1999 chat transcript

ADRIANNE FRANTZ (AMBER), ASHLEY CAFAGNA (KIMBERLY) & JUSTIN TORKILDSEN (RICK) SoapCity-Chat 19 oktober '99

misha98_07940 asks: Justin-Do you like playing this role or would you have liked an original one?

Justin: Actually I really like playing this role. The character's been established and its great role to make my TV debut. He has a lot of substance to him. There's a lot I can grab onto and put my best foot forward.

manolis_varnassinger asks: Adrienne do you watch the other show of Bell, Young and the Restless, and what do you think?

Adrienne: Well, I watch it occasionally because I have friends on it and I think that Bill Bell is absolutely amazing...he's created two wonderful shows...I like y & R but I love B & B.

Justin: Wow I don't remember! Probably, like... 14 or something like that.

Adrienne: Is this when you initiated a kiss or did somebody else kisses you? I got in trouble in kindergarten for going around kissing the boys. I was five.

roxygrl_1986_13 asks: Hey Ashley, aren't you in Saved by the Bell?

Adrienne: Oh Wow! That's a hard one because I love so many amazing artists and to pick one song out of them all...Led Zeppelin's The Rain Song, that's one of my favorites!

Kristi_Scott asks: Who were your first influences when you were beginning acting?

Adrienne: I am a big...it depends..Meg Ryan, I love Meg Ryan! There are so many amazing actresses....glen Close, Meryll Streep, I saw Sophie's Choice and said "I am going to be an actress"...I wanted to act when I was two...I wanted to be Barbara Streisand for a short time!

Justin: I really like comedy. I like Robin Williams a lot. He does comedy and drama. Nicholas Cage. They're the actors I really appreciate. It's fun to watch them all because you learn from them.

barb0771 asks: Justin - Did you watch Jacob's acting before you took over the role.

Justin: I watched a little bit. To catch up on the story line. I wanted to bring a style of my own to the show and the character.

Mel18_99 asks: I think Amber is a lot like Brooke. Is this part of the reason why Brooke doesn't like Amber? In the future could Brook and Amber be like the current Stefanie and Brooke situation?

Adrienne: I think that's what's happening now. I think Brooke's becoming Stephanie in her own sense and Amber's becoming Brooke. She's such a versatile character and Brooker know what's going to happen next. I think that's basically what's going on. That's why it bothers Kimberly so much.

SuzefromSyd asks: Onscreen there's quite a bit of jealousy, rivalry etc. between you 3. Do you guys get along off screen?

Yael_Israeli_fan asks: Do you have a special trick to memorize your lines?

Adrienne: We'd try to start the scene and we'd start laughing and I'd calm down and then she'd laugh and then she'd calm down and I'd laugh.

Justin: Well, no, actually, it's not really a special trick. I sit down every night, for like an hour or so, and I run it, and rerun it, in front of the mirror. By then it's memorized.

Adrienne: I have a photographic memory. I look at something and I know it. It's so simple for me. I literally read my lines three times and I know it and that's it.

Ashley: I memorize lines pretty quickly. I just go over it a couple of times. I run with the person I'm doing with three times.

Adrienne: Bigger speeches I have, it's easy for me because I see it in my head. It's so hard to describe what a photographic memory is

Adrienne: like when I have three or four page monologues I'm like "Yes Brad thank you!"

manolis_varnassinger asks: Justin how did u get the role in the show?

Justin: I had to audition and I went to the talent test. And then I got the job. Pretty simple.

sdn001 asks: Justin: Both Adrienne and Ashley have sung on the show before. Do you sing too?

Justin: I do sing. But I haven't really talked to anyone about it. Lately I've just been getting adjusted to work and everything. But I do enjoy singing. I got a big start in musical theater.

manolis_varnassinger asks: Adrienne how would u describe your character amber.

Adrienne: I'd say she's the most talented role I've ever played. She's completely versatile. She is basically, she's very misunderstood, she's not necessarily evil. She does things without thinking first.

misha98_07940 asks: Ashley do you still attend bible study with Hunter Tylo (Taylor)?

Adrienne: Which causes trouble. I think at one point in time she was a nasty person but she's trying as hard as she can not to be.

Ashley: The one that I went to, Tim Story isn't doing it any more, but he'll be starting it again soon. So yes.

