Soap Opera Digest – August 05, 2019

JILL JOHNSON/JPI

Matthew Atkinson (Thomas, B&B)

“I think this is true of any show, but the

people who’ve been there the longest, you’re

always a little intimated by that. But learn-

ing from people like John [McCook, Eric]

and [Katherine] Kelly [Lang, Brooke] made

things easier. Also, having conversations

with Thorsten

[Kaye, Ridge,

near r.] was like

that, too, because

he has spent

so many years

in daytime. He

knows his stuff,

so he can be an

intimidating guy

to talk to, but he

was so welcom-

ing that within the

first five minutes,

I felt at ease.”

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Wally Kurth (Justin, DAYS; Ned, GH)

“I was intimidated by everyone at DAYS

because it was my first TV job, and I

had no idea what I was doing. Somehow

I convinced them I could play Justin.

On GH, there were a host of stars that

definitely caught my attention. The first

being Stuart Damon [ex-Alan, c.]. He

was a star. He was Prince Charming!

And there was Tristan Rogers [Scorpio, r.]

and of course, Tony Geary. He was Luke,

after all!”

Scott Clifton

(Liam, B&B)

“Well, Susan Flannery

[ex-Stephanie], but techni-

cally that’s not true because

I learned to be intimidated

by her. I learned that one the

hard way. After that, I’d say

Don [Diamont, Bill, l.], who

is hilarious and so jovial with

the cast and crew, but he has

an epic personality. What is

my role going to be? Do I try

to match his personality? No,

that’s impossible, so I had to

complement his personality

and enjoy him, and once I

figured that out, it was

wonderful.”

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