Chandra Wilson To Cohost Daytime Emmys Preshow
Chandra Wilson’s love of soap operas has landed her a spot as cohost to the two-hour SOAPnet…Live from the Daytime Emmys preshow.
TV Guide: When you grill the arriving stars, will you be nicey-nice or channeling Joan Rivers?
Chandra Wilson: Hopefully somewhere in between. I may not be very warm if that Nash [played by Forbes March] from OLTL shows up. I just don’t like what he’s doing to Jessica. She needs to be with Antonio!TV Guide: Geez, you are a fan. You even judged one of this year’s categories.
Wilson: Yep, supporting actress. And because I’m a fan, I was going, “Why on earth did you submit those episodes?”TV Guide: Why are you so crazy for soaps?
Wilson: It’s pure voyeurism. You get a chance to go into somebody else’s house and snoop. I love escaping into Pine Valley or Genoa City. I get mad when I hate something but I keep watching. Of course, my shows fall short sometimes. How else do you keep going 52 weeks a year, no reruns?TV Guide: You shoot Grey’s Anatomy right next door to General Hospital. Ever tempted to drop by for a cameo?
Wilson: No! In my early days I had a recurring role on OLTL — I was a classmate of Carlo Hesser’s niece — and I did a little background work at All My Children and, I think, Another World. But that just messes me up. It’s hard for me to have a “Hey, how ya doin’?” relationship with soap actors because then they’re not their characters anymore. I need them to stay in their world, not come into mine. When I see the GH stars on the lot, I can’t even talk to them. They must think I’m insane.
Check out the rest of the interview at TV Guide, and don’t forget to catch Chandra on SOAPnet Friday night! Check your local listings for details.
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Mesha Coleman
May 23, 2008 at 4:47 am
I watched the SAG awards the other day. Chandra Wilson (of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’) won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. Her acceptance speech reminded me of why I wrote this story. In her speech she reflected on her “nose”. This book is dedicated to the women (and men) who look in the mirror and don’t see a magazine cover. This book is also dedicated to the teenage girls who don’t see a video vixen. Instead of looking in the mirror for either of those persons, I encourage you to look in the mirror and see what God saw when he created you from the inside out. He saw beauty, uniqueness, a one of a kind mold formed in His image. I would like to send Chandra a book please send me an address for mail. For more information about the book please go to http://www.heart4writing.com, reference “A Big Girl’s Blues”
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