INTERVIEW: GUIDING LIGHT’s Jessica Leccia (Natalia)In an interview with EclipseMagainze.com, Leccia discusses her pairing with Crystal Chappell's Olivia: "It helps a lot that I love Crystal! I think she’s amazing. I always enjoy what she’s going to do. You just never know about chemistry. I still don’t know! You hope for the best and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m really grateful that people feel that it’s there for them."
She later praises the writers: "I’m so happy. We love the writing. We have gotten to do scenes that might seem kind of mundane but then when you really look at the scene and the way that it’s written you’re just like 'There so much in here!' and all we’re doing is sitting at the kitchen table. That’s the kind of stuff that really makes us happy and makes us excited to go work. I don’t have to say it, the writing's super important!"
On the message of the story: "You know as far as messages go, I think we want to try and keep it as simple as possible and I think keeping the message really simple appeals to a lot more people and that’s just that this is a love story and you fall in love for a million different reasons, you fall out of love for a million different reasons and this is just one of those stories."
Michael Fairman on "The Frank DeCaro Show" at 12:15pm ET today
Hosts Frank and Doria will be talking with Fairman about the hottest topics in soaps today including "Otalia" of GUIDING LIGHT.
Soap stars get "Dressed to Kilt"
Sophisticated New Yorkers and celebrity Scots from around the globe take over the city and get "Dressed to Kilt" with Sir Sean and Lady Connery playing host of the evening's festivities. This year's Dressed to Kilt fashion show features appearances by UGLY BETTY co-stars Michael Urie, Ashley Jensen and Mark Indelicato, former AS THE WORLD TURNS actress Tamara Tunie, and ALL MY CHILDREN legend Susan Lucci.
The highly-anticipated event will take place on Monday, March 30 at M2 Lounge (530 West 28th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues) in Manhattan, beginning with a cocktail reception at 7:30PM, followed by the runway presentation at 9:00PM. The theme of this year's show is The Colors of Scotland, celebrating the natural beauty and proud heritage of Scotland.
Daytime Faves and Fans Take to the High Seas
Rock the Soap is a brand-spankin' new cruise that is setting off for its very first voyage on March 20-23.
Vast Majority of TVs to Keep Analog Until June 12
According to the FCC, 927 stations have declared that they plan to pull the plug on analog June 12, with 158 stations saying they want to switch earlier than that. Almost half of those say they want to go April 16, the earliest the FCC will let them. Over 600 stations have already pulled the plug, but the remaining thousand-plus cover the majority of the country.
roger, thanks again for the continued coverage of all things otalia. the interview with jess over at eclipse magazine is in no way spoilery but is fascinating just the same. i feel like we- the audience- have so much to learn about natalia. and i for one am so excited that GL found the wonderful leccia to play this role. she is definitely finding her groove.
ReplyDeleteas for her concern about chemistry, uhmmm, i'm amazed on an otalia daily basis that my tv and computer don't melt from the heat coming off these two. meow!
keep the coverage coming! we totally appreciate you.
Your continued support of GL and this storyline means a lot, Roger. Thanks for all you do.
ReplyDeleteGL is lucky to have Jessica and Crystal driving this storyline. Their chemistry is palpable, they know their characters and they're invested. What more could we ask for?
Roger - THANK YOU for your coverage of the Otalia storyline! It's definitely "must see" television for me. The writing and the acting is first rate!
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