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GH’s Wally Kurth and Lisa LoCicero Talk Ned’s Return and Clearing his Name, Filming the Under Water Rescue, And What Comes Next with ELQ
In the last few episodes of General Hospital, viewers have witnessed the return of Ned (Ashton) Quartermaine (Wally Kurth), after Ned suffered from a form of amnesia and took on the persona of his former rock star self, Eddie Maine.
The moment that precipitated Ned’s return had “Eddie” jumping into the water, believing if he did, it would help him finish the song and find the ‘siren’ within it. However, things went awry when “Eddie’s” leg got tangled in the netting. Leave it to Olivia (Lisa LoCicero) to be Johnny-on-the-spot and dive into the water and save her husband.
Once the two were back on land, Ned returned and he and Olivia had a memorable reunion. Next, they headed to the bedroom and then Ned was headed to the boardroom freshly-shaved and in a suit – a far cry from “Eddie.” In addition, Ned recalled that right before he fell in the pool at the Metro Court, he overheard that Nina (Cynthia Watros) was the person who pointed the finger at Carly (Laura Wright) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) with the SEC, while everyone was believing Ned was the culprit. Olivia has convinced Ned to table coming forward and rocking Sonny’s (Maurice Be new marriage to Nina. But, in the end will Ned set the record straight?
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On Monday, Wally Kurth and Lisa LoCicero participated in a livestream chat on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, where they talked about the water rescue scenes, their enduring on-screen relationship, teased what’s to come now that Ned is back and more. Here are some of the key excerpts from the discussion.
Wally revealed if there was pressure for him to get the big moment right when “Eddie” becomes Ned. He shared: “My biggest fear was landing this amnesia storyline. And after watching it back, and being in the water and all of that, I feel like we landed it. You know, it was really sweet and magical. I think we succeeded. So, I’m happy about how it turned out. You know on the soaps it’s onward and upward. You just keep moving, and so now I’m back in the suit and tie and back to being Ned. I’ll always miss Eddie. Eddie’s probably the most like Wally than anybody.”
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Lisa gave her thoughts on playing the story where Olivia was trying to deal with this “Eddie version” of her husband: “I keep saying it was so much fun to watch Wally and how he was enjoying this and to play a different dynamic with a different person. Sometimes there is a little bit of hand-wringing that goes a long way sometimes. And you have to add different levels of worry as the story progresses, If you don’t have any drama on a soap opera, you don’t have a story. So you gotta be, like a shark. Not to keep up the sea analogy. You gotta keep swimming forward. I love just having drama to play and watching Wally playing a different character was really delightful. I enjoyed all of it.”
Making sure the dialog was on point, while filming the underwater scenes, was something Kurth wanted to make sure he delivered properly for the sake of the storyline, sharing, ” I don’t normally like to demand a second or a third take, but I was like, I got to get this right. I kept screwing up the words and I knew that the way it was written with using the song. It was very clear and very specific. With all the emotion that I was feeling, I had a hard time just uploading that dialogue. I wanted to make sure we got it right. I feel like we did when I watched it back. I felt like it made emotional sense, which is what was most important … but, I also needed to say those words.”
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In categorizing what actually happened to Ned to turn into “Eddie” in the first place, Wally weighed-in: “I would say it was PTSD and in sort of a hypnotic state. He definitely flipped. He just chose to go into a place that’s a happy place instead of the place that he was at. I think with all the stuff that was happening at ELQ, and I think he just kind of went off and went, ‘Well, this is a lot better place. I like it. I like it better here than my real life.’ That’s how I kind of looked at it, you know? Almost like a midlife crisis.”
Knowing she may get some flack from fans for Olivia telling Ned not to rock the boat for Sonny and Nina, when Ned was blamed for turning Drew and Carly into the SEC, when it was Nina who did the deed, LoCicero clarified, “Carly’s happy, she’s getting along with Nina, and she doesn’t want Sonny to get his heart broken. Let’s make that very clear.”
As to what Ned might do with the intel against Nina, “He might use that information for his own good over at the corporate headquarters. I mean, he did just come back from thinking he was Eddie Maine, the rock star for the last six or seven months. So when it comes to defending his reputation it isn’t high on his list right now.” Wally added, “Ned is Tracy’s son and he is Lord Ashton’s son who was a grifter. I’m glad they’re finally giving me some stuff where Ned is capable of not thinking twice to blackmail somebody or to do something duplicitous. I like it when I’m doing something that’s a little more mischievous. I think that’s who Ned is.”
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The storyline gave Lisa and Rena Sofer (Lois) a chance to work together again. However, does Lisa see Olivia being worried when it comes to Lois, and her ex-Ned? LoCicero expressed, “Tracy keeps trying to tell her to be, but Olivia of her own volition, she’s not. She’s genuinely happy to have her friend back and they love each other. It is true. It’s a weird thing that we have, as hypothetically, best friends, having never discussed it. Like, ‘Oh, right, my best friend, you married my ex-husband’ is a weird thing. So, we are gonna get to a place where that gets dealt with, which it would. It’s both dramatic and realistic. It’s always nice when something is both dramatic and realistic. They have dramatized it beautifully in some of the scenes that we have not yet shot. It’s so much fun to work with Rena.”
