| Soap Opera Digest: History Boys; April 22, 2008 | |
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Blogging with Jennifer Lenhart March 20, 2008 Yesterday, I interviewed ATWT's Van Hansis (Luke) and Jake Silbermann (Noah) for an upcoming Digest feature, and we had plenty to talk about, including Monday's GLAAD Awards — at which Hansis surprised himself (and me, frankly) by being star-struck by a certain random celebrity — as well as all of the recent media attention for "Nuke" and their joint obsession with Marvel comics. But if there's one thing these two do best, it's argue (Silbermann prefers the term "heated discussion"). They bickered hilariously about the silliest things throughout the interview and even inadvertently staged an argument for me, so much so that I was giggling to myself all morning while I was transcribing it. I'm writing it up this afternoon for our upcoming "Man" issue. Until then, here's my opening exchange with Hansis on that very subject: Hansis (laughing): The “man” issue! Are you trying to get more male readers? Like GQ for soap operas? Digest: Well, there's also our annual “sexy man” section. Hansis: Do you have a “dumpy man” section? (And no, he didn't have a nominee!) And FYI: it was already a done deal, but Hansis told me that he was on his way to physically re-sign his contract right after the interview, but prefers to keep the length of the extension to himself. Nuke 'Em April 8, 2008 (SOD Online) — By Jennifer Lenhart Van Hansis (Luke) and Jake Silbermann (Noah) work together so often that they have lots of down time, which in their case tends to lead to silly arguments. They bickered a lot, so Digest only got a few of their disagreements into our feature interview, on stands 4/15. One subject on which they've had many a heated discussion is movies — they both know them well, but here's what happens when Silbermann challenges his co-star to a game. Silbermann: We'll see how you do. We can play a little game. Want to do it right now? Digest: Please do! Hansis: I'll start! 28 Days Later. Silbermann (immediately stumped): Oh, what's his name? Hansis (smugly): See? Silbermann: Cillian Murphy! Hansis: Now I name a Cillian Murphy movie? [Laughs] 28 Days Later. Uh ... Publicist: I could do this. Digest: Me, too. Hansis: He was in, um ... oh! Batman Begins! Silbermann: I'll say Christian Bale. Hansis: How come you get all of the actors and I get all the movies? Silbermann: It switches off. Hansis (grinning): Empire of the Sun. Silbermann: Challenge — you don't know anyone else in that movie! Hansis: Yes I do. [Confidently:] Mary Steenburgen. Silbermann: No, she's not in that movie. Hansis: Yes she is! Silbermann: Look it up on IMDb. Hansis (laughing): No. Silbermann: I'm right on that one. [He is.] Hansis: He is. So I lost that game. See, I admit when I'm wrong. Digest: So, you have movies in common, and you're both Marvel Comics fans? Both: Yeah. Hansis: I grew up with X-Men. Silbermann: It was Spider-Man and X-Men for me. Hansis: Marvel's world is very different than DC's world. Silbermann: I think they just gave them all better reasons to be heroes in Marvel's world. Hansis: Exactly. They're not all aliens. Batman is different. Silbermann: It's pretty much agreed-upon that Batman one of the best thought-out ones. Because he's not a superhero. He is, but he's not. Hansis: I read somewhere that Marvel heroes' true personalities were their secret identities and they put on the costumes and DC heroes' true identities were the hero and the secret identity was their costume. I like that in Marvel, they're real people who just happen to have these powers. Silbermann: DC it has its strong points. I got him into one. Hansis: He gave me this awesome book, which is a movie coming out. Silbermann: It is? Hansis: Oh, I thought you meant Watchmen. Silbermann: I meant Preacher. Hansis: That was going to ... Silbermann: But it was stopped, thankfully, because it wouldn't have been good. Digest: I was all excited, because briefly, Bailey Chase was listed as Gambit in Wolverine on IMDb. Hansis: Yeah, who's Gambit now? Silbermann: There's someone named Briefly Bailey Chase? Hansis (laughing): No, no, no. Bailey Chase. Digest: He was Chris Hughes. And he was going to be Gambit. Hansis: Now he's not. Who is it now? Digest: Tim Riggins from FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Taylor Kitsch. Silbermann: Is he going to play him French? Digest: I don't know. He plays a guy from Texas now. So do you argue about comics? Hansis: Yeah. Silbermann: What have we argued about? Hansis: We argued about Watchmen. Silbermann: What about it? We did not argue about Watchmen! Hansis: We didn't argue about Watchmen, we argued about what parts should be cut from the movie. Digest: You realize that you're now arguing about what you argued about.... Let's talk about your first impressions of each other — you met at the audition? Hansis: It was in the dry rehearsal room. I was told to speak very quietly because the camera was right next to me. So I was whispering everything. Silbermann: I couldn't hear him. Hansis: It's not my fault. I apologize. Silbermann: I believe you. I thought you were trying to sabotage me! Hansis: I was, I was like, "I don't want this one!" Digest: Did you know he was going to get it? Hansis: The weird thing is that one of the guys who came in was actually a friend of mine from college, so no