Marcy Rylan isn't going anywhere.
According to the newest edition of Soap Opera Digest, the actress has re-signed with Guiding Light. The length of the contract has not been released yet.
Marcy Rylan still has a part on Guiding Light, of course, but the portrayer of Lizzie Spaulding has been keeping busy with other projects, as well.
Rylan recently took on the role of Jeanie Wray for the upcoming movie The Adventures of Walter Bloom.
It's an independent comedy written by Don Money (who has actually appeared on As the World Turns and Guiding Light), Ryan Aynes and Michael Posillico that tells the story of the world's most deformed man.
This man heads out on a cross-country rampage to discover a reason to live.
No release date has been announced yet, but we'll report more on the movie as information comes in. Congratulations to Marcy for expanding her film resume!
According to Daytime Confidential, a pair of soap opera stars are set to appear together in a new movie.
Jacob Young (All My Children) and Marcy Rylan (Guiding Light) are reportedly attached to star in Amsterdam Artists, Ltd.'s first feature length film, Stray.
The production company's website says the film is "an unromantic comedy that explores the crude wisdom of single men. "
The past 12 months were an eventful time period for Lizzie Spaulding.
As such, CBS.com caught up with her portrayer, Marcy Rylan, at a recent photo shoot to find out what is in store for Lizzie this year on Guiding Light.
Adult Storyline
I started on the show and did the whole baby storyline and the Jonathan/Tammy/Lizzie triangle. I lost my baby. Honestly, I thought something would happen to the baby. Because it's a soap opera! We do all these adult storylines - who wants a crying baby around the set?
I was nervous after the baby died that [the producers] would jump right into a love interest. Sometimes you see that a baby is born and then next week you tune in and it's like the baby didn't happen. The Jonathan/Tammy/Sarah storyline was a really big deal, from the way they left the show and Tammy's death which was heart-wrenching.
When we were shooting all those scenes all the actors doing it were sad because, yes, the characters were dying but, we were also losing the actors.
Read the entire interview with Rylan now.
We often publish news items about various soap opera stars meeting and greeting their fans. But here's proof of it!
A quarter of actors from CBS daytime dramas attended an event in Florida last month, sponsored by CosmoGIRL.
Here's a picture of Marcy Rylan (Guiding Light), Bryton (The Young and the Restless), Agim Kaba (As the World Turns) and Ashley Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful) striking a post with a fan.
What does Marcy Rylan think about some of the recent changes on Guiding Light?
Soap Opera Weekly recently sat down with this soap opera actress to find out...
Soap Opera Weekly: Tom Pelphrey popped up for a few episodes the week of July 30. Were you bummed you didn't get any Jonathan or Sarah scenes?
Marcy Rylan: Oh, I can't even tell you! Lizzie was pregnant for nine months, so I got a little attached to the fake belly and I've gotten a little possessive of the baby. When Lizzie gave birth, Tammy (Stephanie Gatschet) held the baby before I did! I was so upset. I was like, "Are you guys insane? I carried this baby for nine months!" So, yes, when the baby came back and I did not see the baby, and I didn't see Jonathan, it was infuriating.
There's this little video of baby Sarah and Jonathan floating around and causing some problems [for Reva]. I was on set and they were playing the video for the actors who were waiting to do a scene about it. I was waiting to do a different scene but I was sitting there watching the video and in my next scene I had to cry and it was so easy! (bursts into fake sobs)
Weekly: Do you hope her story continues with her finding out her baby isn't dead?
Rylan: That day, they better be scared! Even if the writers write the sweetest words, I am going to find a way to be like, "YOU'VE BEEN HIDING MY BABY FROM ME!" I really want Lizzie to find out from someone in town and for everyone to be very scared. Lizzie is going to be very upset.
Weekly: Especially at Reva, who got her drunk and tattooed, right?
Rylan: There was a scene a couple of weeks ago where Lizzie thought that Jonathan and Sarah were alive. She ran into the hotel room and she was calling out for Jonathan and Sarah. Reva came in, and Jonathan and Sarah had been there, and Reva lied to Lizzie's face. When the scene was over, I said, "This is sick! This is so sick!" and Kim Zimmer (Reva) was like, "I'm so sorry."
Weekly: Luckily, Lizzie looks to be getting a new and unexpected pal in Billy.
Rylan: Yeah, I'm excited! I had an idea that I had a new partner coming up, and of course, you think "love interest." Then I realized, "It's Billy! That's not what I expected!" But I'm excited that this is the way they are taking Lizzie now. I'm glad that they're really taking their time, because sometimes with soaps you'll lose the baby and a month later it's like the baby never existed. You're totally fine and you're dating. We have a lot of moms at home watching.
I've received a lot of e-mails about what it's like to lose a child. I'm glad that they didn't just gloss over it and keep going. So I was really excited when I saw that this was a totally different, totally unexpected change in storyline for Lizzie.
Weekly: What do you think draws the two of them together?
Rylan: Part of what I think is the draw to Lizzie and Billy is that they've both had problems, and they can bond and not feel sorry for each other. But also, there's Billy's daughter, Mindy Lewis. I don't remember if it's to Soap Opera Weekly, but fans have written in to see if Krista Tesreau (ex-Mindy) and I are related.