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Above: On the cover of the June 26, 2007 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
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Interview
Carolyn's Corner
Soap Opera Weekly
by Carolyn Hinsey, Published April 24, 2007
This week's guest is Thorsten Kaye, who is thisclose to signing a new contract with All My Children as Zach.
Carolyn: What's the holdup?
Thorsten: I didn't sign because what they
said and what
they wrote were two different things.
Carolyn: But you're going to?
Thorsten: I want to. You know
how it is: The
papers come and I'm like: "Wait a minute, what happened to
the thing
we talked about?" But I think it's going to happen.
I want
it to.
Carolyn: Did you get any guarantees about
story?
Thorsten: No. I just said, "If
you're not going
to write story for me then don't sign me. Let me go do
something
else."
Carolyn: Did you get any time off with
your new contract?
Thorsten: No. I'm not good with
time off.
I like to work. I'm not a good relaxer. I would
drive everybody
else crazy. Actually, when I'm in a bar and I have a few
beers, that's
my vacation. I'm not good lying on the beach not doing
anything.
Carolyn: You don't want to go off and work
on your craft?
Thorsten: My craft has been destroyed by
me. If
I may make a nautical reference, I think my craft has been sunk.
Carolyn: So no time off and no storyline
guarantees?
Thorsten: No. You know
what? I like the people
there. They've got some great producers and it's a nice
group.
Besides, who the f--- else is going to hire me?
Carolyn: Come on, you've had lots of
offers, you just
don't want to travel too far away from your family or work for a lot
less
money.
Thorsten: Yeah, and I don't want to do
midget porn anymore.
I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy it or that it wasn't good for my
career,
I just think it's time to move on.
Carolyn: You are a funny boy. Do
you think Kendall
and Zach will have this baby or will she lose it?
Thorsten: She just had a baby, I doubt
she's going to
have another one. That could be good story. Losing
a baby is
awful. What it does to a person and who takes responsibility and where
does the anger go and what does it do to a relationship?
That's what
soaps are. If they lose a baby and love
each other more because
they go through it together, that's unrealistic to me. Maybe
it's
somebody else's fault and Zach is going to be her rock and
then fall
apart by himself and hit the bottle. I want something a
little different.
What if he blames her for it? What if she blames
him? What
if two people that love each other turn on each other and say "You did
this"?
Carolyn: If Zach hit the bottle, that
would be a good
excuse for you to let yourself go onscreen.
Thorsten: I've been doing that.
Carolyn: Couldn't Zach's ex, Hannah, be a
good wrinkle
in his marriage to Kendall?
Thorsten: Yes, but I don't know
if she's going to
be around that long.
Carolyn: Then what was the point of
bringing her on?
Thorsten: That's my question.
They have a talented
actor there (Stacy Haiduk) who's stepping up and doing a good job.
Carolyn: And Kendall isn't threatened by
her at all?
Thorsten: Not from what I've
seen. I asked them
about that. They said, "These people love each other, why
would they
be threatened?" You know why? Because they're human
and that's
a human flaw. Of course she'd be threatened by that -- the
same way
Zach is threatened when he sees her with Ryan. It doesn't
mean Kendall
doesn't love him, but Ryan and Kendall have something that is hugely
powerful
(a child). Hannah and Zach had the same thing, and they also
never
had the chance to see "What if?" We had scenes today where
she said,
"What would you have done if your father hadn't interfered?"
I said,
"I would have grabbed you and run away," but I was standing out in the
open and didn't finish my sentence.
Carolyn: Did you not finish your sentence
because you
forgot the words or because that's how it was written?
Thorsten: A little bit of both.
That comes with
Zach drinking too much.