He’s back and from what we can tell already, he’s better than ever before. As The World Turns alum Van Hansis has opened up about taking over as the new Lucas on the hit ABC soap General Hospital. Here’s what he has to say.
General Hospital News: Van Hansis Opens Up His New Life In Port Charles
Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a new interview, Van says that he felt absolutely flattered when he first heard the news that he was offered the role.
The handsome acto said, “It has been such a long time since I was on daytime, so to be remembered and for people to be excited that I’m joining this show and playing this role and everything, it’s nothing but incredibly, incredibly flattering. It feels kind of full-circle in a really nice way.”
“It’s a lot better than if people were like, ‘Oh, him? He’scoming back?’ It’s always good to have people be excited to see your work; I’m excited that people are excited to see me back because I’m so excited to back!”
General Hospital News: What’s Next For Lucas In Port Charles?
But that doesn’t mean that he got the job right away. In fact, he had to wait for that all important call just like other actors who have passed the audition part of the test.
Van explains, “A couple of weeks went by and I hadn’t heard anything, so I emailed my agent and I was like, ‘So I guess they went in a different direction?’ And she said, ‘No, they’re very much interested in you.’ ” Soon enough, Hansis says, “I had a Zoom call with Frank [Valentini, executive producer] and Mark [Teschner, casting director] and they kind of told me who the character was.’”
“I had looked up General Hospital characters and I was kind of like, ‘Okay, this Lucas guy seems like it would be the right fit for me,’ ” he grins. “I was like, ‘I bet it’s him!’ ”
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