The co-stars hit it off from the moment they first met — but not romantically. Victoria said in an interview with Soaps In Depth, "I was struck by his passion…I thought, ‘He’s the kind of actor that really throws himself into the work.’ I appreciated that because it reminded me of the style of acting that I learned while in New York. So I was very excited to be working with him."

Robert added, "I walked in and saw a beautiful young girl. You kind of expect that working on a soap opera… but she was also super talented, and it was a breath of fresh air to work with someone like that. And as Victoria said, we have a similar work ethic, which I didn’t expect."

It might explain why their chemistry was so palpable from day one, because even the show's producer noticed their connection after they filmed their first scene together.

Robert said in an interview with Soaps.com, "We knew what direction it was going in our very first week, because our producer came up to us after our first scenes together and was like 'hey, it's really good but you guys are playing a story like eight months from now, slow it down.' We weren't intentionally doing that so it kind of.... just made us look at things differently."