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‘General Hospital’s’ Laura Wright Talks on Her Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Nomination and Her Scenes with Steve Burton and Honoring Jackie Zeman
This week, the 52nd annual Daytime Emmys will be handed out on Friday, October 17 in ceremonies emanating from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena California, and will be streamed live beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT via watch.theemmys.tv and The Emmys app.
To get you ready for Daytime’s biggest night of the year, Michael Fairman TV will spotlight some of the nominees and our exclusive conversations with them, more can be found by watching the Michael Fairman Channel’s 11th annual Daytime Emmy nominations special which was a live celebration with this year’s nominees shortly after they found out they were going for gold in 2025.
Vying for the Lead Actress prize finds a crowded field of six actress including: Sharon Case (Sharon), Michelle Stafford (Phyllis), Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea) and Eileen Davidson (Ashley) from The Young and the Restless, Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) and Laura Wright (Carly) from General Hospital.
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Laura Wright told us about how she chose her nominated reel and the scenes in which she was most proud of that landed her in the top 6 as voted on by her peers. Wright is a previous Daytime Emmy Lead Actress winner having taken home the gold statuette back in 2011.
ON CHOOSING HER REEL
“It’s always so daunting and so nerve-wracking to create your reel,” explained Laura. “I didn’t want to come up with 15 minutes because the poor people that have to watch all the nominees. When I vote. I’m like, ‘That better be the best 15 minutes of my life!’ I ended up putting together a nine-minute reel and I remembered this show with Steve Burton (Jason). It was a show where Jason thought he was free of working for the FBI and Jagger Cates (Adam J. Harrington) comes and threatened him again and said he had to go back under cover and leave town. The scene was in Jason’s room. I remember I was in a white blouse, and it was Carly telling him he can’t go, and she is going to turn herself in for insider trading, because there was no way, Carly was going to let Jason leave again.”
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Laura added, “The scenes were back and forth between the two of us, emotionally. I was kind of blown away by it, because I remember shooting those scenes and we were so tired. It was around the Emmys last year, and we were just exhausted. We were just raw and available, and I fell in love with it. The episode had every single thing that I am proud of who I am as an actor.”
“I can be very critical on my work, but I could just submit this and be a hundred percent proud of whether I’m nominated or not,” said the soap veteran. “I just felt like that particular episode showed w what I do for a living and, and the best of what I can do.”
HONORING JACKIE ZEMAN
General Hospital fans will recall that 2024 kicked-off on a somber note when the show honored the late Jackie Zeman after killing-off the beloved character of Nurse Bobbie Spencer, Carly’s mom. GH delivered two emotionally-packed episodes as part of her memorial. Laura Wright explained that she wanted to pay homage to the iconic star and her on-screen mom in her Emmy reel.
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“There’s a little bit of Bobbie’s death at the beginning of the reel as I really want to honor Jackie. There was a flashback of me and Jackie, and that was really important to me to have her face seen in my reel. We lost her so suddenly. Losing anyone anyway isn’t easy, and I really wanted Jackie’s spirit with me. I knew I wanted to use the Bobbie material, but I didn’t want it to be all crying. Bobbie’s death was really amazing, and it was well written, and the cast that I worked were so great.” Wright also clarified, she had scenes with Cameron Mathison (Drew) in her reel, where Drew was listening and hugging Carly during the loss of her mom.
WHY IT’S ON-SCREEN MAGIC IN SCENES WITH STEVE BURTON
One of the all-time best ‘ride or die’ friendships in daytime television history has been that of Carly and Jason who for years, and through the different iterations of Carly, have remained each others closest ally, confidants, and at times, even more. Laura Wright revealed how in synch she and her co-star Steve Burton are off-screen, that make Carly and Jason so special on-screen.
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“It’s not work with Steve and it’s similar with Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH). We just kind of lean into each other. Steve and I rehearse and if there’s something we want to tweak or change, or if there’s something we want to bring even more to it, we discuss it. There’s a wisdom to Steve now (in this stage of his career) that is different. I hope that I carry that as well. Steve is so respected and he hands that right back to other people.”
Laura also shared, “Jason and Carly have an incredible friendship that is so steeped in love that allows us to have this unique connection in the story of, ‘I’ve got your back no matter what,’ and then also allows for great complications in any other relationships that they have.”
WHAT WILL CARLY DO TO BRENNAN WHEN SHE FINDS OUT ABOUT JOSSLYN?
Carly still has no idea that the current love of her life, WSB Port Charles bureau chief, Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna), secretly recruited her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) to be a WSB agent, nor does she know that Josslyn shot and killed Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), and Jack helped her cover it up!
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Laura weighed-in on what will happen when the truth comes out: “I think her head pops off her body. She’s going to lose her s**t, and Jason’s going to be like ‘I told you so,’ and Lucas (Van Hansis) is going to be ‘I told you so!'”
So, what do you think about the selection of scenes on Laura’s Daytime Emmy Lead Actress reel? Do you enjoy the chemistry on-screen between Laura and Steve Burton? Ready for what might happen when Carly finds out about Josslyn and Cyrus and Brennan’s part in all of this? Share your thoughts via the comment section below. For more on this year’s Daytime Emmy nominations, check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s livestream with the nominees below.
