On General Hospital, the current PCPD commissioner Dante Falconeri  (Dominic Zamprogna) has been lied to, and kept in the dark, by those he thought he could trust which includes his ex-wife Lulu (Alexa Havins), his own son, Rocco (Finn Carr) and a man he considers a good friend and police partner, “Nathan” West, only Dante doesn’t know that “Nathan” is a fraud, and really his twin brother, Cassius Faison (Ryan Paevey)!

The only person, who seems to be a good friend and reliable is ‘General Hospital’ head nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst). For months, GH viewers are witnessing key moments when Dante and Elizabeth are there for each other. In fact, she helped Dante realize it was Rocco who shot Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) and was willing to help him cover up the crime so his son does not go to prison. Problem is, Rocco took off with Britt Westbourne (Kelly Theibaud) and as of now Dante has no idea where they are.

In a new and exclusive interview out this weekend on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, Dominic Zamprogna chats about the potential pairing of Dante and Elizabeth and the opportunity to work with beloved longtime GH favorite, Rebecca Herbst, and if he thinks when all is said and done, Dante will wind up back with Lulu. Here’s some excerpts from the conversation below.

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ELIZABETH HAS PROVEN HERSELF TRUSTWORTHY TO DANTE

Speaking on how Dante feels currently about Elizabeth, Zamprogna explained, “At this point, Elizabeth is the only person, he can trust. She’s the only one who’s essentially told Dante what’s what. But. there’s also this connection for sure beyond that, right? That’s something that we’ve tried to play. We don’t know what the end game is, honestly, as actors, I don’t know what the end game is. You have to assume that every time you’re in a scene with anybody, you’re chemistry testing, and you want to do right by the characters.”

Although Dante’s primary romances have been with Lulu and the late Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco), a paring of Dante and Liz has never been approached by the series until now.

“To me, it’s interesting because they’ve never really explored anything between Dante and Elizabeth before. So, it’s all kind of new,” shared Dominic. “That’s the most exciting part of any relationship, the new stuff, before you jump into the domesticated stuff. That’s maybe where Ric (Rick Hearst) and Elizabeth are. They’re kind of more in this domesticated thing, or experiencing that, whereas Dante and Elizabeth truly are kind of needing each other at this moment.”

As Dominic explains it, Dante has found himself needing Elizabeth as his sounding board, since everyone else betrayed him. “Dante definitely needs Elizabeth and has reached out to her. She’s been honest, and provided him with things that he needed (to help cover up that his son, Rocco shot Cullum), explains the five-time Daytime Emmy nominee. “There’s also the other stuff that he’s finding out about her that he didn’t know. Like when she’s in the office with him and she’s talking about her past and the trauma that she’s been through (referring to Elizabeth’s rape).”

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COULD THERE BE A DANTE/ELIZABETH/RIC TRIANGLE AHEAD?

Dominic continued with high praise for his co-star, “It’s interesting for me to play, because I don’t know that story of Elizabeth as an actor, because it was before I got to the show. So, it’s two characters finding out more about each other who’ve been in each other’s orbit for 17 years. (As to the potential pairing), I’m happy to hear people are  digging it because I dig it. Rebecca is phenomenal, and she plays a legacy character, and to me, one of the best actors on the show.”

With Lulu seemingly falling for “Nathan” and then currently breaking it off, Zamprogna and GH fans are awaiting to see what happens when Lulu finds out that “Nathan” is Cassius, while also finding out if Ric Lansing could be the true spoiler in any potential Liz and Dante budding romance.

“I don’t know what the long game is. I literally have no clue,” shared Zamprogna. “I currently don’t believe that there’s a Dante/Lulu happening. It feels like if they did go down the road of Dante and Ric fighting for Elizabeth, I think that would be interesting to have two guys fighting over her as opposed to two women fighting over Ric and Dante.”

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PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR DANTE/ELIZABETH ROMANCE

GH fans will recall the recent scenes where Elizabeth was dressed for her date with Ric, but stopped by Dante’s office at the PCPD first. Dante remarked, in so many words, how beautiful she looked.

Zamprogna hoped that viewers caught it, explaining, “Those are real little moments that I’m always happy or captured. It’s two people who don’t have a romantic relationship, but, planting those little seeds of her coming in and him seeing her out of her scrubs for the first time and being like, ‘Oh my, God  You look amazing.”  And then as the scene ends, they’re kind of wrapped up in things, and then he is like, ‘I could keep talking to you forever,’ but she has a date to get to with Ric.”

You can check out the full conversation with Dominic Zamprogna now on the Michael Fairman Channel below.

