GH: Actor out!

[Khan]

If I had a nickel for every time I said as much to Angel and Spike fans....

There was a time when Evan Hofer would have been FORCED to improve as an actor, because, let's be honest: as fantastic as Mark Teschner is, he didn't always hit a home-run casting-wise even BEFORE Frank Valentini entered the building.  But Hofer would have had people like Wendy Riche and Shelley Curtis - not to mention, GH's once-elite directing team - working with the s.o.b., getting him to a place where, if he wasn't as good as Jonathan Jackson, he was, at the very least, watchable.

But that was then, and this is now; and now we have an EP and directing bunch who simply can't be bothered to work with their [!@#$%^&*] actors, because the only thing that's on their minds is getting everything done and everyone out of the studio before they have to pay the Teamsters overtime.

[VelekaCarruthers]

May I suggest onlyfans as a next gig........

[Sapounopera]

Dex was the least of GH's problems. At least he was young and hot. 
Natalia, Sascha, Willow (and Sonny) should have left before him.

[titan1978]

Though horribly miscast, they and Tony Geary helped Jacob Young improve tremendously at GH. He was still miscast, but at least he didn’t just stare and pout anymore.

I was shocked to see he arrived in 2022. It felt like he was there for at least 5 years to me. Five long years. 

Edited December 14, 2024 by titan1978

[Khan]

I think Evan Hofer has some potential.  He just needs to be in the right situation, with the right people guiding him.  He didn't get that w/ Frank Valentini, but then again, neither do most these days at GH.  The only ones who seem to rise above the mismanagement and lack of guidance are those who've been there for many years, who know their characters well and who know how to work even with the worst producers and directors on the planet.

[DRW50]

I think this aspect of GH mostly faded by the late '90s, as I don't remember Juan, Hannah, Chloe, etc. ever standing out (although Hannah and Chloe were OK, I guess, just, like Dex, fodder for the main characters), but I agree the show still cared a little more at the time.

[Liberty City]

I've been advocating for this woman to come back to GH in a major capacity. We need her, ASAP!

[dragonflies]

Evan would be a good recast for RJ on BOLD 

[Liberty City]

Nah. Noah on The Young and the Restless.

[Liberty City]

[janea4old]

 

https://www.tvinsider.com/1166529/general-hospital-dex-dead-stabbed-evan-hofer/

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[Vee]

I didn't think Hofer was terrible. He did seem on the verge of tears in virtually any serious scene, but at least he wasn't wooden. The character was just the same old same old.

[Khan]

He's a modern-day Val Dufour.

[detroitpiston]

Part of me thought this was gonna end up a sting operation, still kind of do tbh. If not EH is going about this exit the right way by not leaking stuff and rage baiting fans like others have. GH gets a lot of engagement clicks on these outlets too so EH is smart to book every interview he can to boost his profile. I could see him on Days or in the Lifetime/Hallmark movie circuit.

[Liberty City]