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Despite his evildoings as DAYS’s Xander, Paul Telfer garners a lot of sympathy for his character from fans, especially those of the female variety. “Obviously, I try to play Xander as vulnerable and sensitive and not a complete monster,” says the actor. “And I’m always looking for ways to give him little gestures and ways of glancing at people that communicate that he is actually quite sweet and does want good things for people, but he’s just so in his own way. It always feels like a compliment when people like it, but at the same time I’m like, ‘Oh, my goodness. I really worry about what their husbands and brothers are like. I hope they’re not like Xander.’ ” Telfer admits he’s received some memorable comments on social media, along with some interesting odes to Xander over the years. “I won’t go into too much grisly detail, but I get sent pictures and I guess you could call it long poetry that features a méelange of me and Xander,” recounts Telfer with a laugh. “There’s a blurring of reality and fantasy there. I try and just take it in the spirit it’s intended.”
Photo credit: Michael Mattes/Shutterstock
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GH’s Tabyana Ali (Trina) and Nicholas Chavez (Spencer) both felt the gravity of the moment when a milestone first kiss was scripted for their characters. “We actually took a lot of time, me and him,” Ali reports. “We got together and we broke that script down and ran it a thousand times. We tried to learn the ins and outs of it and put all the pieces together. We took this very, very seriously! I mean, obviously we always take our work very seriously, but we were like, ‘This is on another level!’ We wanted it to be just right. We wanted it to be spectacular! And I think it turned out just how we wanted it, very sweet and very innocent, in a sense. I’m glad that we did the work beforehand and we didn’t just show up on the day. We didn’t want to do that. We didn’t want to just be like, ‘Okay, Vaseline, mouthwash, let’s go!’ ”
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Despite his evildoings as DAYS’s Xander, Paul Telfer garners a lot of sympathy for his character from fans, especially those of the female variety. “Obviously, I try to play Xander as vulnerable and sensitive and not a complete monster,” says the actor. “And I’m always looking for ways to give him little gestures and ways of glancing at people that communicate that he is actually quite sweet and does want good things for people, but he’s just so in his own way. It always feels like a compliment when people like it, but at the same time I’m like, ‘Oh, my goodness. I really worry about what their husbands and brothers are like. I hope they’re not like Xander.’ ” Telfer admits he’s received some memorable comments on social media, along with some interesting odes to Xander over the years. “I won’t go into too much grisly detail, but I get sent pictures and I guess you could call it long poetry that features a méelange of me and Xander,” recounts Telfer with a laugh. “There’s a blurring of reality and fantasy there. I try and just take it in the spirit it’s intended.”
Photo credit: Michael Mattes/Shutterstock
GH’s Tabyana Ali (Trina) and Nicholas Chavez (Spencer) both felt the gravity of the moment when a milestone first kiss was scripted for their characters. “We actually took a lot of time, me and him,” Ali reports. “We got together and we broke that script down and ran it a thousand times. We tried to learn the ins and outs of it and put all the pieces together. We took this very, very seriously! I mean, obviously we always take our work very seriously, but we were like, ‘This is on another level!’ We wanted it to be just right. We wanted it to be spectacular! And I think it turned out just how we wanted it, very sweet and very innocent, in a sense. I’m glad that we did the work beforehand and we didn’t just show up on the day. We didn’t want to do that. We didn’t want to just be like, ‘Okay, Vaseline, mouthwash, let’s go!’ ”
Photo credit: ABC
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