Now, let us know, after checking out Dominic’s thoughts on a potential Dante and Elizabeth pairing? Are you hoping the GH writers put them together, or do you want Liz with Ric? And, do you think the end game will still be Dante and Lulu as the exes still have to come together to find their son, Rocco, who is on the run with Britt? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

This past week, General Hospital fans were feted with an incredibly dramatic, harrowing and emotional series of episodes where at its epicenter saw Marco Rios (Adrian Anchondo) murdered by WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes), and later the guy attempts to end the life of Jason Morgan (Steve Burton).

Now as a new week begin in Port Charles, Jason was carted away by the WSB and Dr. Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) must face life without the love of his life, Marco, who’s life was taken from him much too young.

In an exclusive sit-down virtual interview on the Michael Fairman Channel, Adrian Anchondo opened up about the ups and downs of his one-year journey on General Hospital, where as his run came to an end found viewers of the show rooting for the character. All this, after Marco agreed to help Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) and Lucas get the vials of medication stashed away at Wyndemere so she could reverse engineer the drug and get out from under Cullum and Marco’s father, Jenz Sidwell’s (Carlo Rota) thumb. Only, it all went horribly wrong.

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Anchondo, who made his Port Charles debut last March, shared that late last summer he had an inkling his character might be written off the canvas, he just didn’t know the mechanism of how. Suffice to say, instead of just having Marco leave down for Miami, where he previously worked and resided, GH set off a huge umbrella story, where the character will be remembered for some time to come.

Here are some of the key takeaways from the exclusive chat with Androndo on his time with General Hospital.

BEING WRITTEN-OFF

“I found out when we came back from the end of the year break. It was something that I kind of felt was going to happen. It was heading that direction. I was feeling that since August of last year. It was more a question of when it would happen and how, than if. Of course, I would’ve loved to be on this show for many, many years. I’ve been keeping this secret for a long time, so it’s such a relief to finally let it go. We filmed this all on January 30th, because that was the end of my contract before if it were to be renewed. So, there were a lot of things that had to be squeezed in the last week. They actually gave me a four-week warning (that it was coming), which was great.”

VAN HANSIS AS LUCAS GRIEVES OVER MARCO’S BODY

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“Even though I had no lines and I was just laying there, it allowed me to be like, ‘OK, it’s their turn. It’s their turn to shine. It’s makeup’s turn to shine. It’s Van’s turn to shine.’ The hardest thing for me in that part as you might’ve seen, I’m kind of breathing a little bit, but it’s hard to play dead, especially when you’re moving so fast, trying to get the next shot and the adrenaline’s running. My heart’s beating for Van to make sure that he’s doing his best, and that’s he’s getting to do his best work. He killed that monologue. And you can’t tell, but I am bawling my eyes.”

Adrian added, “I had tears running down my eyes. They had cover me up because there was this finality to it all. I was saying goodbye, but in this most beautiful, sad way. I felt like once I’m done with this, I’m never going to see them again. But that’s not true. I’m going to continue my relationship with everyone at the show. So, I was feeling so many mixed things. I was just so grateful (for the experience).”

CARLO ROTA AS SIDWELL’S HEARTBREAK TURNS TO ANGER 

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“The taping was different than the way he performed it in the rehearsal. It was very sad in the performance in the rehearsal. Something clicked in him where he is just a brilliant actor where he has to instill fear in the audience. His job is to tell a story beyond what’s happening right there and set up for what is about to happen. He was just great. Carlo did a great job. He scared me.”

NANCY LEE GRAHN AS ALEXIS FINDS MARCO ON THE FLOOR OF HER LAW OFFICE

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“Oh, God. Technically there was was so much blood and she’s putting her hands on me, and if there’s something (in protocol to stop bleeding) that’s messed up, you have to do it over again. We have to have a spare blanket in case we have to shoot it again. There is also that adrenaline when you’re literally watching someone bleed out and they’re panting and you’re trying to make a phone call and and she’s trying to stop the bleeding. All this stuff is happening and you’re thinking about your lines and the camera angles. Nancy is such a pro. There was one moment where I wanted to reach up to her to look her in the eyes, like, ‘please save me,’ or tell, tell ‘Lucas I love him.’ I think she felt it. Afterwards when they yelled ‘cut,” Nancy was really emotional. We had grown to have a good relationship on the set.”

STEVE BURTON AND RORY GIBSON

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“I had a great talk with Steve because he was leaving the show (for his hiatus) at the same time as me, that I’m grateful that he was willing to share that before this happened, because it would’ve been two major shockers (for the audience). Around this time he was talking that he wants to go live his life and he wants to go be with his partner (Michelle Lundstrom) and it’s never goodbye with Steve. I also got to talk to Rory Gibson (Michael) a lot as well. He’s someone that I really wanted to work with more. He came in to the show two months after me. His one-year anniversary is coming up. I’m just like so amazed what he’s done on the show and how people love him. I want to celebrate everyone that’s on there.”