Would there be anything coming down the pike that would break-up Ned and Olivia? Lisa weighed-in, “The only thing that would really drive her away from him would be some sort of emotional betrayal, I would think.”
Watch below Wally and Lisa’s livestream conversation. Then let us know, are you glad Ned is back? Will you miss Eddie Maine? Are you upset with Olivia for convincing Ned, for now, to not turn in Nina? Do you think Ned will pull some machinations to get control of ELQ from Michael and Drew? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
His name was Ned Ashton when I watched GH. When and why did they start calling him Ned Quatermaine?
Plus.. the underwater scene just went on far too long… way too long.
Finn’s upcoming malpractice suit is more realistic and relevant
I don’t remember when, but Ned chose to legally change his last name to remove any association with his father.
It happened during Tracy’s exit story when Jane originally retired (long haired Luke met her in Amsterdam).
Larry Ashton (played by awful recast) was revealed to be behind some sceme that involved a painting of Tracy. After that, Ned disavowed his father and took the Q name (not long before his wedding to Olivia).
When Brook Lynn returned, she changed her name after being in town for a few weeks.
He changed his last name to Quartermaine in 2017 because he didn’t want to be associated with his biological father Lord Larry Ashton, after his father was working with Cesar Faison, Jerry Jacks and other various unsavory GH villains in the “Fluke” (Fake Luke) storyline.
Terrible story from start to finish. Underwater scenes went on too long. Move Olivia and Ned to the backburner. Fans are tired of The Carly favoritism. Stop throwing Nina under the bus for her. She deserves a break and to have a life with Sonny, Willow, Wiley. Her husband. Her daughter. Her grandson.
We had to wait all those months for Eddie to get back to Ned and now you want us to wait longer for Nina’s spiraling downfall? It mught be time to take up jogging, this is getting old.
I like Wally on Days but he isn’t much to be proud of on GH, always trying to best someone and getting the best of someone even if they are family. Don’t know how someone like Olivia could see anything in him.
The Tuesday, October 6 episode of General Hospital kicked-off with Serena Baldwin (Kelly Kruger) literally turned upside down and stuck on the Quartermaine roof in front of Jason (Steve Burton), who came to her rescue.
This marked the first time that Kelly Kruger and Steve Burton shared any substantial screen time together since Kruger debuted on the ABC soap opera back in July.
In story, Serena was trying to save the peregrine falcons’ nest that Tracy (Jane Elliot) wanted exterminated. Jason agreed to help Serena relocate the nest to the nature preserve. Said relocation would be put in the preserve adjacent to the property, think where Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) buried Brennan (Chris McKenna)!
Later, when they returned to the Quartermaine mansion, the two have more banter where Serena told Jason they should both check themselves for ticks. Serena has done a full body check in the bathroom, but then asks Jason to go through her hair and look for any signs of ticks. Clearly, one or both may have ticks prompting suspicion if they wind up at GH with Dr. Isaiah Gannon (Sawandi Wilson) as their doctor who previously treated Ava for the tick stuck in her hair!
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ROMANCE SWITCH-UPS
While initially General Hospital fans suspected that the character of Serena was being brought back to the canvas in the form of Kruger as a love interest for Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson), in recent weeks and in admission by Tanisha Harper, it appears that GH is teasing a Michael and Jordan romance. The two have been spending more time together at Aurora, and Michael helped her get accepted into the burn clinic in Germany to treat her facial scars from the car accident.
Meanwhile, after Steve Burton returned to GH after his extended hiatus this June, it was clear that the writers were heading in the direction of a Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) and Jason break-up.
Eventually, a few weeks ago, the duo called it quits after Anna (Finola Hughes) tried to kill Britt, and Jason would not help Britt press charges against his friend, who was suffering from delusions after being mentally gaslighted by Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) and Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and company.
So, what did you think of the scenes between Jason and Serena on today’s GH? Do you think Kelly and Steve have on-screen chemistry that you would be open to be seeing how it plays out? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since Van Hansis made his debut as the recast Lucas Jones on General Hospital. It was back on October 4, 2024 that GH fans got their first look at the former As the World Turns (ex-Luke Snyder) favorite in his new soap role.
Hansis became the fifth actor to play the role of the adoptive son of the late Bobbie Spencer and Tony Jones, and the biological son of the late Julian Jerome and Cheryl Stansbury. Prior to Van, C.J. Thomason (2002–2003), Ben Hogestyn (2005–2006) Ryan Carnes (2004–2005, 2014–2020, 2024) and Matt Trudeau (2020–2021) had played the part.
When Van left daytime after As the World Turns sadly went off the air in 2010, it would be 14 years until he stepped back into the updated frenetic pace and grind of acting on a daily soap opera.
