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Troy Lennon Appel Joins the Cast of ‘General Hospital’ in Contract Role of the Mysterious ‘Hudson’
There are even more newbies coming to General Hospital with the news today that Troy Lennon Appel is joining the cast of the ABC daytime drama series in the contract role of “Hudson.” Look for Appel to make his debut on the July 30th episode.
What we do know is that Hudson is a business executive with mysterious ties. As first reported by TV Insider, Troy has already been enjoying his time on the legacy soap opera. He enthused, “Working on GH has been nothing short of an incredible, fast-paced experience, Everyone is very professional; they’re on top of every intricate part of this very established, well-oiled machine, and I’m just trying to keep up and not halt the process in any way.”
In a statement, General Hospital executive producer, Frank Valentini expressed: “Troy is a terrific guy, and we are excited to have him join our cast. And fans will be intrigued to see how his character fits into the story.“
FOUR NEWCOMERS IN SHORT ORDER
Appel’s casting comes on the heels of three other major additions coming to Port Charles, and all should be landing on-air next month in July. As previously reported, Dean Geyer has joined the cast as Tristan Robert and is set to debut on the July 13 episode. Daytime vet, Kelly Kruger (ex-B&B and Y&R) has signed on to play the new Serena Baldwin and Kayden Brenna Tokarski is the new Scout Cain, the daughter of Drew (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam (Kelly Monaco).
Apple added on his GH experience thus far, “So many of the cast and crew have gone out of their way to welcome me, and I am immensely grateful for how simple and easy this transition has been. I owe it all to them. They know what they’re doing, and I hope to learn as much as I can and add to the show, to the best of my ability.”
Troy’s previous credits have included: Revenge Best Served Chilled, Blackmail, Lies and Murder, and Lethally Blonde. Finding Master Right and Menflix, and he appeared with The Goldbergs star Hayley Orrantia’s music video for her single, “Find Yourself Somebody.”
So, what do you think about the casting of Troy Lennon Appel to General Hospital? Who will Hudson actually have ties to, since it is a contract role? Will you be intrigued to see all the new arrivals next month in Port Charles? Let us know via the comment section below.
And another one…
It’s nu-Dillion
If so, that is great news! That would explain why Willow the little twit mentioned him to Tracy on Friday’s show.
He’s a recast for Dillion.
The new characters are starting to get ridiculous already.
Too many, too fast.
Why don’t they write for the characters they currently have? It’s getting likes the revolving door at DAYS.
They better get to the point quickly with the newbies. This slow burn with Joe isn’t doing Jonathan Bennett any favors. Either Hudson or Tristan better have some ties to a legacy family.
The new Scout and Serena are fine, because of the legacy families.
Contracts don’t mean as much as they used to, when you have recurring actors like JPS and VH driving story and contract performers such as KW who is only seen a few times a month.
He’s nu-Dillion
Since Viper Willow just mentioned Dillon, I wouldn’t be shocked if that was the case. Visually, he looks like a mix of Tracy and Paul.
Wow, the “name” Viper Willow is traveling around fast in Port Charles. Wasn’t Dr O. the first to refer to her as Viper Willow, and now Tracey!!! That’s a hoot & a holler! Yeah, Weeping Willow, I mean… Viper Willow who never met Dillion made it a point to burn Tracey by inferring that she and her son, Dillion were at odds… I don’t recall how things were when Dillion left PC. Word gets around in the Q’s house! It was the way in which V.W. laid into Tracey her about Dillion. And, has Dillion and Serina ever meet over the years… that would be an interesting paring. My bet is that “Hudson” (with “mysterious ties” to PC) is Dillion, not Morgan. And Morgan would never be seen as a “business executive”… Dillion on the hand. I could see it.
Hilarious that both Liesl and Tracy have referred to Willow as a viper.
Well… Liesl used to hang with Faison & Victor Cassadine. And Tracy’s been married to several mobsters, and at least one serial killer.
So by now, you would hope that both of them have learned how to recognize a threat.
Please stop with the new characters. There are too many stories going on that are not getting the attention they deserve. We needs Drew out of the wheelchair, more time for Ric/Elizabeth/Dante, a great storyline for the underutilized Ava. We already have Anna and Jason coming back. Lets focus on the current roster and pull a few characters out of the character closet. Also, we need a break from the Curtis/Portia/Jordan/Trina nonsense.
Yes there are enough characters on the show who are not being used nearly enough. Maura West is definitely been pushed to the sidelines, why I don’t know. She is one of the most talented actresses in the show and a lot could be done with her character. Liz is another one you hardly see.
GH needs more newbies about as much as Hell needs a snow plow.
Maybe this “new contract role” isn’t a new role at all? This actor has a slight resemblance to the current version of Michael. They could pass for brothers.
Are we looking at the long awaited Morgan Corinthos recast? Considering Sonny’s losing one of his kids to “medical school”, it would fit Frank Valentini’s patterns to bring back one of Sonny’s kids now.
Like AJ escaped from Hell right after Jason “died” the first time. Or Drew was recast just before Jason “died” the second time. Or the recent substitutions of Ethan for Jason, and now Serena Baldwin for Maxie.
As per my previous speculations of a Morgan recast (during the Pikeman story) it makes 666% perfect sense that Morgan could have a completely rebuilt face and possible amnesia due to serious injuries from the “Jerome Family Project” car bombing that left him “presumed dead” , but with no body.
There you go again… Morgan is a character worth more dead than alive.
Mansi’s departure story was shoehorned in so it would be rather quick for them to write Morgan back in. Oh yes, you forgot that you pushed Dex as Morgan even when he started schlepping Joss.
