Dominick Marone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Soap opera character | |
 |
|
| Dominick Marone | |
|---|---|
| Nicknames | Nick Nicky (by Jackie) Popeye (by Ridge) Captain Horndog (by Ridge) |
| Address | Los Angeles, California |
| Date of birth | unknown |
| Gender | male |
| Parents | Massimo Marone Jacqueline Payne |
| Siblings | Diana Carter (paternal half sister) Ridge Forrester (paternal half brother) |
| Married | Bridget Forrester (divorced) Brooke Logan (currently married) |
| Occupation | CEO of Marone Industries |
| Portrayer | Jack Wagner |
Dominick "Nick" Marone (né Payne) is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, played by actor Jack Wagner since 2003.
[edit] Character
Nick is the son of Massimo Marone (Joseph Mascolo) and Jacqueline Payne (Lesley-Anne Down). He has been romantically involved with Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) on-and-off since his arrival in LA in 2003. When Brooke left him the first time in 2004 to marry his half-brother Ridge Forrester (Ronn Moss), Nick took comfort with Ridge's half-sister Felicia (then played by Colleen Dion-Scotti). Realising that Nick was just on the rebound, Felicia left town several months later.
Nick found happiness again early in 2005, when he fell in love with Brooke's daughter, Bridget Forrester (Ashley Jones). The two soon became engaged and even made it to the altar, but the ceremony was cut short when Ridge collapsed after his presumed-dead wife, Taylor (Hunter Tylo) appeared. Following the revelation that Taylor was alive, Ridge left Brooke for her. This caused Nick to re-evaluate his feelings for Brooke.
Having discovered she was pregnant, Bridget caught on to Nick and Brooke's mutual attraction. In order to test Nick's love for her, she faked an abortion. When she revealed the truth that she was till pregnant, Nick was at first furious, then relieved. They married on Nick's boat in September 2005.
Weeks later, Felicia (now played by Lesli Kay) returned to town with a baby named "Dominick" in tow. Felicia revealed that the child was Nick's, and when she discovered she was dying of colon cancer, asked Nick and Bridget to adopt the infant. A paternity test soon revealed that baby Dominick was not Nick's son, but the result of a one night stand in France with Dante Damiano (Antonio Sabato, Jr.).
When Bridget's daughter Nicole was stillborn in February 2006, she realised that she was only hanging on to Nick for the sake of Dominick and Nicole, and that there was no longer anything to keep them together. She soon presented Nick with divorce papers and decided to raise Dominick with Dante. Nick reunited with Brooke, who was engaged to Ridge at the time. Brooke and Nick are now married.
However, his marriage to Brooke is doomed, because of her unending ties to Ridge and his family. His fury was unleashed when, during an argument with Stephanie, his mother went over the side of the balcony and landed in a coma. With her encouragement, he viciously ordered Stephanie to hand over Forrester Creations to him, or else face time in jail for what she did to his mother. He claimed it was to get justice against the Forresters; but everyone else sees it as what it really is, a power grab borne completely out of vengeance.
By bullying Eric and everyone else, he forced them to sell Forrester Creations, (but not without a lot of animosity from the family, ie Felicia slapping him; Ridge vowing vengeance, and even then after he was convinced to remove the No-Compete Clause that would have prevented them from ever working in fashion again). Then Brooke shocked him by signing over her shares, thereby giving him all of Forrester; but it was bittersweet when she walked out of his life for good and reunited with Ridge.
Undaunted, Nick signed Brooke's sister, Donna Logan, to become the face of his new company and his head model. In a final confrontation, he faced off with Stephanie and despite her shattering the windows in the main office; Nick gloated that he had Forrester in the palm of his hand, and until she died, it would remain in his hands.