offense, Jake ... Silbermann: You were rooting for him, it's cool. Hansis: I wanted my friend to get it. And I think it came down to between my friend and Jake. But he's fine; he's on a Lifetime show now and he was in the JOHN ADAMS miniseries. Digest: So Jake, Van was rooting against you from the start! Hansis (laughing): I was sending negative vibes your way from the get-go. Digest: What was your first day like? Silbermann: A lot of nervous energy. I don't know if Van remembers this, I was basically not letting him out of my sight. [Hansis laughs.] We had gone to the GLAAD Awards together, so it was like, "Okay...." Hansis: "I have a friend!" Digest: That's right, you went to the GLAAD Awards before you even aired. Hansis: Long before. Silbermann: Before I taped. They were in March and I didn't air until June 1. Digest: Is that when you first got to know each other? Hansis: Yeah, we hung out for the first time at the GLAAD Awards and then we had a meeting with GLAAD where we hung out again. And then we went out to lunch before we started taping and then we started taping. Digest (to Hansis): You took him to lunch? Hansis: No, he asked. I gave him all of my wisdom, my sage advice. Digest: What was it? Hansis (laughing): I don't know. What advice did I give you? Silbermann: I guess I asked what it was like. Hansis: The advice I would probably give would be that it goes very fast.... Silbermann: I asked specifics about rehearsal time. Hansis: Yeah, you don't really rehearse. And I think to make it work on daytime, since you don't have the time to do the work that you would like to do, it's kind of like a listening and responding exercise. Just be present in the moment with your scene partner because even if your scene partner kind of goes up on a line, maybe you can save it. Silbermann: And making choices. Hansis: Yeah, on the spot. Digest: Did you have a natural rapport or did you have to work on your chemistry? Hansis: We don't sit down like, "So, Jake, let's work on our chemistry. I'm going to glare longingly into your eyes." Silbermann: Eyes, lips, eyes. Hansis: That is a trick, I think. You look eyes, lips, eyes. Digest: Who taught you that? Hansis: I made it up [laughs]. But it works! It reads on camera very well. April 22, 2008 (Soap Opera Digest print edition) History Boys: With Their Precedent-Setting Alter Egos On Attention Overload, We Study The Real-Life Friendship Between Van Hansis & Jake Silbermann Thanks to a group of devoted fans, who have pointed out that it's long past time for ATWT's groundbreaking gay couple to finally share another kiss, "Nuke" has exploded in the worldwide media, sparking mentions everywhere from NPR to USA Today, even though their portrayers, Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann, have been largely uninvolved in the debate. Behind the scenes, these co-stars share a great respect for their story, a love for comic books...and an extreme tendency toward friendly bickering. Digest Did you become friends off-screen pretty quickly? Hansis: Yeah, because we went to Marco Island. Silbermann: That was a lot of fun. It was before I aired. We had all of these interviews and stuff pretty early on. So it necessitated hanging out and getting to know each other. Hansis: There's nothing like trashed on a beach in Florida at 4:30 in the morning... Silbermann: (laughing) ...To bring two people together! Digest What do you usually do when you hang out? Hansis: We usually...drink (laughs). Silbermann: We're both really good friends with Elena [Goode, ex-Jade], too. Hansis: Jake takes karate with her. Silbermann: Yeah, I take Tae Kwon Do with her. She's got excellent form. [Hansis laughs.] Digest Tell me each other's best and worst qualities. Silbermann: I have to say his? Van's best quality is his, uh [pause]... Hansis: You can't even think of my best quality? Silbermann: Well, there are so many to choose from. Hansis: Aww! Good catch. Silbermann: No, he's got great energy and he's always up for anything and he definitely can be the life of the party at times. I guess his worst quality is that he's always on; he can always be the life of the party. Hansis: No, I'm not always on! Silbermann: He's not. I don't like doing worst qualities. Digest What about Jake? Silbermann: Go ahead, I'm sure worst quality is easy for you. Hansis: Jake's best quality is that he really cares about what he's doing and he commits 100 percent to what he's doing, which is really nice to work with and in life, as well. His worst? He's a gift from God. He has no bad qualities [laughs]. Silbermann: I haven't been very punctual the last few meetings, I guess. Hansis: Don't let yourself off the hook with your worst quality! [Mocking voice] "I'm not punctual." I don't even think this is a bad quality, but sometimes when he's wrong, he is so stubborn that he doesn't admit that he's wrong. And he's often wrong. Silbermann: Yeah. I don't even really agree with this [Hansis laughs], but the funny thing is, I've been hearing this my whole life. Hansis: That you're often wrong? Silbermann: That I'm stubborn. I'm better now. I'll defend something until I'm proved wrong and then I'm like, "Okay, fine." I'll move past it. But until that point, I'll really defend it. Even when I don't know what I'm talking about sometimes. I'll just think I heard something. I don't argue for the sake of arguing, but I'll say, "I don't think you're