KELLY THIEBAUD

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“There was a scene that we had together where I’m giving Britt her medication and she’s trying to reach me. She’s trying to reach me on a human level. She’s saying I have to work for my father too. You can make a different choice. You don’t have to do this. I think that was the real shift in Marco even before Lucas confronts him about everything that he’s found out. Kelly is a rock star!”

MARCO AND GAY LOVE STORIES ON THE SOAPS

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“The amount of love that I have received from the this ending has been insane. I think it’s because a lot of people were just starting to like Marco, even though I knew his heart, he was doing questionable things. So now, I’m seeing all the love that that I wish I had maybe seen earlier for the character. I think when it comes to gay stories, I want Lucas to have a happy ending. Just because our relationship ends, doesn’t mean that he won’t find love again. I could be a stepping stone for Lucas’ true love in the future.”

ADRIAN’S CONFIDENCE AND ONLINE CHATTER

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“There was a lot of speculation online and questions about me not being included in certain things that made me just feel less confident. Sometimes, I think on set, when I came in, there was some anxiety and fear that I couldn’t like, let go and really play. I didn’t feel like the ease that I saw some of the other actors having. I had some great conversations with Cynthia Watros (Nina) and with Nancy Lee Grahn and other people who have been on the show who said to give in and let go of control of things. They also shared they have seen some amazing actors come in and out of here, and it has nothing to do about the performance. So, that helped me a lot and I was able to halfway through my run let go a little bit more.”

Speaking on the slippery slope that is social media, while representing both the LGBTQ and Latino communities on a soap opera, Anchondo shared, “I saw some things online that also just made me sad; homophobic and racist things. Here I am on the show while in the world there’s so much going on outside that is scary. I wanted to present myself in my real life and be true to myself during that time. So yeah, it was tricky trying to balance everything. I said to myself, ‘I’m going to give it my all, and hopefully, even if people don’t like the character, my heart will shine through in what I’m doing.”‘

You can check out the full conversation with Adrian Anchondo below, which features at the end a special guest appearance by Adrian’s boyfriend, Colton Little (Andrew Donovan, Days of our Lives).

Now let us know, what did you think about the comments Adrian shared on his feelings during all the emotional scenes surrounding Marco’s death? Are you sad to see him go? What do you think will happen next, when Lucas realizes it was the man he saved in the OR. Cullum, who killed his boyfriend? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

Over the past week, General Hospital watched the long-awaited showdown between now WSB agent, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) and her mother Carly Spencer (Laura Wright), which unfolds after Josslyn finds Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) stowed away in Carly’s attic.

As the scenes played out Josslyn learned that her mother already knew about her spy work and involvement and was actively plotting to get her out from under the thumb of Carly’s boyfriend, Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) by teaming up with Valentin.

Next, came the fireworks, when Carly and Josslyn had it out in Carly’s kitchen which led to more stunning reveals, and betrayals. One of which was Josslyn learning it was Jason (Steve Burton) who spilled the beans she was WSB to her mother, so eventually she has a showdown with him too! Now with everyone’s cards (sort of) on the table, how will Josslyn navigate the situation from here?

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In an exclusive full-length conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, McCoy talks about taping the pivotal scenes with Laura Wright and Steve Burton, how Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) plays in to her motivations or not, what happened to her WSB trainer turned lover, Vaughan (Bryce Durfee)? Will Joss get a new love interest … and so much more.

Here are just a few of the intriguing excerpts from this Daytime Emmy-winning star below, who come this October will celebrate her 11th anniversary with the ABC daytime drama series as most of us have watched her grow-up on-screen before our very eyes.

THE MOTHER OF ALL SHOWDOWNS

Playing the intensity of the scenes with her longtime scene partner and on-screen mother, Laura Wright, was something both actresses knew going into the double reveal was important to get just right.

Eden explained, “We knew that it was highly anticipated, just from the audience’s perspective. It’s also anticipated on our ends. We’ve been wondering how they were going to write it, what it was going to look like. Laura and I were very involved. We were very clear with what we wanted, at least, how we wanted it to feel in terms of us doing it. We just wanted it to feel good. It was a really collaborative day on set. The writers killed it. They had great words on the page for all of us. It just became this delicious feast of chaos.”

TAKING SONNY DOWN

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During her confrontation with Carly, Josslyn blurts out that the reason she chose to be in the WSB, and remain in the WSB, was because she wants to bring down Carly’s ex-husband, and mob boss, Sonny Corinthos. The confession stunned Carly, who blames herself, for how Josslyn turned to the dangerous life of a WSB agent. However, many viewers were questioning were that came from, because it seemed like she joined the WSB to at first, avenge her late boyfriend, Dex Heller’s (Evan Hofer) death.

