General Hospital: May 2022 Discussion Thread

[John]

The only way Esme could be Felicia and Ryan's is if Ryan stole eggs from her, fertilized them and implnated them in a surogate. So it would be Lulu/Charolette/Claudette Part 2

[victoria foxton]

 

 

 

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by victoria foxton

[Soapsuds]

This and this

 

[AbcNbc247]

You know, I wondered if we were going to hear anything from him after, “Pwetty pwlease Bwitt”

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I guess this means that last year, Frank finally woke up and realized that a Spencer recast was long overdue. I wasn’t sure lol 

Edited May 17, 2022 by AbcNbc247

[Vee]

Who would compare Eden McCoy to Kimberly McCullough? Dude wants a job there that bad?

[Contessa Donatella]

But, who the puck is Eden McCoy?

[AbcNbc247]

She plays Josslyn. As an actor, I think she's good, but I also think that she's the weakest in the teen group. Definitely not comparable to Kimberly McCullough.

Edited May 17, 2022 by AbcNbc247

[Contessa Donatella]

 

Ohhhh. Thank you. Well, I like her & I think she has a future as an actor but no, not comparable. She's no slouch but Kimberly McCullough is iconic.

[Liberty City]

If any young actor is comparable to Kimberly McCullough, in terms of longevity and being synonymous to a role, it would be Jophielle Love (Violet) or Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo).

Ugh. I do not like Alan, but I've also never liked Nicolas Bechtel.

[Vee]

Not really. Neither of them are synonymous with their roles, or particularly stirring young actors. Violet is obnoxious and needn't exist at all. Leo is more winning because of the adorable, sweet kid and his IRL parallel with the character, but Leo is also a baby that didn't need to exist. Robin and Lucky were lightning in a bottle. People said all these things about Bechtel a few years ago - I'm sure Frank never wanted to recast - but he couldn't hack it and he didn't grow enough. Talent aside, just in terms of maturity it happened to Chris McKenna on OLTL, or Jesse McCartney, who I always wanted back as J.R. on AMC (and would today if it somehow came back - bless him, he has visibly aged enough to make that plausible), and it can happen to anyone.

Just an actor growing up in a part =/= Robin and Lucky. I'd welcome giving Sweda that chance to see if he can, but none of those other young kids on the show have distinguished themselves on GH so far nearly as much as anyone mentioned from the past. The only exception and close comparison is Hudson West as Jake. He's been more talented than half the under-30 cast for years, and they barely use him.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Vee

[Nixor]

Absolutely,  it’s rare for child actors to be amazing as children and adults and those are the only two I can think of from GH. I know they attempted Lucky recasts but there’s a reason people are still asking JJ to come back on all his Insta posts, now a solid 12 years after his reprisal. 

Original Spencer was annoying and NC is fantastic so far. 

[Vee]

I think Amber Tamblyn was great, but JFP drove her off too soon. Glenn Walker Harris (Sly) could've gone the distance IMO, but didn't.

[titan1978]

I agree.  Also people like Finola and Tristan also protected KMc and kept at least one recast at bay for Robin.  Plus Robin and Lucky were not just there for the sake of kids being there.  They were on all the time and had lots of scenes as kids.  I know the same little girl had played BJ for a long time when she was killed, but it wasn’t the same as Robin.  That is part of why them having her be HIV+ was such a shock.  This was Robin Scorpio we were talking about, not since Laura had the show had such an important  younger lead. And I’m not saying people all loved her- they didn’t and don’t.  But her place on the show was important.

 

[Darn]

These 30/40 year old men taking some kid's tweet so damn seriously is weird and disturbing honestly.

[Vee]

It's ridiculous. He and his mom have a history of being extra, but he's like 15. Aging soap fans don't need to ride herd stanning for Chavez over that little boy. Touch grass.

Edited May 17, 2022 by Vee