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Soap Opera Weekly Magazine. Dated: January 1999
Recent fad I admit to trying: Pilates
Favorite actor: Sean Penn
Favorite actress: Lili Taylor
Favorite movie: Cinema Paradiso
Greatest fear: Being trapped in a video arcarde with no quaters
How I want to spend New Year's Eve 1999: Alone with my girlfriend in the desert, soaking in natural hot spring, listening to Sting
Favorite TV show: Law & Order
Favorite singer: Tori Amos
Film or theatrical role for the opposite sex I would most want to play: Maggie "The Cat" Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
If I could keep one household appliance, it would be: A can opener- how would I make my tuna fish sandwiches?
Something you'd be surprised to know about me: I'm ambidextous. (Can use with both right and left hand)
Currently reading: Still Life With Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins
Favorite book: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite food: Sounds crazy, but I really dig spinach
Least favorite food: Green bell peppers
Favorite comfort food: Taco Bell's Santa Fe Chicken Gordita
Favorite song: Eleanor Rigby, by The Beatles
Favorite item of clothing: My leather jacket I've had since 10th grade
Greatest achievement: Landing my Sunset Beach role
I can imitate: Scooby-Doo
If I couldn't be an actor, I'd be: A professional tennis player
Cause I most believe in: Finding a cure for AIDS
If I had one wish: I'd buy the world a slushee
Most treasured posession: My Costco card
First thing I do when I wake up in the morning: Hit the snooze button
Last thing I do before I go to bed: Pray
Most embarrassing moment: Getting stood up for a dance and to a dance to see the girl with another guy
Best quality: I'm a nice guy
Worst quality: I'm a nice guy
Biggest regret: Stopped learning to play the piano
Something that makes me see red: Any form of prejudice
If I could live anywhere, it'd be: The Maldive Islands
Greatest love: Living life every day
Quality I like most in a mate: Passion for life
My hero: My dad
My epitaph: Did you see that?!
By: Lauren Baier Kim
Soap Opera Digest Magazine. Dated: August 10, 1999
Sunset Beach's Michael Strickland Bares All About Exposure And Uh, Bottom Lines
Michael Strickland (Brad, SUNSET BEACH) isn't one to back down in the face of a challenge. Take his first big role - that of an, uh, overexposed, hypothermic frat boy on the prime-time sensation, ER. "It was pretty much trial by fire, because I was butt naked!" recalls Strickland, who, to his surprise, had to spend three hours on the set with nothing more than a strategically placed first-aid kit to cover him. "I expected at least to have a nylon thing on or something," he exclaims. "I'm trying to talk to Julianna Margulies [Carol] and [laughs] ... so, how do you start a conversation like that? 'So anyway, I'm naked !'"
Though the usually unflappable Strickland got a tad more exposure than he'd planned for that day, his ER debut did lead to several other (less-revealing) roles on MURPHY BROWN, SILK STALKINGS, USA HIGH and SAVED BY THE BELL. And when SUNSET BEACH offered him a gig last year, the actor jumped at the opportunity ... even though his character was doomed - literally.
"We were headed for the bottom," Strickland chuckles, regarding 1998's "Shockwave" storyline, in which Brad and cohort, Amy were supposed to go down with a cruise ship that was struck by a tsunami. But the writers had a change of heart and scripted a "life preserver" for the pair. "Every day, [Krissy Carlson, Amy, and I] would run through our scripts to see if we were dead yet," the actor recalls. "The last day, when Brad and Amy were saved, we were like 'Cool deal!' Then we found out that we got picked up for contract. So we had a nice celebration."
This summer, the actor has more reasons to celebrate: Lifeguard Brad is getting a love interest and a beefed-up storyline. As a result, the actor admits that he's anxious to beef up his physique. "Especially now," laughs Strickland good-naturedly. "Everything I do is with my shirt off. I've been going to the gym a lot. Think about who I have to stand next to: Timothy Adams [Casey] and Jason George [Michael]. Those guys are built! They're like, wham! When I'm standing next to them, I have to puff myself up."
Which might be easier since Strickland is getting such a workout at his suburban L.A. home. In fact, on the day of this interview, he had spent the better part of the morning laying heavy grass sod in his yard. "I had to truck it with a wheelbarrow," he signs. "back and forth, laying it down. It was a pain, but I have grass!" Which is apparently better than what had been growing there when he purchased the adobe-style house three years ago. "It was a wreck," Strickland shares. "There was moss growing on the walls where my bedroom is."
