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Above: On the cover of the June 26, 2007 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
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A Closer Look: Zach
Soap Opera Weekly
by Carolyn Hinsey, Published November 20, 2007
Zach disappears this week on AMC, but is he gone for good? Let's ask his portrayer, Thorsten Kaye.
WEEKLY: Where is Zach going when
he disappears?
KAYE: He's looking for a place to buy for
Kendall.
That's what people do in Pine Valley when they piss off their
wife.
They go buy them a new house.
WEEKLY: So he leaves?
KAYE: Yes. He's got a new car,
and as always happens
with new cars, one of the tires goes out. Then he gets run
over.
Not a good day for young Zach.
WEEKLY: The driver of the car turns out to
be Richie.
Is he aiming for Zach?
KAYE: Honestly, I don't know if it's on
purpose, or he's
just not paying attention. Richie comes back and sees Zach is
bleeding.
He got hit pretty bad. His Armani suit is cut, which I'm not
pleased
about. He picks Zach up, puts him in the car, and then drives
him
further down the road and throws him out of the moving car.
That's
where most of Zach's injuries come from. It's not a nice
thing to
do.
WEEKLY: Zach can't fight back against
little Richie?
KAYE: That's what they have to do
now. They hit
me with cars.
WEEKLY: Because if Richie tried to punch
you, you would
take him down?
KAYE: The character of Zach would,
yes. This old
man would not. I would call Cameron Mathison.
WEEKLY: Coincidentally, Richie has a photo
of JR on him
that he can leave on Zach's body to frame JR.
KAYE: Well, Richie steals JR's car.
WEEKLY: JR carries head shots?
KAYE: I guess so.
WEEKLY: Where does Zach disappear to?
KAYE: He goes out to buy a new
suit. His suit is
ruined. Once it's ripped, there's no way to mend it.
WEEKLY: No, seriously, when is he found?
KAYE: He's not.
WEEKLY: Did you get fired?
KAYE: Yes. That's the other
interview I want to
do with you. Do you need anyone to do errands for you?
WEEKLY: Okay, you can't give it
away. Tell me about
the remote filming you did at Bear Mountain, N.Y.
KAYE: I got to see some old friends, the
stunt guys.
We did the scenes of me being hit by the car and being thrown from the
car. It was fun.
WEEKLY: Are you the only one at the Bear
Mountain remote?
KAYE: No, there are a whole bunch of
people there, too,
looking for me. It's good. We don't do woods well
in the studio.
Did you know that in New York studios, you can't use real
plants?
You can on the West Coast, where there are fires everywhere, but you
can't
on the East Coast. So it's going to look good. I'm
excited.
Just reading the scripts, it reads younger to me. Things are
happening
faster.
WEEKLY: Zach turns up in an unlikely place
next week with
Greenlee.
KAYE: Yeah. I think he's going
to be all right -
but it may take a while.