Y&R: Gina Tognoni (Phyllis) Interview

[Vizion]

http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/yrs-gina-tognoni-dishes-the-return-of-the-fiery-phyllis-the-plot-to-bring-down-victor-and-is-billy-set-to-win-reds-heart/2016/02/29/

She's always a good interview. It's interesting that she rarely engages on social media but she seems very aware of what is being said. 

 

[Soapsuds]

She does the TW and doesn't engage much if at all. 

[Juliajms]

I thought it was nice that she made a point of mentioning that she misses BJ as a human being, even though she loves working with JT.

[YRfan23]

She seems like a very professional actress, that's a breath of fresh air these days in the soap world...

[soapfan770]

I love it, Tognoni has brought on a lot of depth and more cooler, collected Phyllis that had been needed for the character ever since Stafford had given up trying to be a supporting vixen and went to attempt and fail to be an irrational leading lady with tics and shouting included. 

[Cat]

Gina is a very thoughtful interview. Interesting when she brought up Amelia Heinle (who is a TERRIBLE non-actress) because I always thought GT would have made a great Victoria recast.

[Mathewson]

Love Gina! And I appreciate the Burgess mention. They worked well together. But I do think Jason Thompson has more chemistry with AH's Victoria.

I think the glasses suits Natalie better instead of "glamming her up". She does it much better than GH's Sabrina did, who just looked like a carbon copy of Theresa's terrible disguises on Passions.

That said, I think Phyllis is getting too obsessed. For many (wrong) reasons, I would love to see Michelle Stafford play this instead. What a trainwreck that would be!

[edgeofnik]

GT is a class act. And obviously a team player as we had to suffer this StePhyllis - ugh - especially when those of us know what GT brings to the table. Y&R is being smart about Billis - make the audience want it.