Interview With "As the World Turns'" Jake Silbermann

Great interview! Obviously Jake knows how to handle himself as a professional actor. The fact that everyone at ATWT keeps saying they are treating this storyline like every other storyline (the storylines move slowly-it is how the genre works at least in America) makes me happy. It should not be a big deal. Just another well done storyline.

The show did get a lot of flak initially because viewers felt the show was moving the Luke/Noah plot too slowly. For awhile there we only saw Luke and company once a week and the show was spending more time developing the relationship between Maddie and Noah than Luke and Noah. I didn't like it either. But when you think about it the show had to do that because it is a triangle. Now things are picking up, we're seeing the players more often and the story is becoming as messy and angsty as some of the other stories. There's even some heat and passion, which quite frankly I did not expect, but that's due to the actor's natural chemistry. Maddie and Noah have chemistry as well and they'd make a cute couple under other circumstances. I still wish Luke/Noah were on more, but now that we're getting to the meat of the plot, we hopefully will. Like Jake said, the story is just beginning. Luke and Noah have much to learn about one another, there's Maddie to deal with, the reaction of Noah's father and all that not to mention now Lily and Holden will handle this. As the show hasn't veered from the sexual aspects of this plot, it'll be interesting to see how they deal with the point when Luke and Noah have sex, especially since Luke is a virgin. And the writers may have ideas that we haven't even thought about yet. I had my doubts, particularly since so much of the rest of the show is, quite frankly, awful. But so far the show is doing this right and I might, just might, be on the verge of trusting them.

Anthony

Very nicely done, Josh. You left me wanting more but not feeling like anything I needed to know about this young actor and this role had been left out.

And I'm especially pleased to see you picking up a lot of very positive buzz on other websites for this piece.

My grandmother used to watch ATWT through my entire childhood.  She lived with us and I only every remember watching it when I was home sick from school.  I thought it was lame, lame, lame.  I was a GH watcher.  I don't recall ATWT ever having the clout that GH had with the Luke and Laura story line and GH has won best soap several times in the 80's and again in the 90's and 00's.

I heard about the Lucas and Noah story line by accident.  I started watching ATWT and immediately began taping it only about a month ago. Now I am hooked.

Watching Lucas brought back so many memories of my own coming out in my teens.  Van plays it very real and I  can identify so much with his attraction to "straight" guy Noah.  This is the first time ever on TV or any other media, that I found a character that actually represents who I am, what I feel, and how I think.  This is an amazing time.

I don't know where this whole story line is going but I hope they continue to play it for real and not worry about what right wingers might think about a realistic gay relationship being played out on TV.  Wouldn't it be great if Lucas and Noah became the next soap Power Couple - well, mayber someday.

Thank you to the ATWT producers and writers. 

As I mentioned I only started watching ATWT a few feeks ago.  As someone learning Italian, I wish I knew his name was Luciano, that's even sexier.  I won't make that mistake again and thank you for pointing out my mistake.

I just watched Friday's episode and could not believe it.  Not only was the kiss in the final scene sexy, it was tentative, urgent, filled with chemistry, and above all, real.

As I said earlier, what an incredible thing it would be if Luke and Noah became the next soap Power Couple.  Filled with adventure and intrigue, battling the odds, and through it all, their love holds them together. That's a true soap story.

One can only hope.

For those who wanna know, here's what happens next week with Luke and Noah (and Maddie)....

SPOILER ALERT!

Luke and Noah's kiss is interuppted and Noah tells Luke he only kissed him to play with his head (make your own dirty joke here). Later, when Noah sees what a positive effect Maddie has on his relationship with his father, he asks Maddie to move in with him. Maddie is pressured by Noah and Col. Mayer into agreeing to it. When Luke hears about it, he decides to tell Maddie about the kiss, but stops when he sees Noah's dad eavesdropping. When Noah gets there, Col. Mayer wants to know what Luke was going to tell Maddie. Luke comes up with a cover story. Later Noah confesses to Luke that he wanted to kiss him then and wants to kiss him again, but he can't be gay because of his father. Noah begs Luke to keep mum about what happened between them and Luke agrees.

Anthony

He's gorgeous! Honestly, he's the reason I started tuning in on the Nuke storyline [primarily on youtube.com, of course].

Thank you so much, Josh!