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News for the week of 21-Sep-2015

by Carol Banks Weber

Michael Fairman goes in-depth with Miles Gaston Villanueva, who plays the mysterious Luca Santori. In Fairman’s September 16th interview, Villanueva talks about landing the role after playing a priest on the show (JFP’s idea), executive producer Jill Farren Phelps’ hands-on welcome when he first came on as a “young and handsome” priest (over an older gentleman), and more about the new character of Luca. One thing’s for sure, after nailing this role, the actor wants Luca to play a compelling human not an evil cartoon. “I want him to be complex and layered. The thing is I have been craving to play the anti-hero. So people may not agree with stuff that he is doing, or the way he may be going about it. But, I would love the audience to go, ‘But, damn. He is charming. He has that vulnerable side, and he looks good in a suit!’ (Laughs)” He, as in Gaston Villanueva, is a multi-cultural mix of Mexican, French, Irish, Jewish, and German.

Kate Linder (Esther) recently enjoyed a shake-up to her character under the new Charles Pratt Jr. regime. She’s no longer wearing that infernal maid uniform, under Jill’s beck and call (thanks to a she said/he said battle with accused sex pervert Colin). Linder’s excited to tackle a new direction for her character, complete with a new setting at Crimson Lights, and new wardrobe. “You don't know what's going to happen to you when you get up in the morning. You think you know, but at the end of the day, that particular day, things may have transpired that you didn't expect or even [knew you wanted]. It's much like real life in that case, where I just don't know, and I'm excited to get my scripts and plow through them and see what is going to happen. I'm just wondering myself, too -- I'm excited to see, just like everyone else, what direction they will be taking this and what Esther will be doing and how she responds to all this. Don't forget she's been there in the Chancellor house for 33 years. That's a very long time -- and in real time -- so it's a whole new experience.” Soap Central interview by Kambra Clifford, September 18, 2015

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