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No one was more surprised when B&B’s Deacon proposed to Sheila than his portrayer, Sean Kanan. “I thought it kind of came out of left field but I loved it,” he says. “So much of what is between Sheila and Deacon has come out of left field, and Kimberlin [Brown, Sheila] and I love playing this stuff. It stretches us and pushes us to make it work. There is no way I could have seen that coming, from the time that they met at the bar at Il Giardino and they were drinking; I never saw any of that coming and I think that’s great. I really believe [fans] were not initially in support of a relationship between Deacon and Sheila, and they still may not be, but I do believe that if you work really hard and make a non-believer into a believer, then you are really invested in it, and I welcome the challenge. I look forward to Kimberlin and I perhaps bringing some people from the non-supportive, non-believer side to team Sheila/Deacon.”
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No one was more surprised when B&B’s Deacon proposed to Sheila than his portrayer, Sean Kanan. “I thought it kind of came out of left field but I loved it,” he says. “So much of what is between Sheila and Deacon has come out of left field, and Kimberlin [Brown, Sheila] and I love playing this stuff. It stretches us and pushes us to make it work. There is no way I could have seen that coming, from the time that they met at the bar at Il Giardino and they were drinking; I never saw any of that coming and I think that’s great. I really believe [fans] were not initially in support of a relationship between Deacon and Sheila, and they still may not be, but I do believe that if you work really hard and make a non-believer into a believer, then you are really invested in it, and I welcome the challenge. I look forward to Kimberlin and I perhaps bringing some people from the non-supportive, non-believer side to team Sheila/Deacon.”
Adam Huss briefly interacted with Roger Howarth (Austin) on GH back when Ava appeared to have killed Huss’s Nikolas, but he was excited to get to share one-on-one scenes with him when the characters intersected with Pautuck. “It was a whole new energy,” reports Huss. “I met him when Austin helped drag Nikolas’s body into the closet, and we have a mutual friend [away from GH] and he brought up the friend to me, which kind of broke the ice and we had a nice chat. Coming back this time and working with him, he was so gracious with me. He was very collaborative, very welcoming, no ego, and I feel like we had a good rapport with each other right away. He’s sort of an introverted guy, which I mean in a favorable way — like, you can tell that he thinks about things very deeply, and I love that.” Once they were on set, says Huss, “Roger is so focused and very in the moment. He’s throwing all this great stuff at you that’s so unexpected — like, he’s flailing his arms and doing all this great physical stuff and you’re like, ‘Oh, cool!’ I loved it, because I had to react to it and that kept me more in the moment, as well.”
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When Michael Damian (Danny, Y&R) was cast in the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1993, then-Head Writer William J. Bell decided to explain the rock star’s absence from Genoa City by writing that he, too, was starring in the same production. However, Damian reveals that famed composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber had actually agreed to appear on Y&R as himself to help facilitate Danny’s exit. “Andrew saw it more as a cameo appearance, you know, something very brief,” Damian shares. “But Bill got excited about it and ended up writing something much more substantial. I saw it, and it was really good stuff but it was like a Victor-type monologue.” Damian wasn’t surprised that Webber ultimately dropped out of the agreement. “Andrew isn’t an actor so I think he panicked when he saw what Bill had written for him,” the actor/singer explains. “Either that or he was too busy writing Sunset Boulevard [chuckles]. Of course, Bill was very disappointed but Andrew made up for it by giving tickets to the entire cast and crew to come see one of my performances.”
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Wally Kurth (Justin, DAYS) says he was impressed by Dick Van Dyke’s turn as Timothy on the show. “He was great,” raves Kurth. “I was telling [wife] Debra that he was really good. To come in here at 97 years old and throw it down and take his moments and listen and know his lines? Come on! It ain’t gonna be me; I know that! What a home run for DAYS bringing Dick Van Dyke on the show.” Kurth says he has one regret about Van Dyke, however. “I remember seeing Ron [Carlivati, head writer] in the hall and we were talking and he goes, ‘Well, I gotta go say hi to Dick Van Dyke.’ And I don’t know why, I didn’t just take it upon myself to meet him, too. I wasn’t in the scene so I didn’t want to push. I would have loved to have met him, especially after seeing him on air. He was just so good. You never know if people still have it, and there was a part of me like, ‘Oh, it probably is not gonna be good,’ and he was! I couldn’t believe it. I was so impressed and happy. He kept it simple and it was really sweet. I was really touched.
