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'{{Infobox soap character | name = Cane Ashby | series = The Young and the Restless | portrayer = '''[[Daniel Goddard]]''' | first = January 12, 2007 | last = | cause = | creator = [[Lynn Marie Latham]] | image1 = Image:DanielGoddard.jpg | caption1 = [[Daniel Goddard]] as Cane Ashby (2007) | nickname = Cane, Hurricane | alias = | gender = Male | born = December 31, 1975 | death = | age = 33 | occupation = Owner of Jimmy's Bar Former CEO of [[Jabot Cosmetics]]/Director of Acquisitions & Mergers, Board Member of [[Chancellor Industries]] | title = | residence = 1101 Lavetta Terrace<br>[[Genoa City (fictional city)|Genoa City, Wisconsin]] 53128 | parents = | siblings = | spouse = [[Amber Moore]] <br> <small> (invalid) [2007]</small> <br> [[Chloe Abbott]]<br><small>(annulled) [2008-2009]</small><br> [[Lily Winters]] <br><small>(married) [2009 - ]</small> | romances = | children = ''Unnamed child'' <br><small>(miscarriage)</small> Unnamed Child (<ref>with Lily,currently expecting</ref>) | grandchildren = | grandparents = | aunts/uncles = | nieces/nephews = | cousins = | relatives = [[Malcolm Winters]] <br><small>(father-in-law)</small><br> [[Neil Winters]] <br><small>(father-in-law)</small><br> [[Drucilla Winters]]<br><small>(mother-in-law; deceased)</small><br> [[Devon Hamilton]]<br><small>(brother-in-law)</small> | color = #C3B091 | color text = }} '''Ethan Cane Ashby''' is a [[fictional character]] in the [[United States|American]] [[soap opera]] ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', portrayed by [[Australia|Australian]] actor [[Daniel Goddard]] since January 12, 2007.<ref name="TV.com 2007-01-12">[http://www.tv.com/the-young-and-the-restless/ep.-8556/episode/963311/summary.html ''The Young and the Restless'' recap (January 12, 2007) - TV.com]</ref> As part of a [[retcon]] storyline that aired in 2007, it was determined that Cane was the real [[Phillip Chancellor III]], a character that was first introduced as an infant in December 1975. However, recent episodes have revealed that Cane is a fraud. ==Writing and portrayal== Daniel Goddard came onto ''The Young and the Restless'' as Cane Ashby, an Australian bartender in search of his birth family.<ref name="Soap Opera Weekly A Tale of Two Phillips">{{cite news | first= | last= | title =A Tale of Two Phillips | publisher = [[Soap Opera Weekly]] |page= |date=2009-06-09| accessdate = 2009-06-16}}</ref><ref name="TVGuideCanada.com">{{cite web|first=Nelson| last=Branco| title=Down Under with Daniel Goddard| publisher=''[[TV Guide Canada]]''|date=2007-07-26|accessdate=2009-06-16| url=http://entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca/TV_Guide/Soaps/Features/Articles/070726_daniel_goddard_NB}}</ref> The actor auditioned for the role with an American accent, but when the show found out about his Australian background, that influenced Cane's backstory.<ref name="michaelfairmansoaps.com"/> "The concept of Cane was that he was given away at birth," Goddard said. "So he could have been from Mongolia. It just worked out luckily for me that I was the right person for the job."<ref name="michaelfairmansoaps.com">{{cite news| first=Michael| last=Fairman|title=THE DANIEL GODDARD INTERVIEW|publisher=''michaelfairmansoaps.com'' |page= |date=|accessdate=2009-06-16|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/article/articleItem.cfm?cms_article_id=20}}</ref> Since the producers could not understand the actor's real accent, Goddard "Americanized" it while portraying the character.<ref name="TVGuideCanada.com"/> Goddard described Cane as a "typical Australian, working-class kind of guy who mined opals, raised goats, then went off for travel and adventure to sort of find himself."<ref name="SoapOperaDigest.com Oz Interview">{{cite web|first=| last=| title=The Boy From Oz| publisher=''[[Soap Opera Digest]]''|date=|accessdate=2009-06-16| url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/young-and-restless/interviews/danielgoddard/index.html}}</ref> The writers established Cane as a smart, loyal, and moral survivalist with an edge.<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08">{{cite news| first=Julie| last=McElwain|title=Speed Racer|publisher=''[[Soaps In Depth]]'' |page=62-65|date=2008-07-07|accessdate=2009-06-16}}</ref><ref name="Soaps In Depth June 2007">{{cite news| first=| last=|title=Is Cane Who He Claims to be?