Michael Park Dishes on Character's Leading Ladies

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Park, Michael

Michael Park knows a thing or two dozen about women.

Or, to be exact, his character on As the World Turns knows a thing or two dozen about women.

In the following interview, courtesy of Soap Opera Weekly, the actor dishes on his character's leading ladies:

Obviously, there's always a lot going on with Jack and Carly, but what about Janet? Where does she fit in?
Julie Pinson is playing that character very well. Again, she's a smart actress who is protecting her character. Janet's protecting herself from anything that comes across as weak. They've created a smart character. But they tend to do that whenever they put Jack and Carly with other people.

Those characters are very bright, and they have to be —they have to know what's going on going into [the Jack and Carly dynamic]. The fact that they found Julie was a great move on the part of As the World Turns.

It's great, because on the one hand, people want Carly and Jack back together, and on the other hand, one has to hope that Janet doesn't get her heart broken.
I really like it when Jack and Carly get to share with the audience what really good friends they are. It's kind of hard not to put in a little bit of Michael in those scenes, where Jack is adoring Carly and he's just being nice and a friend, because that's the way I feel about Maura. She's one of my best friends, and I love to play those scenes in particular, because they are really honest.

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