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General Hospital Recasts Aiden Spencer with Colin Cassidy

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If you catch today’s September 30th episode of General Hospital, there is yet another new face to the character of Liz (Rebecca Herbst) and Lucky’s (Jonathan Jackson) son, Aiden Spencer.

Actor, Colin Cassidy is now playing the part. Aiden is Elizabeth’s youngest of her three sons. Prior to Cassidy, Jason David played Aiden from 2012-2021. Next, Enzo De Angelis was cast and then in May of this year, Tristan Riggs took over as Aiden.

The actor told Soap Opera Digest, he is very excited to take on the role of Liz and Lucky’s only son. “Aiden is a very sweet young man. He’s loving, caring, thoughtful. He’s ambitious; he’s got his baking business and he works hard in school. But I think the most important thing to him is his family — especially his mom. He’s very protective of his mom. He trusts her; he feels like he can be himself with her.”

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Colin also knows what an opportunity is to work with the GH veteran and popular star, Rebecca Herbst as his mom and five-time Daytime Emmy-winner, Jonathan Jackson as his dad, “To be thrown in with the incredible actors I’m working with and have these amazing scenes to do. It’s really not something to scoff at! It’s a big deal and I’m very grateful.”

Taking to his Instagram once the casting news of being GH’s Aiden became public, Colin shared: “I/m so unbelievably honored and grateful to be a part of GENERAL HOSPITAL! Thank you so much for all the love and support already, it really means the world to me🤍🙏My first episode airs today and you can tune in on ABC or Hulu! Can’t wait to hear what yall think of Aiden!🤞

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Jonathan Jackson, who started his GH career as a kid as the 11-year-old son on-screen son of legends, Tony Geary and Genie Francis also shared with SOD, his thoughts on the beauty of soap opera’s and its enduring legacy as now Colin is going to be playing Lucky’s son, Aiden: “That’s another amazing part of this medium that is so unique … and then get to come back as an adult and Lucky has his own grown son … it’s really a very unique and special thing.”

Some of Colin Cassidy’s previous credits been included the motion pictures: Labyu with an Accent (2022) and Knockout Blonde: The Kelly Maloney Story. (2024)

So, what do you think of the new Aiden on General Hospital? Will he fit the bill as Lucky and Elizabeth’s son? Please welcome Colin Cassidy to the cast of the ABC daytime drama series. Comment below.

 

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I wasn’t sure what to think as he looks older than Aiden, but he was great in his scenes with Liz today. I love that all of her boys are so close to their mom. I hope he sticks around a while because I think he could be part of the teen scene, which has all but disappeared on GH, despite having multiple teenage cast members.

I look forward to seeing him act along side Jonathan Jackson and Becky Herbst and hopefullyHudson West if/when he returns. He fits in perfectly with Jake and Cameron.

Visually, he looks like he could be the offspring of Jackson & Hersbt. Acting in episode one was good.

There’s some online scuttlebutt about him being too old, but doesn’t really seem to be an issue.

looks like a decent recast

Is he related to either David Cassidy or Shaun Cassidy?

No he isn’t but if he would have been related to David he would have been related to Shaun and Ryan too. The 3are brothers. .he makes a good Aiden

He looks so much like a young Shaun Cassidy I thought he could have been a son or grandson!

I’m not sure why they keep recasting these roles. This is the third Aiden this year. It’s getting hard to keep track of, remembering who’s who with the kids. A lot of them look alike. Colin definitely looks like he could be a Spencer, and be Lucky and Elizabeth’s son. But he also looks older than someone that is supposed to be the youngest brother of Cameron and Jake. I wish him the best.

Like I said the last time they recast Aiden, and it didn’t come to fruition, I hold out hope that this means they have plans for the character, and maybe finally a progression of the story that was started last December when Aiden came out to Elizabeth. A story they have done next to nothing to follow up on since, other than kids throwing paint on Aiden at school.

Teenagers (especially boys) are hard to cast on soap operas. One of the surprising reasons is the height of the intended fathers. The show doesn’t know if a teen is going to hit a growth spurt and then be 6 inches taller than the actor playing their dad. Yes, in real life, people have taller children, but not so in the soap world.

He almost looks older than Cameron

Oddly enough, NuAiden looks a lot like Will Horton from Days of Our Lives.

Why is Aiden called Webber instead of Spencer as his last name?

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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