“I think, at first, I struggled with the concept of me just joining the WSB, to bring Sonny down,” shared McCoy. “Me as Eden didn’t see that that way, at least at first. It feels like a big reveal because Josslyn is saying a lot of feelings she’s carried for a long time that are older feelings to have that she never really vocalized to her mother and this is that opportunity. I don’t think it’s her sole mission to bring Sonny down, specifically. I just think it’s more a rebellion against the history of her family and her choice as a grown woman at this point. To be on the other side of the coin, I think that obviously, Sonny and his behavior towards her mother, who she’s extremely protective of and Donna and her siblings, and people that have died, in regards to Sonny (is at play). They’re all very intense traumatic events in this person’s life”

Eden continued on Josslyn’s admission to Carly, “I think that she was just able to finally vocalize like, ‘Hey, this is about Sonny, but this is about me. This is about me not signing up anymore. What’s the alternative? Being a lifeguard for another 10 years and pretending like I’m okay with  everything that’s happened and not doing anything about it?’ I think the million dollar question is, ‘What lines is she willing to cross?'”

JASON RATTING OUT JOSSLYN

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After Josslyn’s emotional fallout with Carly, she hightails it to Jason’s “office,” to confront the man she thought had her back. Jason has known since finding Joss with Vaughan at the Five Poppies in Dalmatia and rescuing them, that she was indeed in the WSB. However, his deep friendship with Carly eventually caused him to admit that Josslyn was working with Jack Brennan. Eden McCoy gave nothing but praise to her co-star on pulling the right emotions from her during the key scenes.

“Steve’s amazing. I think we’ve always had a really specific dynamic on and off screen,” expressed McCoy. “I always love his stability in the scenes that we usually have together. It’s me freaking out about something and him kind of being that stoic, stable force, which works so well for him and he plays amazingly. It helps me out (as an actress) because it kind of just helps me spiral more!”

SHOOTING CYRUS RENAULT

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Josslyn’s spiral into the world of WSB, is thanks, in part, to Brennan leading her to Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) with breadcrumbs of clues, where many thought he used an innocent young woman to kill the guy, while he explains it that it was part of a test to make her an agent. After Renault murdered her boyfriend, Dex, her grief was so great that she shot him dead. Since that time, there hasn’t been much discussion of how that moment changed her. McCoy explains how she feels about Josslyn’s grief and loss set against the backdrop of her character’s spy work.

“I would love to explore that trauma more in depth. But I think in this moment it’s almost, she doesn’t have the room,” said McCoy. “This is an autopilot situation. She killed someone, was put into this world/chose to be in this world, and yes, things get murky there, but she’s committed and now feels it’s too late. Right now, I think she doesn’t feel like she has a choice but to continue. I think that that’s a fun place to be (as an actress).”

McCoy also said that she knew the plan for Josslyn quite a bit before her character shift, and how she would land in the position she finds herself now.  “I was told everything at the same time. A long time ago, I was told Josslyn kills Cyrus and then you’re going be a spy, and then you’re going to be in the WSB, and that was kind of all I was told.” Eden added, “I was just super stoked. I haven’t done anything similar and I thought that their decision to kind of have this be, in a way, how Josslyn grieves another loss and another boyfriend’s death was interesting. I was excited.”

WHERE’S MY LEADING MAN?

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As for Josslyn’s love life, well, that’s not going very well, yet again. After being involved with Vaughan, he wound up being whisked away and no one has heard about him since! Eden McCoy weighed-in on the potential resurfacing of her WSB trainer/lover or a new man entering her life.

Eden shared on Vaughan, “I mean, he’s not dead, right? So, that’s a plus! Not that even matters on the soaps because you know, if you’re dead, you can come back!  Josslyn feels like Eden does, like, ‘Wait? Where did he go?’ I think that trope is so fun … that weird enemies to lovers trope and you can’t be having sex with your coworker, trope, love all that. It’s soapy and fun. Bryce was great. I think that they could always bring him back. I don’t know if that’s the plan, but he was great and everybody loved him.”

As for a future love interest with another character, McCoy answered, “Listen, anything is fine by me. I’m just a down girl, whatever they want I’m down to do it.”

So, what did you think about the showdown scenes with Josslyn, Carly and Jason? Do you think Joss’ true motivation is to take Sonny down? Do you hope GH brings back Bryce Durfee, or pairs Eden with a brand new love interest? Do you also think Josslyn will land herself in a situation she can’t get out of with the likes of Sidwell and Cullum and company? Weigh-in via the comment section, and watch our full chat with Eden below.