‘The Young and the Restless’ Spoilers: There's A New Kyle Jenkins Abbott In Genoa City, Lachlan Buchanan Joins Cast, ‘It’s Going To Be A Fun Challenge’ [VIDEO]
Kyle Jenkins Abbott is returning to Genoa City.
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Kyle was last seen on The Young and the Restless on Jan. 27, 2014, in which he was getting sent to New York to work for Jabot Cosmetics. Hartley Sawyer had been portraying him.
Sawyer was let go in December 2013 as reported by Soap Opera Digest.
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The recast has officially been announced. Soap Opera Digest revealed last Tuesday that Australian actor Lachlan Buchanan will be taking over as Kyle now.
Buchanan has previous soap opera experience from his time on the Australian soap Home and Away.
The handsome, young Australian actor also had stints on various primetime American TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars and NCIS: Los Angeles so he's definitely capable of taking on the role of Kyle.
The 24-year-old revealed to Soap Opera Digest his Australian accent would be missing while he portrays Kyle.
"Yes, I'll be doing an American accent which means the Aussie one is going to disappear," he said, adding, "It's going to be a fun challenge and I'm really looking forward to playing Kyle."
Buchanan also revealed his excitement on Twitter about his new role.
So excited to start my new adventure with the brilliant team at the Young and Restless @YRInsider @CBSDaytime @YandR_CBS
— Lachlan Buchanan (@lachlanbuchanan) January 20, 2015
On Instagram he shared a photo of what appears to be part of his first script for the soap.
So excited to start my new adventure with the team at #theyoungandrestless @gregrikaart Let the silliness begin! #cbs #cbsdaytime #TV #soapopera A photo posted by Lachlan Buchanan (@lachiebuch) on Jan 20, 2015 at 8:33am PST
He reports to his first day on set Tuesday, Jan. 27 and he'll first appear in the Feb. 25 episode.
The Young and the Restless airs on weekdays at 12:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
