Jack Wagner Reveals Why Acting in Soap Operas is Extra Challenging: 'They Work Their A-- Off' '
Jack Wagner says that starring in soap operas is no easy feat.
The 65-year-old actor, who has famously had roles in General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place, opened up about what he’s learned about the challenges of starring in soap operas since the 1980s.
“I gotta tell you honestly, people that are from A-list films have no idea what it’s like to have 60 pages of dialogue on one day of a soap opera and work 14 hours and get it all right. Soap opera actors really have an edge. They work their a– off,” he told Us Weekly.
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Jack also elaborated on what makes performing in soap operas different than working on other type of projects in film and television.
“You’re trying to give the best performance you can, but you’ve got 60 pages that day. Whereas if you’re doing a Movie of the Week — and I’ve done 30 or 40 of those — we shoot it in 15 or 16 days, but you don’t have more than eight pages a day. That’s where I hope the credibility is given,” he explained.
“It really takes great memorization, a real commitment to rehearsal and a real commitment to being able to give the best performance you can in a very short period of time,” he added.
If you didn’t see, this week, Jack announced that he is returning to The Bold and the Beautiful!