Articles and Interviews: 2007

Too Cold For Comfort (SID 1/16/07)
Will a snowbound Jessica and Nash put Antonio's marriage in a deep freeze?

While the temperature outside quickly drops this week on One Life to Live, things begin to heat up between Jessica and Nash when the two take shelter from a snowstorm. But as Bree's parents strip down and huddle together in order to keep warm, will their natural instincts overtake them...just in time for Antonio to show up?

Winter Wonderland
Nash seems to pick the worst possible time to show Jessica his vineyard, as the two find themselves getting stuck in his car when it begins to snow. "They idle it out of gas," says Forbes March (Nash), "then go looking for a cabin in the hills because Nash drives this way all the time and knows where some cabins are. He gets lost halfway up the hill but finds an abandoned coal mine. So they go into it to seek shelter from the wind and snow."

But things quickly go from bad to worse when the cave's entrance gets blocked by collapsed snow! "Once they get trapped, they pretty much fight the whole time," previews Jessica's portrayer, Bree Williamson. "It's this weird up and down rollar-coaster ride: They have this normal conversation, it escalates into a fight, and either he or she feels bad, so then there's an apology. But there's sexual tension throughout it."

The Good Husband
One pair that experiences a different kind of tension is Claudia and Antonio. And Capricorn's owner isn't too happy when he finds his singer drunk. "He's developed a relationship with Claudia over the months and cares for her well being," explains Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio). "So he wants to make sure she gets the proper care that she needs and talks her into going back to rehab."

Antonio soon realizes, though, that another woman in his life might be in need of help, too -- his wife, Jessica! "He's aware that there's a snowstorm and he's definitely concerned," says de los Reyes. "The first thing that goes through his mind is, 'She's not calling me back; something must be wrong.' But the second thing is, 'Well, at least she's with Nash, and he's not going to let anything happen to her.'"

But doesn't Antonio know what might happen between the two, given their hot-and-heavy past? "He knows the history between Nash and Tess," de los Reyes points out, "but there's no history between Nash and Jessica.

"She told Antonio to trust her," adds de los Reyes about the time Jessica stopped her wedding to speak to Nash. "She asked, 'Trust me, please, give me this one.' And unconditional love is trusting that person not to lie to you. So, that's what he's doing."

Cheek To Cheek
Nash, meanwhile, feels that he and Jessica need to do whatever they can not to freeze to death, so he suggests undressing and using body heat to warm up. "Taking off their clothes is the only way that they will survive in that cave," explains Williamson. "That's why Nash instigated it. And if not for him, they'd die because it's freezing and they're soaking wet."

March does understand, however, that even an innocent act of survival can mean so much more. "Everything that happens between them is tempered and underlined by all this incredible amount of drama that's happening here," he offers. "These two people couldn't buy a chocolate bar at the corner store without there being tension!"

Things reach a boiling point when Nash gets delusional, and Jessica moves in to save him. "He's saying things and going in and out of consciousness," says Williamson, "so there's a moment where she tries to give him mouth to mouth. But he actually starts kissing her, and that's what makes her get up and put her clothes back on."

The Forecast is Hot!
After searching for his stranded wife, Antonio finally finds the fully-clothed pair in the cave. But that doesn't mean that Jessica will be in any rush to tell her husband what she had to do with Nash to survive. "At that point, it's understandable," considers Williamson. "Why would she tell Antonio? They're fine, and [telling] would just be like another knife in his heart; it's more information than he needs to know."

And Antonio is just thrilled that the two are still breathing! "He's completely unaware that something's happened," says de los Reyes. "They are clothed and, for the most part, just acting like two people who are freezing together in a cave."

But March realizes that it's just a matter of time before something even more sizzling happens between his character and Jessica. "Nash is discovering that he has feelings for her," the actor explains, "and it's pretty obvious that Jessica has feelings for him. One or two weeks after the integration, she admitted to Nash that she fantasized sexually about him.... A girl tells you that she's had fantasies about having sex with you, you know you're in like Flynn!"