As the World Turns: February 2009 Archives

I'm not into this storyline at all because I didn't know Reg, I don't care about Reg, and I don't care who gave Reg bad drugs that killed him. But Luke cares and doing all he can to get justice...

I don't know about you, but if we're expected to care about a character who has died because someone sold him bad drugs, maybe we should've known the character a little bit better.

But that's just me. Anyway, here is today's clip...

These crazy kids are just all over the map. On Wednesday's show, their friend overdoses on drugs and poor Luke is distraught. Can't they just let that poor boy be happy for once! Below is last week's clip in which Luke and Noah talk, talk, and talk about moving in together. Noah, of course, isn't ready. I'm tellin' ya, Luke woulda been better off with his step-grandpa!

As the World Turns, Written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leslie Nipkow; CBS

It seems to me that ever since Luke and Noah consumated their relationship last month, they've barely even had a scene together on "As the World Turns."

Anyway, Advocate.com has a new, exclusive interview with Van Hansis (Luke) and Jake Silbermann (Noah) and here are a few choice bits:

Advocate.com: Now that it's finally aired, how do you think Nuke's first sex scene played out?
Hansis: I think it was a natural progression for the characters at this point to sleep together. I think it's a good thing that they did. The time was right. It is important to show that they take it seriously. I am glad the fans are so happy because that is the most important thing.
Silbermann: I really liked the way the show handled it by not really having it with bells and whistles and fanfare...
Hansis: Also, it was exciting for the fans not to have any "spoilers" on it, because I know there was a big fan group waiting for this moment. In this day and age, to keep that a secret is pretty cool. I think the fans enjoyed being surprised and shocked."

Here's what I wanna know: what about Laurence Lau who played Brian and really made the show interesting for awhile?

Hansis: I think Larry is a fantastic actor! Every day he would go in and find his character's truth and make it as real as possible. I think his work in this story line was phenomenal!

Jake on when he found out Van would be his love interest on the show: "The first time I met Van was at the GLAAD awards a few years ago. I had just gotten the part a week prior, and now I am walking down the red carpet. It was lucky we had these "out of studio" chances to get to know each other, like the GLAAD awards, where I was such a deer in headlights. I was dazed with all the paparazzi. I grabbed onto Van's coattails!

Van's thoughts on working with Jake: "It's an honor to have someone I trust fully and completely. In a scene with Jake, I know that anything I do won't be judged, and I feel a freedom with him. I think Jake made an amazing point. If you are working with someone you don't like, or do not feel a connection to outside of work, just as friends, it makes it a lot harder. Going to work is then a blast, because I know I am going to be there with one of my best friends having a good time."

So sweet.