Interviews
The Stacy Haiduk Interview – The Young and the Restless
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Who has been consistently captivating soap opera audiences with her mesmerizing performances of Patty Williams and Emily Peterson, and let’s not forget, when Patty was pretending to be a woman named Mary Jane Benson? Who kept us on the edge of our seats through most of 2009, and into 2010, not knowing whether we were going to scream in horror, or cry for her sad existence? Who got snubbed for an Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for the 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards? And finally, who is really the cat’s meow? Well, the answer is quite simply, actress Stacy Haiduk from The Young and the Restless.
Now, with Patty locked up and regressed to a little girl, and Emily falling apart at the seams trying to get her own life back, and Adam’s “murder” still not close to being solved, Stacy Haiduk is still turning out riveting performances. On-Air On-Soaps caught up with Stacy to talk about: Kitties, Emmy reels, competition, the heartbreak of playing Patty, working with her co-stars, Doug Davidson (Paul) and Peter Bergman (Jack), and how her actor husband, Bradford Tatum, was a calming and steady force during some of Stacy’s most traumatic on-set days.
And in the end, find out who does Stacy think is truly the better psychologist, Emily or the deranged Patty? Her answer may surprise you. It’s always great to speak with the emotionally raw and edgy Ms. Haiduk, and I hope you will enjoy her even more after reading her revealing comments below.
MICHAEL:
Ok, Stacy let’s get right to this. Your Emmy snub is probably one of the most talked about in the history of the Daytime Emmy nominations. Everyone was certain that you were a lock for your performance as Emily/Patty/Mary Jane this past year, and unfortunately it did not happen. How are you feeling at this moment? It has to be extremely, extremely disappointing for you.
STACY:
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It was shocking, and I was really disappointed. I was excited about it because I really wanted to be a part of this group this year. And you have to also know it is what it is. I always have to say that I still won in my own mind because of the people I got to work with, and it’s continuing, and that is a success right now. I know that is not the disappointing part of how I am feeling, but I try not to go into that part of it. It’s hard. You sit there and go, “Was my tape not good enough? Or, what happened?”
MICHAEL:
What reel did you decide to submit for Emmy contention?
STACY:
I submitted the remote with Eric Braeden as Victor, and Peter Bergman as Jack, and I had the gun Patty was getting upset with Jack for not seeing her as his wife and loving her, and feeling how could he do that? I thought it had enough emotional levels to show where I could go as an actress. It sucks that you can’t have two shows to show your work. One show is not easy to do to choose from. You have the build up in one, and the finale in the other, which is why I like the idea of two tapes. However, I thought this is enough to get me in. I am working with two leading actors, and I thought it would be a good enough tape to show people. You just kind of go, “OK. Or, maybe the wig scared them!” You know, the blonde wig! (Laughs)
MICHAEL:
This whole Emmy judging process is as much of a game as about the performance itself. Do you think it hurt you that perhaps the blue ribbon panel could not follow the story, as it is taken out of context? They do not know what happened before or after those scenes.
STACY:
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Right. No, they don’t see the arc, and don’t see what is going on. A lot of times you have your friends who have been working to be nominees for so long, and they finally get in, and it’s like, you know what? They deserve it. Maybe next year, it will work for me.
MICHAEL:
I think you have received more emails, letters, and have certainly become talked about more than anyone ever online, about someone not getting a nod. Somehow, the Emmy snub got you more publicity than someone who was nominated for Lead Actress!
STACY:
The publicity has been more than if I got a nomination. It’s crazy, isn’t it? You know what I love? It’s when I went on facebook and just read so many people’s thoughts, and how they love the character, and you can’t beat that. I have to go back to why I do this and the process of it all. Yes, it would have been fun to get all dressed up, and hope you can win one of the most beautiful awards. It’s one of my favorites, actually. But, I have had a really good time and it continues again. The fans see that, and that is really what this is about.
MICHAEL:
If you were to have been nominated, would Mr. Kitty have accompanied you to Vegas? Last year, you wore him as a shoulder bag to the red carpet.
