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ATWT Interviews
Nuke 'Em
— By Jennifer Lenhart
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ATWT's Van Hansis (l.) and Jake Silbermann (Luke and Noah)
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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.
Jake Silbermann: We have yet to play the Movie Game — it's like six degrees of Kevin Bacon, except with movies. I say a movie and you say a person who's in it and then ...
Van Hansis (scoffing): That's easy.
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.
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Night Out: Silbermann and Hansis got to know each other at last year's GLAAD awards.
— Robin Platzer/Twin Images
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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.
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Really great interview. Could Van & Jake be even cuter ? They have a real great chemistry when they are together in scenes and this chemistry finds its source in their real friendship. I hope there will be more interviews of them both and together... Thank you for this interview !!
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Thanks, Jennifer. This was so much fun to read. I can't imagine how awesome the interview that DID make it into the print edition will be. :)
Awesome interview with a couple of great guys!!! I wish ATWT knew how lucky they are to have them.
I really loved this interview. It was very entertaining. Jake and Van seem to be friends off screen, which I think is great. ATWT has found a gem in Luke and Noah. I hope they realize that. I loved all of the super hero talk. Batman is my favorite! I hope to see more interviews with Jake and Van.
Thank you bunches for putting the rest of that on the site! There is no such thing as too much Nuke. YAY.
can these two be any cuter? Does As the world turns know how much gold they struck by putting these two together? They are talented and sweet and smart too :) I just love the banter between them and its so nice to know that they get along so well off screen. Their chemistry is off the charts, and you don't see many close friendships off set like this. what they have is rare and I hope we get to see more interviews with them together like this. As if it were possible I think I love them even more after reading this and can't wait to read the print interview!
This was such a great, funny and insightful interview! It amazes me every time how great Van and Jake seem to be getting along off-screen! All that talk about superheros and movies was beyond adorable!! I'm really looking forward to read more interviews with them.:)
Loved the banter between these two! There's a great camaraderie there, and they both have a great sense of humor. I can't wait to read the interview.
Thanks for the great interview, Jennifer. I love Van and Jake. We need to see more of them on ATWT.
Awesome interview. I can't wait to see the full interview. These two look like they're having so much fun, it's no wonder they have such wonderful onscreen chemistry.
I hope ATWT realizes how lucky they are to have Van and Jake. I love them even more after reading this, if that's possible. It's great to see how well they get along off screen. Looking forward to reading the print interview. Here's hoping there's more with them in the future. Thank you for a great interview.
Great interview. I love Van and Jake. They are so cute together. Looking to see a lot more Nuke in the future.
I think these two are really committed to their craft. That's great because there are definitely younger soap actors who seem to be phoning it in. These two are really great though.
Thanks for the great interview. I hope Van and Jake will be interview more and get on the front cover. They should be on more. ATWT
thanks for a great interview. that was very funny and very fun. please have them on again and soon! :-)
These guys are great. Sure would be nice to see them kiss and cuddle on screen. Oh yeah...I forgot...all signs of affection have been forbidden! Kudos for the actors for radiating such chemistry anyway.
That was FANTASTIC! Thanks so much for posting it online. I can't wait to buy and read the print portion of this interview... Now put them on the cover! I'll buy every copy at the grocery store!
thank you for a great interview.. love that they can fight about movies and stuff like a friend would do.
Van Hansis' and Jake Silbermann's portrayal of the relationship between Luke Snyder and Noah Mayer is spot-on perfection. Each moment they share on screen is magic. Their craftsmanship and chemistry combine to create something truly unique, not only for daytime television, but for the entire entertainment industry. Thank you so much for this interview!! Seeing the guys have so much fun with each other off screen is truly a gift!
They are so funny! Jake and Van were great finds for ATWT and I can't thank you enough for featuring them in your magazine. And I agree with the above poster. Get these two on a cover in the near future. Stat.
Thanks for posting this online! I can't wait to read the interview in the print edition. These two guys are wonderful actors and ATWT is so lucky to have them. Their off-camera friendship seems as strong as their on-screen romance!
I absolutly love them. They fight like an old married couple!
