Colin Egglesfield on Super Soap Weekend, Surviving Cancer, and Soap Star Fame at Disney (Ep. 44)

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jim Hill and Lauren Hersey sit down with actor and author Colin Egglesfield (All My Children, Something Borrowed) to revisit one of Disney’s most passionate fan events: Super Soap Weekend. Colin shares what it was like to meet thousands of soap fans at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, parade through the park with Goofy, and be part of the event’s final years. They also discuss Colin’s time on All My Children, his unforgettable character arc as Erica Kane’s long-lost son, and how he battled cancer behind the scenes—while still showing up to set and filming every day. The story behind Colin’s stolen-fetus storyline and how he landed his role on All My Children What it was like to attend Super Soap Weekend as a featured star The culture of soap opera fandom and merch at Disney, from autographed dolls to signed headshots How Colin’s cancer diagnosis shaped his time on the show and inspired his public speaking career Behind-the-scenes stories about Susan Lucci, cast bonding, and meeting fans at the parks Details about Colin’s books Agile Artist and The Evolved Artist, plus his Inspire retreats and coaching This heartfelt episode blends Disney fan nostalgia, behind-the-scenes soap drama, and the power of showing up through life’s toughest moments. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. Be Our Guest Vacations Planning your next Disney vacation? Be Our Guest Vacations is a Platinum-level Earmarked travel agency with concierge-level service to make every trip magical. Their team of expert agents plans vacations across the globe, from Disney and Universal to cruises and adventures, ensuring you have the best possible experience without the stress. Learn More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to I Want That Too, the podcast where Disney merch meets Disney history.
0:05.2	I'm entertainment writer Jim Hill, and as always, I'm joined by the lovely Lauren Hersey.
0:10.4	How are you tonight?
0:11.6	Fantastic. And you, sir?
0:15.1	Reasonable well, you know, it's April and New England, so I'm looking at the window, it clouds.
0:22.0	And it could be sun or snow?
0:24.5	There we go. There we go. I'm just, I'm just, I'm ready for it to actually officially be spring.
0:31.2	And, you know, the sooner the better. On the other hand, you just recently traveled down to Florida.
0:37.4	And as you noted down there, you weren't ready for that heat, were you?
0:42.0	No, absolutely not.
0:44.4	And we are going to be talking probably all about my trip here in some coming episodes.
0:51.1	But for now, I'm just excited that we have a special guest. We have Colin Egglesfield
0:58.2	joining us on our show. Colin, if you're not familiar, he played Josh Madden on All My Children
1:07.4	for some time. I think he was Susan Lucci's son. But Colin's done a lot of different
1:13.7	things. You know, as far as acting goes, he was in something borrowed with Keith Hudson. He was in
1:20.4	Melrose Place. So the list kind of goes on and on with the projects he's been a part of. But he's
1:26.1	going to be joining us today to talk about
1:28.3	something that I know you and Nancy personally loved, right? Which was...
1:33.8	Well, I facilitate it. Nancy loved it. All right. We are talking about Super Sub Weekend,
1:42.0	that Unforgettable Fan event that brought daytime drama to
1:46.0	Disney's Hollywood Studios. If you ever waited in the line to get a headshot signed or screamed
1:51.8	at our stars and motorcar parade, this is the episode for you. But before we get to that,
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