Monday, June 8, 2009

Hansis & Seganti: The Ties That Bind

In a new interview with Michael Fairman for Advocate.com, AS THE WORLD TURNS stars Van Hansis and Paolo Seganti discuss the Emmys, working together and the relationship between their characters, Luke and Damian.

Hansis also spoke about his longevity in the role of Luke.

I was hired for three months, and I have managed to stretch it out for three and a half years. Every day I go to work I am so happy. I remember being so thrilled that I was going to be working for three months, and I don’t have to wait tables for three months! I think what happened with the show was they were telling this new story that has never been told on daytime before, and with a core character instead of a peripheral character. They were waiting to see what the fan reaction would be. And as Paolo said, the fan reaction proved how we are moving a hundred miles an hour with it. The fan response was so immensely popular, and so much more than anyone thought it would be.

Seganti commented on their working relationship.

One thing I was lucky and fortunate to find with Van is we just clicked. It was something we did not have to try and work out. We connected and worked well off each other again. There is great emotion when I work opposite of Van. He makes my scenes better all the time.

Read the full interview at Advocate.com.

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