41 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

Didnt Rauch want the actor from OLTL, but they were not paying ABC salaries so he said no...so Brown was cast and they had to rush on it. Too bad..as I said, I would have been cheering Blake on to "jump the hell on that!"

Yes. Jim de Paiva.

Philip was a strange choice for that part anyway. I know he played wicked on Knots but that was shorter, and an awful story.

JDP has talked about turning down Ben on GL, yes.

I thought Jane was involved in some of the production elements at The City as well for a bit. I can't remember which period she said it was (after returning to GH in the 2000s) that she was near broke or out of work and Dee Hall gave her a hand for some lean years.

33 minutes ago, Vee said:

Dee Hall gave her a hand for some lean years

Gal pals stick together!

What is it with actors and finances? Jane would have been making good money over the years and being in that profession should have made arrangements for the inevitable lean years. Oh well I suppose she's no different than 90% of the population who have no clue about handling their money.