”My favorite scene is where Stephanie and Massimo discuss that Massimo is Ridge's father -- I had a blast!”

CBS.com: “Tell me more about Massimo Marone”.
JOSEPH: “Well, he obviously was a childhood friend of Stephanie. They almost got married at one point. They went to Northwestern University together, but then she got involved with Eric. Through all these years, Massimo has been in touch with Stephanie. Eric did not know this. No one knew this. I didn't know it”.

CBS.com: “I think viewers are enjoying seeing Massimo in Stephanie's corner where Brooke is concerned. He gets to voice all the things about Brooke that some fans have been saying all along”.
JOSEPH: “I guess so. I didn't know that until I started and then everybody was saying, "Yeah!" [They were saying that] especially on the set. It was kind of fun. It was the same thing with Eric [Forrester]. That's why I said [that Massimo] has been in touch with Stephanie because he can't come in there and whip Eric's head around with all these facts unless he knew about them. Susan Flannery [Stephanie] was cute one day. We were doing [a scene] where I was really going at Eric and she was saying, "Right! Right!”" [Laughs]
CBS.com: “How has it been working with Susan and John McCook [Eric]”?
JOSEPH: “It is very wonderful. They are pros. They are lovely people. Everybody here has been really very gracious. [They've] made it very comfortable”.

CBS.com: “Have you been in any episodes that Susan was directing”?
JOSEPH: “No, I haven't. That will be fun so I can give her a hard time”!

CBS.com: “Is Massimo trying to reclaim their romantic relationship by breaking up Stephanie and Eric's marriage”?
JOSEPH: “That's hard to say because she represents the innocent part of his life. I think maybe he would like to recapture that, like we all would in a way. Maybe in spite of himself he's doing it. I think his feelings for her are genuine. I think his feelings toward wanting to protect her are genuine. His dislike of what Eric has put her through is genuine. I think Massimo is very strongly related to family and family morality”.