|publisher=''[[Soaps In Depth]]'' |page=|date=June 2007|accessdate=2009-06-16}}</ref> They showed that edge during the character's reaction to the betrayal of his love interest, [[Amber Moore]].<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/> After that relationship ended, the writers planned on pairing Cane with [[Michelle Stafford]]'s [[Phyllis Summers]]. A scene aired between the characters in the same episode as Cane and Amber's break up. The popularity of Phyllis with Nicolas Newman halted the plans for the pairing.<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/> Cane was instead written into a romance with [[Christel Khalil]]'s [[Lily Winters]].<ref name="Soap Opera Digest 9/25/09">{{cite news| first=| last=|title=New Couple Alert|publisher=''[[Soap Opera Digest]]'' |page=|date=2009-09-25|accessdate=2009-06-16}}</ref> Viewers felt the character lost some of his edginess when paired with her. "I can say, as an actor, that Cane has lost a certain amount of edge, a certain amount of his dynamic," Goddard said. "But at the same time, it's been replaced with a level of compassion, understanding, tolerance, romance, and love...all the things that daytime is really about at it's core."<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/> Goddard compared the romance between Lily and Cane to ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' since both characters would grow and learn from the relationship.<ref name="theyoungandtherestless.com">{{cite news| first=| last=|title=Chasing Cane |publisher=''theyoungandtherestless.com'' |page= |date=|accessdate=2009-06-16|url=http://www.theyoungandtherestless.com/specials/specials_detail_3156.html}}</ref> The storylines designed for them included the controversy with the gap in the character's ages, a miscarriage, and a quadrangle with [[Chloe Mitchell]] and [[Billy Abbott]]. Within the quadrangle story arc, Chloe tricks Cane into thinking they conceived a child together. To make the story work, the writers scripted Cane as less intelligent, a strategy they used previously with the Amber storyline. To keep the character from looking too bad, Goddard said he made acting choices in portraying the to justify Cane's actions.<ref name="michaelfairmansoaps.com"/> Despite the lessening of the character's intelligence, Goddard said he liked the story because of the originality of the plot. Love triangles and questioned paternity happen regularly in soap operas, but he felt that head writer [[Maria Arena Bell]] managed to make those conventions fresh and new.<ref name="michaelfairmansoaps.com"/> He also praised the writer for the scenes Lily and Cane shared after they broke up over the course of the plot. Bell "is spinning a wonderful story," he said. "She's allowing the love of Cane and Lily to show amid all this, in moments when they're together. So there's an incredible amount of angst for the audience, but at the same time a solid beacon of hope that this will play itself out."<ref name="SOW 10/14/08">{{cite news | first= | last= | title =A Trip Down Memory 'Lane' | publisher = [[Soap Opera Weekly]] |page= |date=2008-10-14| accessdate = 2009-06-30}}</ref> After Cane and Lily reunited, the show added a dog named Humphrey as the "third wheel" in the couples relationship. To create a quick bond between the dog and the actors, the dog handler put chicken baby food behind Goddard's ears. "That way, the dog on cue actually comes over and jumps on the sofa with Christel (Khalil, Lily) and me, and does stuff," he said. "I walk around smelling like chickeny dog breath all day."<ref name="SOW 05/05/09">{{cite news | first= | last= | title =Going to the Dogs| publisher = [[Soap Opera Weekly]] |page= |date=2009-05-05| accessdate = 2009-06-30}}</ref> ===Phillip Chancellor III=== In 1976, [[William J. Bell]] created Phillip Chancellor III as the child of [[Jill Foster Abbott|Jill Foster]] ([[Brenda Dickson]]) and Phillip Chancellor II ([[Donnelly Rhodes]]). From that point, the character stayed a part of the show's storylines until the character was killed off in 1989.