STACY:
Yes. I would have come with Mr. Kitty, and we could put him on wheels. It would have been awesome.
MICHAEL:
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But, let’s talk about these recent amazing scenes that aired. Did you like how they resolved the end of the Patty/Emily final switcheroo?
STACY:
I finally ended up watching it. Usually, I don’t because I am very critical of myself. I finally watched it because somebody said to me, “Have you seen your scenes?” And I said, “No, I haven’t,” and so I did. And I was sad! I was sad the last time Patty went to an insane asylum. I like Patty, even though she is crazy and whacked-out. The wig was scary. (Laughs)
MICHAEL:
Patty regressed back into her little childhood self.
STACY:
Didn’t it just break your heart? Me, too. It did also when Mr. Kitty died. You have to understand, when they told me Mr. Kitty, in my script, gets chewed up by Zapato, I went like, “You’ve got to be joking with me?” I mean, I literally went through withdrawals because I had been working with that cat for so long. I know that sounds silly. But, I get heart to heart with my co-stars, and here it was again. I love working with Doug Davidson. He is such a joy, and Peter, also. And, when I got to look at him in the end, my hair looked like crap, and it was all going to one side, but there was this look. When you are in it, you don’t see what other people are seeing. So, when I was able to see it from the audience’s perspective, I went “Oh, my God! That poor thing, and what she went through.” All she wanted was that man to love her, and how desperate and sad she is at the same time. I got weepy.
MICHAEL:
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I said to Doug Davidson recently, that if you were to take your story with him, as a brother and sister, as an isolated story, you could see that as a motion picture. It is such a beautiful story.
STACY:
I think that is why they continued it. It taps into so many people’s relationships with family. I look at his eyes when we work, and there is that love… that brotherly and sisterly love…and we root for each other. So if one makes a mistake in the line, the other one of us tries to figure out what the person is going to say. It’s wonderful!
MICHAEL:
And now on-air, Emily is having all sorts of psychological problems! Is this now just an adjustment issue for her? I mean, she is so pissed off that Jack can’t tell the difference between her and Patty in bed, which I think is great!
STACY:
I know, it’s so crazy. Thank God. I am so glad they brought that up. I mean, how can you not? Even Patty says it in my Emmy tape; she says to Jack, “How could you not know I was your ex-wife? Are you that blind?” And then here, Emily says pretty much the same thing to him, “How could you not know that was not me? How could you do that?” Emily now has to take some time and figure this out. She gets screwed from every which way, from all the stuff that Patty did. She is trying to hold it together, and she is not one to just emote, while Patty is the most emotional and runs with it. Emily is stoic and trying to hold it together.
MICHAEL:
Do you think Emily is even a good psychiatrist? Or, is Patty a better one? (Laughs)
STACY:
I think Patty was. “Go to your Happy Place!” (Laughs) The woman playing opposite me, who was one of Emily’s patients says to Patty, “What do you mean? Go to my Happy Place? As Stacy, “I went, yeah; go to your Happy Place. What else do you want to do?” That is what a therapist would say, except, maybe, “I understand.” (Laughs)
MICHAEL:
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Will we see Patty again, perhaps more and more? Is the doppelganger story really over?
STACY:
Maybe. All I can say is that I love Patty, and doppelganger may not be over. We shall see.
MICHAEL:
You must have gone home to your family completely exhausted some days, after the emotional toll it takes on an actress to play very complex dual roles that border on insanity or the edge of insanity.
