He had also had reconstructive surgery after an accident, so nobody recognized him as Jason at first.
Jason and Sam even got remarried and had another baby.
That’s when the real on-screen drama began.
Sam soon chose the all-original Jason, leaving poor Drew out in the cold and feeling alone.
“I heard rumblings about it and once it happened, Billy and I talked.
If they were going to get somebody, who could do it?'”
Burton told Soap Opera Digest of recasting Jason.
“And, you know, Billy can do it!
“Look, you have to be realistic.
I don’t own the character.
You’re giving them carte blanche to go hire whoever they want to play your role!'”
People want there to be drama with Billy and me, but there just isn’t!”
