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General Hospital Comings and Goings: Explosive New Visitors and A HUGE Cast Change!

By Janet Di Lauro
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Who’s coming and who’s going from General Hospital (GH)?

Are any favorite performers from yesteryear returning to the daytime drama, this week, or in the near future? Have any new actors or actresses been cast on the show in contract, recurring or day player roles?

Are any well remembered or beloved stars from other soaps, past or present, about to join the General Hospital fold in surprise new parts?

Here’s the latest casting news from the ABC soap.

The week of July 2, 2018

Michael Leone is out as Elizabeth’s (Rebecca Herbst) eldest son Cameron, a role he’d played for over five years. The young actor debuted on the soap back in February 2013. Taking over the part is daytime newcomer Cade McWatt.

Patrick J. Gibbons is slated to make an appearance as Wyatt. He played Sam Manning on One Life to Live from 2010-2012 and in the show’s online reboot in 2013.

Patrick Cox is playing Rupert Watson, the big burly orderly at Ferncliff who Sonny (Maurice) bribed to look out for Carly (Laura Wright).

Cassandra James is playing Terry. The character is Elizabeth’ childhood pal from Colorado.

General Hospital (GH) airs weekdays on ABC. Check your local listings for air times.

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Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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