'General Hospital' Recasts Lucas Jones - Here's When Van Hansis Replaces Ryan Carnes in Iconic Role
justjared.comGeneral Hospital is bringing back an iconic character, but he’s being played by a new actor. On October 4, Lucas Jones will return to Port Charles for the first time since a two-episode arc back in January.
Earlier this year, Ryan Carnes reprised the role for the first time since 2020. However, when Lucas returns, he’ll be played by Van Hansis. Keep reading to find out more… Soap opera fans will recognize Van from As the World Turns where he played Luke Snyder between 2005 and 2010.
In fact, the new casting reunited him with a former As the World Turns costar – Maura West. “I guess I have a type, huh?” Van told TV Insider about the similarity between his two characters’ names. “There are times when I want to call myself Luke, but then I know that there’s Luke [Anthony Geary] and Laura [Genie Francis], and Luke is one of the biggest soap characters in the world.
So, I know I’m not that Luke, but there are weird little similarities between Luke Snyder and Lucas. When I got the part, I was looking up who the character was and they both have the same dad stuff going on with their birth father being kind of a dirtbag because Luke had Damian [Paolo Seganti] and Lucas has Julian [William deVry] and then adopted fathers, so there are parallels.” Van noted that his soap opera return was “a little bit like riding a bicycle.” However, he added that General Hospital moves at a different pace, often filming three to four episodes at a time.
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