STACY:
When I was going through all the stuff with Patty and Emily at the end, and the whole knife thing, that was the first time Peter and I were going to get off work early. I am referring to the scene where Patty stabs the portrait of Emily. She goes to town. We were jamming through the scenes, and the last part where I open the dang cutter I cut my hand! So, I had to go get stitches. So, Peter and I are at the doctor’s office. Even the stage manager said, “And, you didn’t stop the scene? You kept going with it?” And I go, “I can’t stop.” But now the stitches are out and healing and I am fine. But, that was the first time I had to call my husband and say, “I just want you to know, I won’t be home by ten today. I am going to the hospital to get stitches.” And, he is like, “What?” I said, “Well, they had this box cutter, and you know me with props.” I have this thing where I go with it. And even before they gave me the prop on set, they said to me, “Are you going to be OK with this?” You see, I have a tendency to go overboard, like when I was stabbing the little picture with the baby scissors in the hospital scene. That time, I ended up stabbing the baby scissors into my hands. The prop guys were like, “Um, Stace. You’ve got to know…” I am going to be so conscious of it, but it’s hard when your adrenaline is going. I get done with the scenes, and then I go, “Oh, God.”
MICHAEL:
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What did your husband, actor Bradford Tatum, think of all this? Was he a big support to you during the emotionally draining material?
STACY:
He has been a big support. I come home, and yeah, we don’t have long, long evenings because of the emotional dynamics of these two characters, Emily and Patty, and because when I come home I have to work on my script for the next day. I mean, I would literally call home and say, “Honey, I need cuddly. I need you to be tender with me because I am so fragile.” But I love going to these places, and sometimes it’s really difficult, but it’s a good challenge, and I am sure you do this, too, Michael. You like to see how far you can push yourself.
MICHAEL:
Yes, I do push myself. But you are super competitive, right?
STACY:
Your body and your mind want to work well, and so yeah, I am competitive. And my husband laughs at me about it. But, I think that’s what keeps me going, and doing what I do.
MICHAEL:
Will you be on-air as Emily for a while? Many fans are concerned of where the Y&R writing team will go next with all of this. Could that spell the end for Stacy Haiduk on Y&R?
STACY:
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No, you are not losing me as Emily. I think it touches people. It’s this beautiful balance of creating something from the writer’s point of view, the actor’s point of view, and it’s all-creative, and that is what is so amazing. I think people feel that from the outside, too. It’s not just watching something and going, “Yeah, that was a great performance”. These are daily performances and I think people love to watch Emily or Patty and what she will do next. It’s very complex.
MICHAEL:
OK, so if I was producing a Stacy Haiduk tribute reel of the best moments of your performance last year on Y&R, and I had three and half minutes to feature you, tell me what would be on that? What would you choose?
STACY:
You have to start out with Mr. Kitty, and having that performance with a dead stuffed cat was pretty fabulous. I really like that kind of material. I would go in to this January with shows where Patty goes back to the switcheroo, when she puts Emily into the nut house and then looks in the mirror and dyes her hair. And still one of my other favorite scenes is the remote with Kitty Kitty. It was with Paul and Patty. She is turning herself in and she has to give up Kitty Kitty. I know they are silly scenes, but they get to me sometimes.
MICHAEL:
What about the great Patty and Adam scenes? There were so many great ones towards the end before his “murder”. And, we still never know if Patty has something more to reveal about what went on the night Adam was “killed”.
STACY:
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Everything’s a possibility, and you just never know. I like working with Michael Muhney (Adam). We have a good time. Michael and I click with each other, because we were both new to the show. I was thrilled to have scenes with him in the potting shed, and those were fun. I even liked when I go to Adam in the hospital and Patty is pretending to be Emily and she pinches him in the hospital and says, “You know, I just want to see if you are faking it or not.” I love those scenes. I love the way Michael plays right off of me. I have a soft spot for Michael because of that.
MICHAEL:
As we end this little chat, tell me what can I relate back to the many, many fans and admirers of your work, day in and day out. Are you really doing OK? We all want to give you a giant hug! So, since I am here with you now, here is a hug representing everyone’s embrace of your outstanding performance this past year.
STACY:
I am doing great. I got through my disappointment. I am here to support The Young and the Restless. I am thrilled that the actors I work with on a daily basis both got nominated. (Laughs). No, really I am. So, maybe we will see what happens next year with that, but right now when I work, I am happy.
