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2010 – Christina Bennett Lind

Today we have our Q&A with Christina Bennett Lind held earlier in the fall. Christina plays the role of Miranda and Gabrielle’s mom Bianca on All My Children. Don’t forget to follow her on Twitter and join her official Facebook Fanpage

1. How do you enjoy working with Mackenzie?

I love working with Mackenzie! She’s fun and playful and we get along incredibly well, I think. She feels like family to me, like a younger sister or something, and I love that she’s not afraid to play with me on set! She showed me the coolest high-five the other day that I’ll definitely use in the future; maybe Michael Nouri would high-five with me?

2. How do you enjoy working with Aerowyn [Ellah]?

I don’t have as much time with Aerowyn [Ellah], but also so sweet and professional. I love the days I get with the kids!

3. How did you enjoy working with Jake (Spike)?

Jake (Spike) is wonderful. He seems totally unafraid to be himself, and I imagine even though kids are quite good at that, the cameras would affect him. But they don’t! He just plays! I watched him giggle so hard on set the other day that everyone working pretty much melted. He’s just having so much fun, and he reminds us to make ‘fun’ a priority.

4. Have you gotten to meet/work any of the other AMC kids?

So far, I haven’t worked with too many other kids, but I hope they can continue to be a part of my job.

5. How do you find the scene changes when a child is involved?

The scene changes when kids are around because it lightens us up and makes each character a tiny bit more fun! I think it brings out a very special side in the adults on-set, and we all soften a little and are a bit more open to spontaneity and improvisation.

6. Do you have any funny stories from on or off set that involve any of the kids?

The boy who plays Ian was a bit past his naptime once shoot day and he was meant to be playing with Spike, but he just wanted to snooze. I held him while we were blocking and started to feel him falling asleep in my arms and, knowing that any child woken up will be disoriented and disinterested in ‘making a television show,’ I just kept rocking and swaying so he would let himself sleep. Just before we started taping, he woke out of his daydream and really just wanted his mom, who was on hand. He ended up having to be ‘napping’ because he was so beside himself, he couldn’t be in the scene. It was sad but it just reminded us that we are working with kids who have very set schedules and sometimes don’t care about television! They just want their nap!

7. Do you find that any challenges arise when working with younger children on set?

I guess answer 6 would be a problem that can arise, as our shoot days are hardly predictable, but it’s also the joy of working with kids. I suppose when young babies are crying that can be a problem, but I haven’t worked with any little ones yet so I have only seen the utmost professionalism in these children so far.

8. Did you have any concerns coming into the role knowing ‘Bianca’ had two children?

I wasn’t concerned about Bianca’s having two children because I worked as a nanny in New York for a time and I have lots of experience with kids and, especially, kids away from their moms. I was actually looking forward to them being around. I assumed it would help me play and let go of any pressure I was feeling about playing Bianca in the beginning.

9. Have you given any advice to Mackenzie or other children on set?

I haven’t given any advice, no! They know what they’re doing. I once gave Spike a little nudge to go run to his mom, but it was only because he was so excited about the toy he was meant to be playing with. I understood completely.

10. What would you like to see happen next year for Bianca and her girls?

Of course, I would like to see Bianca and her girls reunite with their other mom, Reese. I think single-parenting is one of the hardest things I can imagine doing, so I would guess that Binx needs a break…I also think it’s important to explore what happens for kids when their parents are having problems, and it would be great to see what kind of perspective Miranda and Gabby can show us about that experience.

We’d like to thank Christina for participating in the Star-Kidz Holiday Q&A event this year!