July 13- July 26, 1997 TV Calgary- Soap Talk & TV Data- Candace Haven
It was 25 years ago that the producers and writers if “Another World” decided to take the character of Rachel in a different direction. They hired a young actress, Victoria Wyndham, and began to change the character from a villainess to a vindicated heroine. Little did they know Wyndham would be the cornerstone of the show 25 years later. It has even surprised Wyndham. On Monday, July 14, 1997, the actress celebrates her 25th Anniversary with the show--a landmark that seems to have snuck up on her.
“I’ve been a little busy raising children and having a life,” Wyndham says. “You don’t think about those things; you are just grateful you have a job. An actor never imagines something would last this long. If a gig lasts a year, you think you are fortunate.”
Wyndham knew what she was getting into all those years ago. She also knew exactly what the producers and writers were looking for in her character.
But no one had a clue that the love of Rachel’s life, MacKenzie(Douglass Watson), would join the show that year. “Rachel changed through the love of a good man, Mac,” Wyndham says.
“Once someone gets what they want in life, there’s no reason for anti-social behavior anymore” “She was a woman with a great deal of energy, drive and dreams. And she knew that if she could fulfill them, she would settle down and be a very positive force in society,” Wyndham says. “Mac fulfilled all the requirements her soul needed. He guided her to a better way of life.”
Wyndham says her character has come full circle “Now she is trying to be for Carl(Charles Keating) what Mac was for her. She is filling Carl’s soul.”
Wyndham believes she has been twice blessed in being able to work with Watson and Keating. “Its like having a great love in your life” she explains “You don’t expect it to happen more than once.