macy Alexander. The two had an on and off relationship in the 90's, Macy and Karen were fighting for him in 1992 and then Brooke and Macy fought for him in 1999 and he eventually chose Brooke, promting Macy to become an alcoholic and so she kidnapped Brooke and got in an accident with Macy dying in a car explosion. Macy was revealed to be alive in 2002 and Thorne and Macy came back together but her Alcoholism got in their way leading to the end of their relationship.
[edit] Thorne and Taylor
Thorne had a brief relationship with Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo) in 1998 during her pregnancy with Ridge's child. (Ridge was still with Brooke.) After Ridge found out the paternity of Thomas, Ridge returned to Taylor. Thorne returned to Macy. After numerous failed attempts at a relationship with Macy Alexander (Bobbie Eakes) and a brief but unsuccessful fling with Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang), he found happiness with Darla Einstein (Schae Harrison) in 2003. The couple had their first (and only) child, Alexandria (Harley Graham), named after Macy Alexander, in January 2004. They married in mid-2004 and were happily married until Darla's death in July 2006. Thorne was thrilled when, in 2004, his parents made him president of Forrester Creations. But when the eldest (and favoured) Forrester son, Ridge, decided to return to the company, Eric and Stephanie demoted Thorne to Vice President in favor of Ridge. Tired of being the unappreciated younger son, Thorne trashed his father's office in a fit of rage, and left Forrester to join Spectra Fashions, taking many of their designs with him. Rather than ride on Eric and Ridge's designs, Thorne had a change of heart, and decided to make the newly renamed Spectra Couture famous for its own designs and also began designing himself, something he had given up years earlier when discouraged by his family, who believed Ridge was better. After Spectra CEO Sally (Darlene Conley) bet everything on Spectra winning the fashion show, Thorne was out of a job and out of a company, but Stephanie, having recently discovered she was the rightful owner of Forrester Creations, reinstated Thorne as the company's president.
Afterwards Thorne spent time raising his daughter, Alexandria (Harley Graham), as a single parent, having broken off his engagement to Taylor Hamilton (Hunter Tylo).
Thorne saw minimal airtime until the first anniversary of Darla's death in July 2007, when it became apparent that Thorne was still grieving his wife, turning to drugs and alcohol. While at a bar one night, a drunken Thorne was offered a ride home by Brooke's sister, Donna Logan (Jennifer Gareis). In Thorne's innebriated state, he hallucinated that Donna was Darla. Donna, angry with Stephanie over her treatment of Brooke, decided to take advantage of Thorne to get back at Stephanie. However, the wedding didn't happen, after Donna's sister, Katie Logan, told him the truth of her sister's real reason for marrying him. Thorne angrily broke off the engagement, and thanked Katie for her honesty. He and Katie have become friends, as each other can confide in one another. However, their friendship has become strained due to Katie discovering that he and Felicia were openly helping Stephanie sabotage Donna's relationship with Eric.
[edit] Disapproval of Eric and Donna
Thorne has again had little screen time, but has openly disapproved of his father's relationship with Donna, hoping his parents will re-unite. He even paid two models to pretend to be Owen and Donna and have an affair. Though this temporarily breaks up Eric and Donna, Thorne is found out and Eric and Donna re-unite. Thorne has also recently left Forrester Creations, believing the company is no longer a family company but instead run by the Logans.
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