Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2007-10-24

Interview:
"Coastal Dreams" is a 24 episode series produced by NBC.com, which will feature interactive events (users will receive mobile text messages, phone calls and/or emails from characters) throughout the season.

Set in the idyllic town of Pacific Shores, "Coastal Dreams" follows two twenty-something friends who hoped to escape the doldrums of their everyday lives, but soon realize their lives are at stake. Zoe and Stacey have been friends since high school and travel to Pacific Shores for a relaxing summer of beach-going and boy-watching. Zoe soon discovers a dark family secret and receives a visit from someone in her past that may end the summer on a deadly note. The series stars Danica Stewart (NBC's "Passions"), Tanee McCall ("Hairspray," "Starsky & Hutch"), Elena Campbell-Martinez ("Passions"), Kam Heskin ("Passions," "Catch Me If You Can"), Charlie Koznick (NBC's "Las Vegas"), Ken Luckey ("Las Vegas", NBC's "E-Ring"), and Noah Schuffman.

Can you tell me a little bit about Coastal Dreams and the character you play?

Kam: For me, Coastal Dreams is an exciting mystery. I think it differs from other soaps in the sense that the stakes are a little bit higher, it moves faster, and we're not rehashing old storylines. People can watch the episodes and get themselves caught up, so we're just moving along full force.

The series is about my cousin, Zoe, who comes to stay with me for the summer, and this whole sort of mystery starts to ensue around them. My character, April, is a lot of fun to play. She's a little crazy. I'm usually playing straight good girls, so playing April was a lot of fun to do.

What's your opinion about the episodes, because they're very short? Do you think that's a good format for the web? Maybe next time they'll be longer?

Kam: I think it was the first time out. Everything is a learning process. Of course as an actor, I enjoy things that are longer. I think if it works, then I definitely think there's the opportunity to make it longer. I think making it longer would give us a chance to involve the audience more. But it's all trial kind of thing. It is what it is, if people want it longer, that's great, because it means they like what they're seeing. If they like what they're seeing then it definitely should be longer, so that the audience can enjoy it more.