No one was more surprised when B&B’s Deacon proposed to Sheila than his portrayer, Sean Kanan. “I thought it kind of came out of left field but I loved it,” he says. “So much of what is between Sheila and Deacon has come out of left field, and Kimberlin [Brown, Sheila] and I love playing this stuff. It stretches us and pushes us to make it work. There is no way I could have seen that coming, from the time that they met at the bar at Il Giardino and they were drinking; I never saw any of that coming and I think that’s great. I really believe [fans] were not initially in support of a relationship between Deacon and Sheila, and they still may not be, but I do believe that if you work really hard and make a non-believer into a believer, then you are really invested in it, and I welcome the challenge. I look forward to Kimberlin and I perhaps bringing some people from the non-supportive, non-believer side to team Sheila/Deacon.”
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Adam Huss briefly interacted with Roger Howarth (Austin) on GH back when Ava appeared to have killed Huss’s Nikolas, but he was excited to get to share one-on-one scenes with him when the characters intersected with Pautuck. “It was a whole new energy,” reports Huss. “I met him when Austin helped drag Nikolas’s body into the closet, and we have a mutual friend [away from GH] and he brought up the friend to me, which kind of broke the ice and we had a nice chat. Coming back this time and working with him, he was so gracious with me. He was very collaborative, very welcoming, no ego, and I feel like we had a good rapport with each other right away. He’s sort of an introverted guy, which I mean in a favorable way — like, you can tell that he thinks about things very deeply, and I love that.” Once they were on set, says Huss, “Roger is so focused and very in the moment. He’s throwing all this great stuff at you that’s so unexpected — like, he’s flailing his arms and doing all this great physical stuff and you’re like, ‘Oh, cool!’ I loved it, because I had to react to it and that kept me more in the moment, as well.”
When Michael Damian (Danny, Y&R) was cast in the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1993, then-Head Writer William J. Bell decided to explain the rock star’s absence from Genoa City by writing that he, too, was starring in the same production. However, Damian reveals that famed composer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber had actually agreed to appear on Y&R as himself to help facilitate Danny’s exit. “Andrew saw it more as a cameo appearance, you know, something very brief,” Damian shares. “But Bill got excited about it and ended up writing something much more substantial. I saw it, and it was really good stuff but it was like a Victor-type monologue.” Damian wasn’t surprised that Webber ultimately dropped out of the agreement. “Andrew isn’t an actor so I think he panicked when he saw what Bill had written for him,” the actor/singer explains. “Either that or he was too busy writing Sunset Boulevard [chuckles]. Of course, Bill was very disappointed but Andrew made up for it by giving tickets to the entire cast and crew to come see one of my performances.”
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Wally Kurth (Justin, DAYS) says he was impressed by Dick Van Dyke’s turn as Timothy on the show. “He was great,” raves Kurth. “I was telling [wife] Debra that he was really good. To come in here at 97 years old and throw it down and take his moments and listen and know his lines? Come on! It ain’t gonna be me; I know that! What a home run for DAYS bringing Dick Van Dyke on the show.” Kurth says he has one regret about Van Dyke, however. “I remember seeing Ron [Carlivati, head writer] in the hall and we were talking and he goes, ‘Well, I gotta go say hi to Dick Van Dyke.’ And I don’t know why, I didn’t just take it upon myself to meet him, too. I wasn’t in the scene so I didn’t want to push. I would have loved to have met him, especially after seeing him on air. He was just so good. You never know if people still have it, and there was a part of me like, ‘Oh, it probably is not gonna be good,’ and he was! I couldn’t believe it. I was so impressed and happy. He kept it simple and it was really sweet. I was really touched.
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