http://www.nbc.com/Passions/Vendetta/interviews/cast2.shtml



Brook Kerr (Whitney Russell)

"Whitney has become the first Harmony citizen to get pulled into the mystery of Passions Vendetta. We whipped up a few questions for Brook Kerr, who plays possibly the most guilt-ridden character on daytime.

Are you excited about starting up this new story?

Oh, yeah, I’m definitely excited. I think that Whitney has been a victim of her circumstances for so long that giving her some purpose – a goal – right now is good for her. She’s been beaten down by what’s happened with Chad. She’s had no real hope, but now there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. She’s being led to believe this will be her penance, that her journey will release her from the guilt and shame. Her soul and Chad’s soul will be saved!

Do you, Brook, think Whitney should trust the monk?

That’s hard to say. Obviously at this point, Whitney thinks the monk is God, or if not God, then God’s messenger doing his work. She’s going into this just on blind faith. However, I don’t think she should ignore her own instincts or her own spirit. Because the real God would never lead her down the wrong road. She needs to trust herself and her instincts.

So Whitney’s flogging herself and talking to “God”... is she just a little insane?

I don’t think insane is the word. She has tunnel-vision. Everything her heart and her spirit are telling her is the opposite of what she should be doing. It’s very conflicting. Her heart is telling her how much she loves Chad, but she can’t be with him. The guilt just overwhelms her and that’s all she can think about.

Over the years, Whitney has gone from tennis star to singer to nun. What’s the most fun to play?

The singing is really fun – except when I’m sad. ‘Cause it can get really depressing! But the music aspect was fun because it coincided with her falling in love with Chad. Her experiencing love for the first time was really fun to play.


Are you tired of wearing the habit?

In a way, I like it because then I don’t have to do my hair. (Laughs) But in another sense, I feel so... not sexy, you know? Whitney has bags under her eyes all the time now and no make-up... I don’t want to look in the mirror anymore! Without the cute clothes, I don’t get to feel sassy!

Whitney’s goal in all of this is to find redemption for her sin of loving her half-brother. Do you think she’ll find peace with her situation with Chad?

I think it would be great if she did. I think she can still care for Chad without having desire for him. If she can stop blaming herself for everything, then she can move on. She has to turn the love she has for Chad into something more acceptable. She has to learn how to care for him as a man she once loved and as the father of her child. It’d also be great for her to be a mother to her child. It’s really difficult for me to justify that without making Whitney seem selfish and caught up in her own little world. I’d like for her to be a mother to her child and maybe even find someone else to share her life with.

Thank you, Brook.

Brook understand how hideous Incestney is.

Her wanting Whit to be a mother to Whitbait is on the money.

Whitney getting SOMEONE NEW is also fabulous. Thanks, Brook.

This woman is just greatness. I get our BK said all that dud mess for professional purposes so its all good. YES her wanting Whit to BE A SINGLE MOTHER to her CHILD and maybe find SOMEONE NEW was music to my damn ears.

I :wub: The Great BK.

SHE IS GREATNESS!

Loved her comment about the habit. She is sooo funny.

But that last line sealed it for me. Brook knows what she is doing with Whitney. And she knows how to be a professional so the Dud pimpage is excused.

The woman is CLASSY! Brook, YOU ROCK!

Just when I think I can't love Brook more, she says something like this. I can't even say anything but BRAVO Brook and I hope the writers listen to you. I mean, if HM gets to pick her leading man, you should get a say in how your character ends up no?

SHUTUP get out my brain! I told ur twin that eariler! YEAH seirously HM can 'pick' Mark...then surely the great BK can pitch ideas....

yup. exactly. i hope that final sentence has some allusion in it.

all i can say from this cloud of elation i'm on thanks to reading this, is: Brook Knows Whitney. She *knows* her character. Did we ever doubt this? No, not as true fans. But it's just really nice to get our point proven straight from the source. And it also feels pretty great to see her ECHOING any and everything we've ever concluded on our own about Whit. Faults and all, SHE KNOWS WHIT BETTER THAN ANYONE, THAN ANY WRITER. Let the haters continue to hate.

that's all they can do Nuri is HATE and secretly congradulate.

The last sentence says it all. Thank you Brook!

ICAM

Brook totally should be able to pick her leading man, especially after being slapped in the face with this Incestney garbage.

Brook is so right...

especially about the clothes thing like before I used to always get so excited when she changed her outfits caz they were all sooo gorgeous! and i even tried copying them but now shes a nun and she doesnt have nice clothes. With this new disgusting fox i think that whitney should be with chad becasue i dont beleive that they were actually brother and sister but maybe they are i dunno i hope not becasue whitney's storyline has to go somewhere!!!