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Sarah Joy Brown Talks ‘B&B’ and ‘General Hospital’

Corinne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:39:14 +0000

Agnes has finally bedded Nick, thanks to Bridget’s fling. Now what?

By Deanna Barnert
Special to MSN TV

With wicked Claudia still propelling the story from the grave on “General Hospital,” Sarah Joy Brown has slipped into a new speed at “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Her character Agnes hit the L.A. scene with an intense rape and surrogacy story line that climaxed with her losing Nick and Bridget’s baby. Since that blowup, however, Aggie has been kept on a low boil, pining for Nick and waiting for Bridget to slip up. Neither Claudia nor the vivacious Carly, who earned Brown three Emmys and a devoted fan base in the late ’90s, would approve of Agnes’ patience, but it’s finally paying off!

MSN TV: What was it like to jump into “The Bold and the Beautiful” action while you were still on “General Hospital”?

Sarah Joy Brown: Doing both at the same time was a lot of work, but it was amazing. This is a very well-oiled machine. There are no attitudes floating around, and everyone genuinely likes each other. You’re not coming into a ton of tension, and you don’t have to navigate all these landmines. It was easy to come in, because it wasn’t in chaos. I’ve been on a few shows, so I would know!

What lured you to “B&B”?

Brad Bell ["B&B" head writer and executive producer] made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. He’s wonderful. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him, because the way a show is when you come in is a direct result of how it is at the top. He’s good at running this place.

Agnes is finally getting her shot at Nick. How is she feeling about that?

The eagle has landed! She’s happy. When that story line starts to heat up, it’s great for Agnes. No one’s seen her outside of the realm of the victim and the outsider, so it’s nice she gets to have intimacy with Nick. That afternoon romance is an important part of the daytime genre, and fans love it.

Love is the only way you really get to know a woman. Once she’s in love, just try to mess with me, Bridget! [Laughs.] It’s me playing the role, so Aggie’s going to have whatever backbone I can possibly give her. She’s not going to be a fighter, necessarily, but she’s not going to wimpy-kid out.

Is Nick ready for a new relationship?

That’s what the fun of the story is and something Agnes delves into a bit. Obviously, he’s just coming out of this relationship with his wife. He’s not looking for a girl to settle down with, but neither is Agnes, so it’s perfect. It’s beautiful and healing for her to have this strong, protective male to re-embark into the world of love and romance with, but they’re not rushing off to get married. She gets to dip her toe back in and he gets to take his mind off things. Who knows where it could go, but I’ve gotten to do some fun stuff with Jack [Wagner (Nick)] so far.

How will Aggie play this “win” with Bridget?

There’s a fine line to walk, professionally.

Aggie works in that building, where everyone is related to each other and she is an outsider. Her boss is her lover’s ex-wife and her ex-friend. It’s complicated. She can’t get too out of line, but as this progresses, it’s fun to see her get spirited and protective. Now that she and Nick are lovers, she is going to have territorial feelings, and so does Bridget, obviously. It’s a hormone fest! Bridget is still in love with her husband and probably holding onto hope that they can make things work. She probably also wants to win, on some level, and so does Aggie.

What is it like facing off against Ashley Jones [Bridget]?

I love her. She’s sweet, cute, talented and sexy and always wears the cutest little outfits. I’ve had so much fun working with her. She’s made everything easy and awesome, and she’s also super funny. So is Adrienne Frantz [Amber], who got thrown in there at Jackie M, as well. A lot of good ladies to work with!

Is it odd to play Agnes Jones across from someone named Ashley Jones?

It’s cute. It’s weird, but Brad does that on purpose. He loves Ashley, so he says, “Let’s make the Joneses.” Me, Rick [Hearst] and Zack [Conroy] joke about “keeping up with the Joneses,” so we love the last name.

It’s no secret the fans go nuts for you. Does that put pressure on you?

They’re sweet. I love them. Soap fans can be hardcore. Of course you feel the pressure to live up to people’s expectations in a genre where you have less and less time. It’s harder to do it, especially after you take a huge break. This is a little more my speed. “B&B” is only half an hour, and even though we shoot two shows a day, I don’t do as many scenes. I’m OK with that. I can have a life and other work.

Speaking of work, you did a fun guest spot on “Castle” this year. Got anything else coming down the pike?

