It was actually a pretty long process. The first audition then the second audition, then I went in again to meet the casting director and the producer. They then said they wanted me for a screen test. I did the screen test and they ended up not choosing me. They ended up going with the other girl [Rodriguez]. They told me that they wanted to go a little bit younger for the part. The news of Rodriguez' departure came straight after Lindsay Hartley who played Gabi's on-screen sister Arianna Hernandez , was killed off.
Banus who first aired as Gabi on October 4, said that the transition was "super easy" and she was welcomed onto the set with "lots of love. Explaining her being hired by "Days of our Lives", Banus said that two months after her initial audition she was again offered the role of Gabi by its casting director due to the character being aged, but rejected them because of other career projects.
She recalled thinking, " Days is over" again and "they were never going to call me again ". At the Emmy ceremony, Banus revealed that she would be departing from the series when her current contract expired. Her announcement followed the news that her costars Casey Deidrick and Chandler Massey were also leaving. On April 24, , it was confirmed that Banus will be reprising the role of Gabi to take part in the soap's fiftieth anniversary celebrations; Banus returned on September 17, Initially, Gabi was "sweet" and "innocent.
She's a really good girl and has a really big heart. She loves her brother and sister and would do anything for them. Rodriguez said that she is sensitive, has a strong personality and shows her soft side with people she's " comfortable with " and believed these were all traits Gabi has.
Gabi is very motherly and likes helping the people that she loves, which is very much like me as well. Rodriguez said that although they get into " little bickering fights every once in a while ", the siblings love each other.
Banus said that compared to her three siblings, Gabi " is extremely independent, responsible and she has been on her own for a little bit ", but noted that " She is a family girl and loves taking care of family. Banus loves playing the "evil bitch"-type character and had that opportunity when Gabi underwent a personality change in The actress who enjoys playing the " dark side of Gabi " credited Ariana's death as the reasoning for Gabi's life going downhill.
The actress sent a message to fans, " I want to tell them to be patient with me. The girl they once knew will come back. The new Gabi was described as " obsessive and crazy " and also " manipulative " and " psycho " which received flack from fans. Banus confessed to seeing the backlash on social media websites including Twitter.
She was a bad girl. She popped holes in condoms. She took acid. Rodriguez said that Gabi was still into him, but was " heartbroken because they really didn't have a chance at a real relationship. It was just kind of left like on the verge of something new and interesting. She was just starting to like him and she didn't know where it was going. She felt that the relationship had potential, as Gabi still " might have a little thing for him ".
In January , the romance was re-visited in a storyline which Deidrick felt that the writers dropped their brief past, and " You'd never know that happened if you were tuning into Days for the first time now. Gabi and Chad became " superstar models " as the new faces of Countess Wilhelmina Cosmetics. This included a " steamy ad campaign " which Banus described as them having " no clothes and they're dripping wet.
It's pretty intense. On-Air On-Soaps wrote:. If so, Melanie better watch out, given that we have seen Banus play man-crazy when she went off the rails as One Life to Live's Lola Montez. Banus felt that it wasn't love, but an infatuation, " [Gabi] is obsessed with having the ideal boyfriend because she has never had an ideal boyfriend. The person she thought was the ideal boyfriend turned out to be gay. She also noted during an interview with TV Guide that " Gabi is attracted to Chad and she sees this modeling thing as a way to be near him.
Everyone at the photoshoot felt that they made a good couple, while Deidrick said " Meanwhile, Chad's like, "Huh? Gabi was shocked to find out that Chad was dating Melanie when she showed up to the photoshoot and shared a kiss with Chad. Banus said that Gabi " sees Chad with Melanie and realizes she is not the girl for Chad.
Gabi is the girl for Chad. So she focuses all her time and devotes her energy to making sure that is clear to him. At the point where they are at, I think she would do a lot to get that, and that is where she is at right now. However, she noted that "Melanie, deep down, is really her friend. And honestly, she really does care about Melanie a whole lot and never wants to see her get hurt. Gabi knew Melanie being kidnapped by her stalker, Andrew but didn't do anything because Andrew blackmailed her.
Chad discovered this and has since had a bitter vendetta against Gabi, despising her. Of a possible Will and Gabi pairing, Rodriguez said, " I think that would be so perfect.
They're so compatible. They're just very good people. With the help of Dr. Now, if he can just get his love life on track. The actress was immediately thrown into the fire with dramatic frontburner storylines, easily cementing her status as a beloved member of both the Brady and Horton families. However, a great love with Jennifer, an unstoppable sense of humor and a couple of children helped turn the character into a lovable goof and mostly upstanding citizen. However, soap pro Cady McClain easily took over as Jennifer Horton — and made such an impression, she won a Daytime Emmy for her efforts.
