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wicked this way comes, but it’s much worse than the leftover goblins of
All Hallow’s Eve: GUIDING LIGHT’s Edmund is back in town! But how much
trouble can the former prince of San Cristobel possibly cause? Judging
from his laundry list of misdeeds (which includes, but is not limited to,
hiding Beth’s identity from Philip, stalking Harley, kidnapping numerous
people from Cassie to Michelle Bauer’s baby, attempting to kill Cassie and
attempting to kill Reva—four times!), we’re guessing the damage he
inflicts will be enough to rock the Spaulding mansion. But with a short
return of only four weeks, which Springfield residents will he target?
Edmund’s portrayer, David Andrew Macdonald, opens up on just what tricks
the town’s returning villain may have up his sleeve. Object of His Deadly Affection Though Edmund was once married to Beth, it’s her enemy-recently-turned-best friend Cassie that Edmund is really seeking. “There’s always Beth,” Macdonald muses. “But something that unfortunately has been forgotten about is that Edmund’s real focus in the world originally was around his brother, Richard. Now that Richard is dead, his focus is really all about Cassie. I genuinely can’t imagine that him coming back has anything to do with anything other than trying to somehow get Cassie. And I would imagine, being a soap opera, it’s to try to get her to fall in love with him again.” Coming from the man who knows just how dastardly his character can get, it’s safe to assume that Edmund will definitely make Josh’s heaven a living hell! And further, Macdonald admits that nothing will stop Edmund from getting what he wants (well, except maybe his bad aim, which we know prevented Edmund from murdering Reva the few times he tried!). “I don’t think anything would stand in the way of him trying to win Cassie back,” the actor says. “I mean, my God! He stole a baby and left the mother to die on the side of the road. Once you do that, I think pretty much the sky is the limit.” Holiday Horror While the knowledge of what dread Edmund will bring to Cassie and Josh’s holidays remains a mystery to the actor, he does know that once his short GH stint is over, he’ll still be getting plenty of opportunity to meddle with people’s Christmas spirits this year. “I’ll be going back to the theater at the end of November to do a rather fun, tight, eight-person-ensemble production of A Christmas Carol,” Macdonald says. “I don’t know my character yet for sure, but I get the feeling I’m going to be something like Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Present, which would be fun. If I could play anyone, I’d want o play the Ghost of Christmas Present. I’ve always liked him; he was generous and yet dangerous. He took no prisoners. “Just go wherever you can to see a big, glorious production of A Christmas Carol, and then come out and see ours, which will be sort of eight people spinning madly around the stage! Same identical story that makes everyone cry, but it will be a lot more fun and wild!” Though Macdonald considers himself a theater performer at heart, and actually prefers stage work to most television work, he says he does feel lucky to get the chance to take a break from theater so he can come back to GL and flesh out Edmund. “It’s a great gig,” he exclaims. “If you’re going to get with any long-running show, there isn’t one that’s been running longer than GL. It’s a show that deserves to stay on the air, and if they think that one of the good ways of doing it is bringing back an old character here and there, then that’s a great thing.” --Kambra Clifford |
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