‘General Hospital’ Cast Changes: Comings, Goings And Baby News

With new writers running the show at GH, you have to expect cast shakeups – here are the latest ‘General Hospital’ spoilers on cast changes. Look for things to change in Port Charles starting soon!

Baby news

Two General Hospital actresses are pregnant which begs the question – will the pregnancies be written into the show? Nina Clay portrayer Michelle Stafford is expecting baby number two. Nina is recently married to Ric Lansing [Rick Hearst], but he’s busy shagging her mom Madeline Reeves [Donna Mills] and hasn’t consummated with Nina. That means it can’t be an evil Lansing offspring.

But since Nina and Franco [Roger Howarth] recently re-declared their love, he would be a great choice for a Nina baby daddy. Wouldn’t it be great to see those two nuts with a baby? Also pregnant is Sabrina Santiago actress Teresa Castillo. Sabrina is newly involved with Michael Quartermaine [Chad Duell] so it’s possible they could write in a new Q baby, but it’s awfully early in their relationship.

Also, Olivia Falconeri portrayer Lisa LoCicero is back on set with her new baby at her side. LoCicero is already shooting scenes after her summer-long maternity leave but it will be a few more weeks before we see her back on daily episodes. The only question is when Olivia will be caught out by Julian Jerome [William deVry] for her lie about their baby son dying.

Back on General Hospital

There have been rumors for months of a recast for a 20-something female for GH and now we know that it’s for the role of Kristina Corinthos-Davis. But rather than a recast, showrunners are bringing back the most recent actress, Lexi Ainsworth, to once again take on the role. Rumor has it that Kristina will be brattier than ever and cause all sorts of drama in Port Charles.

Hayden Barnes [Rebecca Budig] just woke up from her coma, which we all knew was coming, but what you may not have known is that producers have put Budig under contract and she’s in Port Charles for a while, no word yet on how long. Should be fun watching her spar with Nikolas Cassadine [Tyler Christopher] again.

Also due back in town, according to ‘General Hospital’ rumors, is Helena Cassadine [Constance Towers] who will have a short arc where we find out that Spencer Cassadine [Nicolas Bechtel] has been feeding his great-granny dirt on all the residents. Damien Spinelli [Bradford Anderson] is set to come back for the wedding of Sonny Corinthos [Maurice Benard] and Carly Corinthos [Laura Wright].

Leaving General Hospital

Laura Spencer [Genie Francis] is gone from Port Charles for the summer but will return soon. The storyline is that she’s gone to visit Lucky Spencer [Jonathan Jackson] because she’s frustrated with Liz Webber [Rebecca Herbst] and Nikolas Cassadine’s [Tyler Christopher] lies about Jake Doe [Billy Miller]. Look for Laura to be back in the Fall to stay for a few months and possibly longer.

There are also persistent rumors that more cast members are slated for death. Most recently, we lost Silas Clay [Michael Easton], but there are ‘General Hospital’ rumors swirling that the escalating mob violence in Port Charles will claim at least two more lives. On the list of likely deaths are TJ Ashford [Tequan Richmond] due to his new proximity to mobster Sonny, living in the Corinthos house.

Also on the possible list of victims are Ava Jerome/Denise DeMuccio [Maura West] if Sonny finds out who she is or because she’s behind the Jerome takeover of Corinthos property. Franco [Roger Howarth] has also been mentioned as a potential victim of the mob war – he’s been tight with Ava and knows all her secrets so Franco being close to her (or betraying her) could see him dead.

It’s exciting to have new faces back in town, but sad to see others go. And it will be most interesting to see what the new co-head writers Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman will do with the revised cast.

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