Hey, it happens! With Australian actress Isabel Durant in the role, a reformed Claire made amends with those she had wronged and looked ahead to her future. Her love life could still use some help, though. Come back, Claire! Come back! His love for his wife is very, very great.
He ended up kidnapping Melanie, to Gabi's knowledge. Andrew blackmailed Gabi into not telling anybody about Melanie. The truth was eventually revealed, and Chad hated Gabi for it. Feeling down, she ended up having a one night stand with Will, but agreed that it was a mistake. Chad consistently reminded Gabi that she would continue to pay for what she did.
She then began a relationship with Nick Fallon , who was released from jail after serving time because he kidnapped Melanie. Nick reassured everyone he was a changed man. Chad assaulted Nick, who promised not to press charges if Chad dropped his threats towards Gabi, which he did. Gabi and Nick began planning their happy future, but she realized that she was pregnant with Will's child.
Eventually, Gabi, Nick and Will decided that they would pretend that Nick is the father, and Gabi and Nick decided to get married.
But when Gabi accidentally let it slip that she is further along than she originally said, Nick covered for her, saying that the two had a one-night stand the day they met.
Despite there being some anger at this, everyone has accepted the duo as a couple, except for Chad, who wants Gabi to pay for her misdeeds. Ever since, Sonny has cut all his ties to Gabi and warned Will to avoid her.
Nick finally tells Gabi about what happened to him in prison, and what he did to Will. Gabi moves in with Will, Sonny and baby Arianna and her marriage to Nick is annulled. Despite being divorced, Nick continued to be obsessed with Gabi. When Gabi refused his advances, he tried to rape her. Gabi took a rock and bashed Nick on the head. Sami and Kate arrived and help Gabi throw Nick's body in the water. Nick briefly woke up before sinking into the water, and Gabi was haunted by the fact that they had let him die.
On the day of Arianna's christening, Nick showed up at the ceremony alive, and lied about the events that happened that night. Nick wanted to reconcile with Gabi and slowly spent time with her and Arianna. He tried to get Gabi to take Arianna away from Will, but was eventually shot and killed with Gabi revealed to be the shooter. Gabi explained that she was scared of Nick's influence over her and felt she had to kill him to stop him from being a threat to Arianna.
EJ, who served as Gabi's lawyer, thought it would be better for her to have a plea deal than go to trial and have the truth about Melanie's kidnapping come out. Gabi accepted the plea deal and got ten to twenty years in prison. Gabi is released from prison in September and shares a happy reunion with Rafe, Will and Arianna thanks to an error made in her sentencing. As Gabi settles back into her life and relaunches her modeling career when Kate hires her at Basic Black working opposite retired baseball player Paul Narita , she is devastated when Will is murdered by a serial killer.
The killings lead to Gabi's reunion with her estranged father Eduardo Hernandez for the first time since she was an infant as one of the serial killer victims is Gabi's half-sister Paige Larson. In December , Gabi bonds with JJ Deveraux and they begin dating, but the romance is short-lived and he had cheated on her with Abe's daughter, Lani Price.
But in November , Chad's wife Abigail returns to Salem and they reconcile, so Gabi tries to ignore her feelings for Chad. Abigail, with the help of Gabi's brother Dario, who has developed feelings for Abigail himself, rescue them. Chad tells Abigail that he still has feelings for Gabi, but that he loves Abigail and wants to keep his marriage, and eventually decides he must remove Gabi from his life entirely.
The day that Chad decides to tell Gabi this, Deimos kidnaps Abigail and Gabi and poisons them both and gives Chad only enough antidote to save one of the women, forcing him to choose which woman would live and which would die. Chad, however, gives half of the antidote to each one, saving both of their lives, however Gabi remained in a coma for a few days.
Gabi supported Chad and Abigail's plans to remarry, but Abigail broke it off with Chad. At the time, Gabi was dating Eli Grant. Gabi went to Greece where Chad and Eli both went for different reasons. Eli saw Gabi has feelings for Chad and broke up with her. Deimos was successfully apprehended and Hope and Rafe brought him back to Salem. Gabi realized Chad had the amulet with him him when he told her he had gotten rid of it, and convinced him to bury it in the sand.
Gabi and Chad admitted they had feelings for each other and slept together. Paul ended up contracting jungle madness, and ended up attacking Gabi. They were rescued by John and Marlena and returned safely to town where they went public with their relationship.
Andre warned Gabi not to hurt Chad, and subtly threatened her by telling her to watch her back.
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