Soap Opera Digest – August 05, 2019

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Q

I love the twist of Mac and Robert
working together in law enforce-
ment. What do you think of it?
Nancy L.
A To me, putting the Scorpio brothers as
the head of law enforcement is a no-brainer.
That should’ve happened a long while ago.
The fact that it’s happening now, okay, fine.
I think the fans are going to like it. There’s
something going on with this Shiloh character,
and there’s a kind of a weird, uneasy friend-
ship between Robert and Sonny. Again, this is
a good idea that should have been done seven
or eight years ago. I don’t know where that’s
going to go, but Maurice [Benard, Sonny] and
I both see the possibilities of that relationship.

SOAP OPERA DIGEST

Q

Tristan, it puts a smile on my

face to have you back in Port

Charles. I actually cried when

you left in 1992. Looking back, do

you regret leaving GH then?

Julie I.

A I kind of had to get away from it. I was

about to become a parent. I was very unhappy

being on the show at that time. I didn’t like the

direction it was going. I had a real yearning to

do something else. I started to research a proj-

ect about motor racing because there wasn’t

a similar project out there at all. I couldn’t

do that while I was on the show. I said, “I’m

going.” Nobody believed it! I left and went off

and started to develop FAST TRACK, which

was the name of the show. The downside of it

was that we had to do it in Canada. That just

wasn’t part of my plan. I had it all set to do it

in Charlotte. I had all kinds of doors opened. I

even had it financed. Unfortunately, Showtime

had production facilities in Canada and that’s

where they wanted to do it. But I don’t regret

leaving at the time. I mean, I passed up a lot of

money. A lot of people had said to me, “If you

stayed on the show, it never would’ve gone in

the direction that it went.” I don’t know about

that, but I think if I had stayed, it certainly

would’ve had an impact on how the show

evolved.

Q

I have rooted for Robert

and Anna since the day she

tied him up on Valentine’s

Day. Do you think he has any lin-

gering feelings for her?

Lara R.

A Well, the

term “linger-

ing feelings”

can be inter-

preted in many

ways. They’re

older together

and they’ve

evolved

together. I

think one of

the best scenes

they ever did

wasn’t on

GENERAL

HOSPITAL;

it was on

NIGHT

SHIFT. Anna turns to Robert and says,

“At the end of the day, when we can’t do

this anymore and we haven’t met some-

body else, how about margaritas on the

beach?” And Robert says, “Yeah. I’d be in

for that.” That basically said it all.

Law And Order: Rogers is thrilled that Robert
and Mac (John J. York, l.) are back in action
at the PCPD. Also pictured: Steve Burton as
Jason.

XJ JOHNSON/JPI

SHIFT In

Circumstance: Rogers

with Finola Hughes as

Anna on GH: NIGHT

SHIFT in 2008.

RON TOM/SOAPNET