We Love Soaps' visited with soap vet Ian Buchanan about his time as one of daytime's favorite characters, General Hospital's Duke Lavery.
We Love Soaps: Your three years on GENERAL HOSPITAL were quite intense in terms of your screen time and fan reaction. Duke and Anna were a fan phenomenon. What was it like for you, as someone who had moved so much, to suddenly be in the center of this storm?Ian Buchanan: I don’t think I fully understood it. Even now I don’t. I didn’t really enjoy the attention. I remember doing some of the appearances and it was so overwhelming. It was a little too much for where I was at in my own mind, in my own development. I was always very curious about people, looking at people, watching people, and then that starts. Then you’re only trying to get people not to look at you, that was my focus. It was exciting, it was wild. The workload was intense, but I loved it. Finola and I would get on a redeye on a Friday, go some place to do an appearance on a Saturday, and fly back.
Who could forget James being deflowered by fellow psychiatrist Dr. Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo) at Big Bear? Obviously Ridge (Ron Moss) has, since he sent not one, but both of his less-than-merry wives up to the cabin with the shrink this week. READ MORE
Despite last week’s shocking revelation that Rick (Kyle Lowder) was the one sending Forrester designs to Jackie M, he won’t be taking up the presidency at the Marone fashion house anytime soon. Rick confessed to the design theft, and Eric declared, “you are no Ridge Forrester!” Well, thank goodness for that - Ridge is a jackass. Eric (John McCook) then pushed everything off his desk in a huff and made a real mess – he was livid. However, he'll soon back down and try to wangle a way out of the agreement between Rick and Nick, all the while hiding the truth about Rick’s deception from the rest of his family. This leads to Nick and Eric making a deal.
A welcome end to Steffy and Rick’s borderline-incest romance looked to be on the cards, but Steffy is going to have a change of heart after speaking with Eric.
Brooke is shocked by Ridge’s accusation about the theft of Forrester designs. READ MORE
When thinking of some classic Sean and Tiffany moments for a "Best Of" Blog, how can we not start with their crazy, yet oh so classic Sean and Tiff Nuptials! For this longtime General Hospital fan, I'll never forget the day these two said "I Do."
