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Interview: Grandma Blair

‘I don’t want life to be tame for her’
DePaiva discusses her trouble-magnet ‘OLTL’ character.
 
By CINDY ELAVSKY
Published: 11/2/2008
Last Modified: 11/1/2008  3:01 AM

Blair Cramer has been the originator and recipient of much trouble since coming to Llanview in 1991, and definitely since Kassie DePaiva took over the role in 1993.

The latest drama to unfold on “One Life to Live” has Blair’s former husband Todd planning to fake his grandchild’s death so he can raise the child together with amnesiac (and presumed-dead) Marty.

After all these years, trouble still manages to find Blair, and that is just the way Kassie likes it.

“I dont want life to be tame for her,” Kassie admits. “I like the excitement, although it does get a little exhausting in real life and on the soap opera. But it’s all good.”

Kassie hints that more trouble is brewing than viewers originally thought. “Blair is gonna have her hands full with the turn of events in the next month. Once you think things have settled in, something else happens. Starr is giving the baby up, and there’s a lot of things that are going to come out with the birth of that baby.”

While it seems inconceivable that Todd and Blair could be old enough to be grandparents, Kassie takes it all in good humor. “Blair’s not the youngest grandmother around, but it is a little shocking. I really don’t even think about it. It doesn’t change her stride at all.” She adds with a laugh, “She still puts on a red dress, so it doesn’t matter.”

Blair has been making inroads lately toward getting Todd out of her life, and even has a new guy, John. But will Todd ever truly be out of Blair’s life? Kassie explains:

“I think once all of this (Todd’s kidnapping scheme) comes to light, it will be easier for her to choose John. I think it’s easy for her to be away from Todd, but it’s one of those things where she might not be romantically linked to him, but she’s always going to be linked to him through their children and through their past. There’s no way around that.”

Kassie also has her own take on Todd’s outrageous plan for his daughter’s baby. “I think he truly believes that he’s got this clean slate now with Marty, and if he can get her to believe that he is the good person that he is and not the bad person that he was, then he’ll absolve himself. People who are that narcissistic truly believe that. I think he truly believes that he can pull this off and that everything will be perfect.”

One new development that Kassie is enjoying is the relationship between John and Blair. “I love their relationship. I think that it’s very adult; there are no apologies. This is adult, it’s mature, it’s fun and it’s a little sexy.”

Soap fans can catch Kassie in person on Nov. 15 and 16 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Fla., for Super Soap Weekend.

“This is the last one that they have scheduled, so that makes me very sad. But they have Soap Nation planned for next year, which is a series of smaller fan events in other cities across the country. I will miss Super Soap Weekend. I know it’s a fan favorite, and it is also a really incredible experience for everyone. Since this is going to be the last one, I’m sure they’re gonna make it memorable.”

By CINDY ELAVSKY

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