5 hours ago, prefab1 said:

Apparently Jacinda the escort was only meant to be a three-episode role, but apparently TPTB thought that she had amazing chemistry with Rory Gibson, so they brought her back.

Christ. This is never going to end over at GH.

1 hour ago, Vee said:

Christ. This is never going to end over at GH.

I just wish she was played by a stronger actress. She would be fine in a recurring role messing with Nina and Drew. But not as this Michael’s next relationship.

The idea of Michael falling in love with a sex worker has so many layers, makes sense with his history, and also would be a relatively modern story to fully tell on GH. Although it’s been told before, there was always shame attached to their past. It would be refreshing to see them dealing with the mechanics of a relationship with Michael’s history of trauma and just be open about the sex worker aspect.

6 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I just wish she was played by a stronger actress. She would be fine in a recurring role messing with Nina and Drew. But not as this Michael’s next relationship.

The idea of Michael falling in love with a sex worker has so many layers, makes sense with his history, and also would be a relatively modern story to fully tell on GH. Although it’s been told before, there was always shame attached to their past. It would be refreshing to see them dealing with the mechanics of a relationship with Michael’s history of trauma and just be open about the sex worker aspect.

Agreed. It's a story that makes sense on paper, but doesn't work well with this actress, who doesn't have much chemistry with Rory Gibson and isn't especially believable in the role of a sex worker. You remember that famous 1980s scene where Lucy changes out of her mousy librarian clothes and into her sultry sexpot look? Well, I keep waiting for a scene where Jacinda changes out of her hooker dress and into her real mousy librarian clothes.

13 hours ago, prefab1 said:

I will say, though, some of his casting stories reminded me that he doesn't always have the golden touch. He discusses casting Alicia Leigh Willis as Courtney, where Jill Farren Phelps thought she wasn't right for the role, but he fought for her. And Jill maybe should have trusted her gut on that one!

I didn't think ALW was bad as Courtney early on. Everything went downhill when Pratt/Guza came in and she was pushed toward Jason.

I liked ALW on Another World, and was pleased when she showed up on GH. I was less pleased with the character when it moved towards Jason. Willis couldn't handle that amount of frontburner and she became deeply annoying. But it was never her fault.