How could you not fall in love with Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann! They are gorgeous, smart, funny,talented and all around nice guys. ATWT is very lucky to have you both as are we your #1 fans, you both know who we are!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Thanks for this SOD.COM extra. I picked up my copy of SOD today, and I enjoyed Messrs. Hansis and Silbermann's interview tremendously. These actors bring so much to ATWT, and I only hope ATWT can deliver a bona fide, honest-to-goodness love story that's worthy of these actors' considerable talents. Cheers!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for such an awesome interview!!! We are ATWT fans of 26 years and buy SOD whenever you have even the smallest of blurbs on either Van or Jake. This was great -- the banter, the friendship, the comic books and movies! We want to see more of this kind of stuff on the boys! Equally important, we want to see more on Luke and Noahs characters -- as they are awesome -- their romance is simply made of great stuff and should have the equal treatment of a supercouple icon! They need to be on the cover of SOD as well! Keep up the great work -- people LOVE Luke and Noah -- and Van and Jake are just great!
Thanks for a fantastic interview. Van and Jake are talented, charming and play Luke and Noah with a sensitivity and integrity that has sadly been absent from daytime for a while. So when are these guys going to be on the cover?
These two are adorable together (yeah geeks!). I can't wait to pick up my copy of SOD so I can read the full interview. And what a great idea to post the "outtakes". Thanks!
Van and Jake are so funny and dynamic together. Jennifer, thank you for sharing the outtakes and for doing this piece on them! Can't wait to read it. :)
Awesome and FUN interview! Love it!
Thanks so much for sharing these extras! It's great to read that Jake and Van have great rapport off-screen, which clearly contributes to their strong chemistry on-screen. Much appreciated!
Van and Jake are so charismatic, funny, and talented and their rapport as people and actors is tremendous. It's a pity the show is not willing or able to give them material worthy of their talents.
Thank You so much for adding the parts of the interview that did not make it to the magazine to this site. I just love how cute the two of them are together in the interview.
Man I could have read several more pages! And I love that movie game! My friends and I used to play that all the time on long van rides! Those guys are definitely entertaining! And it's cool to see their friendship come through on the interview. Thanks so much for doing the interview! It's totally appreciated. Their acting is just incredible; I love watchin their scenes. They work really well together. And I had to laugh that Van was rooting against Jake from the beginning. Haha! Thanks a ton!
Man I could have read several more pages! And I love that movie game! My friends and I used to play that all the time on long van rides! Those guys are definitely entertaining! And it's cool to see their friendship come through on the interview. Thanks so much for doing the interview! It's totally appreciated. Their acting is just incredible; I love watchin their scenes. They work really well together. And I had to laugh that Van was rooting against Jake from the beginning. Haha! Thanks a ton!
What a fun interview. Looking forward to someday having Luke & Noah on the cover of Soap Opera Digest. Van and Jake bring Luke and Noah to life and it is a joy to watch them together. Hopefully ATWT realizes what a treasure they have in these two talented actors and will give them more air time.
Thank you so much for sharing these outtakes with us. Van and Jake are awesome and they have such an amazing chemistry together. I hope you'll do more interviews with them (and maybe even a cover story, too?). I sure hope ATWT realizes how great these two are and they'll feature them more prominently on the show.
Thank you, SOD. This interview was great, but it would have been even better if Van and Jake were the cover feature. I am definitely looking forward to some in-depth interviews (and new photos) of the guys in the future.
This was such a fun read! Van and Jake have wonderful chemistry on the show and it's nice to read that they get along well in real life. Thanks for the interview outtakes! I am really looking forward to reading the actual interview and hope that we can see these two featured more on the show and in the soap publications.
thanks SOD, they really are two great actors i love seeing them on screen, luke and noah are the best couple on daytime television, they really light up our screens, i shure hope atwt etc; realize how great they are, and by dooing so give them more airtime!
Thank you SOD for this. Van & Jake are so great and they deserve all the attention and praise they get for their wonderful portrayals of Luke & Noah. It's such a shame that ATWT doesn't give them more to do and use them to their full advantage. They have such amazing chemistry together and it's nice to know that they're such good friends in real life too. Please, please, please ATWT! Give these boys a storyline worthy of their talents!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful interview! Van and Jake bring such life to the characters of Luke and Noah--ATWT really is quite lucky to have them. I can't wait to get my copy of SOD in the mail. Now perhaps a cover in the future?
Great interview. Van and Jake have chemistry that I only wish I had with my partner. Excellent storyline for the soaps and I think ATWT is doing a commendable job to bring their love story to life. Slower is always better. Keep up the good work everyone.
They sound like their buddies now & cool with the whole "gay" thing. It is so refreshing to see that they're not some "method actor" jerks, just doing it for the "craft." I don't care if they are gay or straight in real life. They just seem like regular guys who are lucky enough to do a job they like. Me,I'm not so lucky. I hate my job!!! You guys rock. Not to mention cute as can be.
AAAW, they seem like really good friends. They have the greatest chemistry. I like that they have so much in common. They are awesome together!
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