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Above: On the cover of the June 26, 2007 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
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Gold Star
Thorsten Kaye (Zach) is this issue's outstanding performer
Soaps In Depth
Published October 25, 2005
Plenty of Pine Valley’s strongest men have crumbled under the hawk-like scrutiny of Kendall Hart. The list of manly excellence is long, but its latest entry may be its last. ALL MY CHILDREN’s Zach Slater, who doesn’t let emotions get in the way of business or pleasure, is starting to see his wife as more than just convenient. The attraction amuses him. It bewilders her. And when Zach recently showed up to toast Kendall’s baby-to-be, Thorsten Kaye’s gentle softening of his character’s prickly demeanor made for one of the Slaters’ most satisfying exchanges to date.
A Change of Heart?
In the weeks since he learned about their plan to have a baby, Zach
fought Kendall and Greenlee with all of the guilt, shame and reason in
his arsenal. So it wasn’t surprising that his savvy missus thought
something
was up when he came knocking. “I know you’ve given this some serious
thought,
and you’ve backed it up with serious commitment. The way you feel for
Greenlee
and how you support her, I shouldn’t get in the way of that,” he said,
proffering a bottle of expensive sparkling wine. The apparent honesty
of
his words knocked the former Ms. Hart off her game a little, but she
recovered
by tossing the bubbly against a wall and watching it shatter.
Nonplussed,
Zach asserted that he was on her side and didn’t flinch when she told
him
he couldn’t control her. “I know,” he answered. “And it actually makes
it more interesting to see what you’re going to come up with next.”
Infuriated,
Kendall demanded to know if he married her just to push her around.
Kaye’s
mischievous nod yes, just as he said no, was pure genius.
Brutal Honesty
When you traffic in lies and treachery, the truth can be your best
bet for catching people off guard. Though Myrtle had helped Zach
explore
how he felt, the afternoon visit was the first time he’d hinted at
anything
more than a grudging respect for Kendall. It threw her hard. “This
marriage
is not what I expected,” he said. As she started to protest, he quickly
continued, “It’s me, my fault. My feelings for you have changed. I like
you…I like you more.” Her resistance, already lowered, was obliterated
when he promised to do anything she asked – even to tell her that
morning
sickness and a big belly wouldn’t impinge on her beauty. Then the
grouchy
Zach surfaced for a moment. “However, no matter how pretty your belly
is
now or how pretty it’s going to be, I’m not going to talk to it.”
Kendall
joked that she wanted a divorce, and Kaye’s smoldering gaze as he
replied,
“No, you don’t,” made it clear that the cagey cad will continue to have
her – and the audience – curled around his finger as tightly as one of
Mrs. Slater’s auburn curls.