His last days in Pine Valley
Currents Own Web Designer Joe Sernio Says Goodbye to All My Children.
by Lori Draz

When you called actor Joe Sernio a Pine-y, it didn’t mean he came form Glouster County.  For Sernio, it meant the time he spent in Pine Valley at as cast member on ABC’s popular Daytime Drama, “All My Children”

Actor Joe Sernio is looking for a new town to call home, as ABC has decided to relocate the cast of crew of Pine Valley and “All My Children” from New York City to California.

Sernio made nearly 2 dozens appearances as an orderly in the Pine Valley Hospital on the popular daytime drama. Sernio and several other New York actors will not be making the trip to their new location in Los Angeles.  He is saddened to see the show move, especially since it meant so much to the extended family of technicians and support personnel, but says his time on the show was, “the best experience I’ve ever had.”  Sernio said in an earlier interview with Soap Central, “They were wonderful to work with, everyone was very willing to help you out and share their knowledge.”

Sernio started on the show in 2008. He auditioned for a role in which he did not get, then later read for another role, which become his recurring role as a Pine Valley Orderly.

The handsome young actor has appeared on Love Monkey, Haunting Evidence, and is well known around the Jersey Shore for his award winning film “The Roadhouse”, which one the People’s Choice award at last year’s Garden State Film Festival.  Sernio was also nominated for The Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award, at that same festival. In 2006 Sernio appeared on his first Soap Opera,” As

The World Turns” which was recently canceled by CBS. He played a college student on the show before leaving to film Haunting Evidence.  Nick Pavano of Lightning Films, cast him in the lead of “The Roadhouse”, which also won for best Original song in a feature film for “This Ocean Drive” by Chris Leone of Wicker Hollow.

What are your plans now that you will not be working in Pine Valley?
“I have come a long way and everyday is a new experience.  I will try to stay in the soaps and  other shows. “All My Children” was a show I wanted to get on for quite some time.  I kept at it, calling, sending press kits, till it happened.  I’ll use that same dedication to open new doors.  As they say, the show must go on, right?”

What was the experience like working on the Soap?
Soap Central asked me the same thing a few weeks ago and I laugh, because I can’t even explain it. Acting is something I live for and something I want to do for the rest of my life, so being on set, with all those pros, was such a rush. I wasn’t Ryan, or Zack, or Aiden turner. I was just a plain old orderly floating around the hospital and it was still amazing. I did more interviews now that the show is leaving, than I did in the last 9 years of my acting career.

Was it hard memorizing your lines?
Out of 20 episodes almost half were U5’s (Lines) so the ones that were not that bad at all. I had a few lines in the episode where I was Kendal’s nurse right when she went to have her heart transplant. I got to hang with Zack (Thorsten Kaye) I was a little worried I was going to mess up but wound up doing it pretty well.

Does anyone ever recognize you from the show?
Once I was leaving set in my scrubs and I walked out into the hallway where there was a line for The View (They film in the same studio right across the hall as “All My Children”) as I walked out 2 women grabbed me and asked for a picture… it was great. Some fans wait outside the studio, but never really got stopped.

What’s your take on all of these shows going off the air?
It really is a shame. Working on soaps for young actors is amazing. It’s the greatest training you will get. Just like any other sets, it’s all training. You learn more and more every time everyday. I guess it really is the end of the soap era, which stinks cause I’m just getting into it. 

What’s next for you? Will you be going to LA?
I let this secret out a few weeks ago. I’m not moving to LA but I will be going for a few days just to get my feet wet. I know a few days is probably nothing but I have some contacts out there that I am going to connect with and shoot for a few things. I’ll also be going out with a few people from Freedom Land Films to show the trailer for My Brothers Keeper which gave me the  opportunity to work with award winning director Frank Calo.  I’m working on a series called, Compulsive and some other side projects. I’m going to concentrate on these projects and regroup get new head shots, post cards, and start sending out. I had a pretty cool steady gig and side projects going on so I kind of stopped which is bad but I’ll get on track again.

Stay up to date with Joe at www.JoeSernio.com where you can find more on All My Children, My Brothers Keeper, Compulsive, and More.

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