US soap opera uses blow-up doll to film intimate scenes amid pandemic

'The Bold And The Beautiful' has churned out over 8,000 episodes to date. Photo: CBS

Social distancing can be challenging on any film or TV set, but especially on the set of a soap opera where physical displays of affection and intimacy are integral to its storytelling.

Long-running US soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful found some creative solutions to navigate this problem when it resumed production for the first time in over three months on June 17.