![]() ![]() So it was a great relief to fans when we heard earlier this year that Scott Bryce was coming back to ATWT to reclaim his role.Īnd yet, many months later, many of us are scratching our heads. This nuCraig was a mustache-twirling villain who seemed to be looking for damsels in distress to tie to railroad tracks, a la Snidely Whiplash. ![]() Whether it was the writing, the direction, or the actor, Meek’s Craig was almost unrecognizable to veteran ATWT fans. The character returned from jail last fall, and was portrayed at that point by actor Jeffrey Meek. Ostensibly justified by his anger at Bryant’s death, he became a master manipulator that put Carly, Rosanna and even his daughter at risk, and eventually he became involved in the baby-swapping scheme that sent him to jail. But as time went on, the writing became more and more one-note, and so did Craig. ATWT decided to focus on Craig as a Machiavellian quasi-villain.īlock’s dry wit and humor was able to leaven this darkness to a certain degree, and Block’s work during Craig’s loss of his son Bryant was notable. When he was brought back in 2000, he was portrayed by Hunt Block. With certain actors - especially the divine Elizabeth Hubbard as Lucinda Walsh - that subtext would sing.Ĭraig was sorely missed from the canvas for several years. When Craig was making a mistake or was up to no good, that undercurrent would still make us root for him, and it kept the straight-and-narrow Craig from coming off as milquetoast. Like the late Michael Zaslow, Bryce would always play a brilliant undercurrent. I was most fascinated by the subtext that Bryce would play during his scenes. Bryce’s Craig was a catch in Oakdale, and his dance card sounds like a Who’s Who of Oakdale ladies: his beloved Sierra, Betsy Stewart and, later, her sister Emily, Lucinda and her sister Sam, Iva and her sisters Ellie and, now, Meg. No matter what the story, Bryce sold you on what Craig was doing. I always found it utterly fascinating to watch him at work, and see his character interact with nearly all of the cast. Over the next eight years, Bryce was in a number of romantic entanglements and storylines. The character was Craig Montgomery, and the actor was Scott Bryce. I was transfixed to the television as his character played weariness, heartache, resolve, and hope, with a glimmer of mischief and devilishness. He was tall and handsome, with big round soulful eyes. ![]() I discovered the show in1986, and the first thing that compelled me to watch was me flipping through the channels and exclaiming, “Hey! That’s Nola Reardon!” (Or rather, actress Lisa Brown as her ATWT character, Iva Snyder.) The second thing that compelled me to watch was one of the actors. The first soap I ever discovered on my own was As The World Turns. Even my Guiding Light habit came from a neighbor who watched the show every day. My sisters loved Young and the Restless and were part of General Hospital‘s Luke and Laura craze. My mother diligently watched Days of Our Lives, Search for Tomorrow and Another World. My soap habit was initially formed, as many of our habits were, through hand-me-downs. ![]()
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