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Santiago Felipe/Getty Imagesgeneral hospital is taking advantage of the veterinary soap opera Van Hansis to bring Lucas back to Port Charles.
“It's a bit like riding a bicycle. Once you do it, you're like, 'Oh yeah, I know how to do this and I know how it works.' But there is definitely a difference,” Hansis said in an interview with Television Insider published on Friday, September 27. “This is the first soap opera I've done since As the World Turns and it moves incredibly fast.”
Hansis, 43, played a different Lucas, Luke Synder, in While the world turns from 2005 to 2010, where she earned three Daytime Emmy nominations. After a decade-long hiatus from the soap world, Hansis will make his general hospital He will debut as Lucas Jones on October 4.
“Guess I have a type, huh?” He joked, pointing out the similarities in the characters' names. “There are times when I want to be called Luke, but then I know there is Luke.” [Anthony Geary] and laura [Genie Francis]and Luke is one of the biggest soap opera characters in the world. “So, I know I’m not that Luke, but there are weird little similarities between Luke Snyder and Lucas.”
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Lucas was last played by Ryan Carnes Who played the character? G.H. intermittently from 2004 to 2024. Carnes' last appearance on the ABC soap opera was in January when they honored Bobbie Spencer (played by Jacklyn Zeman). The actress died in May 2023 at the age of 70.
“I would always dream of being back While the world turnslike how people dream of going back to college or whatever. If mine were not for The world turnsI would have recurring dreams about being in a soap opera,” he reflected. “So being in general hospital, I guess it's literally a dream come true. But there were so many things I got from being in The world turns. It was my first job. There was so much going on, especially with the character, and I think I was so young that I didn't understand it and didn't really appreciate it.”
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Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesHansis added that he has been welcomed by the general hospital The “incredible family atmosphere” of the cast and crew.
“From what I've seen, everyone really encourages each other in a nice way because the day has its own challenges to the extent that they have to work very, very quickly,” he told the outlet. “Everyone has been a great help. I've had scenes with a lot of different people because Lucas was born on the show, so he knows a lot of people in town. I did as much research as I could, but sometimes I would just ask the actor I was working with, 'How do I know you? Do we like each other? Am I happy you're back with so-and-so? And everyone was very helpful in telling the backstory.”
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One person Hansis was particularly excited to see on set was Maura Westwho played Carly Tenney in While the world turns but now she plays Ava Jerome in general hospital.
“I was leaving a costume fitting. [and] she was grabbing her wardrobe for the day. “This was the day we had scenes together and she just looked at me and it was like she saw a ghost,” he recalled. “She was like, 'Are you guys going?' And she gave me a big hug and then said, 'Wait, are you Lucas?' And I said, 'Yes,' and she screamed so loud that the security guard came down to see because he thought someone was getting hurt or something.”