The writers from GH promise that Howarth “will bare his face and perhaps more when he returns this May.” Journalist Michael Fairman shared a quote from the interview on his website Michael Fairman TV. The General Hospital writers tease that his return will be “memorable.” The new issue of Soap Opera Digest includes an interview about Howarth’s return. While ABC hasn’t commented, it is likely that Roger Howarth will return in May, during sweeps. The sweeps periods are when soaps bring out the big guns with shocking storylines and character returns. November, February, May and July are monumental months for television ratings. Of course, the powers that be are keeping their plans for Roger under wraps. He is on hiatus for a short time, but then he will return. General Hospital spoilers confirm Roger Howarth will not be leaving the sudser permanently. General Hospital Writers Tease Racy Return: Roger Howarth Will ‘Bare All’ Roger Howarth Not Done on GH But Franco Could Be. There’s also a chance that Franco is somehow alive.įans won’t have to wait too much longer to find out who Howarth will be playing. Other speculation includes Howarth as a Drew recast. The new court victory by ABC has fans wondering if Roger Howarth could bring Todd Manning back to General Hospital. Easton as Finn and Howarth eventually as Franco. Howarth & Easton left General Hospital only to return shortly in new roles. However, Prospect Park sued and was awarded all rights to the characters. Roger Howarth’s Todd Manning and Michael Easton’s John McBain among them. ABC recently won a court case against Prospect Park over the rights to All My Children & One Life to Live characters.Īfter OLTL was canceled by the network in 2011, several actors brought their characters to General Hospital. There has been a lot of speculation online about his return to Port Charles. The mystery surrounding Roger Howarth’s return has soap fans talking. Is He Returning As One Life to Life Character Todd Manning? However, he kept the identity of his new character under wraps. In fact, he would be returning after a short break. During the interview, Howarth assured fans that his exit from the soap was only temporary. Soap Opera Digest published an interview with the actor the same day Franco’s death scene aired.

The network made an unusual choice to let Howarth speak to the press immediately about his exit from the show. General Hospital fans were shocked in early March when a confrontation between Franco Baldwin (Howarth) and Peter August (Wes Ramsey) turned deadly. What can fans expect? Roger Howarth Exits General Hospital…Kind Of But the writers are promising fans that they won’t soon forget Roger Howarth’s return to the screen.

The sudser is keeping a tight lid on how they will bring the actor back. His corpse was barely cold before the soap confirmed that Howarth was still on contract. There were hundreds of guys that would have taken it up just like that.It’s been almost two months since Roger Howarth’s character, Franco Baldwin, was killed on General Hospital. Trevor added about his time as Llanview’s Todd Manning/Victor Lord Jr: “I was always appreciative, and always felt fortunate that I had that gig. I still keep in touch with Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr, OLTL).” John wouldn’t address that directly, he did share, “I really appreciated what I gained, which is some friends that I have today: Michael Easton (ex-John, OLTL, now Finn, GH), Dan Gauthier (ex-Kevin, OLTL), Kamar de Los Reyes (ex-Antonio, OLTL). When Benard asked how his run ended on One Life to Live, while St. So, I always feel I’m monosyllabic, and ineloquent, can’t formulate my thoughts.” However, Trevor certainly got over this hurdle and opened up to Maurice about a myriad of subjects. I’m sure you can understand that the command you give yourself to be, ‘interesting …I’m being interviewed, be interesting’, and so what happens is my mind rejects any direct command I give it. I kind of avoid it, because of this fear. Normally, I avoid these things, even print. John revealed, “To be honest with you, I’m really frightened. Right off the bat, Trevor addressed his discomfort with most interview formats, and sitting down with Benard for this one. John chatted about the art of acting with Benard, but there was also so much more. John agreed to appear as a guest on Maurice Benard’s mental health series, State of Mind.ĭuring his visit, of course, St. So, what a fantastic surprise it was to see that St. John (Tucker, Y&R ex-Todd/Victor Jr.) sits down for an interview.

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