Message #263869

[Janelle MacDonald]

JERRY LACY

Clutching a Bible and pointing the finger of guilt, witchhunter Rev. Trask was Collinwood's meanest citizen.

"You know, actors sometimes don't get a chance to play a real mustache-twirling villain like that," said Jerry Lacy, who played the bad reverend.

"The show was, of course, very melodramatic. So from that point of view, it was fun."

Lacy played Trask as someone who was utterly convinced he was on a sacred mission.

"He definitely believed it," Lacy said of the character.

"Of course, almost all actors, with any character they play, they have to find the truth in the character to make it work. So, yes, Trask positively believed that he was doing the right thing."

After joining the "Dark Shadows" cast, Lacy began being recognized on the street.

"It was my first soap opera," the actor said. "You know, the show was already going very strong when I joined the cast. I was forewarned that this would happen, and it did."