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GH's Matt Cohen Talks: Shirtless Scenes, Doctor/Priest Griffin Munro & Wardrobe With EXTRA!

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General Hospital’s latest neurosurgeon, Dr. Griffin Munro (Matt Cohen), has been setting hearts a-flutter for the audience of the ABC soap opera.  Now actor, Matt Cohen takes Extra behind the scenes at his new digs in Port Charles.

During his segment, Matt discusses getting prepped for shirtless scenes, playing not only doctor Griffin, but a man of the cloth.  Yes, as viewers now know, Griffin was now revealed to be a priest, too!  A multi-tasker indeed!

Cohen takes the cameras to his dressing room, and talks about his wife and child, and heading to make-up to get ready to go up to set to tape his scenes, and he shows us Griffin’s limited wardrobe, which mostly consists of scrubs.

Watch Matt’s tour of GH with Extra after the jump.  Then weigh-in:  Is Matt becoming a great addition to GH? What have you thought about how the character is being written thus far?  What would you like to see happen to Griffin in story?   Let us know in the comment section below!

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Great actor, plenty of potential. However, horrible story just like everything else on GH right now

general hospital is so awesome now.thanks to the cast,they all are fantastic.can`t wait to watch it everyday,writers are doing a great job also. gh, best soap ever.

I agree–great actor, plenty of potential–he really seems to care about the part.
And I thought he was a priest; I’m really hoping he will contribute to the moral center (or “create” one–lol!).
Writers, he can be great–he is “hungry” (like the young TG). Give him a great story.

He is a great addition!

I thought he was going to be Claudette…when he was shirtless in front of Nathan i thought Nathan would be thinking, ‘There is something oddly familiar about that guys chest-for some strange reason why am i thinking those should be bigger!!!’…then at night Nathan has dreams of Claudette who sounds just like Griffen-lol

Cool clip! Dear Heavens, this guy is the real deal!

very good addition to the show

I’m glad matts part of the GH family, and very glad he wasn’t Claudette that was just plain nonsense!!!

I don’t understand why they make a neurosurgeon also a priest? I am confused.

He’s a former priest. He’s not practicing anymore, so I guess being a neurosurgeon is the next best thing.

He is the best addition to GH in a long, LONG, time. I love that he’s Duke’s son, his scenes with Finola Hughes are the best. I hope we eventually get to see him with a serious love story. Please no Rom-Con type stuff with Maxie.

I, too, am hoping for a sensuous love story!

whoa!
Griffin/Matt has been married for 10 years!
who wudda thunk …

He seems very serious about his job–good to see that. Hope he has his feet on the ground (appears he does) and that he will make the show great–needs a good writer/story on his side.

HE IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE MEN OF GH SHIRT ON OR OFF HE IS A NICE BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND IS STIRRING THINGS UP NICELY

KEEP HIM ON GH PLEASE

He is a good actor who made losing Jason Thompson’s a little easier.

hi Timmm–
I am also a Y&R fan and gotta tell you-
I am loving JT as Billy a 100 more than his GH Jason..

He so deeply dramatic as Billy ! (happy happy happy he left GH for Y&R ..

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General Hospital’s Adam J. Harrington Weighs-in On John and Carly, and How it’s ‘Starting to Get Very Complicated”

On recent episodes of General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) came to John “Jagger” Cates (Adam Harrington) rescue as he was beaten down in an assault. Carly put on her “nurses cap,” sort of speak, and got John to his hotel room and watched over to him, to make sure he didn’t lose consciousness.

GH fans also got their first glimpse of what may be a new romance for Carly, if she and John continue to bond.  If John and Carly were to have a relationship, it would certainly have a ripple effect with Jason (Steve Burton) and Sonny (Maurice Benard).

Adam J. Harrington shared his view on the scenes and what might be next between the two. Speaking to Soap Opera Digest, Harrington shared, “I thought it was written in a way where there’s an understanding and a respect between them both. I don’t think there was any moment where she was not aware that he’s an FBI agent, and there was no moment that he wasn’t aware of her history and relationship to other people in the town. I really liked it. I was really looking forward to shooting it with Laura and we had a really nice time shooting it.”

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When Carly and John part ways, it seems there were some romantic sparks, as Harrington puts it, “Isn’t that interesting that sometimes with people, the one moment they actually show how they feel is when they know there’s an escape hatch. They know they’re about to walk away. So, it’s almost safe in that moment to do it. I thought that was really special about how (the writers) handled John and Carly. Even the music in that scene was beautifully done.”

Where is this all heading? Conflict! Internally and professionally, and as Adam explains, “Who Carly was to John on paper as just a tool to be used as bait is starting to get very complicated.”

What would you think of a John and Carly pairing? Would you prefer him with Anna, or neither of them? Let us know via the comment section and take our poll below.

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General Hospital’s Steve Burton Reveals the Emotional Scene He Almost Could Not Get Through

On a recent episode of General Hospital, Jason received a message from his mother, Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) via a note. The effect it had on Jason’s portrayer, Steve Burton turned out to be quite visceral.

As GH fans know, although Jason’s bio-mom was Susan Moore, he was raised and adopted by Monica. Speaking on his Daily Drama podcast with his co-host and GH co-star, Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Steve shared some insight on the difficulties he had getting through that scene.

Burton shared that in the key moment, “Brooklyn (played by Amanda Setton) came in and that’s where she gave me (Jason) the letter from Monica. That was a very hard scene for me to do. That was a tough one. That was the one time I was almost going to call ‘cut!’  It read ‘Jason, I believe in you.’ I was literally going to walk off the set.”

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To clarify and in the story, Monica was saying “I believe in you” and that she knows Jason didn’t shoot Dante (Dominic Zamprogna). Steve added, “It was tough, man. Emotionally, it was a tough scene. It was overwhelming in the moment.”

Steve went on to detail to Anderson, “She (Brook Lynn) pushed it to me and I read it and she was walking out and I had to stop her, but I was so emotional I couldn’t even get it out.  And at that point, I’m like, ‘Do I just keep going … or do I just walk off the set right now?’ But, I knew just to stay, because it’s so hard to get back there, once you shut it down. I knew, the next take wasn’t going to be the same.”

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It’s clear that Leslie Charleson is so missed on-screen as Monica by all of her castmates, and that Jason and Monica had a very special mother/son relationship throughout the decades on GH.

What did you think of the moment when Jason got a note from Monica that said, “I believe in you?” Were you touched as well? Let us know in the comment section. You can check out the latest episode of Steve and Bradford’s podcast below.

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George Russo to Appear on General Hospital as Carmine Cerullo

Coming up, it looks like Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) grandfather, Carmine Cerullo is headed to Port Charles.

According to casting news from the ABC soap opera, George Russo will take on the role. Russo will tape his episode next week on April 15th and will appear on the May 15th episode of the long-running daytime drama series.

If George looks familiar he has been in numerous primetime television shows and motion pictures including: The Offer. Winning Time, Grand Crew and Shameless.

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Longtime GH viewers will recall that Lois’ (Rena Sofer) dad, Carmine, was previously showed up in Port Charles on and off from 1994 to 1996 and was played by John Capudice.

Clearly, it seems that Carmine will be a part of Chase (Josh Swickard) and Brook Lynn’s wedding.  Will it go off without a hitch? Are you looking forward to it? Stay tuned.

Who else would you like to see attend the nuptials? Gloria Cerullo (Ellen Travolta), any other blasts from the pasts who should be present? Let us know in the comment section.

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