GH Spoilers: Emma Samms Had No Clue She Was Competing With Demi Moore & Janine Turner For Luke Back In The Day

General Hospital (GH) spoilers reveal that fans got their first glimpse of Holly Sutton (Emma Samms) this year in the Wednesday, September 4 episode. Samms talked to Variety about her decades-long affiliation with the show and we have all the juicy, inside details for you here!

General Hospital Spoilers – Emma Samms Returns As Holly Sutton

Samms came to the Port Charles-based soap in 1982. Afterward she snagged the prime-time soaps Dynasty and The Colbys. Over the years she has returned to the ABC sudser in 2006, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

What can fans expect from Holly this time around? Samms teases that there will be interesting twists play out and notes that her character is both a bad and a good girl this time out.

She said “It’s so fun, and really interesting. It’s that depth, all those different colors that Holly has to her character.”

GH spoilers – Holly Sutton Is A Complex Character

Samm’s appearance coincide with the return of five-time Daytime Emmy winner Jonathan Jackson, and his legacy character Lucky Spencer. The two characters were stunned to meet in a dingy poker room on Wednesday’s episode.

Jackson debuted on the show in 1993. Samms noted that working with the highly recognized Jackson is a “gift.”

“It’s such a gift that Frank (Valentini) has given me, working with Jonathan, who is, obviously, a very, very good actor. That’s undisputed — but he’s also really nice. And we have a very similar way of approaching the work, and we realized that that is because we were both trained by Tony Geary.”

General Hospital Spoilers – Tony Geary Trained Fellow Actors

Geary played Holly’s love interest, Luke Spencer, after Laura Spencer (Genie Francis) disappeared.

She said “I didn’t realize when I started that I was the third attempt to find somebody for a new romantic relationship for Luke. They had tried really amazing people, like Janine Turner and Demi Moore. So I was sort of the last-ditch attempt in that regard.”

Samms and Jackson’s return to General Hospital coincides with several recent cast changes.

On Friday, Aug. 30 Adam J. Harrington exited the show as Special Agent Cates, and in June Michael Easton left his role as Hamilton Finn. In August fans saw Bryan Craig as Morgan Corinthos.

GH Spoilers – Emma Samms Returns to Port Charles

Samms experiences long COVID after her initial illness in March 2020. Her symptoms include fatigue, breathlessness, blood pressure changes, and tinnitus.

Samms told PEOPLE in October 2022: “It’s an ongoing mass disabling event, and it’s been frightening to witness. For me, it’s been a battle of the wills to accomplish anything.”

GH Spoilers: What Happens Next in Port Charles, New York?

But Samms is choosing to focus on the positive side of life: “I love where I live, I have a fantastic husband, my kids are grown and lovely. Even with long COVID, life is very good.”

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