Bjujubee writes:
This story is about RH becoming Todd. It is from Ty Treadway (Evil Dr Troy Macgiver!) When Ty Treadway was doing that show on soapnet called Soap Talk, some guest was on and I can't remember how he got to the topic but he brought up RH and his experience working with him on OL. Ty said that when Roger came to the studio he was normal Roger, talkative, laughing, smiling Roger. But then he would go in the dressing room and come out and he would literally be Todd Manning, this entirely different person and Roger was no where around! Ty Treadway said he had never seen an actor go through such a transformation like RH went through when he "became" Todd.
Pretty amazing how much effort the guy put into playing Todd and I think that is why RH would leave and take those breaks....being Todd probably took alot out of RH, because he did put so much into it. And it is so clear when you watch Todd, all his little quirks, the way he walks, the way he sits, the way he eats, talks, the nervousness, the raise of the eyebrow, the shit ass grin, all the little things that made Todd Todd......that isn't natural for RH. If you ever watch any of RH's work other than TOdd you know what I mean....Dawsons Creek, Paul on ATWT....those characters are RH playing a role. I would find myself watching Paul (ATWT) for 2 years just wanting to catch one of those "little Toddian" quirks pop out.......I think I saw maybe 3 times a raise eyebrow, but that was it!!!!!!! LOL Bottom line RH put his soul into playing TOdd and it showed and bless him for doing it!
Bjujubee has a channel on YT called The Real Todd Manning.
OMG thanks for posting this. You can almost see this in his work. And, it makes perfect sense that he would need breaks from this regularly, it has to be extremely physically and mentally taxing.
ReplyDeleteOh wow...thank you so much for that Bjujubee...I knew this had to be true of RH as Todd, but I had never actually seen the soap thing you're talking about, nor had I seen anyone state it as you have.
ReplyDeleteRH truely did let go and 100% became Todd and when any actor or actress does that...it's pure gold! It's why he won the daytime emmy.