Galen Gering and McKenzie Westmore Chat Transcript
March 2000
From NBC Passions
Galen_Gering: Hi! Thanks for logging in!
McKenzie_Westmore: Thanks for joining us!
passion1fan: Are you having fun in New York?
Galen_Gering: We are having a BLAST! We're at Rockefeller Center, right now.
McKenzie_Westmore: We're in the NBC Experience Store.
Galen_Gering: We had an autograph signing here.
McKenzie_Westmore: It was unreal!
Galen_Gering: The biggest turnout they've ever had.
guest-sasha: Have either of you ever been to New York before?
Galen_Gering: Yes, I went to school here. I'm originally from LA, but I moved here when I was 17 to do modeling, and I ended up at New York University.
McKenzie_Westmore: I was here years ago with my parents. We were on vacation for about a week. We saw a different musical every night. It was amazing.
franny8: What all do you plan to do during your trip?
Galen_Gering: All kinds of things! We have a full itinerary.
McKenzie_Westmore: We're going to see Saturday Night Live, tonight. That should be really awesome. Photos tomorrow in Central Park.
Galen_Gering: Monday, I'm doing the "Ainsley Harriot Show." We leave Monday night.
guest-maryanne2: What is your favorite thing about working on "Passions?"
Galen_Gering: Just working with the cast.
McKenzie_Westmore: Everyone is so nice; we're like a little family.
guest-biana: Do either of you have any formal acting training?
McKenzie_Westmore: Yes, I studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and the Howard Fine school, where I also took a master class with Uta Hagen. A lot of my training has been in singing and dancing.
Galen_Gering: I studied with a lot of private coaches, but in college I specialized in film making, not acting. It was a lucky, big break for me.
McKenzie_Westmore: I was getting ready to leave for the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music when this came along.
nanadee: Why do you think you have such good chemistry together?
Galen_Gering: 'Cause I'm in love!
McKenzie_Westmore: I guess we just get along.
Galen_Gering: I think anyone would have good chemistry with McKenzie.
McKenzie_Westmore: Awwwww :-)
guest-paula: What is a typical day on the set like for you?
McKenzie_Westmore: It always varies. Our workdays can be so different. Some days we work from 6 a.m. to 9 or 10 at night, if not later. And some days we have off.
Galen_Gering: We shoot an episode a day. In the morning, when you go into the studio, there will be a rundown telling you when your scenes are, chronologically. So if McKenzie has scenes with Ethan or Ben, she'll be able to tell when she's on, and on what set.
McKenzie_Westmore: For the girls, they give us an hour and half, or so, for hair and makeup. The guys just kind of show up!
Galen_Gering: Aww! Well yeah, it's true. We have it easy! These poor girls, they have the hair and the makeup.
McKenzie_Westmore: I'm lucky; I have short hair. :-)
guest-nicole: What have been some of your favorite scenes to tape so far?
McKenzie_Westmore: First Tango and all my things in Paris.
Galen_Gering: New Year's stuff was great. It was so intense and rewarding. Everyone put a lot of work into it, from the producers to the set designers. It was fun to shoot.
McKenzie_Westmore: You made it when you cried.
guest-luvspassions: Do either of you hope Sheridan and Luis will get married one day?
McKenzie_Westmore: Sure, why not?
Galen_Gering: If 'she' behaves!
McKenzie_Westmore: If 'he's' lucky!
guest-britan: Do you ever get embarrassed shooting love scenes?
Galen_Gering: Well, of course not!
McKenzie_Westmore: Galen had to come out in these teeny, flesh-colored shorts when we had to do the locker room fantasy scene. And I couldn't stop laughing!
Galen_Gering: Yeah. That was pretty embarrassing! And everyone had to show up to see Luis in the pants.
luvsgalen: Have you gotten letters from fans that are upset that you are engaged now?
Galen_Gering: You know, surprisingly not. I even get cards addressed to my fiancée and myself, congratulating us. It's amazing.
SilverHawke-guest: Hi ! I love Sheridan and Luis! What a couple! Galen, yesterday there was a horrible hoax on the web about you quitting. Can you confirm, here, that it really was all a hoax?
Galen_Gering: Yeah. It was a hoax. I'll be on "Passions" for at least three years. So any rumors can be dispelled.
passionsfreak: McKenzie, have you spoken to anyone, yet, about Sheridan singing on the show? I would love to see it!
McKenzie_Westmore: There has been some talk about it. Hopefully, it will happen some day soon. I would probably like to do opera, because I can see Sheridan having trained in opera in Italy with one of the top-notch teachers. I'd sing "O Mio Babbino Caro" from "Gianni Schicchi."
os0sweet213-guest: Hey, McKenzie and Galen! I just wanted to know if Galen's hand is OK since Jesse ran it over?
Galen_Gering: It was pretty gross, but I'm okay, now.
McKenzie_Westmore: It was all black and blue; it was really gross!
Christina-gh: McKenzie and Galen, what's been your most embarrassing moment on the show so far?
Galen_Gering: Weiner pants!
McKenzie_Westmore: Weiner pants!
evilgal: I have a question for both of you. Have you ever, at anytime, watched a soap opera? By the way, you two are incredible actors.
McKenzie_Westmore: I watched "Days of Our Lives" for a little while.
Galen_Gering: Not really. Every once in a while, I'd see part of one, but I was never addicted.
McKenzie_Westmore: Oh! And I watched "Dark Shadows" when they did the remake. I loved that! And the reruns on the Sci-Fi channel are cool too.
SheridanLuisFan: McKenzie & Galen, hi! I wish I could have come to New York today to meet you both. :( Do you do meet & greets like that, often?
McKenzie_Westmore: No, this is the first one we've ever done. Hopefully, we'll be doing more in the future.
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