With his home coming together, a newly purchased Nissan Xterra in the driveway, a new dog, Java, romping about, and his three-year relationship with his girlfriend, actress Kathleen Quinn, right on track ("I could see marriage in our future," he muses), Strickland admits that he's pretty settled - a once-foreign concept. Due to his father's career in the oil business, Strickland's family relocated every couple of years to places like Alaska, Singapore, San Diego and Texas. "I'm freaking out," he confesses. "Having a house is no big deal because I can sell it tomorrow. But now I bought a new car, I have a lawn, I've got a dog ? oh, my gosh!"
Which is not to say that this actor isn't appreciative of his happily harried life. "What do I have to worry about?" he asks with a grin. "I mean, come on. It's almost the year 2000! I may as well have fun."
Quick Nick: Outtakes with Sunset Beach's Nick Stabile (Mark)
by Joann Fazzi, Soap Opera Digest
Star: Nick Stabile
Role: Mark Wolper, SUNSET BEACH
Birthday: March 4
Hometown: Arvada, Colorado
Significant Other: Girlfriend, Lisa. "I met her waiting tables at Barefoot restaurant. She was a waitress, artist and singer as well. She opened for the revised Jefferson Starship at the Roxy."
California Dreamin': "When I first arrived [in L.A.], I didn't have any money in my pocket, I didn't have any change in my car. To me, stupid little things like getting out of the mall for the first time [was culture shock]. I was like, "You have to pay to park at the mall?" Because where I'm from, you don't to pay to park anywhere, except for downtown. It was crazy, you know. "
New York, New York: "I have not experienced New York in a realistic manner. When I go to New York, I'm staying [at a nice hotel], I have a car picking me up, I've got an expense account and I'm eating at really cool places. But I have spent some time with Tim [Adams, Casey] in New York, beboppin' around like a New Yorker, walking 10-12 miles. New York is cool, great energy. I like New York because the people [are honest]. They're not like "Oh, you're great" and then [talk badly about you] when you're not around."
Extreme Fun: "I just played in this thing; Power Bar sponsored this thing called 'Extreme Golf,' where you strike the ball and run. Usually 18 holes of golf takes about 4 hours, this took 30 minutes. It's amazing. I think I actually did better, because you don't think about it. "
You've Come A Long Way, Baby: "I feel that Mark has really evolved from the first episode. It has really changed. To have six months, a year, two years, three years, five years under your belt of soap opera acting is a lot of experience. I look at that first episode: my posture was stiff, my breathing was very shallow, I was very nervous, everything about it. I look at it now and I think it's getting a lot better. I have a long way to go, though. It's quite a challenge, because [it's] every single day. The challenge is to make it fresh. The nature of medium is that we are doing scenes over and over again with the characters, and the storylines take a long time to evolve. The challenge is to make it fresh."
Mark's Wish List: "I'd like to continue to watch Mark get heavier into the storyline with Ricardo, Paula and Gabi. To be honest I [can] really see Mark and Meg getting into a relationship. It's the two 'goodies,' two wholesome [characters]. She's from Kansas, he's such a nice guy. I don't know how interesting it would be [laughs]. I say that facetious l because I'm sure they'll come up with something [to keep it interesting]. Who knows though."
Where Are You Coming From, Where Have You Been?: "I want to see Mark's past a little bit more. Mark's past history was that he was an orphan on the street, he was living kind of dangerously and wasn't much within the boundaries of the law. The character that you watch now is very understanding, very kind, very even tempered. Every actor wants [his/her character] to have a tinge of danger, anger, whatever. I'd like to see them go that way. It would be interesting. Because every character, whether you're the good guy or the bad guy, we all have a sort of gray in between."
BEACH Pals: "Tim Adams [Casey] and I have gone to the gym, had dinner. I've also had dinner a few times with Clive [Robertson, Ben]. I've done a personal appearance in Rochester, New York with Peter Barton [Eddie], we had a lot of fun there. I've made a lot of friends on other shows: Doug Davidson [Paul, YOUNG AND RESTLESS], is a really great guy."
Fringe Benefits: "Hey, the benefits of this job are great, a lot of three or four weekends. But you know, on those weekends, I must say, I have already started preparing material for next Tuesday."