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LUCAS CAME HOME TO PORT CHARLES
Since Lucas has been back in Port Charles, he fell in love with the late Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo) who was murdered, moved into a new apartment with his current roommate (soon to be love interest?) Joe Fitzpatrick as played by Jonathan Bennett, has become best buds with the “Britch” Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), and has found himself involved in multiple other storylines. However, now that Van is firmly implanted on GH, might Lucas get a leading storyline of his own? Stay tuned.
In the meantime, to acknowledge his two-year anniversary at General Hospital, Hansis shared via his Instagram a photo montage and some heartfelt “thank you’s’ and words. “Two years ago yesterday, Lucas Jones came home to Port Charles looking a little different. Looking exactly like me.” began Hansis.
“When I took on the role, I was told it would be a heavy recurring for a few months and then we’d see where it goes – being based in NYC at the time, I thought it would be a fun little gig that would bring me back to my old stomping grounds of daytime for a bit.”
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GENERAL HOSPITAL HAS BEEN LIFE-CHANGING FOR VAN HANSIS
Next, the longtime New York-based actor confirmed he has now moved to Los Angeles as this new chapter of his life has unfolded, and how grateful he is that the show’s writers and producers have continually given more for Lucas to do.
Van explained, “But then they kept writing for me more and I fell in love with Lucas, and everyone around him (in front of and behind the camera). I wanted to stay a while and am so grateful I have. Being a part of GH these last two years has been life changing. Literally. My family and I are Angelenos now, I’ve made incredible new friendships and have been able to revisit old ones.”
The five-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actor concluded with, “Thank you Frank (Valentini, executive producer, GH), thank you Mark (Teschner, casting director, GH), for inviting me to the party. You throw a great one. ”
So, happy to know Van is sticking around General Hospital for some time to come? What has been your favorite Lucas Jones moment over the first two years of Van’s run? Let us know via the comment section below.
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Breaking News
Robert Kelker-Kelly, ‘General Hospital,’ ‘Days of our Lives’ and ‘Another World’ Star Dies at 62
Robert Kelker-Kelly, who became prominent as a one of the leading men in soap operas back in the late 80s and 90s has died at the age of 62. TMZ first reported the news of Robert’s passing on Saturday, October 3 at his home in St. Peters, Missouri.
According to the St. Peters police report, officers responded to call at around 8:16 pm about an unconscious man who was not breathing, as paramedics and other EMS were en route. Kelker-Kelly had reportedly complained of chest pain shortly before becoming unresponsive and the circumstances appeared consistent with a medical event.
Officers and paramedics administered life-saving measures, but were unsuccessful in reviving Kelker-Kelly. The cause of his death is still unknown and under investigation.
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Daytime fans first saw Robert back in 1987 when he was cast as Sam Fowler on Another World. He played the role for three year suntil 1990. Two years later, he took over the role of Bo Brady on Days of our Lives replacing Peter Reckell, who at that time decided to leave the show.
As Bo, Kelker-Kelly was major in story playing opposite the likes of: Crystal Chappell as Dr. Carly Manning, Kristian Alfonso as Hope Williams and Lisa Rinna as Billie Reed. When Peter Reckell returned to his signature role in 1995, Kelker-Kelly left the show.
Next, Robert returned to his original stomping grounds at Another World but this time as race car driver, Bobby Reno who was actually Dr. Shane Roberts. His second AW stint lasted from 1996-1998.
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Eventually, the actor would begin his run as the evil Stavros Cassadine on General Hospital in 2001, then make returns in 2002 and 2003. In 2013, he briefly returned as Stavros as part of the show’s 50th anniversary celebration, and made one last appearance in 2014.
Robert has also became a professional pilot full from 2003 to 2015 and had been married to former Days of our Lives star, Miriam Parrish (ex-Jamie Caldwell) from 1997-2011, but the couple divorced in 2011. Since that time, he has not remarried.
Recently, Robert was back in the news when Lisa Rinna talked about her time working with her former Days of our Lives co-star in her recently released memoir, You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About It.
Rinna shared on her then on-screen love interest, “Behind the scenes, we hated each other. Remember when Kathy Hilton said I was the biggest bully in Hollywood? Not true. Not even close! I have legit stories about the real bullies in this town. Robert Kelker-Kelly is one of those bullies.”
The former Billie Reed and reality star even punctuated that with, “He made my life a living hell on the set of DAYS, He was horrible to me, I’d go so far as to say verbally abusive. He was passive-aggressive, manipulative and played weird mind games.”
Besides his role in the soaps, Kelker-Kelly appeared on primetime on Touched by an Angel and Rescue 77 , and played Bo in the Days of our Lives specials Night Sins and Winter Heat in the early 90s.
Michael Fairman TV will provide further updates as they become available on the death of Robert Kelker-Kelly.
Now, share your remembrances and condolences on the loss of Robert Kelker-Kelly via the comment section below and let us know of all his daytime roles, which was your favorite.
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