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I would like to thank Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux, Days of our Lives) for such a thoughtful and entertaining interview. We always enjoy having him as a guest. If you listened live, the show continued for another ten minutes. You can listen to the show below, or on our blogtalkradio page, and on itunes.
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Superb interview, smart ass actor this Matt Ashford, thnak you thank you Diva of Dool.
ReplyDeleteHe kind of told off these bitter people who trash online actors because they don't like what their FICTIONAL characters are doing on-screen..and still Matt was too kind, their behaviour is just pathetic to say the least..but i am glad awesome Matt Ashford kind of tell it like it is about this subject.
Also agree that this 'supercouple' bs is killing soaps, of course you can have one real love but still you can also have other loves, when you have children and loved this person once you will stay connected most of the time..it is like that in real life why not on soap life ?
Moreover it makes a character far more multidimensional, it give diverse kind of material for actors and allow to develop different storylines.
I started to watch the Bay because of Matt Ashford, and now i am hooked..i can't wait for the next season and great great cliffhanger by the way with Sara and Steve..i am so happy to watch Marybeth and Matt working together again..the relationship between their characters seem pretty twisted but oh so interesting and fascinating, can't wait to know more about it..it seems it will be more a kind of Heathcliff/Cathy type of relationship than a Jack and Kayla type of relationship which was very dark and also interesting but quite limited after a while..if it is more Wuthering Heighs there is more potential for a love story anyway we will see..
Matt is very kind about how Days dealt with him, i like his post trauma story but it was never really developped, still he had some really really powerful scenes with Jen and Marlena..i miss him already on-screen, if he wants to come back on Days (and i mean he has to be the one to decide not Days TPTB at the end of the day, they screwed up him enough although it is the nature of this business..therefore if they have a great story for his character : LET'S GO !) i will watch of course, i am not fan of Gary tomlin work, last year his storylines were atrocious but maybe without Dena Highley he will make great work and finally write a great story for Jack..let's hope.
Hope to see very soon your futur projects Matt, you are a very talented actor who can create fascinating characters even on medium like daytime soaps where most of the time writing and characters are quite corny..
p.s: i like that everytime somebody talk to him about a potential Nicole/Jack pairing he wants Sara Braun/Madison instead..lol Nothing against Nicole (her portrayer is a dynamic, good actress) but folks like Eve, Kate , Billy or even Sami would have been better for Jack.
If Jack and Jennifer are not going to be together and I really cannot stand Jennifer anymore her love for Jack is phony just like actress herself. I think that Jack needs to be in Salem and they need to kill Jennifer off for once she is the most annoying bitch on the show now I am sick of pairings all failed on her she is boring and pathetic she had her shining moment already I do not care if Jennifer is Horton or not she is no innocent victim anymore she has no sex appeal either. I think Jack needs to be alive and he has more storyline potential than her no one cares about her and Daniel or any new man she is boring by herself too. I am sick of these writers sympathizing with her I do not feel sorry for her anymore because she always has man waiting for her after Jack leaves or die she is no mother of year either. Between Jack and Jennifer I would rather Jack stays on the show have his storyline and go into darkside again after losing Jennifer and everything he is better at it than her she is phony bitch I do not care for her character anymore she is dull. I do not care if Jack and Jennifer are together or not I would love to see Jack be done with Jennifer move on without her I do not want her die I want bad karma to hit her really hard after her latest behavior towards Jack she is so pathetic.
DeleteThanks for the interview. Very interesting. I wish Gary Tomlin would use all the potential story for Jack (as well as for Jack and Jennifer), rather than kill Jack off again.
ReplyDeleteMatt Ashford and myself can agree to disagree with you.
ReplyDeleteMoreover i said that you can have a 'soulmate' or real, true love whatever you want to call it although not everybody find it but it doesn't forbid you to have other loves, romances in your life, you can love different persons in different ways at different stages of your life. Yep it is realistic to portray these real facts on-screen and also more interesting and groundbreaking for many of us who want complex, interesting storytelling to watch.