Oh God. Carly again. Enough of the hard sale. I am not even sure why she was nominated.
LW got nominated solely for the Bobbie memorial scenes (way back in Jan 2024).
NLG should win this category for her outstanding work around Sam’s death.
I think Laura Wright is fabulous.
Why weren’t the far superior Cynthia Watros or Jane Elliot nominated? Laura Wright is just an okay soap actress who had just a meh year. And why must we be subjected yet again to her analyzing her character’s storylines? We had an entire week without Carly during Monica’s memorial and it was nice. I hope Nancy Grahn gets the Emmy her for her gut wrenching portrayal of a mother grieving the loss of her daughter. She deserves it.
Jane rarely ever submits for consideration. If she did, it would be in the supporting category.
As these awards are for calendar year 2024,
Watros’ Nina didn’t figure as prominently in story. She definitely deserves a 2025 nomination.
With all due respect, he was interviewing people nominated for Emmys. Maybe you would know that if you bothered reading the post.
Gird your loins, Jack Brennan. The wrath of Carly Spencer is God’s way of Cutting you down.
My only complaint about Carly is we don’t get enough of her! Thank God for Laura Wright giving us a thorough account of what is going on with her character. Carly is the sun and all of the other characters orbit around her. It’s Carly’s World, not General Hospital!
General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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Vincent Pastore of ‘Sopranos’ Fame and ‘General Hospital’s’ Maximus Giambetti Dies at 80
Vincent Pastore, best known for his memorable role as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s The Sopranos has passed away.
The veteran actor was found dead on August 1st in his home in the Bronx, New York. Pastore was 80-years-old. The cause of death is yet to be determined.
As well as his role on The Sopranos, many soap fans will recall he played multiple smaller roles on the beloved One Life to Live from 1995 and 2004. However, in 2008, he landed the short-term role as Maximus Giambetti on General Hospital.
PASTORE WANTED TO BE ON GENERAL HOSPITAL
Maximus was the mobster father of Sonny Corinthos’ (Maurice Benard) bodyguards: Max (Derk Cheetwood) and Milo (Drew Cheetwood)
According to Soap Opera Digest, Pastore told Soaps In Depth back in 2009, after appearing in a SOAPnet promotional campaign as a celebrity fan of General Hospital: “‘I’d love to be on the show. So they called up GH’s casting director (Mark Teschner) and Bobby (Robert Guza Jr. ex-head writer, GH) and they wrote me in!”
Pastore was a huge General Hospital fan from way back, who at one point told producers that he would watch the ABC soap opera while working in bars and nightclubs in the 70s and 80s.
Throughout his decades long career, Pastore appeared in films including: Goodfellas, Carlito’s Way and Men of Respect, The Jerky Boys: The Movie and the 1996 HBO TV movie Gotti.
In TV, besides The Sopranos, Pastore’s credits included: Law & Order, The Practice, Son of the Beach, Queens Supreme, Hawaii Five-0, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, plus the miniseries The Last Don II. Most recently, Vincent was a series regular on Gravesend and guest starred on Yellowjackets.
Pastore is survived by his daughter, Renee, son-in-law and granddaughter.
Share your remembrances and condolences for Vincent Pastore on his memorable role on ‘The Sopranos’ and his time on ‘General Hospital’ via the comment section below.
As had been teased since Jason Morgan’s (Steve Burton) captivity by the WSB and his release on General Hospital, he is clearly having issues speaking about what happened to him, after he was dragged away from Port Charles when he took the fall for Rocco (Finn Carr) who shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Now. as Jason tries to reacclimate to life back in Port Charles, he has already displayed that he wants to do better for his son, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and the people he loves and to show up for them.
In addition, things took a turn on the Friday, July 31 episode where after Sonny (Maurice Benard) questioned Jason if he was having an issue with Ric (Rick Hearst) working side by side with his half-brother, Jason had something to say.
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An emotional Jason tells Sonny, “I can’t work for you anymore.” The moment left Sonny dumbfounded, and viewers won’t know the pick-up of the conversation till Monday’s August 3 episode of GH.
Could it be that this time Jason will cut ties with Sonny and the mob for good? If so, it would be the end of an era for Jason and Sonny, sort of the Batman and Robin of GH with a twist.
Previous teases from the GH co-head writing team of Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte, and Burton himself on his podcast That’s Awesome ,seem to indicate there is a change coming for Jason that sends him off in a different path in his life.
However, we should learn Jason’s reasons shortly, and if Sonny can talk him back into the mob, or can just wish Jason the best and let him go. But now the question becomes, if Jason exits life as Sonny’s right hand man and henchman, what do you see him doing with his life? We do know that Jason is aware that Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) has tied to the WSB, since he escorted him to Port Charles via Jakarta on the plane which may be a clue.
Weigh-in below: Do you want Jason to go work for the Quartermaines and truly join the family in full? Do you see him doing something to help those in need, or do you see him going undercover with the WSB to expose some of the treacherous things they perpetrated on him and others, or do you see Jason doing something completely different with his life? If so, what? Let us know your hopes and thoughts for Jason in the comment section below.
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