‘General Hospital’ Icon Emma Samms Talks Latest Return to the Show Amid Her Battle With Long COVID (EXCLUSIVE)

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Rosemary Rossi Whenever “General Hospital” fan-favorite Emma Samms reappears in the Port Charles macrocosm as Holly Sutton — as she is once again doing this week — loyal viewers are eager to learn one thing: Is she going to be a good girl or a bad girl this time around?

Characterizing it herself, Samms tells Variety most assuredly, “Both.” “It’s the perfect part in that regard,” she says. “It’s so fun, and really interesting.

It’s that depth, all those different colors that Holly has to her character.” In possibly a tiny hint of an answer to the question, Samms adds that she is working with “a brilliant, strong, powerful, interesting villain now” and there’s “going to be some interesting twists with Holly coming back to town.” Representatives for the long-running ABC show — led by executive producer Frank Valentini — are remaining characteristically tight-lipped about Holly’s latest return, only throwing out the crumb that she will be working with Jonathan Jackson, who is back as Lucky Spencer after exiting in 2015.

Despite their longevity on the show — Samms joined the ensemble in 1982, Jackson was cast in 1993, and they’ve both been on and off since — they have never worked together until now. “It’s such a gift that Frank has given me, working with Jonathan, who is, obviously, a very, very good actor,” Samms says. “That’s undisputed — but he’s also really nice.