SMG To Return to "All My Children"
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shipperx(SoapOperaNetwork.com) -- Soap Opera Network first reported that Sarah Michelle Gellar was interested in returning to her roots for a guest appearance in May. Today, the same day that film-star Josh Duhamel first aired on "All My Children" in his return stint as Leo du Pres, it was announced that Gellar's interest had come to fruition. Early this afternoon, Soap Opera Digest broke the news that the actress will appear on "AMC" for one episode before the September 23 finale on ABC.
Gellar, who has been a fan of the 41-year-old ABC soap almost her entire life, is also a fan of the actress that with much success took over the role of Erica Kane's first born in 2002, Alicia Minshew. On that note, the actress will not be returning to reprise the role of Kendall Hart. Gellar originated the role in 1993. Of her successor, Minshew, Gellar says, "[it's her] role now. She has made that beyond her own. She's amazing." Who will Gellar be playing? She has no idea, yet. The actress tells Digest she is open to playing any role, from a bar patron to the long-missing Bobby Martin's new ski-bunny wife, as long as she gets to bid the soap that started her career a respectful adieu.
The Daytime Emmy Award winner, who became a mainstream star for her seven season run (1997 to 2003) on the cult-classic and critically acclaimed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is set to star on the CW drama-thriller "Ringer" in the 2011-2012 prime-time season. Speaking of "AMC" and "Ringer," Justin Bruening - who is also returning to "AMC" for a short stint this summer - will be joining the cast of "Ringer" as a potential love interest for Gellar's character. The role is recurring. (Bruening had originally been set to star on an NBC reboot of "Wonder Woman" for the 2011-2012 prime-time season; the production was dropped due to expense). Gellar adds that she believe she's set to tape at "AMC" on the same day her new co-star, Bruening, returns to tape his episodes.
It would be pretty funny if SMG was a babysitter for Kendal's son Spike!
But, good grief, Bruenig is going to be SMG's love interest? Laimie? (Thus dubbed by combining "Labrador Retriever" with his character's name... because the only thing Bruenig was ever good at was looking like a congenially confused puppy. You could almost hear the Scobby-voiced 'huh?' in his scenes.)
Gellar, who has been a fan of the 41-year-old ABC soap almost her entire life, is also a fan of the actress that with much success took over the role of Erica Kane's first born in 2002, Alicia Minshew. On that note, the actress will not be returning to reprise the role of Kendall Hart. Gellar originated the role in 1993. Of her successor, Minshew, Gellar says, "[it's her] role now. She has made that beyond her own. She's amazing." Who will Gellar be playing? She has no idea, yet. The actress tells Digest she is open to playing any role, from a bar patron to the long-missing Bobby Martin's new ski-bunny wife, as long as she gets to bid the soap that started her career a respectful adieu.
The Daytime Emmy Award winner, who became a mainstream star for her seven season run (1997 to 2003) on the cult-classic and critically acclaimed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is set to star on the CW drama-thriller "Ringer" in the 2011-2012 prime-time season. Speaking of "AMC" and "Ringer," Justin Bruening - who is also returning to "AMC" for a short stint this summer - will be joining the cast of "Ringer" as a potential love interest for Gellar's character. The role is recurring. (Bruening had originally been set to star on an NBC reboot of "Wonder Woman" for the 2011-2012 prime-time season; the production was dropped due to expense). Gellar adds that she believe she's set to tape at "AMC" on the same day her new co-star, Bruening, returns to tape his episodes.
It would be pretty funny if SMG was a babysitter for Kendal's son Spike!
But, good grief, Bruenig is going to be SMG's love interest? Laimie? (Thus dubbed by combining "Labrador Retriever" with his character's name... because the only thing Bruenig was ever good at was looking like a congenially confused puppy. You could almost hear the Scobby-voiced 'huh?' in his scenes.)
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Date: 2011-08-05 02:43 am (UTC)Awww, and he's such a cute kid too. XD I can hear vampire!Spike now, "Spike is a very practical and appropriate baby name." :D
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Date: 2011-08-05 03:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-05 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-08-05 02:56 am (UTC)Very weird. How are they going to transistion that to the web?
Assuming they do.
I give Gellar credit for taking a page out of Nathan Fillion's book and respecting the soap that taught her the craft. There's a reason she could hit every mark, learn lines rapidly, and kiss well on Buffy - she had four years in the soap opera trenchs - soap opera work is hard. A lot of actors can't do it. You get your script literally an hour before you have to perform it. One take. Maybe two. No time to really rehearse. People have been known to write their lines on napkins. Marisa Tomei sucked at soap opera work - she got booted out fast.
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Date: 2011-08-05 02:58 am (UTC)Babe? Bruening...is very good at looking pretty, but little else.
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Date: 2011-08-05 03:21 am (UTC)And yes, he is cute. And he has a 'nice' quality. But...well... that's about it.
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Date: 2011-08-05 03:20 am (UTC)David (Vincent Izarry's character) was part of the 'missing Maria Santos' plot and the missing 'Greenlee' plot a couple of years ago, so they are saying that the same stunt he pulled on Greenlee and Maria is what he's done for a bunch of people in town. That he was running some strange experimental medical trial and so several of the supposed deaths aren't actually... dead.
Hence, Dixie isn't dead. Leo (Duhamel) isn't dead. Zach isn't dead. Gillian isn't dead.
Erica's plot is unrelated. Primary reason that they stuck her in Greenhaven was to write the returns of some of the beloved loonies, so she's in Greenhaven with Janet from Another Planet, Crazy Annie, and Stuart's wife whose name I'm forgetting.
Basically, AMC decided to just go whole hog. Screw reality, give fans the reunions they wanted. Can't say that I blame them.
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Date: 2011-08-10 12:56 am (UTC)