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Two Men And A Baby
AMC's Cameron Mathison and Thorsten Kaye on love triangles, Sonny and Carly, and who's bigger (no, not that!)
Soap Opera Weekly
Published December 20, 2005
All My Children's Zach is married to Kendall, who is carrying Ryan's child after impregnating herself with his sperm when they thought Ryan was dead in order to give his widow, Greenlee, Ryan's child. However, Kendall used her own egg, so an outraged Greenlee left town. Ryan and Zach aren't too amused with Kendall either, but their portrayers, Cameron Mathison and Thorsten Kaye, are entertained by pretty much everything -- including each other.
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Cameron Mathison: This should go very well for me (rolls
his eyes).
Weekly: Thorsten is pretending to be upset that
Alicia Minshew
called Ryan Kendall’s soulmate at Super Soap Weekend.
Mathison: You know what his real insecurity is? He
knows Ryan
is very well-endowed and is a better lover. (Looks at Kaye.)
I think
I probably shouldn’t have opened that door this early in the
conversation
because I’m about to get killed.
Thorsten Kaye: Well-endowed? Is that the biggest
difference
between Cameron and Ryan?
Mathison: Yes, actually it is. On top of that, Ryan
is a way
better fighter than Cameron. Cameron would get his ass kicked.
Weekly: What do these guys see in Kendall? She’s
such a liar.
Mathison: All Ryan sees in Kendall right now is the
fact that
she’s carrying his child. The only connection they have is trying to
figure
out whether or not to have it.
Weekly: Are you excited for a steamy love triangle?
Kaye: I’m up for it. What do you think?
Mathison: Do they ever have threesomes in triangles?
I said
that out loud, didn’t I?
Kaye: This is a different kind of threesome.
Mathison: I’m sorry. Sometimes I see it in my head
and then
it plays out so differently when I get the script. Scratch that. I
don’t
know if I should say this, but I think Kendall and Zach make a really
great
couple. It’s incredibly interesting for Ryan, who obviously doesn’t get
along with Zach, to have this connection with Kendall, which is even
deeper
than just love for each other. They share a child. A fan said to me
that
it’s like a Sonny/Carly kind of relationship, which I think is a really
cool relationship.
Kaye: Zach is Carly?
Mathison: Or Sonny. You can see it both ways. All
My Children
doesn’t really have a couple like that. Ryan’s been such a jerk. I
don’t
know if fans are going to be able to see past all that. So if this is a
triangle, it won’t be just a slam dunk.
Kaye: It is a triangle. If Ryan
is going to be a father
to this child, that’s a big deal. If Zach loves this woman, he has to
also
love her if she chooses Ryan to be the man to raise this kid.
Weekly: Why do Zach and Ryan hate each other so
much?
Kaye: It’s too easy to say they hate each other
because they
want the same woman. It would be a lot more interesting if Zach pushed
Ryan toward Kendall because he doesn’t think he’s right for her, and if
Ryan let him, even though he would rather be with his own wife
[Greenlee],
who left him. I’ve never had that happen to me. It’s got to be tough.
Mathison: It’s happened to me several times,
actually. It’s
not good.
Weekly: Who’s the villain here?
Kaye: Zach, but I don’t see why. Sure he lied about
who he was
when he came to town, but Ryan lied that he was dead and he’s in the
clear.
Even that was Zach’s fault. But I want to see how
Kendall being
pregnant with Ryan’s baby is Zach’s fault. I’m sure it will be.
Weekly: Will Ryan start to love Kendall more now
that she’s
giving him a baby?
Kaye: Probably. Plus, Greenlee’s gone. A man’s got
to hit on
something.
Weekly: Was there a fight that started all this?
Mathison: The casino night party when Ryan got shot,
right?
Kaye: Way before that. And, by the way, I didn’t
shoot you.
It was when Erica was in Vegas and you showed up and said “I’m trying
to
help her,” and she said, “Oh, my God, you’re the one who tried to lock
me up in Vegas.” Yeah, because you were a drunk with a bad wig. That’s
why I locked you up.
Mathison: Even before that.
Kaye: Well, we fought from the first time we met,
but we can’t
talk about that. It was really because I was so much better on Port
Charles than you are on this show. That’s not really a
character thing.
Mathison: (Ignoring him) How
about the fact that Ryan
got all the money from Zach’s father? That goes back even further. It
didn’t
bother you that I had a connection with your dad that you never had?
Kaye: Nope.
Mathison: I don’t believe you.
Kaye: I didn’t like the man. I don’t give a f---
what he does
with his money.
Mathison: It kind of pisses me off that it doesn’t
bother you.
They’ve been writing the fact that Ryan thinks maybe it pisses you off,
but you’re right, it never comes from you.
Weekly (to Mathison): Is it hard
for you to work with
someone so much more handsome than you?
Mathison: It’s not easy. The pressure! I have my own
lighting
specialist who comes in to help me out. I spend more time in hair and
makeup
now.
Kaye: Do you think you should spend less time in the
deli?
Mathison: I’ve been told that. I’ve been told that
the older
I get, the more layers of clothing I’m going to have to wear.
Kaye: I saw pictures of you from when you had a
six-pack. When
did you change that to a 12-pack? When did you change that to a case?
Mathison: I’ve got to go . . .
Weekly (to Kaye): Are you offering to be his
personal trainer?
Kaye: No, not me. My body stopped being a temple a
long time
ago.
Mathison: One of the things that I respect about
Thorsten is
that he takes his diet and his physical regime very seriously. He never
goes off it. That includes going to a gym named Prohibition almost
every
night. And he has these high-protein, low-calorie doughnuts that he
eats
every morning, which are incredible. And a protein shake that looks
like
beer.
Kaye: Who is it that orders a pound of bacon every
morning?
Mathison: Yeah, I do go to extremes a little when I
order my
food.
Weekly: Do you guys run lines together?
Kaye: Yes.