General Hospital's Brandon Barash takes over for Tyler Christopher at Days of our Lives

General Hospital alum Brandon Barash (ex-Johnny Zacchara) temporarily took over for Tyler Christopher in the role of Days of our Lives' Stefan O. DiMera last fall, and the switch is about to take place on-screen.

Days of our Lives baddie Stefan O. DiMera is about to get a new face -- but how long he'll have that new face has yet to be determined.

As Soap Central first reported in September 2018, former General Hospital star Brandon Barash (ex-Johnny Zacchara) was hurriedly hired to step into the shoes of the character originated by Tyler Christopher. Due to DAYS' production schedule, the casting swap will finally be seen on-screen this month.

NBC has confirmed that Christopher's last airdate will be on Wednesday, March 20, and Barash will make his on-screen debut as Stefano DiMera and Vivian Alamain's son on Monday, March 25.

Christopher took on the role of Stefan to much fanfare in December 2017. The Emmy-winning actor departed the NBC soap opera last fall due to undisclosed reasons, prompting the "emergency recast." At this time, it's unclear how long Barash will be playing Stefan and when -- or if -- Christopher will again be seen back in Salem.

Barash made his daytime debut as GH's Johnny, a role he played from 2007 to 2013 and again in a recurring capacity from 2014 to 2016. His additional credits include Major Crimes, Timeless, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Scorpion, Lucifer, and Good Trouble.

Christopher got his start in daytime as General Hospital's Nikolas Cassadine, which he played on-again, off-again from 1996 to 2016. He can next be seen in the family-friendly film Max Winslow and the House of Secrets, which he filmed in January.

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DAYS' Stefan has forged several relationships since coming to Salem in 2017, including romantic connections with Gabi (Camila Banus) and Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin). Time will tell how those connections will hold up with a new actor in the role or if the powers that be will take Stefan in a new direction with Barash in the shoes of the character. His connection with Chloe will be short-lived, no matter what; as Soap Central previously reported, Bjorlin will be exiting DAYS later this year. As for how well Barash can play Stefan -- a villain with nefarious parents -- it shouldn't be much of a stretch: on GH, he played the son of mob boss Anthony Zacchara.

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