<ref name="Soap Opera Weekly A Tale of Two Phillips"/><ref name="The Young and the Restless Most Memorable Moments">{{cite book|first1=Mary| last1=Cassata| first2=Barbara| last2=Irwin| editor-first=Peter| editor-last=Hoffman| title=The Young and the Restless Most Memorable Moments| publisher=General Publishing Group |location=Los Angeles, California|year=1996| isbn=1-881649-87-3 |pages=107-109}}</ref> Years later, in 2007, former head writer [[Lynn Marie Latham]] rewrote the birth of the character by establishing that [[Katherine Chancellor]] ([[Jeanne Cooper]]), Jill's enemy and Phillip II's wife, switched their child with another, hours after his birth. The character was brought back onto the show as an adult named Cane Ashby, portrayed by Daniel Goddard.<ref name="TVGuideCanada.com"/> Cane reentered the series as an Australian in search of his birth mother the storyline with no knowledge of his true paternity.<ref name="michaelfairmansoaps.com"/> During that time, Goddard did not want to know the real motives of his character because he did not want that to influence his performance.<ref name="TVGuideCanada.com"/> After the reveal that Jill is Cane's mother came to light, his views changed. "Now, I welcome the information because it adds more color to my portrayal," he said.<ref name="TVGuideCanada.com"/> The initial lack of information made playing Cane difficult since there was an amount of ambiguity over whether he was a good, bad, or in between character. The ambiguity deepened when Goddard read the script revealing that the DNA test performed for Jill and Cane came back negative. "I had never gone to Lynn to ask what's going on," Goddard said. "But I went to her then and said, 'I can play anything I need to, but just answer this one question- am I really Jill's son?' And she said, 'Yes, you are.'"<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/> A second test later reflected that. Though the maternity question was cleared up, more ambiguity about Cane's intentions appeared as the character received a phone call from his uncle Langley that hinted towards Cane scheming against Jill and Katherine.<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/><ref name="Soaps In Depth June 2007"/> The original intent of the call was to show that Cane wanted what was owed to him after being given away.<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/><ref name="Soaps In Depth June 2007"/> The writers changed directions after the popularity of the character grew.<ref name="Soaps In Depth 7/7/08"/><ref name="SoapOperaDigest.com Nature vs. Nurture">{{cite web|first=Deanna| last=Barnert| title=Daniel Goddard: Nature vs. Nurture| publisher=''[[Soap Opera Digest]]''|date=|accessdate=2009-06-16| url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/features/young-and-restless/interviews/goddardnaturenuture/index.html}}</ref> Goddard said he felt the phone call was resolved within the story when Cane sent money to his uncle as part of taking care of him.<ref name="theyoungandtherestless.com"/> In 2008, Maria Arena Bell took over as head writer of ''The Young and the Restless''. A storyline she readdressed was the phone call Cane received from Langley. In her revised version of the story, Langley is really the man raised to believe he is Phillip Chancellor III, portrayed by [[Thom Bierdz]]. The show kept secrecy around the twist by sneaking Bierdz in to shoot scenes and asked that he not tell anyone of his return.<ref name="Soap Opera Weekly Closer Look: Thom Bierdz">{{cite news | first=Janet | last=Di Lauro| title =Closer Look: Thom Bierdz | publisher = [[Soap Opera Weekly]] |page= |date=2009-06-09| accessdate = 2009-06-16}}</ref> ==Storylines== In January 2007, Cane is a bartender at ''Indigo'', [[Neil Winters]]' nightclub in [[Genoa City (fictional city)|Genoa City, Wisconsin]]. An [[Australia]]n national, Cane has remained in the United States beyond the expiration of his visa, and is fearful of being deported. Shortly thereafter he becomes involved with [[Ambrosia Moore|Amber Moore]] ([[Adrienne Frantz]]), who first uses him to make [[Adrian Korbel]] ([[Eyal Podell]]) jealous. She later finds out that Cane is trying to find his birth mother. He was adopted by a woman named Violet Montgomery, who died shortly after, and then raised by Violet's brother, Langley Ashby who lives in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]]. At the same time, Amber is also trying to track down [[Jill Foster Abbott|Jill Abbott's]] ([[Jess Walton]]) son, Phillip Chancellor III, who has actually been switched with another child by [[Katherine Chancellor]] ([[Jeanne