If Sonny needs another offspring to fill his time, SORAS Avery to the older teen set. He’s also got Rocco and Gio to give grandfatherly advice.
I still say Dex was originally going to be the Morgan recast in the original Pikeman story which was clearly being written as an Alcazar comeback vehicle. And it would have been just like Alcazar to plant Sonny’s own amnesiac son as a mole within Corinthos Coffee LLC.
But when they couldn’t make a deal with Ted King they had to change the Pikeman story to something else. And so they abandoned the Dex as Morgan angle and instead made him the Temu Jason wannabe who stole Joss from poor Cam Webber. And then Jason came back and they didn’t know what to do with him. So they made him a uniform cop which is usually a death sentence in Port Charles (heads up, Chase!)
Back to the current newbie though, the Legion of Dumb certainly would be capable of planting a brainwashed and surgically altered Morgan within Port Charles. Look at what they did with Cassius, for example.
Could be that Sidwell has been keeping Morgan stashed away somewhere and now that he’s had to leave town himself his next move will be to send brainwashed Morgan home with his marching orders.
Word on the street is that he’s nu-Dillion.
It’s a new role with a possible past connection (a.k.a. retcon).
Additions normally mean subtractions as well. Kristina gone, Pascal gone, I think we’ll see Sidwell’s exit when Jason returns, and possibly Cullum as well. But they are wasting no time with additions. Still better watching GH than any other daytime drama.
As enjoyable as it is to watch GH its also frustaing on so many levels, I do enjoy seeing new characters be added but i have to agree with most fans that are frustrated that so many vets are wasted and not utilize, example is this slow burn with Ric Liz and Dante, wheres Felicia whose a contract player,? and the storylines drag, I use to be a big Valentine fan but ever sinse he’s been paired with Carly its been a bust for me, i’m sorry but Valentine doesn’t do anything, all he does is plan (i don’t know what) with no results. he’s been in Carlys attic for months, and all he probably got was an std from carly whose been with every guy on the show(ok almost every guy) still Charlotte and Danny have done more than Carly and Valentine have in all this time they’ve wasted playing house. I want more Liz, Dante and Ric and Ava, and Emma and Felicia and Mac we need more scorpio time.
Agreed. With Robert gone, I’d like to see more of Mac, in particular. Let’s work harder at integrating Cody as a Scorpio. Since they enjoy SORASing kids, we could do some of that and make the Scorpios more of a PC dynasty!
Since half the current characters have either run their course or don’t interest me, I’m happy to give new blood a chance. Remember the beloved vets of today were once newbies themselves … it’s the way of soaps.
In order for a soap to survive, you have to have new characters. But, they should be introduced one at a time and not at the expense of other characters. I agree what they are doing or not doing with Maura West is so wrong. They are wasting a tremendous talent. Put Willow on the back burner for a while, along with Britt and please end the Sidwell storyline!
On the Friday, November 13 episode of General Hospital, Drew (Cameron Mathison) convinces Ava (Maura West) they need to get married, to each other! Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) hopes to get the DNA results on Jude (Will Traval) she has waited for, and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) secretly co-conspire to find out who in Port Charles had the infamous tick!
Here’s what went down: Drew explained to Ava that they needed to get hitched ASAP, that way, they couldn’t be forced to testify against each other in the Jack Brennan case. After initially being kind of sick of the thought of marrying Drew, he made her change her mind, by throwing out the fact that if she lands in jail Sonny (Maurice Benard) will have Avery (Ayla Bullington) all to himself.
Next, Ava heads to GH to ask Lucas (Van Hansis) to be her witness in marrying Drew. Lucas has already figured out the reason Ava is marrying Drew because it has something to do with Brennan’s death. Explaining she hates the idea of getting married to Drew, she has run out of other options. Lucas agrees to help her, but firmly tells Ava nobody would believe it was a real marriage anyway.
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CAN MOLLY AND JOE STOP THE WEDDING?
At the same time, Drew asked Martin (Michael E. Knight) for a post-nuptial agreement. Martin was not happy to hear that Drew was going to marry Ava, warning that prison was a better option than tying himself to a woman like Ave Jerome.
Eventually Ava, Lucas, Drew, and Martin gathered at the city clerk’s office. Lucas comes up with a way to derail or stall the nuptials by saying that they need to wait for Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) and Avery to show up, as they should be a part of this, too.
Lucas may have saved the day, because Molly (Kristen Vaganos) and Joe (Jonathan Bennett) went to Drew’s office to serve him his warrant, but found the office door open. Next, Joe found a sticky note on Drew’s folder that revealed Drew had obtained a marriage license. A light bulb goes off in his head and he realized Ava and Drew are getting married, so he and Molly rush off to City Hall to try and stop it.
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IS JUDE THE TRUE BABY DADDY?
Elsewhere, after receiving a text message that the DNA results are in at the hospital, Brook Lynn ends her discussion over Jude and baby Phoebe with Gio (Giovanni Mazza) and runs out of the Quartermaines.
Once Brook Lynn gets off the elevator at GH, she sees Jude and Britt Kelly Thiebaud) looking might close. She quickly heads back towards the elevator sight unseen and was clearly shaken by what she saw. Earlier at the doctors and nurses hub, Elizabeth helped Dante by confirming by an ear gesture they had worked out; that the patient with the tick was Ava Jerome.
You can check out the scenes where Lucas gets a visit from Ava and he learns she wants him to be her witness in marrying Drew at City Hall.
Now weigh-in: do you think Ava and Drew will tie the knot before Joe and Molly make it to City Hall? What do you think the DNA results will show once Brook Lynn gets her hands on them? Have they been tampered with? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
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