Like Sands Through the Hourglass These Are the Things You Never Knew About ‘Days Of Our Lives’

8. John’s Fired And Rehired!

“John Black” played by Drake Hogestyn, had a couple of intense facial expressions that always let fans know something big was about to go down. Throughout his run, his character’s identity has been switched from “The Pawn” to “Roman Brady” to “John Stevens” to “Forrest Alamain” to “Father John” to “Ryan Brady DiMera” to “John Black.” Phew! Despite all this, in 2007 he was fired in order for show-runners to find more money in the budget. For years the show was in ratings’ purgatory, but when it received a two-year pickup and things started to look up, Hogestyn was also picked back up to reprise his character as Marlena’s long-time love interest. You never know when he’ll go in and out that revolving door.