right." Hansis: It can be very frustrating because when you know you're right but you don't have tangible proof...There's been many a time that I've gone on IMDB to show him that I was right. Jake (scoffing): "Many a time!" See, I call a heated discussion what some people call an argument. Hansis: There's never anything negative about it. We don't get mad. It's just, you know, you're stuck in a studio in Brooklyn for eight hours a day, you might as well have a heated discussion. Digest Do you have a lot in common? Silbermann: We have a very similar taste in music... Hansis: ...We both like comic books... Silbermann: ...Similar taste in movies, I think. Although Van hasn't seen anything. Hansis: He comes into the dressing room and he's like, "Van have you seen...."I don't even have to hear what he says because chances are, I haven't. We also have a similar...it's not "argumentative," but we can argue about anything. Jake (laughing): We were doing it backstage before we went on... Hansis: Oh, yeah, we had to be hushed! Silbermann: It was about water. Hansis: Yeah, we were about to go present at the GLAAD Awards this week, and drank this water and I was like, "Oh, man, I didn't think this was fizzy water..." Silbermann: I said, "It doesn't look fizzy." Hansis: And then I got another one and it was fizzy, too. Digest You argued about whether it was fizzy? Hansis: No, we argued about whether I should have known. Silbermann: Yeah, I said, "Why did you take the same one?" Hansis: Because it was in a different bucket! I thought maybe there was a fizzy bucket and a still bucket! Jake (laughing): Even the guy there was like, "Should I give you guys some time?" Digest How were the GLAAD Awards? Silbermann: The cool thing is that it starts out as a fun event, but by the end, the speeches are so touching that I feel like I'm part of this demonstration of self-expression and freedom. It's really nice. Hansis: That's very true. The event is fun and lively, but it's never forgotten that you're there for a cause. That's what separates it from stuff like the Daytime Emmys, which are fantastic and fun, but this is about helping people. The president of MTV gave a speech. Silbermann: That was a great speech. Hansis: It was just kind of heartbreaking and wonderful. Digest Anyone you were excited to see? Van (quietly): Randy Jackson was there. Silbermann: Van got a little starstruck. Hansis: I got starstruck by Randy Jackson! I don't really watch American Idol, but I was like, "You are very famous." I stood next to him and didn't say, "Hi." Digest Who else was there? Silbermann: Alan Cumming. We talked to him for a little bit. Hansis: He was very nice. It took everything not to ask him about the X-Men movies. Publicist: You should have! [Both start protesting.] Silbermann: He was being very inquisitive about the show, too. Hansis: Yeah. He was asking us a lot about our show. Silbermann: I did want to ask immediately...[They both excitedly throw out questions in "interview" voices.] Hansis: "So, Nightcrawler: How long does it take to get into the makeup?" Silbermann: "Did you read any comic books in preparation? Who is your favorite artist's rendition of Nightcrawler?" Digest So basically, you just didn't want to come off as fans? Both: Yeah [goofy laughter]. Silbermann: I feel like he would put us in a separate category. Hansis: He doesn't watch our show. We read his comic. Digest He might watch. Silbermann: He's a busy guy. Maybe he DVRs it. Hansis: In my mind, he watches it every day. In my mind, everybody watches it every day [laughs]. Digest How do you feel about all of the media attention you've been getting, especially lately? Hansis: It's weird because---I mean, I don't know how it is for Jake----but it doesn't really affect me. There's been media attention about the story, but it hasn't been about us. We haven't done any interviews about that. Silbermann: I agree. When family or friends say "You're all over the place," I'm like, "It's the characters and the show." It's been great; I'm glad to be a part of it. There's no such thing as bad press. Hansis: Exactly. And it's great that the fans care so much about the characters. That makes us feel like we're doing something good. Digest But it's more like Noah and Luke are getting all the attention? Hansis: Yeah. We've never been interviewed. They had something on MSN or something about it and they had talking heads, but it wasn't our talking heads. Silbermann: I thought it was interesting having a debate on CNN about the kiss and whether the American public was ready for it and stuff like that. I think clearly, yeah. People are accepting it and wanting it. Digest They're actually big on the PDAs without kissing. Do you choreograph the physicality? Silbermann: They're not usually written in. Sometimes it is a specific shot that the director wants, but most often I think it's something that just kind of feels natural to do. Hansis: Yeah, and sometimes, we'll talk about it earlier or sometimes it just kind of happens in a scene. But I think we work well enough that if somebody does something like that, the other one's not like, "What are you doing? That's not in the script!" You just go with it. And that's what real couples do. We're trying to make the characters as honest and believable as possible. 
Edited by lukeandnoah, Apr 11 2008, 04:14 PM.
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