THE MORE, THE MERRIER
Donnell Turner (Curtis, GH) is thrilled
to have Rebecca Budig back in the Port
Charles mix as Hayden. “I forgot how
beautiful she was,” he smiles. “Or maybe
she’s even more beautiful now! It was so
good to see her; it really felt like seeing an
old friend. It made me realize how much
has changed in the four years that I’ve
been there. I’ve been there four years and
I’ve already seen dozens of people come
and go. To see Rebecca again was just a
feeling of, ‘Ah, a familiar face!’ I’m just
grateful to see her every day again. She
brings such a good energy. And she’s
just so lovely, visually, spiritually — just
lovely to have on set.” He has also been
enjoying getting to know another returnee,
Ingo Rademacher (Jax). “Ingo’s awe-
some. Great energy, great attitude. The
other day, we sat out in the parking lot in
front of my Jeep and we just sat and talked
for 30 minutes. Good stuff. I like having
him around.”THE NAKED TRUTH
One of Scott Clifton’s (Liam, B&B) early acting
jobs was MTV’s sexy drama UNDRESSED, but it’s
not one he looks back on fondly. “I remember that
they all referred to it as a soap opera, but I remember
thinking, ‘It’s not like a real soap opera, but I get it,’ ”
Clifton recalls. “It’s the soap opera sort of model. If you
Google it, you can actually find one photo of me from
that show and I have to say, I had no idea I looked
like that. I had no idea I sounded like that. We spend
most of our lives looking at ourselves in mirrors but
back then [in 2001], there was no social media. There
weren’t iPhones that could take a million pictures. You
actually had to develop pictures of yourself. I started
soaps at a time when people really didn’t know how
they looked or sounded. It was very jarring, and that’s
to say nothing of the content of my performances, too.
I mean, I would do things that I thought played a cer-
tain way and then I would watch them and go, ‘That didn’t work at all!’ So, that was the
beginning of a very harsh education for me. Everybody was on UNDRESSED at one
point or another. It was like hazing for coming to L.A. and being an actor.”PASCALLESEGRETAIN/G
ETTYIMAGESSTEVEN BERGMAN
B&B’s Scott had a
memorable early gig
on MTV.Donnell was happy
to welcome Rebecca
back to GH.S
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