General Hospital News & Gossip
News for the week of 19-Oct-2009
Come out and support Scrubs (Robin and Patrick) by supporting Kimberly McCullough (Robin) and Jason Thompson (Patrick) in their 2009 L.A. AIDS Charity walk, October 18. The Scubs Hub have amassed plenty of donations.
Genie Francis (ex-Laura) has heard about Jonathan Jackson’s return as the original Lucky, and is happy for him, as well as hopeful that this means she can bring her original character back in whatever capacity. So far, nobody from TPTB has reached out to her. Yet.
For the most part, Greg Vaughan (Lucky III) leaves GH with fond memories and favorable reviews of his fans and cast mates. The firing left him shaken and missing opportunities he was never given as a recast. But overall, he can carry with him the fact that his fans voted him best supporting actor at the GH Fan Club luncheon in 2007 and that Maurice Benard (Sonny) gave him the best advice: “A golden trophy won't define your work as Lucky, because you already made a permanent mark on GH as an actor.” –Soap Opera Digest
Further convoluting the matter, in a recent Soap Opera Weekly interview, Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) made it sound as if he was told by TPTB that Vaughan was the one doing all the leaving. Okay, not quite. He actually said TPTB told him the role would be “opening up” for him, and “ABC told me that Greg (Vaughan ex-Lucky) was going to be doing other things, at that point, …”
Denise Alexander (Lesley Webber) and Rachel Ames (Audrey Hardy) make brief appearances October 19, because of their grandchildren Lucky and Elizabeth’s impending nuptials announcement.
Barbara Tarbuck (Lady Jane) also will make her appearance, but on November 9 onward, in a recurring capacity.
McKinley Freeman (Roy Williams) shows up October 29 and does recurring as part of the PCPD.
Gossip for the week of 19-Oct-2009
Color Marlena De Lacroix not impressed with the stunt casting and the rampant comings and goings of some of daytime’s finest (like Sarah Joy Brown/Claudia). To her, it’s like watching the Titanic go down: “What the industry is mostly doing (except for Franco) is rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic, hoping for survival. Every show seems to be hiring, looking for quick ratings hikes, and some shows are actually throwing Hail Mary passes in hope of a miracle. Others are betting the entire history and character on their show on a few really shocking stories. A few are good. But more are awful and some are entirely self-defeating.”
Two more cast members are slated to receive pink slips (no contract, no recurring): They may be Megan Ward (Kate) and Jason Cook (Matt).
Alexis and her own family member, from the Cassadines, produced Sam? Maybe it was incestuous rape.
TPTB got wind of some of the cast members Twittering and Facebooking and wants to provide 101 lessons to all of them, to prevent the inadvertent spilling of spoilers that Bradford Anderson (Spinelli) may have done with his and Kirsten Storms (Maxie) GH non-wedding, and that Lisa LoCicero (Olivia) might’ve done last week about Claudia being killed off.
The Suds Report’s Nelson Branco made a mountain out of a molehill while fueling the dying embers of a non-controversy by bringing up Greg Vaughan (Lucky III) being fired but TPTB lying to Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) about it, making it appear that Vaughan vacated the role: “The Emmy winner told Soap Opera Weekly that ABC called Jackson because, ‘the role of Lucky was open and Greg wanted to do other things.’ Sources close to Vaughan tells Suds Report Jackson was lied to. ‘Greg was fired — period,’ says a pal. ‘This is just another example of how ABC lies to its cast and the press.’” Technically, ABC Daytime didn’t lie; they said the role opened up, they just didn’t specific how.
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