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General Hospital Comings and Goings: Surprise Exit, Possible Return

There’s a surprise exit and a possible surprise return on General Hospital.

By Janet Di Lauro
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A popular actor and character has bid adieu to General Hospital…for now, while rumors of a former character’s return have surfaced. Here’s the latest comings and goings casting news from the ABC soap. Find out all the details about the star from yesteryear that might be resurfacing, if any newcomers are joining the soap in contract, recurring, or day-player roles, and who’s exiting the show. 

The Week of May 12, 2025

In a surprise move, Parry Shen has wrapped up his latest stint as Brad Cooper. The lab technician quit his job and left Port Charles after exposing Portia’s (Brooke Kerr) latest crime to Drew (Cameron Mathison) and receiving a huge payoff. Shen, who’s recurred on the soap since 2013, resurfaced in August of 2024. The door remains open for the actor’s return at a later date.

After Chris McKenna, who plays Jack, posted a behind-the-scenes photo with his former One Life to Live co-star Jessica Tuck — the pair played siblings Joey and Megan on the defunct soap — rumors have begun surfacing that Tuck might be returning to GH. The actress played Cassandra Pierce, a drug trafficker with ties to Valentin (James Patrick  Stuart), from 2017 to 2019. When last seen, Cassandra was kidnapped by a mysterious man wearing a ring with the Cassadine family crest.
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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