Cooper]]) shortly after his birth in 1975. She realizes that Cane might be Jill's son and tries to capitalize on that by marrying him. Amber and Cane go to [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] where she gets him drunk and tricks him into thinking they got married. It is revealed in February 2007 that Amber's suspicions of Cane being Jill's son are correct. Jill and Cane share a tearful reunion. Additionally, the revelation that Cane is the true Phillip Chancellor III prevents his deportation; since he was born in Genoa City, he is a native-born U.S. citizen. Cane and Amber get used to being married, and eventually move onto the Chancellor estate. Kay also offers an executive position to Cane in the construction division of [[Chancellor Industries]], which he accepts. Later, Cane begins to be suspicious concerning his marriage to Amber. He realizes that his signature on the wedding certificate does not look like his own, though Amber claims it is because of how drunk he was that night. After contacting Amber's former mother-in-law [[Brooke Logan]] ([[Katherine Kelly Lang]]) and asking questions about her history with Amber, he eventually realizes the truth, that the marriage is invalid. Cane wants nothing to do with Amber and claims that she only ever wanted him for the Chancellor money. Before asking her to sign the papers invalidating their marriage, Cane has sex with Amber and then rejects her, hoping to make her feel his pain. Amber, meanwhile, appears to have actually fallen in love with Cane during the marriage, and is devastated at his rejection. In September 2007, Cane shares a kiss with the recently-divorced [[Lily Winters]] ([[Christel Khalil]]), and also begins a flirtation with A.D.A. [[Heather Stevens]] ([[Vail Bloom]]). Cane and Heather mutually decide to be just friends, citing no chemistry as the reason. Cane does feel the chemistry with Lily and wants to romantically pursue her. When he finds out how much younger than him she is, he decides against that. The two continue to be drawn to each other until they decide to not let age be an issue for them. Cane and Lily start dating, despite Neil's (Lily's father) disapproval. Cane plans to move into a condo when he finds out that Lily is planning to move out as well. Cane wants to ask Lily to move in with him but he's not sure about Neil's approval. During this time, Lily becomes pregnant with Cane's child, but miscarries early on. Cane and Lily continue to see each other, and they each profess their love for one another on several occasions. They are in a committed relationship and start living together in the house Cane bought for them. In August 2008 Cane proposes to Lily by giving her a fortune cookie with a ring inside. Lily accepts. Cane spends an evening drinking with an old friend from Australia, and ends up getting drunk and passing out in Chloe's car. Chloe takes advantage of the situation by tricking Cane into believing they had sex. Even though Chloe is pregnant before pulling her scheme, a recent DNA test shows that Cane can not be excluded as the father of Chloe Mitchell's child, much to her enjoyment and Cane and Lily's horror. Upon this revelation Lily moves out of the house. In early October Cane meets his half-brother Billy who has returns to Genoa City and will be working at Jabot, while keeping contact with House of Kim via satellite. Since Cane might be the father of Chloe's baby, Lily urges Cane to marry Chloe to be there for his child. In early September it is revealed that Chloe has been lying about her identity all along. Her real name is Kate Valentine, and she is in fact the daughter of Katherine Chancellor's longtime maid Esther Valentine. This enrages Cane who realizes Chloe has been lying to him since the start of the whole fiasco. Jill urges him to consider getting a good lawyer with the ultimate goal of getting an annulment. Cane begins to grow closer to Chloe over the prospect of them having the baby. After a fight between Chloe and Lily in which Chloe falls from a ladder, he makes it clear to Lily that Chloe and the baby are his first priority. Lily agrees that that is where his priorities should be and tells both Cane and Chloe she will keep her distance. While Chloe is in the hospital because of the fall from the ladder, Billy finds out he is the father of her baby, not Cane. He decides to let Cane