 At
long last, Susan Haskell is finally back as OLTL's Marty. "Not to get corny,
but it just feels like home," beams the actress (r.), who reported back
to work last month. "I wondered if I was going to feel like, 'Oh, boy,
what did I do?' But it feels good. It feels really good."
After her brief appearances
in 2004 and 2005, OLTL tried to lure Haskell back for an extended stay
in 2006, but the timing wasn't right. "Frank [Valentini, executive producer]
has asked me a bunch of times and he's been very patient," admits the actress.
"The last time he asked me, I was like, 'Well, I got something I gotta
tell ya. I got a little baby happenin' here and I won't be doing anything
else for a while.' " Haskell and longtime partner Thorsten Kaye's (Zach,
AMC) second daughter, Marlowe, is now 16 months old, and their daughter
McKenna is 5. "It was just about the time away from the kids," she tells
Digest. "That was my thing with Frank. I said, 'I can't be there and be
stressed and thinking I should be home.' We managed to work out something
that worked for all of us. McKenna can't wait to come in. She's so
excited. It was so cute; I asked her, 'What would you think if Mommy
goes back to work just a little bit?' and she goes, 'Well, who's gonna
watch Marlowe [laughs]?' She's so protective of her little sister."
When viewers first lay eyes
on presumed-dead Marty this week, she'll be revealed to be the woman in
Ramsey's penthouse. Haskell admits that she hasn't had much time to watch
TV over the last 16 months, but does know Marty was involved with Michael
Easton's John. "That was another plus, that I knew I'd be working with
him," she adds. "He and his wife have become good friends of ours through
Thorsten and Michael. I love his work; I think he's great."
Haskell originated the role
in 1992, won an Outstanding Supporting Actress Emmy in 1994 and exited
in 1997. So how long will she stick around OLTL this time?
"Well, we don't know," she demurs. "Let's wait and see!" |