Level Headed Guy: "I haven't been real extravagant. I almost bought a motorcycle recently, a Harley [Davidson]. I had the check written and everything. I had really horrible dreams the night before and every single person that I spoke to said, I'm worried about you having a motorcycle. I just started thinking, if I get hurt on my motorcycle, it could put a damper on my career. I spoke to Gary Tomlin, our executive producer, about it. He said, "I can't tell you what to do, but I can tell you that I had a one when I was on two shows. I got it, and it cost $65 to fix my bike and $10,000 to fix my knee. And basically I got written out of the show because I was in a cast and I couldn't walk." I've worked too hard to have something like that happen to me."
Eat Well, Be Merry: "I like to eat out a lot. I like to eat healthy. I go to this place that serves sugar free and fat free [foods]. Everything in there is delicious. I had one thing that was horrible, and it just tasted like dirt. That was a little too healthy for me. It was like, God, they just extracted this burrito out of the ground." [laughs]
Chef of the Future?: "Living alone, to cook for one person is tough. The thing I try to remember is before I got this show, I cooked every night, and I saved a lot of money. I try to cook. I make really great Italian meat sauce. But it takes about ten hours. And you can't leave that alone, you have to stir it. Because if you don't stir it, it's going to burn all on the bottom. So, those are like a Sunday afternoon when it's snowing [meal]. [Laughs] It doesn't snow here, so.... I try to do it in the crock pot. I'm pretty good with the crock pot."
David Matthiessen, Leo Deschanel
Ever wonder what it's like to be a Digest editor and chat up with soap stars all day? We decided to turn a few interview assignments over to our readers to let them in on the fun. Sunset Beach fan Lakhena Luy of Richmond, VA, wanted to learn more about her favorite BEACH boy, David Mathiessen (Leo).
LUY: How has your experience on Sunset Beach been so far?
MATHIESSEN: It's my dream job, and I love it. It was kind of nerve-wracking my first couple of weeks because I had some pretty big scenes with the whole "Shockwave" thing and my meeting my [on-screen] brother, Cole [Eddie Cibrian].
LUY: What is it like working for Aaron Spelling?
MATHIESSEN: I haven't met Mr. Spelling yet, but it's been great. I sing "Zip A Dee Doo Dah" every time I go to work. There are plenty of doughnuts and plenty of coffee!
LUY: AJ is Leo's father and Cole is his long-lost brother. If your real dad just told you that you had a long-lost brother, how would you react?
MATHIESSEN: I would be disappointed because I could've been playing ball with my brother for all those years. I would want to meet him, but I wouldn't be furious or enraged. I would just take it all in stride.
LUY: If you could choose one of your cast members to be your roommate, who would it be and why?
MATHIESSEN: Michael Strickland (Brad). I share a dressing room with him now. We're both pretty neat, and we have quite a few things in common. We have the same taste in music - underground rock n' roll-type stuff - and we've both been to Singapore.
LUY: Do you have out with any of your fellow cast members off the set?
MATHIESSEN: I went to see a 70s funk show with Michael and Cristi Ellen Harris (Emily). We met up and had some drinks and did some dancing. It was the first time I had ever gone out with anybody from the cast.
LUY: What's your nationality?
MATHIESSEN: I'm half Dutch and half Indonesian. My parents were born in Indonesia, and then they immigrated here. I was born in San Jose, California.
LUY: When did you get into acting?
MATHIESSEN: I got into it when I was in high school. I was doing a lot of competitive cycling and got really burnt out on the whole thing. I had been racing for five years and got into theater because I wasn't making any friends in cycling - it was just too competitive. So I enrolled in a beginning acting class and just got the bug. After high school, I kept doing community theater in the Bay Area.
LUY: What do you do for fun in your spare time?
MATHIESSEN: I play drums and the electric bass. We have a band called Gargantuan Origami. And I go cycling a lot. I do a lot of road riding up in Malibu canyon.
LUY: Do you have a favorite TV show or movie?
MATHIESSEN: I was really into The X-Files, but now I just rent videos. Repo Man is my all time favorite movie.
LUY: If you won a million dollars, what would you spend it on?
MATHIESSEN: I'd buy my mom a house in Hawaii - that's a million dollars right there. Or I'd invest in 3D computer animated feature films of the action-packed variety, with lots of martial arts and comic book type storylines.
LUY: If you could meet anybody in the world, who would it be and why?
MATHIESSEN: Anybody in the world? I think it would probably be Jim Carrey because I'd want to talk to him about some ideas I have for the next Ace Ventura movie. Or maybe the Dalai Lama.