I have four weeks for hiatus, so hopefully I’ll be able to come up with another job in that time. It will be fun to do some auditions. It’s my first year at “B&B,” so I’ve been adjusting to all the free time and balancing what to do with it.

When you’re not conniving or wooing on screen, what do you do for fun?

I just had my family in town for two weeks, and they’re coming back, so I’ll also spend time with my daughter and all my nieces and nephews doing fun stuff around town. I also have tons of hobbies. It’s important to be a little rounded and keep interests in other things. I’m into music. I play piano, guitar and drums, but it’s not anything I would take on the road. I love to dance, snowboard, edit and work on directing. I keep it busy!

I can’t let you go without getting your take on Vanessa Marcil‘s return to “General Hospital.”

It’s awesome. I’m going to have to watch Brenda and Sonny now! It’s kind of mind-blowing. She was working with Maurice [Benard (Sonny)] before I was. It was Sonny and Brenda before Sonny and Carly. It will be interesting to see where they take her, and I think it’s awesome she can work in primetime and then return to daytime. The more of that the better.

“The Bold and the Beautiful” airs weekdays on CBS.

Source: MSN TV News

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Last Week’s B&B Screencaps

Corinne — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:12:17 +0000

On Saturday, I added last week’s B&B screencaps. I also add all of the clips that I had uploaded but not updated the site with.

Will be adding an audio interview later today.

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This Week’s Update / B&B Opening

Corinne — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:38:00 +0000

All of the B&B Screencaps and clips are up to date. Everything’s been added to their respective galleries.

Also, February 18, Sarah’s birthday, B&B added Agnes/Sarah to the opening. I snagged a couple screencaps and a short clip and added those as well.

This Week’s Update

Corinne — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:43:27 +0000

This week’s content has been uploaded and added to the site.

This includes this weeks screencaps, clips, and some mag stuff. I’ll update the site completely tomorrow.

FYI, not really enjoying B&B, didn’t expect to continue to. Oh well.

Weekly update and Mobile site

Corinne — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:40:41 +0000

All of this weeks screencaps and clips have been added to the site. You can view them now, including Castle stuff.

Also, I’ve a mobile version of the site, so if you have a Blackberry and itouch, like me or an iPhone, or something else that you ca. View websites with, you can see the site more easily.

Posting screencaps on the go

Corinne — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:32 +0000

Yesterday, i added yesterday’s screencaps to the gallery.

I also added the final clips of Sarah on Castle early in the morning. I haven’t yet add those pics though.

Alright, that’s it.

HQ Castle Screencaps now added to the Gallery

Corinne — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:12:55 +0000

I’ve added screencaps of Sarah’s appearance in this weeks Castle – Episode 2.14: The Third Man.

Not a big part so I went for the HQ and not the quantity. Clips to come later.

Sarah looked great though!

Also, Monday’s B&B screencaps and some magazine stuff are up as well.

B&B Screencaps and Relief in Haiti

Corinne — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:19:33 +0000

Yesterday, I added Friday’s screencaps and the clips for the week.

You can view January 15, 2010 B&B screencaps now

Also, Sarah went to the Rose Bowl yesterday to collect donations for The Red Cross relief in Haiti. I found a great pic of her. It’s not mine, so I’m not adding it to the gallery, but you can view it here.

If you would like to donate to relief in Haiti (I have), you can do so by going to one of the links below, or however else you would like. Any help is needed.

Sorry for the Site Speed & Screencaps

Corinne — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:21:46 +0000

Unfortunately, one of the sites that we were linking to (for twitter) seems to have gone down, and that led to everything thing here being really slow.

I’ve removed all of their links and everything is running normally once again.

Also, I added yesterdays screencaps last night. Everything should be up to date, as of yesterday.

You should just keep checking daily. I might not leave a message on the front page that I’ve updated, but I’ll usually try to update a few times each week anyway. You can also keep up by following me on Twitter. http://twitter.com/sjbfan

January 4, 2010′s Sandy/B&B Screencaps

Corinne — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:43:22 +0000

I added todays Sandy/Bold and the Beautiful screencaps. If you haven’t seen it, run don’t walk to your nearest tv.

I almost forgot that it’s 2010. It’s so weird….