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Marcus Coloma On COVID-19 Struggles Towards Final Days as GH’s Nikolas : “I Felt That I Couldn’t Memorize My Lines Towards the End”

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As the world has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, in soap opera land, many times actors were taken ill by the virus, which often times found them to having to be replaced in their respective roles for a short time. As daytime drama fans know, there is no stoppage of work in your favorite soap towns, as episode after episode needs to be churned out.

Marcus Coloma, the former Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital, had to exit the series a few times due to Covid-19, or an exposure to it, during his run on the series. Being sidelined brought in Adam Huss to take on the role. Huss is currently the most recent actor to continue the story of the dark prince of the Cassadine clan.

Now in an interview with Soaps.com, Coloma is opening up about his health struggles with Covid-19, which kept him from filming his final scenes in the part.

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Coloma shared, “I got this brain fog and fatigue. That lasted a while to the point that I felt that I couldn’t memorize my lines towards the end, which thankfully, it’s gone.”

The actor noted that it’s just been recently that he has been able to feel like his old self: “I’m really back to 100 percent. And I’m exercising again. But I was surprised at the length of the after effects of it for me. It seems to hit everybody differently.”

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Saying goodbye to the role he played for over three years was difficult for Coloma, because he had to sit out his final scenes: “It was disappointing, because I don’t feel like I got to wrap up. It’s kind of like letting somebody else finish a puzzle that you’ve been working on for a while. But I think it was mitigated by the fact that it had happened before.”

COVID-19 had affected so many people, in so many ways.  Let us know in the comment section below, if you had a battle with it, or what you thought of Marcus detailing what he endured that caused him to miss taping his final scenes on General Hospital.

In case you missed, Kin Shriner (Scott, GH) and Marcus appeared on a livestream interview on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel talking about their side projects and time on GH. You can check it out below.

 

 

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Glad marcus is feeling better! Loved him in the role – the charming dark prince with humor and of course amazing chemistry in his Nava pairing – sorry he was ill but as a Nava fan I was glad he wasn’t in that terribly written vile Nik threatening Avery scene- ending his Nik with the scene where he hopes Ava he can earn ava back fit his character as an ‘exit’- we could tell the writers were out to destroy the Nikolas any – probably to prop nonsense. When this GH writing team gaslight a character, it’s brutal to watch and hear about! I miss watching GH but it was a fun Nava ride and nik return ride UNTIL Esme…

DId he get jabbed and boosted?! That caused MANY ill effects.

Oh for Hell’s sake….. is this Q-Anus vaccine conspiracy dragonshit still a thing?

He would have been required to in order to keep his job. ABC Disney mandated it back in 2021 I think. That is why Burton and Ingo were fired.

That’s correct. And Steve Burton thought he didn’t need a vaccine because he had already had COVID previously… Which he actually caught on the GH set!

The “natural immunity ‘ argument may have SOME truth to it. You aren’t likely to get the same strain of the virus more than once. Of course COVID mutates and evolves constantly.. I don’t even remember which letter of the Greek alphabet they’re using for the most recent variant.

Fortunately I am immortal so I don’t have to worry about keeping up with it. But I can sympathize with you mortals as a new surge has kicked in up there. Poor Stephen Colbert got in about one week of shows after the writers strike ended and then he was forced to stay home sick.

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This has nothing to do with COVID, but know you’ll know the answer. Is Victor Cassadine dead or alive? They say his body was recovered in Greenland, but Laura and Valentin act like he’s still alive. Is he there with you, or still out there ready to muck up someone else’s life?

Victor is definitely down here, and we plan on keeping him! Yes, Cassadines have been known to escape once in a while (same with the DiMeras) but we have tightened up security down here in the last couple of years. So don’t look for Victor… or Stavros or Helena up there any time soon. And Mikkos wouldn’t even want to leave… he’s making good money down here installing air conditioning systems, based on his “weather machine” technology.

Laura & Valentin are concerned that Victor is controlling Charlotte, and technically he is, even though he is in Hell and not currently communicating with his granddaughter. You may have noticed Charlotte playing with tarot cards recently and a flashback scene of her wearing a school uniform when she got those cards, and a letter from Victor. You might also remember when Drew was held prisoner on Cassadine island two years ago, there was one tarot card that activated his brainwashing, and another card that turned it off. Of course the “off switch” card was still in Jason’s pocket when he disappeared in the collapsing tunnel, so I’m not sure how Drew was ever deprogrammed. So Charlotte may have been brainwashed in much the same way, when Victor had her locked up in that boarding school. I’m thinking her deck of tarot cards probably has a card “missing” and that would be the one that breaks her programming, just as it was with Drew.

Oh, thank you for all the information I had totally forgotten as I bet others have about the cards with Drew and Jason, but recall it now. I also think you are exactly right about Charlotte and HER Tarot cards, and now I want to know where or who has that missing card.Why didn’t Val get a clue when she was spreading them out before him the other day?

I had covid fog was crazy put deisel gas I n my new car had to have it flushed your not always your self with covid crap .Man I was sick with it in late Summer 2020

I don’t believe he got fired because of long covid while GH brought back Emma Samms… I think the writers wanted to pair Roger and Maura so they fired MC. Too bad because Nava was hot while Ava and Austin aren’t great.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Will Ava Tie the Knot With Drew?

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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.

Ava and Drew

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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.

Brook Lynn

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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’

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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

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Stacy Keach and Cynthia Watros

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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