Have you ever ever dug your self thus far down right into a deep, darkish gap that you just didn’t even notice what you’d performed till it was virtually too late to dig your self out?
That’s what occurred to poor Willow Tait on Normal Hospital, performed by Katelyn MacMullen, who brings each vulnerability and energy, and consciousness and delusion to her character. The younger lady had turned in a single cult (Daybreak of Day) for an additional (blind devotion to morally-challenged Drew Cain, performed by fan favourite Cameron Mathison).
Luckily, Willow lastly noticed the sunshine due to Curtis (Donnell Turner) and dumped Drew simply as they have been about to get married.
For her portrayal of a lady using a curler coaster of co-dependent dysfunction, TV Insider is bestowing Daytime Performer of the Week honors on MacMullen.
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We noticed simply how far Willow had gone when it comes to her blind devotion to Drew when she shrugged off Dr. Portia Robinson’s (Brook Kerr) revelation that Drew was going to border Michael (Rory Gibson) as an unfit father.
However studying that Drew had slept with Willow’s mom, Nina (Cynthia Watros), took the marriage cake. On what ought to have been the happiest second of her life, Willow requested Drew proper on the altar if he’d been intimate with Nina. Listening to Drew’s confession was all Willow wanted to finish issues with him through the ceremony in entrance of invited relations and mates.
MacMullen has been bringing a heightened, fragile high quality to her character ever since she misplaced custody of her youngsters, Wiley (Viron Weaver) and Daisy, to their father, Michael. The actress has performed Willow as each a frayed nerve and a myopic mom, believing that committing herself to Drew was the one option to get her youngsters again into her life.
It will have been straightforward for Willow to have continued with the ceremony, however as soon as we noticed her pull her fingers away from Drew, we knew she was able to name her groom out on his dishonest methods.
“I used to be such an fool,” Willow proclaimed to Drew in entrance of Lucy (Lynn Herring), the marriage officiator, and invited household and company. “Each time I listened to you, I gave Michael ammunition towards me.”
The script referred to as for Willow to behave as if a lightweight change had been flicked, and MacMullen dove into the terrific materials that allowed her character to decide on independence over Drew’s machinations.
“Your lie damage my son. You make it doable for Michael to take my youngsters away from me,” Willow asserted. “I trusted you, and now I’ve nothing.”
Whereas this second confirmed Willow digging into her energy, MacMullen’s efficiency made one factor clear – Willow remains to be fairly fragile. She bolted over to Carly’s (Laura Wright) to see her youngsters, nonetheless in her marriage ceremony costume and mascara ruined from crying. Willow hoped that by dumping Drew, she may choose proper up the place she left off earlier than she fell below his spell, however that wasn’t going to occur.
Willow might have thought the world would see that she was totally different, however MacMullen performed her character as a lady nonetheless in hysterics. The extra Willow realized she couldn’t see her youngsters, the extra it grew to become obvious that the manic mom nonetheless has far to go.
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MacMullen bought to convey a calmness to her character after she sought refuge with Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) at her house. Liz provided her fellow nurse a haven, recent garments, and a spot to vent her emotions. “I can’t consider how a lot of my life I let him management,” Willow confessed to Liz. Willow likened Drew’s manipulation of her to when she was managed by Shiloh (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) and Concord (Igna Cadranel). “I swore I’d by no means let one thing like that occur once more, however right here I’m,” Willow marveled.
Willow’s lawyer, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst), suggested his consumer to carry off on making an attempt to see her youngsters. Whereas she’s made progress, Willow’s removed from being excellent. She couldn’t assist herself from charging over to the Quartermaine mansion and making a plea with Michael about seeing her youngsters as soon as once more.
Willow, seeing Drew’s controlling aspect, is initially and never the top of her journey to changing into the steady mom she must be so as to see her youngsters. MacMullen performs Willow as a daughter full of anger in direction of her mom, however Nina’s not the dangerous man in all this.
On one hand, Willow has the attention to appreciate she’s as soon as once more able she’d by no means promised herself she’d be in once more. Alternatively, what’s to say it gained’t occur a 3rd time?
MacMullen performs Willow along with her coronary heart on her sleeve and her head on straight (effectively, straighter than it’s been shortly!). However she has a option to go, and it’ll be rewarding watching Willow mature from this setback, in time.
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