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Dominic Zamprogna Weighs-In on Dante and Elizabeth Pairing and Sharing Scenes with Rebecca Herbst (Exclusive)
On General Hospital, the current PCPD commissioner Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) has been lied to, and kept in the dark, by those he thought he could trust which includes his ex-wife Lulu (Alexa Havins), his own son, Rocco (Finn Carr) and a man he considers a good friend and police partner, “Nathan” West, only Dante doesn’t know that “Nathan” is a fraud, and really his twin brother, Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey)!
The only person, who seems to be a good friend and reliable is ‘General Hospital’ head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst). For months, GH viewers are witnessing key moments when Dante and Elizabeth are there for each other. In fact, she helped Dante realize it was Rocco who shot Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) and was willing to help him cover up the crime so his son does not go to prison. Problem is, Rocco took off with Britt Westbourne (Kelly Theibaud) and as of now Dante has no idea where they are.
In a new and exclusive interview out this weekend on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, Dominic Zamprogna chats about the potential pairing of Dante and Elizabeth and the opportunity to work with beloved longtime GH favorite, Rebecca Herbst, and if he thinks when all is said and done, Dante will wind up back with Lulu. Here’s some excerpts from the conversation below.
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ELIZABETH HAS PROVEN HERSELF TRUSTWORTHY TO DANTE
Speaking on how Dante feels currently about Elizabeth, Zamprogna explained, “At this point, Elizabeth is the only person, he can trust. She’s the only one who’s essentially told Dante what’s what. But. there’s also this connection for sure beyond that, right? That’s something that we’ve tried to play. We don’t know what the end game is, honestly, as actors, I don’t know what the end game is. You have to assume that every time you’re in a scene with anybody, you’re chemistry testing, and you want to do right by the characters.”
Although Dante’s primary romances have been with Lulu and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco), a paring of Dante and Liz has never been approached by the series until now.
“To me, it’s interesting because they’ve never really explored anything between Dante and Elizabeth before. So, it’s all kind of new,” shared Dominic. “That’s the most exciting part of any relationship, the new stuff, before you jump into the domesticated stuff. That’s maybe where Ric (Rick Hearst) and Elizabeth are. They’re kind of more in this domesticated thing, or experiencing that, whereas Dante and Elizabeth truly are kind of needing each other at this moment.”
As Dominic explains it, Dante has found himself needing Elizabeth as his sounding board, since everyone else betrayed him. “Dante definitely needs Elizabeth and has reached out to her. She’s been honest, and provided him with things that he needed (to help cover up that his son, Rocco shot Cullum), explains the five-time Daytime Emmy nominee. “There’s also the other stuff that he’s finding out about her that he didn’t know. Like when she’s in the office with him and she’s talking about her past and the trauma that she’s been through (referring to Elizabeth’s rape).”
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COULD THERE BE A DANTE/ELIZABETH/RIC TRIANGLE AHEAD?
Dominic continued with high praise for his co-star, “It’s interesting for me to play, because I don’t know that story of Elizabeth as an actor, because it was before I got to the show. So, it’s two characters finding out more about each other who’ve been in each other’s orbit for 17 years. (As to the potential pairing), I’m happy to hear people are digging it because I dig it. Rebecca is phenomenal, and she plays a legacy character, and to me, one of the best actors on the show.”
With Lulu seemingly falling for “Nathan” and then currently breaking it off, Zamprogna and GH fans are awaiting to see what happens when Lulu finds out that “Nathan” is Cassius, while also finding out if Ric Lansing could be the true spoiler in any potential Liz and Dante budding romance.
“I don’t know what the long game is. I literally have no clue,” shared Zamprogna. “I currently don’t believe that there’s a Dante/Lulu happening. It feels like if they did go down the road of Dante and Ric fighting for Elizabeth, I think that would be interesting to have two guys fighting over her as opposed to two women fighting over Ric and Dante.”
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PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR DANTE/ELIZABETH ROMANCE
GH fans will recall the recent scenes where Elizabeth was dressed for her date with Ric, but stopped by Dante’s office at the PCPD first. Dante remarked, in so many words, how beautiful she looked.