I love the "one true love" thing. I don't see any reason to use the supercouples, who had such powerful love stories, for the partner swapping, one shallow love interest after another, stuff that currently dominates the show. There are plenty of other characters for that if they must play it that way, but the shallow characters who just move from one person to another bore me anyway. I want the epic, overcome it all love story. Jack and Jennifer still have tons of potential that went unused this time. Sad. I'm not interested in watching Jack die and Jennifer move on again. And why play it that way (how many times have we seen Jennifer move on because Jack dies or whatever?), while refusing to use the potential drama that could have been really good between Jack and Jennifer?
ReplyDeleteSometimes Jennifer is cheating whore there is no excuse for her behavior she acts like 40 year old teenager and she has daughter who is teenager already who more mature than her. Jack and Jennifer are not old they maybe Supercouple but I am sick of Jennifer pairings it has been done too many times I would rather Jack have new love for change and let Jennifer stay with Daniel till she realize he is not all that great and she has to fight to get Jack trust and love back again. If Jack comes back I do not want to see him grovel for her or prove his love to her anymore because she done nothing for him but cause pain and hurt. Jennifer needs to redeem and fall of her pedestal stop acting like innocent victim all the time.
ReplyDeleteJen can have other pairings but Jack can have some too, that's all, let's them live as characters not as some entity.
DeleteIf anyone needs to die it should be Jennifer for change let Jack move on with his life with someone else or go into darkside and fight for mayor position and he does not need love interest either he does not need Jennifer to be interesting either, Jack/Matthew can handle storyline without Bitchifer. I only care about Jack now, Jennifer I really do not care for her that much she is major snoozefeast she can have her boring life with Daniel for all care. I am tired the writers thinking Jennifer is more compelling than Jack that is not true she is major boring bitch they should have send her packing not Jack.
ReplyDeleteEj is a part of a supercouple with Sami, ha !
ReplyDeletep.s: anyway great interview Matt Ashford, thank you Diva.
Me, Myself, and I like Matt and myself said you can have 'one true love' thing but it doesn't forbid you to live other stories and other loves; life, even fictional life is multiple and colorful, not some boring monolith. Like Matt said they have some potential stories and drama with Jack moving on and having some conflict and of course still loving connection with Jennifer as an ex-wife he has children with.
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ReplyDeletewe can agree to disagree Sami is as much a part of a supercouple with her 'rapist' (it was not to me by the way) as with her attempted murderer (it was this time)..ah soaps lol
ReplyDeleteMatt Ashford and me disagree with you Alistair, deal with it and move on !
ReplyDeleteThat would never happen. Missy Reeves is a favorite of Corday, and he thinks that he can put her with any actor and it would work. Let's see, other than early teen Frankie/Jennifer all failed: Emilio, Hawk, they even tried Austin in 1993, Peter, Brandon, Colin, a little time Patrick, Frankie, Dan. Jennifer has been more than annoying much of the time since 1991, but she is always made the saint, and woman all men want. They really should have had Jennifer deal with what she has done, her propensity to jump in relationships, and bed with any man who is around. Jennifer was hateful to Jack, and it was swept away. Matthew was a gentleman defending Jennifer, but she should have had to deal with her remarks about Jack not being happy, and thus she not wanting to be in that type of a relationship. Was not Dan running off due to his shakey hands, which is nothing compared to Jack's torture and PTSD. Matthew does drama and emotion well. I think it would have been so much better it that Jack had to deal with something happening to Jennifer, with his PTSD, maybe some undeserved guilt. Jack would not have had to even be thrown in a relationship. Sadly, TIIC seem to think that Jack is not appealing to women, which is offensive since it seems to imply Matthew is not hot enough -- when for me he is more so than most men on DAYS, especially SC. But it would never happen. Jennifer will move on immediately. I guess they will have Dan a victim of Nicole, because the poor guy is so innocent and decent, he was a victim of evil Chloe too. And hurt by Jennifer. And Jennifer will realize she just went with Jack out of nostalgia and guilt over his PTSD. But I will not have to deal with that. After Matthew's last day I will quit, and will cease to read anything DAYS related on the boards.
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