General Hospital spoilers say that actor Van Hansis has opened up about his new life in Port Charles.
General Hospital Spoilers: Van Hansis Opens Up About His New Life In Port Charles
As many fans already know, the actor is now playing Lucas and unfortunately was there to see his sister Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) take her last breath on the show.
Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a new interview, Van puts it this way, “As an actor, you have certain types [of characters] that you go out for a lot; you kind of have your niche. For me, I’ve auditioned for doctors, but I would say that a doctor or a lawyer or whatever is maybe not the obvious choice for me. So, being cast as one, I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is going to stretch my muscles.’”
Van also said that before he took on the role General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini grilled him on his knowledge of the medical world.
He said, “One of the things Frank asked me was, ‘So, how are you medically?’ And I thought he meant, like, [how was my health]!”
“Thank God I didn’t say this, but I was almost like, ‘Well, I tore my meniscus a couple of years ago, but besides that, I feel good [laughs].’ But then I realized he meant, like, ‘How are you with medical jargon?’ And he explained, ‘[I’m asking] because you’d be a doctor.’”
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That said, Van added that his first script was full of medical terms that he didn’t otherwise use in the real world.
“There are certain actors who go out for doctors all the time and by the nature of that being in their wheelhouse, they can do that type of dialogue,” he said.
“For me, when that day came along, I was looking up [the terminology] — I literally had a spreadsheet of all the terms that I needed to say and what they all meant. And I enjoy it because it’s such a learning experience.”
“There was a film I did where I worked for NASA, and this is kind of the same thing — in order to know what you’re talking about, you’ve got to know what you’re talking about! And to look up all of this stuff was really cool.”
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