Zamprogna hoped that viewers caught it, explaining, “Those are real little moments that I’m always happy or captured. It’s two people who don’t have a romantic relationship, but, planting those little seeds of her coming in and him seeing her out of her scrubs for the first time and being like, ‘Oh my, God You look amazing.” And then as the scene ends, they’re kind of wrapped up in things, and then he is like, ‘I could keep talking to you forever,’ but she has a date to get to with Ric.”
You can check out the full conversation with Dominic Zamprogna now on the Michael Fairman Channel below.
Now, let us know, after checking out Dominic’s thoughts on a potential Dante and Elizabeth pairing? Are you hoping the GH writers put them together, or do you want Liz with Ric? And, do you think the end game will still be Dante and Lulu as the exes still have to come together to find their son, Rocco, who is on the run with Britt? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Beyond the Gates
‘Beyond the Gates’ Star Brandon Claybon Talks Inclusion, The Crossover, While the Fate of Martin Richardson Hangs in the Balance
On Friday’s June 12 episode of Beyond the Gates, after it appeared Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) survived being trapped under a tree after a tornado ripped through Fairmont Crest, viewers were left with a frightening cliffhanger when Martin got up and tries to walk, but only took two steps before he collapsed right in front of his husband, Smitty (Mike Manning)!
Previously, Martin had directed Shonda to use all the money donated from his campaign fundraiser for tornado relief efforts. Nicole (Daphnée Duplaix), Ted (Keith D. Robinson) and Smitty advised Martin that he needed to go to the hospital to get check out for any internal injuries or brain trauma. However, when Martin found out his sister Kat (Colby Nixon) was missing he began to panic. Martin says he just wants to go home and get some rest, even as his husband told him he should get checked out. Now, viewers will need to wait till the Monday, June 15 episode to see the upshot.
Official Beyond the Gates spoilers for June 15 share, “In the wake of the tornado, Shanice, Ashley and Jacob rush into action when someone collapses. Meanwhile, emergency surgery is required to save a life. Nicole’s update worries Samantha and Tyrell.” But is the surgery for Eva (Ambyr Michelle) who was rushed to the hospital or Martin?
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MEETING THEE VICTOR NEWMAN
With such a pivotal week of story, Michael Fairman TV caught up with Brandon Claybon earlier this week during a roundtable press junket at A Toast for Black Excellence event in Los Angeles, promoting the major crossover event on Beyond the Gates which featured six cast members from The Young and the Restless, who also got caught up in the twister, but not the mighty Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). He somehow escaped and made it back to Genoa City in one piece.
Claybon shared his excitement of initially meeting Eric Braeden, because in the Black community, they have a long-history of watching the soap, and love Victor! “I think I just had to pinch myself because I was shaking hands with Victor Newman (on-screen), that means so much too many people spiritually,” expressed Brandon. “For people in my community, Victor Newman is everything and to have the Y&R cast in Atlanta and at our studios.”
While viewers wait to find out the fate of Martin Richardson, Claybon recalled the shooting of the Tornado storyline. “These episodes were a lot of hard work. We’re talking about 12 to 15 hour days, and you have to think about all of the actors supporting each other, it’s tremendous. Everything that we went through that viewers we’ll see sooner or later was so well worth it!”
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PRIDE MONTH REPRESENTATION
In a very important illustration of inclusion, it was key in the story to note that Genoa City titans, Victor Newman and Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), were backing Martin Richardson’s political campaign. Martin is married to Smitty in an interracial romance, and the two men are raising two black teenagers, which is a first on daytime television for a nucleus of a family. This story point is not lost on Claybon.
“Martin needs money (it was a fundraiser), so it was amazing that both Victor Newman and Jack Abbott were financially helping him with his campaign. This is is Pride month, you know, and for the first interracial gay couple on daytime TV, people are coming up to me to all the time, saying, “I see myself in your character and relationship,” and that’s what it means, representation, and that’s what we’re here for. It’s something that I’ve prepared for and I do know the responsibility it holds. Martin loves Smitty dearly, and Martin loves his family, and family is everything now.”
