Katherine Kelly Lang and Ronn Moss, aka Brooke and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.
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ICONIC ... The Bold and the Beautiful stars Mackenzie Mauzy, Ronn Moss, 
Katherine Kelly Lang and Kyle Lowder filmed near the Opera House. 
 
Emily Dunn
June 28, 2007

KATHERINE KELLY LANG has a confession. Off set, the actress,
better known as blonde temptress Brooke Logan from The Bold and the Beautiful,
has started calling chiselled co-star Ronn Moss by his character's name, Ridge.

"Sometimes I just call him Ridge out of habit," Lang says. "I've noticed it happening more lately."

If the actors are experiencing an identity crisis, it is no wonder.
Lang and Moss have played star-crossed lovers for 20 years.
At last count, their characters had been married five times, although neither actor is sure of the official number. "
I had to call the office and no one knew how many times they have been married," Lang says.

Lang and Moss were in Sydney in February, filming scenes for a series of episodes including a 20th-anniversary special.
The episodes, which are currently screening on Ten, capitalise on the show's global popularity (it is the most-watched daily drama in the world).

They see Brooke and Ridge open the first international Forrester fashion boutique in Sydney,
with Brooke's son Rick and Ridge's daughter Phoebe (from a previous marriage to psychiatrist Taylor),
along for the ride. In a twist typical of the show's incestuous relationships, Rick and Phoebe are also romantically involved.

Lang and Moss agree some of the plot twists thrown at them by the show's writer and executive producer, Bradley Bell, can be difficult to swallow.

"You have to make the weird plots work," Moss says. "If you go, 'This is bullshit and I don't know how we can make it work,' you are doomed.
Sometimes when we are rehearsing we will take the piss out of it and have fun. Then we can get to the heart of what it is supposed to be."

When it comes to the love stakes, no soap character can hold a candle to Brooke, officially the most married woman on TV.
As well as her pairings with Ridge, she has married Ridge's stepfather (twice),
both of Ridge's half-brothers and had an affair with her daughter's husband.

"Ridge and Brooke will always be connected, (but) the heart of the drama is not having us together,"
Lang says.

Other key characters, such as Rick, have been played by different actors but Moss doubts the show would survive without him and Lang. "
It is completely conceited but I'd say no."