‘General Hospital’ Interview: Rebecca Herbst Talks Liz’s Behavior, Jason, Fans Angry Reaction – ‘I Did a Great Job’

“General Hospital” fans have been pretty vocal in their opinions about Elizabeth Webber [Rebecca Herbst] the past couple months. The talented actress has had her share of negativity to weather after Liz hid the truth about Jason Morgan’s [Billy Miller] real identity.

Rebecca Herbst explained to Soap Opera Digest it was difficult for her to portray Liz in this way—she seemed to change overnight in an attempt to keep her man from learning the truth. Her fear was not unfounded. Sam [Kelly Monaco] and Jason shared a life together, and that life [or even the idea] of that life could be enough for Liz to lose Jason.

Rebecca remembered feeling outraged about the complete change in Liz when the writers gave her a ‘new Elizabeth’ to portray. Rebecca noted, “I first said, wait a minute! This is not right. Elizabeth would not do this.”

Elizabeth’s script was flipped and the writing was so out of character. Rebecca explained she decided to embrace the personality changes and make it as believable as possible. She explained she made a list rationalizing why it was okay for Liz to keep this secret. After all, Liz had to believe she was doing the correct thing by keeping Jason’s identity a secret. After a while, Rebecca convinced herself it was the right thing to do, which came through in Liz’s on-screen performance. Rebecca stated that she appreciated her fans [and haters] comments about her performance as Liz Webber. She is open to hearing both negative and positive comments—as when people start talking about your character, it means she was doing her job well.

Herbst explained she had spent two weeks defending herself against angry fans after the truth came out on “General Hospital.” She noticed that fans were emotionally connected to the storyline, and their reaction meant that her portrayal of Elizabeth was spot on.

Soap Opera Spy followers, do you think Liz Webber can be redeemed? Do you think Liz and Jason have a chance to reconcile?

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