LUY: What are your plans for the future?
MATHIESSEN: I don't know. [laughs] I definitely see myself acting in feature films.
SUN's striking beauty Kelly Hu combines traditional values with a '90s attitude. Like her character, SUN's Kelly Hu (Rae) is a modern woman with traditional values -- although sometimes Hu's real-life values seem to be diametrically opposed. "Maybe that comes from being of Chinese background, living in a Western society," muses hu, who is Chinese-Hawaiian-English. "East meets with West in my life often. I was born and raised a Roman Catholic, yet we had statues of Quan Yin all over the house. We leave slips of paper around the house with words that are supposed to guard against evil, but we have a cross hanging over the doorway."
Like Rae, who is pretending to be married to Casey to avoid a prearranged marriage set up by her traditional Chinese parents, Hu would not be too pleased if her family expected her to go through with such an arrangement. But she recognizes that prearranged marriages do have some positive aspects. Friends her own age, from Korea, Japan and Saudi Arabia, have successful marriages arranged by their parents. "The idea of 'arranged' is a bit more flexible these days," says the former Miss Teen USA. "It's not arranged from birth, but there is a particular small group of potential partners from which to choose.
"There is a certain respect for the other person and their family, too," Hu explains. "There's an understanding of each other based on growing up in the same culture, social status and beliefs. Married partners spend time discovering each other rather than having unrealistic expectations. There's a clear idea of what's expected. Male and female roles are pretty well defined.
"In modern society, with roles so less clearly defined, sometimes it's hard for either party to know were to stand," she adds. "Many people like the comfort of knowing where they belong. I think that's important for children, to see what Mom does and Dad does, and how it differs and where it's similar."
But failure in such marriages is not an option. "I think those marriages survive because they have to," Hu observes. "There is no divorce."
Although Hu's parents haven't picked a soul mate for their daughter, their own marriage has influenced her views on matrimony. Her parents divorced when she was quite young, which left Hu "always afraid of marriage," she remembers. "Many of my friends have divorced parents, too," Hu says. "I just think people tend to jump into marriage too quickly. I take it very seriously."
Hu marveled that a member of the NBC production crew married a woman he knew for only two months. "That's something I could never, ever, imagine myself doing," she says. "It would just be too scary! I'd rather stay single and live with a person for 15 years rather than get married for the sake of being married."
Hu had a five-year, long-distance relationship with a beau who lived in London. They talked about getting married, but the situation became convoluted. "I realized this was just way too serious. We'd be married!"
Presently, Hu is dating an Iranian Moslem, Ali Moussavi, an investment banker whom she met through mutual friends over a year ago. "We're both very self-sufficient and independent people," she says.
And maybe that's because Hu's been exposed to so many different cultures in her young life. "In Hawaii, we're in the crosscurrent of many cultures," she observes. "Although I'm Chinese, and so is my character, I can't speak Chinese. I do know some Japanese, though, because it was taught in school and I have a Japanese godfather. We talk in broken Japanese. But I can't speak in Chinese to my grandmother."
Hu hasn't though about when -- or if -- she'll marry. She does muse about having children, however, perhaps adopting a child one day "But I don't see it happening any time soon," she says. "It's a huge responsibility. I can't even keep a pet, much less think about raising a child."
Den första glimten tittarna kommer få av såpaveteranden SANDRA FERGUSON (fd. Amanda Another World, fd. Brooke Glamour) i Sunset Beach den 6 september är hennes röda naglar och skuggan. "Jag har fullt med makeup och håret gör en skugga på väggen", skrattar Ferguson om hennes första dagar som Coles ex-flickvän och juveltjuvs-kumpan, Jade. "Jag känner mig så skyldig till hårstylisterna och makeup-folket för att de jobbade så hårt." Räkna med att Jade kommer att smyga runt i Sunset Beach lite innan hon berättar för Cole att hon är där. "Jag smög där några dagar" säger Ferguson om sin karaktär. Men räkna inte heller att Jade kommre att vara en snäll flicka. "Hon är mycket framfusig och går in i Coles rum och säger 'Hej. Jag är här. Saknade du mig, lika mycket som jag saknade dig?' Onödigt att säga, är att Caitlin inte är ett problem. "Jade brukar inte oroa sig så mycket om vilka tår hon trampar på för att få det hon vill ha."
DIGEST ONLINE: Det måste ha varit kaotiskt att spela en karaktär som Jade.
