The cast of GUIDING LIGHT took the plunge while taping Marina's kidnapping at the Spaulding charity ball.

Murray Bartlett (Cyrus), Mandy Bruno (Marina), Beth Ehlers (Harley), Darnell Williams (Griggs) and about a dozen other cast and crew headed for Lake Shawnee, N.J., to shoot the sequence, which featured lots of sunlight and some wet and wild action.

"We were really lucky because it poured with rain the day before," explains Bartlett. "I've done a couple of these exterior trips, and I find them really fun because it's more like shooting a film. In the studio, you are aiming for one take, which is kind of insane. This is still very fast, but you get a little more time to play."

In one of the scenes, Bartlett raced down the dock, trying to catch up to the boat in which Griggs had Marina bound and gagged. As Griggs sped away on the lake, Cyrus made a desperate leap and ended up all wet."Fortunately it was a warm day, because I had to jump in fully clothed!" laughs Bartlett. "It's really cool, and the stuff in my storyline at the moment is fun."

It takes a lot of hard work to get great images on location. According to Bartlett, three cameras were used during the shoot, including one in the middle of the water. "There was a pontoon in the middle of the lake," says Bartlett. "Ellen Wheeler, our executive producer, has been directing, and she's pretty creative with the cameras."

Taping the scenes took all day, but Bartlett has no complaints."As an actor, it helps with the reality of the scene when you're actually in the place where you're meant to be, rather than in the studio pretending."

More scenes from the Shawnee shoot are scheduled to air on Oct. 5, 8 and 10. Until then, scroll down and check out some behind-the-scenes shots in our photo gallery.