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‘General Hospital’s’ Maurice Benard Teases Sonny and ADA Turner Romance, “It’s Starting to Get Kind of Interesting”
As pointed out by three-time Daytime Emmy winner, Maurice Benard, during his sit-down appearance on Richard Taite’s Were Out of Time podcast, General Hospital’s Sonny Corinthos hasn’t had a “chick in a longtime,” least of all in his bed.
However, during the conversation with the mental health and wellness advocate, that dropped this week on You Tube, Benard shares that he does have a love interest on the horizon. “Her name is Nazneen Contractor and she plays a ADA (Justine) Turner. She’s the DA and I’m the mobster. It’s starting to get kind of interesting.”
As viewers know in an ironic twist, Contractor is the real-life wife of Carlo Rota, who plays Sonny’s nemesis, Jenz Sidwell; the man who is trying to take everything from him, including the Port Charles territory and so much more. Sidwell has been revealed to now have ties to the notorious Cesar Faison (Anders Hove), who up to this point is believed to be dead.
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Throughout his over 32-years as Sonny, Benard as the loveable mobster, has been part of some of soaps historic love stories. Chief among them Sonny and Brenda, (“He always leave me standing in the rain”) and the multiple faces of Carly.
However, Sonny through the years has also been romantically linked at one time or another to: Nina Reeves (as Mike), Lily Rivera (Lilly Melgar) Claudia Zacchara (Sarah Brown), Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Megan Ward/Kelly Sullivan), Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco), Reese Marshall (Kari Wuhrer) and more – and we’re not even counting some of the ladies he shares a child with ala: Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), Ava Jerome (Maura West) and Lisa LoCicero (Olivia).
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Benard commented on some of the great loves of Sonny: “I’ve had Sonny and Brenda (Vanessa Marcil), They were a big couple, and then Sonny and Carly, a big couple. I did Sonny/Carly (relationship) with three different actresses (Sarah Brown, Tamara Braun and Laura Wright).”
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Watch the clip below of Maurice talking about Sonny’s love stories, and the potential romance between the mobster and ADA Justine Turner.
Now let us know, would you be down for a Sonny and ADA Turner full-stream ahead romance? Who has been your favorite all-time love for Sonny? Share your thoughts and picks via the comment section below.
Sorry Mo, but who is this currently interesting for? Same old tired story.
Nazneen is good and Justine has potential as a character, but with Sonny she’d just be a flavor of the month.
Now, Justine and Dante together would sizzle. They had Sonny schlep Ava in the crypt while she dated Morgan. Let’s reverse course and have Justine fall for Dante while his dad is into her. That’s good soap.
Yes, I too, would like to see Dante romantically involved with DA Turner for the very reasons you mentioned.
Not into seeing another law enforcement person giving up her morals because of the power(?) of Sonny’s dimples or whatever. It’s played out, at this point. How about Sonny gets involved with a woman even more dangerous and powerful than he is? That could be more exciting.
It’s been pretty obvious for a while that they were headed in this direction. Sonny and Justine does nothing for me.This is a recycled version of a story that has been tried with Sonny several times before, with the FBI agent Reese, and I think they were trying to cook up something with Sonny and Elizabeth Hendrickson’s DA character Margaux Dawson, before she left the show.
Also, Hannah the FBI agent, or as Carly called her, “ Hannah the Banana.”
Really not interested in boy-Kingpin having a liaison with Brenda-lite. I liked him with Nina because it felt like a grown up romance, and Cynthia is so good she elevated Maurice’s performance making him likable. Sonny regresses around DA Turner and it doesn’t help that he dyes his hair dark brown while his son Dante and little brother Ric are allowed to go grey.
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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