Scene And Heard

  THE DESCENDANTS  Joshua Morrow (Nick, Y&R) would love to have more scenes with his on-screen son. “I wish Robbie [Adamson, ex-Noah] was back on the show,” says the actor. “I loved going on the journey with him of becoming a father and giving him advice. I really care about him and luckily we still hang out and play sports together.” And even though Alyvia Alyn Lind has been busy with other projects, Morrow appreciates when she can pop in for appearances as Nick and Sharon’s precocious daughter, Faith. “We all see her as this blonde angel bopping around the studio and she’s the reason why they haven’t aged Faith,” he smiles. “I guarantee that would’ve already happened to that character if it wasn’t for how much we love Aly. We’re willing to wait for her so she can come back to the show when she can. She loves being here and she means so much to us. When I see Aly, there’s no way it can’t be the best damn day when she’s around.”

BE PREPARED Brandon Beemer (Shawn, DAYS) has fond memories of his on-screen grandmother, the late Peggy McCay (ex-Caroline). “I remember that every scene I ever had with her, at every single rehearsal, every single time, she would give it full-out,” shares Beemer. “Some of the time we were just doing it for memorization, but she always had her lines prepared and she was always bringing the heat, whether it was rehearsal or you were just running lines. I remember one scene with Jay Johnson [ex-Philip] and me. It was a bar fight that Shawn and Philip had. We were  just sort of blocking it, but Peggy knew exactly how she was going to go. We went into this light rehearsal, and she was supposed to come out and start hitting us with a broom or something to try to break us up. She came out of the kitchen screaming and started smacking us with the broom. We were like, ‘Whoa! Whoa! We’re not even rolling camera, yet.’ She always came out and gave it 110 percent.”

SIGHT UNSEEN Brian White (Evan, AMBITIONS) is going against his normal routine and is actually viewing his new OWN sudser. “I don’t usually watch stuff I’m in,” the actor notes. “I’ve never seen an episode of SCANDAL [where he played Franklin]. My wife [Paula] would watch it while I was live tweeting, so I was aware of where we were in the story.” The same goes for one of his best-known projects, The Family Stone, which airs perennially during the holiday season. “I have never seen it,” he admits. “In fact, we went to the premiere and as soon as it came on, Sarah Jessica Parker wanted to go get some wine, so we all snuck out the back. I try not to be hyper-aware of myself. Unlike football [after playing at Dartmouth, he was drafted by the New England Patriots in 1995], where I could critique my technique and improve it in real time by seeing the film, I find with acting it makes me self-conscious, which makes me less free. So, I’ve stopped watching myself. At the end of the day, it’s about what you guys think and not necessarily what I think.”

CLASS, ACT School’s out for summer, and William Lipton (Cameron, GH) misses his regular visits to the studio’s school room. “It’s kind of like my second home there because I spend so much time on homework backstage!” he explains. “It’s a really cozy spot and I find it pretty easy to sit down and crank out some homework while having some friendly chitchat with some of the actors. And our set teacher is awesome! She helps me a lot with my homework.” On the studio floor, Lipton enjoys spending time at Cam’s go-to hang spot: Charlie’s Pub. “All the sets have their own impressive thing about them — like, the hospital set is so huge and intricate and fun, I love the elevator and all the small, moving pieces. But I think Charlie’s Pub is my favorite set. Sometimes, when they’re setting up cameras, I just take a look around the restaurant and I see all these details and all the photos on the wall and I think, ‘They did such a fantastic job creating this atmosphere!’ ”