Previously, Michael Fairman TV spoke with Beyond the Gates series creator, head writer and executive producer, Michele Val Jean, where she named the racism storyline involving Martin killing a white bigot to protect himself and his grandfather, Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis), one of her favorite storylines in the young soap’s history.”It’s absolutely remarkable. She didn’t tell me this. I didn’t know, but it means a lot coming from her,” expressed Brandon. “Michele’s been doing this a long time, and especially for her to have her own show, she thought it would never happen. The words, “a legacy.” I think about it all the time, especially because the show has the power to change attitudes.”
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WILL BEYOND THE GATES SCORE BIG AT UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS?
Coming up next month, the nominations are expected to be announced for the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards. This would mark the first year that Beyond the Gates is eligible for the competition for its season 1. Will they triumph?
Claybon had this perspective, “I am looking forward to having a moment to celebrate with the cast, and with each other. That’s the most important thing. Recognition is fun, but at the same time, it’s not why we do this. I’m an actor, but my passion in life is to encourage, uplift, entertain and inspire. I don’t want to think about that when acting. Let (awards) come if they may, but if they don’t, I’ll still be OK.”
You can check out a moment from Friday’s Beyond the Gates below, where Martin is seemingly “OK” and Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway) finds out Victor got out of Fairmont Crest just in time!
Now let us know, what do you think will be the fate of Martin Richardson? Will he have sustained a life-altering brain injury or be OK? What did you think of the final episode of the crossover? Do you enjoy the portrayal of the same-sex relationship between Martin and Smitty and sees its importance, as we are in the middle of Pride Month? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Beyond the Gates
Peter Bergman and Daphnée Duplaix Preview ‘Beyond the Gates’ and ‘The Young and the Restless’ Crossover and What Befalls Jack and Nicole Amidst a Tornado (Exclusive)
Get ready for an action-packed story arc when several of Genoa City’s most prominent residents descend on Fairmont Crest for a fundraiser for congressman Martin Richardson’s (Brandon Claybon) campaign which kickstarts the four episode CBS daytime crossover event between Beyond the Gates and The Young and the Restless.
Beginning Tuesday, June 9 and airing though Friday, June 12 on CBS and streaming on Paramount+, in true soap opera fashion, a tornado is heading straight towards the D.C./Maryland area and strikes during the soiree, putting everyone’s life in peril.
Participating in the crossover from The Young and the Restless are: Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters), Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor), Devon Winters (Bryton James) and Abby Newman (Melissa Ordway).
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Now, as is soap opera tradition, when a tornado strikes your soap town, expect the story to be anchored on who is stuck with who? Is it an ex-husband, a former flame, a hot stranger, feuding sisters, anything and everything is on the table for this one, folks!
As a prelude to what fans will see, Peter Bergman and Daphnée Duplaix (Nicole Dupree Richardson, Beyond the Gates) visited the Michael Fairman Channel to give us the ultimate tease. Below are just a few nuggets we learned from the conversation.
JACK AND DIANE CAN’T SEEM TO FIND COMMON GROUND
Already on the outs with his wife, Diane, how does coming to Fairmont Crest impact a reconciliation between the two? Peter Bergman shared, “One would think you could build on that and that it would bring them closer together. A fellah can dream! Jack was hopeful that this little exit to Maryland might rekindle some things, might help things heal. However, Jack goes back to Genoa City fighting for his marriage.”
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WILL NICOLE CHOOSE A MAN WHILE IN THE RUBBLE?
As for Nicole, she has been playing the field dating two men: Dr. Carlton Fitzgerald (Robert Christopher Riley) and Dr. Kial Rollins (Greg Vaughan), and she still has her ex-husband Dr.Ted Richardson (Keith D. Robinson) wanting her back, might the epic tornado bring her some clarify?
