Since Ryan Paevey returned to General Hospital last year, his storyline has been centered around his 7-year disappearance and rejoining the police force. And for a character who came on the show solely to give Maxie a love interest, Paevey reveals how he truly feels about being in Port Charles without her.
Key Takeaways
- Paevey joined GH in 2014 as Maxie’s new love interest after Spinelli left Port Charles.
- The majority of Nathan’s story revolved around falling in love and marrying Maxie.
- Paevey dishes on what it’s been like playing Nathan without Maxie.
Nathan’s New Story
Nathan came back at the exact wrong time. When he returned, Maxie (Kirsten Storms) had just fallen into a coma after suffering a heart attack. However, for his family, like Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) and the recently resurrected Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), they might say he returned at the exact right time.
But Maxie was Nathan’s wife and Nathan’s world, so returning to Port Charles and finding out she wasn’t there was a hard adjustment for the PCPD detective. “Maxie’s gone, but James is in town, so I’m forging a relationship with my son, getting my job back, and all that basic stuff,” Paevey told Woman’s World about his character.
As for Maxie not being there, Paevey admitted, “For the most part, Nathan wasn’t really Nathan: Nathan was Naxie,” he explained, noting that Nathan was hardly seen outside of his relationship with Maxie during his first run on the show.
“To be untethered to that and get to navigate the full GH canvas, work with new people and characters, and do things I’ve not done before is interesting,” Paevey shared. In recent episodes, Nathan has interacted with James (Gary James Fuller), Brennan (Chris McKenna), Cody (Josh Kelly), but mostly, Lulu (Alexa Havins).
Of course, that all soon may change when Maxie wakes up from her coma and returns to Port Charles. Storms has already teased her comeback, so only time will tell if she’s about to reunite with Nathan or say yes to Spinelli’s (Bradford Anderson) upcoming proposal.
