A View To A Kill

DAYS’s Vincent Irizarry on Deimos’s demise, and why it was hard to leave the show

- Robert Waldron

Soap Opera Digest: When did you learn that Deimos would be written out?

Vincent Irizarry: It was during my holiday break.

Digest: What was your reaction?

Irizarry: I would be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised. I knew that the audience’s response to the character was very strong. I loved playing the character, and I loved working on the show. I loved working with the people that I worked with. I also loved the back story to the character, the development and creation of it. So I was disappointed, certainly, and disheartened by it. But you know, that’s the way it goes sometimes. It’s what the writers at that time wanted to do, not only with my character, but a few other characters that were brought on by the writer before them.

Digest: Were you told that you would be killed off?

Irizarry: Yes, I was.

Digest: What did you think about that?

Irizarry: I was probably even more stunned by that fact. It was such a great character, and had so much potential, even in the fabric of the show itself. I just felt that there was really a great amount of potential for this character, and I was very proud of what I was able to do and bring to the character. After I finished taping my last show, I was nominated [for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor]. That was kind of cool [