miracle (miracle) wrote in luke_noah, @ 2007-09-25 23:28:00 |
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Entry tags: | -[luke/noah]-, -jake silbermann-, -van hansis-, -»all actor-related, [interviews etc.] |
cbs interview......
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CBS.COM: How has the reaction been to the pairing of Noah and Luke?
VAN HANSIS: I think it's been incredibly positive as far as I've heard. I don't know if the production office just doesn't give us the negative comments. Everything I've heard has been very positive. We were a top couple in a recent Soap Opera Digest, which was cool.
CBS.COM: Have you had any fan encounters because of this storyline?
VAN HANSIS: I've actually had more fan encounters recently, and they've been in weird, weird places. Like in Williamsburg [Brooklyn], at [the] independent video store that I rent from, some big tattoo guy was like, 'hey Luke.' It was funny.
JAKE SILBERMANN: Did he comment on the storyline?
VAN HANSIS: No, but it was still funny.
CBS.COM: Do you discuss in advance the scenes you're shooting?
JAKE SILBERMANN: Of course. [With] specific scenes there is an understanding and it's well-written so we understand what's going on.
VAN HANSIS: The hard part is memorizing our lines!
CBS.COM: Van, you've been on the show for a while now.
VAN HANSIS: Two years, October 15.
CBS.COM: Wow, this is Luke's first love story. So, what does it mean to you now that Luke is finally getting a man?
VAN HANSIS: Besides the fake relationship I had with my cousin.
JAKE SILBERMANN: You had a relationship with your cousin?
VAN HANSIS: Jade, yup!
CBS.COM: How has it been?
VAN HANSIS: It's good because for a year and a half I've played a lot of different things but we never really got to explore Luke's romantic side. So, it's been cool to play a romantic story and explore that part of the character.
CBS.COM: Jake, how about you...coming in as a new character, did you know this relationship would be the center of the Noah story?
JAKE SILBERMANN: I knew coming in that it was going to go in this direction. And I was thrown for a loop when Noah and Maddie got together. I thought it was great and a very realistic side to the story because Noah is confused.
CBS.COM: How will the town of Oakdale respond to the pairing of Luke and Noah?
VAN HANSIS: Probably very positively. Luke doesn't know anyone in Oakdale; it seems he's just hanging with his family. I think it would be very interesting to have a very liked character – I don't know who it would be – but a character who does take issue with a gay relationship and not in a homophobic way but, in just a way that this is something that is new to them. I think right now viewers are seeing Col. Mayer who hates it but he's also crazy and violent. You also had the character of Damian who had issues with it but he was also manipulative and evil. And then you had Kevin who had issues with homosexual relationships, but he was also kind of mean. I think it would be interesting to have a completely likeable character and show the side of learning of this relationship and taking issue with it and there can be that dichotomy. Lily and Holden are very supportive and I'm sure Lucinda and Dusty are supportive.
CBS.COM: How is Maddie dealing with Noah and Luke?
JAKE SILBERMANN: Maddie and Noah were friends beforehand. I think they will all be friends eventually and it will just go back to that.
CBS.COM: In one word, Jake, how would Noah describe Luke?
JAKE SILBERMANN: Hmmm. Noah would describe Luke as spirited or zealous. Because he's very self-assured and he believes in living his life not to another person's tune but to what he believes in and he's very confident in his beliefs.
CBS.COM: Van, how would Luke describe Noah?
VAN HANSIS: I would describe Noah as a mess.
JAKE SILBERMANN: [Laughs]
VAN HANSIS: Because he has so much of an internal struggle going on because of how he was raised [and] how he feels. I think that boy needs a lot of therapy.
CBS.COM: Will Dr. Luke be helping him out with that?
VAN HANSIS: He's trying to. Luke thinks he's Dr. Phil. I was watching the other day's air episode and Luke is doling out advice left and right to Noah. Leave him alone! Lily then joins in.
JAKE SILBERMANN: Poor Noah is picked on so much. He has Luke telling him what to do, [and] his father telling him something else. Lily butting her head in and poor Maddie.
CBS.COM: How do you both plan on continuing to play this love story realistically?
VAN HANSIS: It's not up to us but I hope they continue to write it realistically. I think everybody can connect in some way to trying to find love. It's a universal story whether you are gay or straight.
JAKE SILBERMANN: You find what you have similar to the character and you connect with that and start from there.
CBS.COM: Now, do you two hang out off the set?
VAN HANSIS: Yes. We've gone to parties and stuff. It's a very easy friendship there has never been any awkwardness. Jake's a very easy-going guy. We both like comic books.
JAKE SILBERMANN: By the way, I brought you one.
VAN HANSIS: Jake just gave me a comic book. It's a graphic novel called Watchmen. It's award winning they are making it into a movie. I'll read it and do a review for my CBS.com blog.
CBS.COM: Do you think Lily and Holden will be involved in giving Noah and Luke advice or help?
VAN HANSIS: Yes, they will be involved.
JAKE SILBERMANN: But it looks like they have their own problems.
VAN HANSIS: They do, but the two stories will start to come together more and the issues that both Lily and Holden are having and also the Noah and Luke issues will collide. Very soon a monkey wrench is going to be thrown into the mix, making everything pretty intense.
CBS.COM: What's next for Noah and Luke?
JAKE SILBERMANN: I think Noah and Luke are going to go through all the trial and tribulations that a relationship should go through.
VAN HANSIS: And more because it's a soap. I think the writers are going to treat Noah and Luke like any other couple on the show, which is great.