From: zaccaria@mtl.mit.edu (Carolyn Zaccaria)
Subject: AMC: More Articles from SOD
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:43:04 GMT

Re: AMC some more scoops from SOD!

Ok here's the last installment I promised (i keep my word :-))

From "Why Actors Really Left Their Roles"

Patrick Stuart (ex-Will Cortlandt, AMC)
"If you want to play a bad guy, you have to be prepared to leave. 
Can you imagine Will hanging around? If I had stayed, they wouldn't
have been able to [make the character as bad], and he wouldn't
have been as interesting.
 The writers and producers were great; we're still on friendly 
terms. I've heard horror stories about actors not getting any notice,
but they told me in January and I wasn't off until May. When they
gave me my notice, I was shocked. I had to go to Houston, and my
brother happened to be visiting there. We had dinner and became
fatalists. It was a surprise, but as the months went by, I accepted it.
I knew my days were numbered when I saw the word "rape" in the script.
 "People don't realize that when I was cast, they wanted Will to start
out nice and become bad. It was great fun, an incredible adventure. 
Besides, I can't do one thing for long."
 AMC Executive Producer Felicia Behr Says: "The story of Will was 
riveting and exceptionally well-done by Patrick Stuart. Once we
decided to make Will irredeemably evil, the storyline dictated the
outcome. Will was killed, and unfortunately we had to lose Patrick
Stuart. He did a wonderful job, and we know he'll be successful in
his future projects."
 What He's Doing Now: "I was in a TNT mini-series, ANGEL KILLERS,
about the Civil War, that will air in July. I play E. Porter Alexander,
the South's chief of artillery. Tom Berenger and Richard Jordan are
in it. Berenger taught me screen acting. I did a play, I Hate Hamlet,
in Kansas City. It was fun. A couple of soaps offered me contracts, but
I want to do things that don't require total commitment, time-wise.
 "When I joined SAG [Screen Actors Guild], the Patrick Stewart of 
Star Trek: The Next Generation was in England, and there was hope that
we wouldn't step on each other's toes, but now people are asking if I
wouldn't mind changing my name. I'm experimenting." (ha that deserves
a smiley after it! :-))

Pictured: A Scene from AMC with Will, Haley and Brian with caption:
"So evil. So nasty. So much fun! On AMC, sly Will duped clueless
Brian (Matt Borlenghi) and Haley (Kelly Ripa)



Taken From "Gone But Not Forgotten - Soaps' Most Missed Characters" They
say "Here's a list of characters we'd like to see back on daytime!" 

All My Children

Wanted: Nina Cortlandt
Description: Daddy's little princess
Last Known Address: The rocky mountains of Denver, Colorado
Debutante Debacles: Most of Nina's blunders occurred because Nina
let Papa Cortlandt manipulate her life. But having a tawdry affair
with playboy Steve (Jacobi) while adoring husbnad Cliff kept the home
fires burning was a misake that Nina made without parental guidance.
Who Really Needs Her: Palmer hasn't really been the same since his 
darling Nina flew the coop. He's happily married to Opal and they
have a child, but Palmer just doesn't have the same gleam in 
his eye. 
An Added Plus: With Nina's return, not only would the fans have a 
beloved heroine back, but life around Cortlandt Manor would certainly
be spruced up. Although Nina's not a snob, she and Opal would have
a fine time planning dinner parties together - not!

Pictured: Palmer, Nina and Cliff with caption "Father Knows Best: If
Nina (Taylor Miller) hadn't been such a daddy's girl, Palmer (James
Mitchell) would never have been able to cause trouble between her
and Cliff (Peter Bergman).

Whew! Hope you enjoyed them!
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