Cameron Mathison is embracing taking part in the villainous scoundrel Drew Cain on Common Hospital and is “super-excited” about being in the midst of a Port Charles whodunnit storyline.
Mathison took over the function of Congressman Andrew “Drew” Cain in 2021, a personality who has taken a flip to the darkside over the previous 12 months, having affairs, blackmailing individuals, and even utilizing his political energy to destroy the Quartermaine household crypt. All that to say, Drew has amassed an extended listing of enemies who need to see him lifeless.
The character’s troublemaking lastly caught up with him on Tuesday’s (September 2) episode, when he was shot within the again, twice, by a thriller assailant. The query now’s, who shot Drew? For Mathison, he can’t wait to search out out.
Chatting with Cleaning soap Opera Digest after the dramatic episode, Mathison defined why the present’s writers labored so laborious on making Drew so despicable over the previous few months, noting that it was all resulting in this second of comeuppance.
“Clearly, everyone hates me like loopy, however on the similar time, they’d to do this for the final 4 or 5 months,” he stated. “They’ll’t simply have individuals not like me. They should have individuals need to kill me! And with a view to have a number of individuals need to kill you, you’ve obtained to be fairly despicable — they usually’ve carried out a extremely good job with that with Drew.”
The All My Youngsters alum revealed that taking part in such a villain has been “weirdly therapeutic,” noting the way it’s helped him escape a number of the drama in his actual life, which incorporates the tip of his decades-long marriage and dropping his dwelling within the current California wildfires.
“I attempt to be a very nice human and a superb, stable individual in my life and I’ve gone via a variety of large life challenges in a really brief stretch of time,” he shared. “I’m going to work and get to be such a jerk — it’s nearly like my little fantasy escape. I don’t know if it’s good for my psyche or not, however I’ve actually leaned into it.”
Cameron Mathison as Drew Cain on Common Hospital; Disney/Bahareh Ritter
He continued, “Each time I learn a script, I’m like, ‘Oh, my god, Drew, are you kidding me?!’ After which I’m like, ‘Yup! Let’s go. Let’s simply dive in!’ I like to only actually let it fester and have it come out and it’s been attention-grabbing and it’s been difficult.”
“It’s been very exploratory for me … and in addition weirdly straightforward,” Mathison added. “The extra I gave into it and actually trusted the method and the writers — I don’t change something, and I don’t ask to vary something, I simply type of go in and do it — it’s simply turn into simpler and simpler. That’s perhaps just a little bit scary, but additionally actually enjoyable.”
The 56-year-old actor additionally spoke of his pleasure concerning the Who Shot Drew storyline, evaluating it to the enduring cleaning soap opera Dallas.
“I’m super-excited about it,” he stated. “I watched Dallas again within the day, and in some ways, it’s very consistent with the ‘Who Shot JR?’ story. I don’t care in case you are the punching bag for all of Port Charles, you’re nonetheless the middle of the story and that feels actually cool. Deliver it on! Let me be the punching bag! I obtained this — and I’m gonna punch proper again.”
As for the taking pictures scene itself, Mathison famous how he was “actually excited” to take it on. “It’s not every single day that you simply get to take a gunshot on digital camera, and I actually needed to get that proper and fall laborious,” he defined. “After which, from the viewers perspective, I knew, ‘The viewers are gonna love this!’ All of them need to shoot Drew. Everyone desires Drew shot and lifeless. So I needed to ensure that I gave them my all.”
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