SANDRA FERGUSON: Du vet, det har varit jätteroligt -- det är precis det jag sa igår. Jag gick fakiskt till en av producenterna och sa 'Var de scenerna OK?' Han svarade: 'Ja, de var jättebra. Vi gillade dem jättemycket' och jag sa 'Jag har ju så kul att jag måste fjäska lite också.'
DIGEST ONLINE: Har du haft några saftiga repliker än då?
FERGUSON: [Skrattar] Första dagen jag sa något, efter timmar av smygande, säger Cole något om att an måste gå till sin fästmö, och jag [som Jade] skrattade lite och sa, "Fästmö, vilket otroligt fult ord.' Cole säger hela tiden till mig 'Gör inte så här!' när jag kysser hans nacke. Jade kommer alltid att säga saker som, 'Jag har varit på så många ställen, att det här känns som hemma'. Jag kallar hans fästmö 'Little Princess' och andra nedgraderande saker. Jag försöker alltid att övertyga honom att leva farligt och att han inte kan överleva att leva som en tråkmåns i Sunset Beach.
DIGEST ONLINE: Hur kommer Jade slingra sig tillbaka i Coles liv?
FERGUSON: Slingra är ett bra ord. [Skrattar] Slingra är perfekt. Hon kommer vara mycket framfusig och gå in till honom och säga 'Hej. Jag är här nu. Saknade du mig, lika mycket som jag saknade dig?' Det är ungefär så hon kommer vara. Hon har inga tvivel och tror att hon bara behöver dyka upp för att fånga killen. Jade tror bara att Cole spelar något spel för att få tag i Caitlins pengar och han har blivit upptagen och 'Jäklar, jag behöver sällskap och jag är här för att ta honom tillbaka.'
DIGEST ONLINE: Och det verkar som om Jade inte bryr sig om Caitlin?
FERGUSON: [sarkastiskt] Vem? [Skrattar]
DIGEST ONLINE: Vilka sorts kläder kommer du ha på dig?
FERGUSON: Jag kommer ha jättebra kläder. Faktiskt så pratade jag med GarderobFolket i morse och de sa att jag kanske skulle kunna få rabatt om jag ville köpa några av Jades kläder. Jag försöker vara mycket varsam med kläderna, och inte som jag vanligtvis brukar vara. [Skrattar] Jag skojar bara. Jade har mycket bra kläder, mycket mocka och färggranna saker. Vanligtvis när du spelar en stygg karaktär får man de bra kläderna. Det är en av regisörerna som jag jobbade med idag, och det verkar som varje gång jag jobbat med honom har jag haft på mig en negligé. Han är ungefär 'Oh my God! Den är midre än den förra!' Idag blev jag rätt förvånad -- du vet att hoppa runt i en säng i underkläderna med 45 stycken kring sig tittandes på. Hon har på sig mycket sexiga kläder.
DIGEST ONLINE: Om Another Worlds Amanda, Glamours Brooke och Sunset Beachs Jade bråkade, vem skulle vinna?
FERGUSON: Men snälla du, Jade. Hon förlorar inte. Aldrig.
DIGEST ONLINE: Hur är det att jobba på SUNSET BEACH om du jämför med ANOTHER WORLD och GLAMOUR?
FERGUSON: De är alla så olika. Något jag har att säga om Sunset Beach är att serien inte har sänts så i ett år ens och serien är mycket bra och inspelandet rinner fint. Vad jag har hört är att serier inte komme ri takt förrens andra eller tredje säsongen. Något som Another World, som har sänts i evigheter, har blivit så traditionellt att det är samma sak hela tiden. Det är intressant att Sunset Beach är så i takt som det är och jag tror att det har och göra med den exekutiva producenten Gary Tomlin. Han brukade regissera Another World. Han var liksom den sortens regissör. Vi brukade bli så glada när det var Garys dag som regissör. Det betyder att vi behövde veta våra repliker och så, så vi kunde gå in dit och spela in och gå hem tidigt. Alla blev så glada. Speciellt onsdagen före Thanksgiving. 'Hey, it's a Gary day!' Han har gett serien sin energi och den går jättebra p.g.a. hans regi. Jag är väldigt imponerad av det. Men något annat än det, är att alla i Sunset Beach är så professionella. En av mina första erfarenheter i såp-världen är att folk inte alltid är professionella. Jag har inte sett någon som inte varit förberedd och villig att göra sitt jobb. På Another World fanns några, jag nämner inga namn, som tog sina friheter vad de ville göra och inte och gjorde det svårt för alla andra. Speciellt i en såpa där du behöver göra så mycket på sån kort tid, behöver du verkligen jobba tillsammans och alla saker måste klaffa.
