'Ledging' his bets
 
(New York Daily Article-- October 2002)
 
by Carolyn Hinsey
 
Josh Duhamel
 
 
This will be a tough week for fans of "All My Children's" popular Leo du Pres. "Greenlee and Leo have been frantically trying to get out of (Pine Valley), because she feels like something bad is going happen," says Josh Duhamel, who has taped his last scenes as the hunky hero. "She's having the same kind of gut feeling that she had before the wedding, and that's when her father ended up getting shot."
Greenlee's instincts are right on. As she and Leo prepare to leave for Paris, Leo gets a call telling him that his brother David has been arrested. Leo leaves, and then his loopy mother, Vanessa, kidnaps his bride at gunpoint.
 
"Leo comes home to find the place torn apart," continues Duhamel. "Greenlee calls and tells him Vanessa has her. There's immediate panic. Vanessa gets on the phone and tells him to meet them at this park. There's a waterfall there, and a lookout point. They built an amazing set. Leo ends up finding out that all the money that he thought was tied up in stocks is actually worthless. It's all in diamonds. Vanessa tells Leo to get it and then she'll let Greenlee go. [But] her full intention is to kill Greenlee."

The only thing Vanessa has a firm grip on is the gun. "She's lost it completely," says Duhamel.
 
Knowing that diamonds are his mom's best friend, Leo retrieves them and orders Vanessa to let Greenlee go. She refuses, so Leo starts dropping the diamonds one by one into the water, "She's got a gun to Greenlee's head and she's just freaking out," says the actor.
 
Greenlee and Vanessa struggle, leading Greenlee to fall of a ledge. Thinking Greenlee is dead, a devastated Leo charges at Vanessa and ...... well, don't miss Thursday's episode.
 
"I couldn't have gotten any luckier than playing this character on this show," says Duhamel who's leaving "All My Children."
 
"Leo was a flawed guy. The more flawed the characters are, the more people can understand them. The more realistic they are, the more interesting. Everything just fell into place for me here."
 
Especially a few months ago, when he won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
 
 
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