Duplaix explained, “Nicole is still very much in, ‘I am having fun. I’m discovering myself. Do not give me any pressure. Don’t stress me out,’ mode. She does want to give her heart to somebody, but is still scared. So she’s like, ‘let’s just sit back and have some fun.’ As for Ted, I’m still friendly. I’m still kind (towards him).”
Both Daphnée and Peter reported they were most impressed by how Beyond the Gates was able to pull off a natural disaster ripping through Fairmont Crest, so the enormity of it could be played out on-screen in soapy fashion, but leveled up the Beyond the Gates way.
THE MAKING OF A SOAP OPERA TORNADO
“This was movie level quality on a daytime soap,” exclaimed Duplaix. “We used a completely different stage to be able to have the amount of people that we had in these scenes. It was pretty incredible and intense. I think everybody held their own from the front of the camera to the behind the camera, and I think the fans audience are going be not just surprised, but definitely satisfied.”
Twenty-five time Daytime Emmy nominee and a three time winner, Peter Bergman, certainly knows a thing or two about soap operas. Through the year, he has made no bones in previous interviews that he is a student of the genre and does watch other soaps and actors from those respective soaps. Peter was well aware that Beyond the Gates in its year and a half existence has delivered every time they have a major reveal planned.
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ANOTHER SHOCKER IS ON THE WAY
Bergman agreed and added, “So, you are a brand new show. What do you know about what really works in daytime television? Let’s work the things that really work and those shows that have been on 50 years, are not looking for those moments. They’re just kind of keeping the whole thing going. These people are artistically and scientifically looking at what works. Beyond the Gates is a really clever show in that way. There are Cliffhangers left and right. Great idea.”
In the end, Duplaix and Bergman summed up what viewers are about to see best, with Peter giving us a major spoiler alert to be on the lookout for. “It’s all exciting. There’s twists, there’s turns. Things you’re definitely not going expect to happen,” stated Duplaix. “The thing that we are used to as far as natural disasters in the soap opera world are there, but the storylines around what you expect are going be really fun to watch.” Peter concluded with (and wait or it!), “Just when you think they just got through all this crazy wind, something happens that is just nuts!”
You can check out the full conversation with Peter Bergman and Daphnée Duplaix below from You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, followed by the official Beyond the Gates promo for the crossover event. We say, look closely at who’s with whom, and what is going down and compare notes from our interview with that, and let us know if you think you have some things figured out!
Now, are you looking forward to the crossover between Beyond the Gates and Y&R? what do you think will be the surprise twist at the end of the tornado episodes? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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Thanks for another great interview MF! I got to see a side of SH that we never get a glimpse of. She really seems like a nice, down to earth, funny and all around cool person. I’m STEAMING about her Emmy snub too! Ridiculous!.
Brava for so, so many brilliant performances this past year, Stacy. You have become the one to watch on The Young and the Restless and I’m horrified that you didn’t get the Emmy nom. Shame to the academy for this outrageous snub!!!! You are a brilliant, beautiful actress!
Well, the Emmy pople blew it again. Stacy has been mesmerizing. To pull of dual roles is so demanding and exhausting, it’s a wonder the actress doesn’t go bonkers. I hope she gets the satisfaction next year at least. I don’t know how she can even top this role. An actor dies for such a role! Kudos to Stacy for convincing us she was mentally ill and then believing she was this pschiatrist who treated ill patients. I have been enthralled when she is on the screen and couldn’t take my eyes off her. So, congratulations, Stacy, for your great performances
Love, LOVE, LOVE her.
She certainly did deserve the Emmy nomination and the Emmy. Patty/Emily/Mary Jo has been one of the few reasons to stick with Y&R with all the silliness going on there.
I hope Emily and Patty are around for a while and we get to see more from Stacy.
Thanks for the great interview! It’s really interesting to hear the actor’s thoughts on the characters and the scenes and some of the behind the scenes chemistry.
Love her! Glad to hear she will be sticking around Y&R. She definitely should have been nominated. I think a lot of these award shows are more about politics than who actually deserves the award.
love her !!!!!!!!!!!!!! glad she coming back