Adrienne: Yeah he's really sweet. He really is. He's a character in himself. He had great presence and a lot of energy. He was a good actor, I could see things. He didn't feed. He fed me lines. When you're acting in a scene and people give you energy to the scene and things like that, you feed off things like that as an actor and he did that very well.

bessie_lou asks: I lost my first born so I can relate to losing a baby but so many soaps are having the babies die now.

Adrienne: I know that and I know they're all stealing the story line from B & B I just think that all the other soaps just wish they could be as good as B & B and that's why they're doing it! Because B & B is the best show on daytime!

Scarlett_Monroe asks: If you could change something about your alter egos, what wold it be?

Adrienne: I don't know. I love my alter ego, I don't want to change anything! I can't think of anything.

Ashley: I wouldn't change anything. I think she's developing beautifully as we go along more and more. She gets stronger and stronger, and develops her modeling. I think everything is coming along nicely.

Justin: I think it would be cool if Rick got involved in racing cars. Honest to God, I think it would be really neat. I love cars and I could relate. It would be cool to do.

manolis_varnassinger asks: Justin what is like working with Ron Moss, John McCook and Susan Flannery (Ridge, ERic and Stephany)?

Justin: It's an absolute pleasure. They're all excellent actors. I haven't gotten to work much with Ron Moss. He's an incredibly interesting person though. It keeps work fun!

Adrienne: Yes I do but I'm really, really far behind because there are a lot of you out there. So if I haven't answered anything just keep looking in the mail because it's coming!

Ashley: Yes. My mom reads every single letter, and I have cards that I'll sign, so I take two days to sit there a couple of hours and sign fan mail.

Justin: I've just started answering it. For awhile I couldn't because they didn't want people to see what I looked like.

Kristi_Scott asks: Do you guys think this show will last for a long time, or dwindle out?

Justin: I'd say it's been around for a long time and it's here to stay.

ambermoore14 asks: Adrienne, who do you think that Amber belongs with, Rick or CJ?(CJ!!!!)

Adrienne: That's a good question! I think that CJ will always be in love with Amber, but Amber thinks she's in love with Rick. Personally I think Amber and CJ are more---i think they'd be a perfect match if they ever realized that they're a perfect match.

Justin: No, I hear ya! I agree. I think they're more of kindred spirits than Rick and Amber.

Ashley: I think that Kimberly and Rick belong together, and I think CJ and Amber belong together. But Amber and Rick can be run together too.

Justin: I think Rick brings some sense to Amber. It balances out. Exactly.

shy_dol asks: Justin, have you and Jacob Young ever met face to face?

Justin: You know what? We haven't. I've always wanted to meet him. He went his way and I'm just coming in.

michofek asks: Do you ever get lines that you do not want to say? Can you change them?

Adrienne: I change my lines all the time. I'm constantly changing them. I know the character and sometimes they write lines that people don't say. Like teenagers don't say--"ooh that's really hip" and I'll change lines like that.

Ashley: You guys, my dad just now saw Justin, and he was like, "Wow, that's the new Rick? He looks like a Rick!"

Ashley: There are lines that I get that I don't want to say. We ask if we can change them and most of the time they let us.

Justin: It's a little different for me. I'm new, and I feel uncomfortable, but it's nice to have the freedom to suggest. Sometimes it works for the better. The lines come out smoother. The acting is more believable.

Ashley: I would have to say Sally Spectra. I love her as a person, and as a character. She's so dramatic and funny I love doing scenes with her. Her hair... it's everything! She's so fun to watch.

Adrienne: My favorite character would probably have to be Stephanie because she's such a powerful character and she's such a great actress.

Justin: I agree... Stephanie. She's really the powerhouse of the Forrester family. She holds it all together. I really love her. I love Sally Spectra too.

ttoo_much_4_you asks: Which soap opera did you actually grow up watching, and what soap actor or actress do you model yourself after?

Ashley: I watched Y&R and B&B with my grandmother. We use to live right next door. I was named after the original Ashley from Y&R because that was my grandmother's favorite character. I can remember watching when I was 5. The character that I really loved was Nick and Sharon, the story line from Y&R.

Adrienne: Actually, I watched B & B went it first came in. My mom's secretary used to watch it so I'd sneak in and watch it with her and Guiding Light.

Justin: I was heavily involved in hockey and ski racing. I watched no TV at all. I lived in the mountains.

Ashley: Goodbye! Thanks for chatting everyone and watching the show! God bless you!

Justin: Good night everybody! Thanks for coming. Keep watching. I feel like I get better every day. I hope you like what you see.

Adrienne: Bye everybody. Thanks for watching. Keep watching because exciting things are coming up!