A Martinez Reveals the "Santa Barbara" Plot that he Hated the Most

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"Santa Barbara" Vet A Martinez Reveals the Cruz/Eden Plot he "Hated": "I'll Never Get Over It"
by Michael Ausiello
August 2, 2019


"Santa Barbara" is widely considered to be one of — if not the — best soap opera that ever graced the daytime landscape. But as one of the series’ stars recently pointed out, the late, beloved NBC sudser was not immune to the occasional narrative misstep.

In a refreshingly candid Facebook Q&A, A Martinez — who won an Emmy for his portrayal of Cruz Castillo, soul mate to Marcy Walker’s Eden — revealed that there is one plot he was embarrassed to take part in




“Pretty much the only thing I hated about [SB] — in fact I was ashamed that I did it — is when Eden came back [from the “dead”] disguised as another person to try to lead Cruz into the next stage of his life,” the actor shared of the 1991 arc that found the mentally ill Eden taking on the personality of a painter named Suzanne Collier.

“She wore glasses and a [red] wig and we were supposed to pretend that Cruz would not know who she is when he danced with her. I was ashamed that I played that. I’ll never get over it. That was one of the weakest things I ever did as an actor.”

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