Ronn Moss - Michael Fairman On-Air On

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
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In the eternal battle between Brooke and Taylor
for Ridge's heart, for the record, Ronn Moss
believes there's no competition...
Iter over two dec­
ades of his character
bouncing between two
women, The Bold And
The Beautiful's Ronn Moss
says it's about time Ridge was
allowed to be happy - at least
for a while. He's hoping that
with the way current storylines
are travelling that might finally
happen, but will it be with the
blonde or the brunette?
Has it been frustrating for
you how Ridge's love life
alternates between Taylor
(Hunter Tylo) and Brooke
(Katherine Kelly Lang)?
"In the last few years I've
always said, 'I've got to move
on to something else other
than Brooke and Taylor.
You're not letting Ridge and
Brooke have a go at it here.
You never have for 20 years'.
They just teased the fans to
the point where I don't think
they really cared if Brooke
and Ridge got back together,
because the tease was over.
Now I find when we're back
together, and the characters
are actually married again,
that I'm actually enjoying it."
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Do you think the show will
now let Ridge and Brooke
stay married for a while?
"It has always been Brooke
for Ridge, for the last long
while. With Taylor, I think
Ridge just takes the time
to consult with Taylor to let
her know, 'We had these kids
together, and I will always be
in your life no matter what. ..
but I am going with Brooke'.
It's a destiny thing."
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After the Rick-Taylor
romance, it looked like
Ridge might end up back
with her, but that didn't
happen. Did you know
you were going to end up
with Brooke at this point?
"I didn't know, but I was hop­
ing I wouldn't ping-pong back
and forth between Brooke
and Taylor again. Fortunately,
we're still going, and what
we thought would happen did
not. As actors we thought,
'Well, that's it for Kelly and
me. It's on to Hunter'. Then
that didn't happen and it got
siphoned back to us, and
I went, 'Wow, that was
unexpected, even for us!'"
What technique do use
when preparing for scenes?
"Mine is 'flailing' from day to
day, that's how best I would
describe it!"
John McCook (Eric) said in
a recent TV SOAP interview
that you're the true Icon of
8&8 and your acting has
got better and better. What
would you say to that?
"I would say, the payrnents
I have been giving him all
these years are working!"
What's it like working with
John, after aJl these years?
"I love working with John.
He's a hoot, and we always
show, when in fact John
has very much his own
strengths. But yes, the
guys are at times made to
be a buffoon. Well, some­
body's got to do it, right?"
Do you see Ridge
as a hero?
"Yes. I don't know if that
actually plays out on air,
but in my demented mind
It does! I'd like Ridge to
be the hero, but it doesn't
always pan out that way.
I've had my ass kicked too
many times on the show
one way or another, and
I have to bite the bullet and
go, 'Well, it is what it is'.
What's it like working
with the reinvention of
Rick (Kyle Lowder) as
a 'bad boy'?
"Kyle is wonderful. He's
a great combination of
strength and whiny little
tot! A whiny little snot­
nosed, Brooke's son!"
But Ridge has been a bit
snot-nosed in the past!
"So I recognise it in others.
Rick needs somebody to
wipe his nose."
How is Hunter doing
a year after her son
Mickey's death?
"I'm not as close as I once
was to her. I think with the
time it takes to do this show,
our lives are just going in dif­
ferent directions. But I hope
she's dealing with it in her
own way ... I can't say."
laugh when we're together.
It's hard for us to keep
a straight face."
We also discussed how at
times on 8&8 the women
seem stronger than the men.
What's your feeling on that?
"I think John has always had
an issue with that, because
they always made Eric the
wishy-washy guy. Stephanie
(Susan Flannery) seems to
be the big matriarch of the
Katherine Kelly Lang
and you have worked
together so long. Is
it difficult doing the
same sort of scenes
over and over again?
"It's not that simplistic. We
both love working with
each other. I can speak
for her on that, too. We're
comfortable working with
each other, so it makes
things a lot easier that way.
However, the one thing we
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both share is how hard it is to
keep doing this and have our
lives outside (of 8&8). Even
though it's a half-hour show,
we still carry the brunt of it,
and Kelly has her own family
and I have my own family."
How are your daughters?
"My little Callie just turned 10.
Fatherhood is lovely, and one
of the best parts of my life.
I think it keeps me on my toes.
I constantly have to rethink, 'Am
I doing this right?' I have to con­
cern myself with my girls' devel­
opment, and how they perceive
the world, and how they're think­
ing. I have to be subtle enough
to encourage them in the right
direction, because I very much
take my job as a dad seriously.
I take it so seriously that I joke
about it with them as much as
I can, just so they don't know
I am taking it so seriously! It's
the number-one job for me, more
than anything else. I consider
every action or raised eyebrow
I do important, because it may
affect how they perceive it."
Ridge's ideas about family
are more questionable;
what did you think when
you read he would pull the
plug on his comatose father?
"That was pretty amazing,
actually. Having Ridge feeling
that his dad talked to him,
I can totally understand how
that could affect somebody.
Then, after being told,
'No, you're hallucinating'.
We've all had a situation
where our reality gets blurred."
What do you think we
can expect from Ridge
Forrester in 2009?
"I think Ridge is going to
take more control than he
has in a while. That would
be over the company and
his relationship. He seems
more decisive now, and
I'm very much enjoying that."
What would you like to tell all
of your fans Down Under'?
"Give my love to my Australian
fans. I'm hoping we can work
something else out in the future
for me to see you and, at the
very least, provide some new
music they can find on my
website, www.ronnmoss.com.
I want to tell them to please
keep in touch.
- MICHAEL FAIRMAN
IN HOllYWOOD