on march 22, 2013, chrishell hartley (then-stause) was elated that the once cancelled "all my children", where she played amanda dillon from 2005 to 2011, had been revived, but revealed that she could not participate in the reboot because she was already under contract with another daytime soap. however the actress could not speak on the casting at the time. on april 18, 2013, "tvline" officially announced that hartley had joined the cast of "days of our lives" in a contract role, with august as a potential air date. however, information about the character was not made available. stause filmed her first scenes during the week of april 7, 2013. many suspected that hartley would be a recast of cassie brady (alexis thorpe). she said she enjoyed playing such a different role and appreciated that it allowed her to branch out, and that she was offered another "more glamorous" role, but she chose to take the role of jordan because it was so different from her previous roles. stause learned about the role from her manager and when she went in to audition, she found out that they were casting for two separate roles. actress jen lilley revealed that she had also auditioned for the role of jordan, before she was cast in the role of theresa donovan. on october 24, 2014, hartley announced her exit from the series, and last appeared during the march 9, 2015, episode.