I saw Lucas
So I was just sitting there at the counter at work, settling up after the show that had started about fifteen minutes earlier, when Lucas walks by. There was no mistaking that it was him. And he's short! After I saw him, I recalled that it had been in the paper that he was giving a workshop on how to be a soap opera star, and I started laughing and called my mom. Her husband answered, and I said, "I just saw Lucas," and he says, "You did?!" and knew exactly who I was talking about. He then shouted out to my mom, "Kristy just saw Lucas" and my mom goes, "she did?!" I was cracking up because they both knew instantly who I was talking about. Then tonight I called Jackie and told her and she goes, "Bryan Dattilo?!"
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Soap opera tyrouts
Do you wanna be a soap star?
'Days of Our Lives' hunk Bryan Dattilo offers advice on how to ace casting call
By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
If you wanna be a soap star, you'd best bring your A-game.
And it doesn't hurt to "feel beautiful on the inside," said "Days of Our Lives" star Bryan Dattilo, whose fans would attest to his hunky outer appearance too.
On Saturday, aspiring actors and actresses will have a shot at scoring a walk-on role on "General Hospital" when SOAPnet brings its "I Wanna Be a Soap Star Live!" tour to Louisville.
Casting directors for the network will select 40 potentials from the pool of registrants to act out scenes at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater at Waterfront Park.
One lucky winner will be whisked away to Los Angeles and appear on "Soap Talk," a TV show co-hosted by actress Lisa Rinna. The winner will then go up against five other finalists from around the country for the walk-on role.
All attendees will have the opportunity to meet Dattilo, 34.
"What makes a good soap star?" he pondered in a telephone interview from L.A. "Somebody who's not afraid to take chances, someone who's not afraid to do the impossible."
Dattilo -- who played Lucas Roberts on "Days" from 1993 to 2001 and has remained in the role since returning in 2002 -- said soap opera actors are viewed as the fluffier folk when matched up against other Hollywood celebs. But there is an art to the craft that is daytime drama -- and plenty of rewards as well.
"On a soap, you don't get a lot of recognition within the industry, so your reward is going out and getting recognized and having people tell you they love you and they watch you every day," Dattilo said.
Visiting cities like Louisville is "a major perk of my job," he said. "It's good to leave L.A. and get that respect."
It's also an opportunity for the single father of a 6-year-old son, Gabriel, to expand his horizons as he searches for a real-life leading lady.
"I'd like her to have a job. I'd like her to be fit, of course," Dattilo said. "I like tan skin. I like brown skin. I like almond-shaped eyes. I like a girl who's not afraid to make eye contact with you."
Dattilo wouldn't mind finding a dog lover either.
"I'm crazy about my (three) labs," he said.
Dattilo is also head over heels about his work and the chance to aid others interested in taking the same path.
If you come out for the audition, he said, "leave fear and all those inhibitions and negative stuff at home. ... This is the no-fear game. No fear."
courier-journal.com > Features > TV/Radio
Soap opera tyrouts
Do you wanna be a soap star?
'Days of Our Lives' hunk Bryan Dattilo offers advice on how to ace casting call
By Angie Fenton
afenton@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
If you wanna be a soap star, you'd best bring your A-game.
And it doesn't hurt to "feel beautiful on the inside," said "Days of Our Lives" star Bryan Dattilo, whose fans would attest to his hunky outer appearance too.
On Saturday, aspiring actors and actresses will have a shot at scoring a walk-on role on "General Hospital" when SOAPnet brings its "I Wanna Be a Soap Star Live!" tour to Louisville.
Casting directors for the network will select 40 potentials from the pool of registrants to act out scenes at the Brown-Forman Amphitheater at Waterfront Park.
One lucky winner will be whisked away to Los Angeles and appear on "Soap Talk," a TV show co-hosted by actress Lisa Rinna. The winner will then go up against five other finalists from around the country for the walk-on role.
All attendees will have the opportunity to meet Dattilo, 34.
"What makes a good soap star?" he pondered in a telephone interview from L.A. "Somebody who's not afraid to take chances, someone who's not afraid to do the impossible."
Dattilo -- who played Lucas Roberts on "Days" from 1993 to 2001 and has remained in the role since returning in 2002 -- said soap opera actors are viewed as the fluffier folk when matched up against other Hollywood celebs. But there is an art to the craft that is daytime drama -- and plenty of rewards as well.
"On a soap, you don't get a lot of recognition within the industry, so your reward is going out and getting recognized and having people tell you they love you and they watch you every day," Dattilo said.
Visiting cities like Louisville is "a major perk of my job," he said. "It's good to leave L.A. and get that respect."
It's also an opportunity for the single father of a 6-year-old son, Gabriel, to expand his horizons as he searches for a real-life leading lady.
"I'd like her to have a job. I'd like her to be fit, of course," Dattilo said. "I like tan skin. I like brown skin. I like almond-shaped eyes. I like a girl who's not afraid to make eye contact with you."
Dattilo wouldn't mind finding a dog lover either.
"I'm crazy about my (three) labs," he said.
Dattilo is also head over heels about his work and the chance to aid others interested in taking the same path.
If you come out for the audition, he said, "leave fear and all those inhibitions and negative stuff at home. ... This is the no-fear game. No fear."