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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
Doug Davidson (Paul) 8/23/88 with Nina Arvesen (ex-Cassandra) “Nina’s beautiful, isn’t she? She was a lot of fun and a great actress. I think this story of Paul and Cassandra was one of [Co-Creator/then-Head Writer] Bill Bell’s best because it had so many twists and turns. [Then-Executive Producer] Paul Rauch had contacted me to join him over at SANTA BARBARA, but there was no way I would jump ship after Bill made all the effort he put into my character. It was at the point I realized that I’m here to stay.”
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
Doug Davidson (Paul) 8/23/88 with Nina Arvesen (ex-Cassandra) “Nina’s beautiful, isn’t she? She was a lot of fun and a great actress. I think this story of Paul and Cassandra was one of [Co-Creator/then-Head Writer] Bill Bell’s best because it had so many twists and turns. [Then-Executive Producer] Paul Rauch had contacted me to join him over at SANTA BARBARA, but there was no way I would jump ship after Bill made all the effort he put into my character. It was at the point I realized that I’m here to stay.”
Peter Bergman (Jack, far r.) 3/16/93 with (clockwise from r.) Scott, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine), Michael Damian (Danny) and Lauralee Bell (Cricket) “How lovely to see Jeanne looking so regal, and Melody and Lauralee just get more beautiful and there’s Michael with that wonderful smile. I was working with Mel a lot and that was an exciting time for me. When I first came to this job, I was convinced I could make it last for six months. I just wanted to get to L.A., set up my family and then I would get canned but at least we moved to L.A., where it’s easier to raise children. But the role changed my life in a big way. I had won Emmys in ’91 and ’92 and I felt honored to be on the anniversary cover because I was far and away the newest player on there, but it felt good that I was accepted as Jack.”
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
Doug Davidson (Paul) 8/23/88 with Nina Arvesen (ex-Cassandra) “Nina’s beautiful, isn’t she? She was a lot of fun and a great actress. I think this story of Paul and Cassandra was one of [Co-Creator/then-Head Writer] Bill Bell’s best because it had so many twists and turns. [Then-Executive Producer] Paul Rauch had contacted me to join him over at SANTA BARBARA, but there was no way I would jump ship after Bill made all the effort he put into my character. It was at the point I realized that I’m here to stay.”
Peter Bergman (Jack, far r.) 3/16/93 with (clockwise from r.) Scott, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine), Michael Damian (Danny) and Lauralee Bell (Cricket) “How lovely to see Jeanne looking so regal, and Melody and Lauralee just get more beautiful and there’s Michael with that wonderful smile. I was working with Mel a lot and that was an exciting time for me. When I first came to this job, I was convinced I could make it last for six months. I just wanted to get to L.A., set up my family and then I would get canned but at least we moved to L.A., where it’s easier to raise children. But the role changed my life in a big way. I had won Emmys in ’91 and ’92 and I felt honored to be on the anniversary cover because I was far and away the newest player on there, but it felt good that I was accepted as Jack.”
Jess Walton (Jill, top far l.) 12/20/94 with (clockwise) Lynn Herring (Lucy, GH), Louise Sorel (Vivian, DAYS) and Kimberlin Brown (ex-Sheila, B&B/Y&R) “I was certainly in good company. All those ladies played great villainesses. My high hair was in the days of Russell [Latham, hair stylist]. He told me I had the best hair because it was very fine and there was so much of it. My storyline at the time was when Jill was married to John, who had become impotent. Jill couldn’t be patient so she had really steamy sex on the couch with the contractor, Jed, played by Josh Taylor [Roman, DAYS]. I watched him when he first played Chris Kositchek and thought he was such a cutie. Whoever thought he would be my contractor!”
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Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael; ex-Kirk, AS THE WORLD TURNS) 12/18/84, with ATWT co-star Marisa Tomei (ex-Marcy) “My first Digest cover, and it was Marisa’s, too. That photo shoot was a ball. I remember we were acting a little crazy and I still have some of the outtake photos. In one shot, I dropped my pants. I’m surprised how timeless this photo is. I remember picking that sweater because I thought it was colorful and, you know, it would be in style today.”
Eileen Davidson (Ashley, r.) 3/24/87 with Y&R co-stars Eric Braeden (Victor) and Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) “I remember other covers where I had much bigger hair than this. I was moving toward a more layered look. For this photo shoot, I was probably looking at my watch and wondering how quickly we could get the shot. I do know that dress came out of CBS stock. There were so many wardrobe choices but this was a pretty dress and I loved the color. Cover shoots were such big deals then. They would be catered and we would get a gift from Tiffany. I still have so many things that I got from Soap Opera Digest over the years.”
Doug Davidson (Paul) 8/23/88 with Nina Arvesen (ex-Cassandra) “Nina’s beautiful, isn’t she? She was a lot of fun and a great actress. I think this story of Paul and Cassandra was one of [Co-Creator/then-Head Writer] Bill Bell’s best because it had so many twists and turns. [Then-Executive Producer] Paul Rauch had contacted me to join him over at SANTA BARBARA, but there was no way I would jump ship after Bill made all the effort he put into my character. It was at the point I realized that I’m here to stay.”
Peter Bergman (Jack, far r.) 3/16/93 with (clockwise from r.) Scott, Jeanne Cooper (Katherine), Michael Damian (Danny) and Lauralee Bell (Cricket) “How lovely to see Jeanne looking so regal, and Melody and Lauralee just get more beautiful and there’s Michael with that wonderful smile. I was working with Mel a lot and that was an exciting time for me. When I first came to this job, I was convinced I could make it last for six months. I just wanted to get to L.A., set up my family and then I would get canned but at least we moved to L.A., where it’s easier to raise children. But the role changed my life in a big way. I had won Emmys in ’91 and ’92 and I felt honored to be on the anniversary cover because I was far and away the newest player on there, but it felt good that I was accepted as Jack.”
Jess Walton (Jill, top far l.) 12/20/94 with (clockwise) Lynn Herring (Lucy, GH), Louise Sorel (Vivian, DAYS) and Kimberlin Brown (ex-Sheila, B&B/Y&R) “I was certainly in good company. All those ladies played great villainesses. My high hair was in the days of Russell [Latham, hair stylist]. He told me I had the best hair because it was very fine and there was so much of it. My storyline at the time was when Jill was married to John, who had become impotent. Jill couldn’t be patient so she had really steamy sex on the couch with the contractor, Jed, played by Josh Taylor [Roman, DAYS]. I watched him when he first played Chris Kositchek and thought he was such a cutie. Whoever thought he would be my contractor!”
Sharon Case (Sharon) 7/16/96 with Joshua Morrow (Nick) “This is one of my all-time favorite covers! We were so young. It reminds me how much fun those photos shoots were. We’d have the same crew at those shoots with the photographer and hair and makeup, so it was nice to see them again. I really didn’t know how popular Nick and Sharon were because there was no social media then and we were still relatively new on the show. I remember being hopeful that this role would stick for me because my characters on GH [ex-Dawn] and ATWT [ex-Debbie] did not.”