raise his baby because he does not think he is father material. Lily is now intrigued by a mystery man online by the name of Sonny who just happens to be Billy. The mystery man turns out to be Billy, Cane's younger brother. Billy also later takes over Jabot in a coup ran by Jack Abbot and ousts Cane out. Lily falls for Billy and they have an affair. Billy questions Chloe about the paternity of the baby and he calculates that the baby is his from the timing of their first meeting. However, he keeps it a secret but discusses it with Jack. He wants Lily and decides to forget it and let Cane raise the child since he's the better man. Cane and Chloe become more of a family discussing the nursery however, Cane isn't aware that Chloe is fantasizing about Billy and their baby on a regular basis. Cane discovers that Lily and Billy have already been intimate and their on their way to a Valentine's Day rendezvous in the mountains. He's upset and starts reminiscing over their love affair. He starts to panic and rushes to the Cabin to stop them and tell Lily that he loves her and he wants a life with her. Chloe arrives at the cabin just as Billy tells Lily that the baby is his. She goes into labor and they help her deliver the baby. Cane arrives and professes his love for Lily just as the baby is born. She is named Cordelia Katherine Valentine Ashby. Cane plans to stay in the family he created with Chloe despite his love for Lily. Lily pushes Billy and Chloe to tell Cane the truth. Chloe eventually does, but Cane decides to fight for custody of the baby threatening both [[Chloe Mitchell|Chloe]] and [[Billy Abbott|Billy]] as to their parental rights and qualifications. Cane has asked Lily to marry him and she accepted yet he still intends to fight [[Billy Abbott|Billy]] for paternal rights to Delia. At Lily's urging, Cane decides to drop the paternity suit. He declares his love for Lily again, and they marry. Following the wedding, Cane recalls his telephone conversation years earlier with a man named "Langley" regarding their joint plan to con Jill and Katherine. The man bears a startling resemblance to the supposedly deceased Phillip Chancellor III ([[Thom Bierdz]]). On June 10, 2009, it is revealed that "Langley" is indeed Phillip, and that he is still very much alive (unknown to everyone except Cane).<ref name="Soaps.com 2009-06-10">[http://www.soaps.com/youngandrestless/update/6747/Confessing_to_the_Kitty ''The Young and the Restless'' recap (June 10, 2009) - Soaps.com]</ref> [[Nina Webster|Nina Webster Chancellor]] (who was Phillip's wife at the time of his supposed death) begins background research on Cane, as part of her efforts to adapt Katherine's memoir into a screenplay. Her suspicions about Cane continue to grow, and she eventually orders the exhumation of Phillip's body for genetic testing. When it is discovered that Phillip's casket is empty (and, in fact, never contained a corpse at all), Nina demands that Cane submit to DNA testing to verify his status as Jill's biological son. Upon learning of Nina's demand, Cane retrieves a vial of blood marked "Langley" from a carousel of vials he has kept in a hidden freezer for use in DNA testing.<ref name="Soaps.com 2009-06-22">[http://www.soaps.com/youngandrestless/update/6815/Busted ''The Young and the Restless'' recap (June 22, 2009) - Soaps.com]</ref> On July 2nd 2009, Paul reveals to Nina that the blood given for the test to confirm Cane's identity had blood cells which had burst, meaning it had been at one time frozen. When confronted, Cane reveals that he is not actually [[Phillip Chancellor III]]. Everyone is furious, except for Katherine who simply wants to know why he had tricked them all. When asked why he did it, the real Phillip appears before Cane can answer the question. ==Sources== *[http://soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/cane.php Ethan "Cane" Ashby profile] at [http://soapcentral.com soapcentral.com] *[http://www.soaps.com/youngandrestless/actor/482/Daniel_Goddard Daniel's role as Cane from soaps.com] ==References== {{reflist}} {{The Young and the Restless}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashby, Cane}} [[Category:The Young and the Restless characters|Ashby, Cane]] [[Category:Fictional adoptees|Ashby, Cane]] [[Category:Fictional bartenders|Ashby, Cane]] [[Category:Fictional business executives|Ashby, Cane]]'