DIGEST ONLINE: Jade är en gästroll. Skulle du vilja att rollen var längre?
FERGUSON: Det skulle vara kul. Det har varit jätteroligt, och jag gillar sättet som serien sköts på . Det är en bra arbetsmiljö. Så lämge som arbetsmiljön är bra och att jag har kul skulle jag jobba här. Om jag skulle bli erbjuden rollen, skulle jag förmodligen ta den.
By: Keith Loria
Soap Opera Digest Magazine. Dated: June 30, 1998
After Spicing Up Four Other Soaps, Russell Curry Is Generating Heat On Sunset Beach!
Growing up, Russell Curry had every intention of starring on daytime TV--on Sundays. "I played football and I was VERY serious about it," the actor recalls. "I went to a small college--Macalester, inn St. Paul, [Minnesota]--and there was a coach who had connections to certain NFL teams."
Alas, after a quick look by the Kansas City Chiefs, a career in football seemed unlikely--and Curry was "stuck with a theater degree." Looking back on the turn of events, the actor can't help but smile. "I was sitting with some friends a couple of months ago, and we were talking about why I became involved in [acting]. We came to the conclusion that maybe, at some point, I needed more attention." The actor remembers that growing up in a single-parent household in Minneapolis, he clowned around to stay in the spotlight. The more he made people laugh, the more attnetion he enjoyed.
As he got older, Curry learned just how much of a struggle it was for his mother to raise two boys on her own. "She was an exceptional person," he says. "Looking back over the years, it was a lot worse than she ever let us know." The family would later face even greater hardships. Ten years ago, Curry's brother died in a tragic accident.
"He drowned when he was 29," the actor explains, getting choked up at the memory. "I don't know how or why, but he suffered from mental illness from the age of 19. In the next 10 years, he was in and out of the hospital, and one spring day he went out into the lake and drowned."
Strangely, Curry gained a family member around the same time that he lost one: When he was 25, he met his father for the first time. "It wasn't weird at all," he says. "We met, immediately started talking, and we must have really shared the same genes, because we were so alike in so many ways."
Curry reports that fitting in at SUN was much easier than joining certain other shows. In 1995, he was cast as Guiding Light's new David, replacing Monti Sharp. "I didn't get along with a lot of the actors," Curry says candidly. "They had grown attached to Monti, so it was hard."
Just as he was on his way off GL, Curry learned that his wife, Emanuella, was pregnant. Fortunately, he wasn't out of work long; Aaron Spelling hired him to play Sam on the nighttime soap Savannah. "It was such a great show, but my experience was short and sweet," says Curry.
Initially nervous about fatherhood, Curry says that his son Oliver has changed his life. "When I got [the role on] GL, I thought New York was my place, but I don't know how it would have been raising Oliver there." That said, the mere mention of the city brings a smile to Curry's face.
"I came to New York in 1980 and landed my first job in the film The Check is in the Mail," Curry recalls. "Then I did my first soap, Another World, from 1984-86." He played high-school football star Carter Todd. "It was a great experience and I learned so much," Curry asserts. "I never regretted doing daytime for a second."
When the AW gig ended, so did his first marriage. "She was my college sweetheart. She was in the process of finding herself just as the things working for me were fading out," Curry explains. "It put a huge crimp in our situation, and not long after that we were done. We were together a good ten years." Soon afterward, he moved on to another soap--Santa Barbara, where he played Lieutenant Boswell from 1988-91--and another woman: his wife, Emanuella.
"She's from Italy. We were at a dinner party and we just hit it off," Curry grins. "We go to Italy a lot. I've been studying Italian for about three years and she speaks nothing but Italian to Oliver. It's really starting to sink in."
Nowadays, of course, he's learning another language: medical jargon, which often seems to be Tyus' native tongue. "I never saw myself playing a doctor because I didn't think that fit my personality, but now that I am, I think I see a side of me I didn't know existed," the actor marvels.
Curry offers a few final thoughts on his craft. "Actors are like young anthropologists. You explore what you're all about, only as an actor, you get paid for it. I've been doing this a long time, and it's a wonderful life."
