Van Hansis Comments on Nuke Controversy

In a recent interview, Van Hansis commented on how As the World Turns has handled the controversial relationship between his character (Luke) and Noah:

I like what is happening in the story right now, and some material that is coming up is good. I have always been proud of the story. I try not to get involved in whatever controversy there might be, and thinking about it does not help me do my job at all.

With all that has been talked about, I have never been interviewed once about it. I think we are the wrong people to talk to about that, because we are actors who go in and say lines and do it. We don’t make any of the creative choices. So, I feel it was the right way to handle it. It’s as if you are written off a show. Do you necessarily want to be written off, or be killed? No.

But you play those scenes anyway, because that’s your job. I am very proud of the story and the work that [Jake Silbermann] and I have done. We are treated like any other soap couple, and currently what is being aired is, that they have broken up. Colonel Mayer, the sham marriage, is all good soapy stuff.

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