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Post by donutqueen on Mar 6, 2007 22:44:29 GMT -5
*sigh* stupid bloody writers
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Post by meg24 on Mar 6, 2007 22:57:28 GMT -5
Man, I'm going to miss SD! I loved seeing the flashbacks but seeing them just made Alan's death more painful.
I pulled an article from SOW interviewing Stuart on his departure from the the Scrubs board. Here it is:
Getting the boot after 30 years as GH's beloved Alan Quartermaine hit Stuart Damon harder than that bomb that exploded at Metro Court.
"I always thought that it would be Stuart Damon that got carried out feet first, not Alan Quartermaine," sighs the beloved vet, who learned of his fate via a phone call from executive producer Jill Faffen Phelps last Dec. "She wanted me to come into the office. I said, "Well, if it's that important, why don't you just put her on the phone?' So she got on the phone and told me. I was in complete shock . I never expected it in a milllion years. GH has been like my family. No matter what I've ever had to do, how little or how much, I've always loved being there."
Damon kept the news to himself at first. "When I get shocked like this, I withdraw. I become introverted," he admits, noting that he only shared the informations with his family.
Eventually, he called Leslie Charleson (Monica) and John Ingle (Edward). "Leslie didn't believe me," recounts Damon. "She thought I was joking."
For Damon, the worst was yet to come: having to report back to work afer learning his fate.
"It was one of the most difficult things I ever had to do in my life," he shares. "We were on Christmas vacation, so I had all that time to think before I went back. I had thse visions of cleaning out my dressing room taking the name plate off the door, and leaving the building. It broke my heart."
Taping Alan's final scenes with Charleson, Ingle, Jane Elliot (Tracy), Steve Burton (Jason) and Natalia Livingston (Emily) was even more heartbreaking. "I have such personal feelings for all of them," says Damon. "That was pretty emotional stuff."
The silver lining has been the support from coworkers and fans. "I have been so overwhelmed by the love that has poured out," he smiles. "I appreciate it so much."
Not to mention the reprieve he was granted. Upon learning that he'd be making appearances as Alan's ghost, "I thought, 'That sounds like fun.' I only expected it to be one or two shows, but that's not the case. I've already done four," reveals Damon. "I come back as Tracy's conscience. It's like playing a different character. Whereas [real] Alan is all tied together and a pretty straight-laced character, Alan the ghost is completely casual - right down to what I wear: a black track suit and white sneakers."
Alan's death and resurrection as a ghost has provided Damon with the meatiest story he's had since the 1999 drug storyline that earned him a Daytime Emmy. Has Damon wondered if lightning might strike twice?
"What a piece of irony that would be," chuckles the actor. "I don't even dare let a thought enter my head about that. I'm just hopeful that this is going to go on, that something is going to happen to either maintain Alan as a ghost - or bring him back as his twin sister!"
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Post by donutqueen on Mar 6, 2007 23:26:36 GMT -5
sounds like the ghost scenes are great.. but still... tptb must be bloody stupid not to have been able to write scenes for a LIVING alan
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Post by kallietop on Mar 6, 2007 23:39:19 GMT -5
the whole thing pisses me off. i'm so behind - i'm still watching him in the hospital. the whole thing sucks.
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Post by Soaper on Mar 8, 2007 9:55:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the write up Meg!
I would LOVE to see Alan hanging around the Mansion. It would be funny if he played little pranks on the family like hide Edmund's slippers or Tracey's check book...or if Monica asks herself, "i think this dress makes my butt look big." Alan can pipe in, "Me too!" ;D
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