General Hospital News: Nicholas Chavez Opens Up About The Difficulty Of Being A Recast

General Hospital star Nicholas Chavez, who is best known for his role as Spencer Cassadine on the hit ABC soap, recently opened up about the difficulty of being a recast. He took over the role from actor Nicolas Bechtal and says that at first, some General Hospital fans were not onboard with the idea. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.

General Hospital News: Nicholas Chavez Opens Up About The Difficulty Of Being A Recast

Speaking to People in a new interview, Chavez says that taking over the role wasn’t easy at all. He said, “Some of the fans didn’t like me at first because I’m a recast. There was an actor [Nicolas Bechtel] who played my character before me. You know I was a bit green at first. I think people were seeing that. So online, people would be like, ‘I like the old actor who played Spencer better.’ I’ve seen him work and he’s a great actor. Very, very charismatic.”

Chavez added, “Some of the comments were sorta getting to me. [My costars] were like, ‘Dude, just give it some time, give it some time let them get used to you,’ you know, ‘Don’t think too hard about it.’”

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The young actor also opened up about his win for Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series earlier this year at the Daytime Emmys. He said, “Twelve months before I received that award, I was selling cars down in Florida so it was a paradigm shift of epic proportions. It was very, very surreal to stand up on that stage and be recognized for the thing that I’m more passionate about than anything else in life.”

That said, Nicholas admits that the General Hospital fans have opened up and “are great now. Now, it’s like fun to go online. It’s like rave reviews every time.”

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