Bobbie Eakes and Jeff Trachta were hugely popular soap stars in the 1990s, playing the characters of Thorne Forrester and Macy Spectra in the daily US soap opera "The Bold And The Beautiful". Their characters were a long-time couple in the series that revolved around competing fashion houses Forrester Creations and Spectra Fashion and the numerous love affairs of its other characters. Thorne and Macy became populair characters, which influenced most major storylines.