Recently signed to a contract on Days of Our Lives, Bryan Dattilo (Lucas) is grateful and thrilled for his new deal. He shared his thoughts on what it meant with Soap Opera Digest.

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Of the move from recurring to contract, Dattilo dished:

It means one thing … respect, baby, respect.

In particular, he's looking forward to playing a role in some family storylines. Dattilo shared:

I think it was a little weird not to be a part of things when Allie [Lindsay Arnold] started going through some stuff, as her father, so I think having Lucas be a part of things gives the character a lot more validity and a lot more substance that I can’t wait to play.