We talked to ‘‘One Life to Live’’ vet Susan Haskell about her highly-anticipated return as Marty Saybrooke.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You played Marty from 1992 to 1997.
I was a little nervous.
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It?s been a long time and I?d never done that with children.
But I?ve gotta say that everyone?s made it so easy there.
They?ve been very accommodating.
It?s like going home…. And now the role is even more complex.
It?s a great character.
She?s not your run-of-the-mill character.
Her life has been up and down.
Now it?s even more complicated.
When he contacted me I was like, This is the deal.
He knew this wasn?t a full-time thing for me this time.
And the way they shoot the shows now, it?s easier.
It wasn?t like when I was there before and you had all day for one show.
So far, so good.
It?s hard, of course….
I?ve got good help here.
Got a fantastic nanny who?s been with me since the baby was born.
And I knew that he was aware of the character.
That was one of the concerns about the previous head writer [Dena Higley].
She really didn?t seem to.
But the amnesia part sounded good to me.
As far as story line, though, I really don?t know.
I just know what it was coming back for and that was kind of interesting to me.
The whole amnesia thing is kind of fun.
She doesn?t remember.?
You don?t even know how much help that was for me.
But it comes back to you, it really does.
The most prep I did was learning my stinking lines.
That was where I was the most out of practice.
Gotta get that muscle going again.
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