Non-MX Interviews: Michael Easton (8/12 Access Hollywood)
Excerpt from Access Hollywood 8/7/12: Michael Easton
General Hospital Stars Talk Jason, Sam, John Love Triangle
First Published: August 7, 2012 11:39 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kelly Monaco is about to heat up the screen on primetime as she makes her return to “Dancing with the Stars,” but it appears her daytime life will be filled with plenty of drama too as the Jason-Sam-John love triangle continues to take shape on “General Hospital.” “It’s one of those embarrassment of riches things because Steve Burton and Kelly Monaco have chemistry and Kelly and Michael Easton have great chemistry,” “GH” executive producer Frank Valentini recently told AccessHollywood.com at an ABC party at the Television Critics Association summer tour.
After a bit of a cool down in the Sam-John chemistry of late, things heated up on Monday for the pair as Kelly’s Sam consoled Michael’s character, John, after his wife, Natalie left him. Although there’s been just a kiss for the two characters, so far, even Michael said he’s aware the little gestures between Sam and John has been heating up the summer soap screen. “Kelly and I were talking about it. It’s a strange storyline for daytime, it’s almost moving at like a Merchant-Ivory film pace, where small gestures are very important,” Michael told Access at TCAs. “When you don’t have a lot and you can’t just start making out or going to bed, it becomes about small gestures, it’s sort of like ‘Remains of the Day,’ or ‘Age of Innocence,’ where a touch means something.”
Michael said he’s felt the chemistry with Kelly when their two characters meet on screen. “One thing about working with Kelly, you have that very sort of hyperactive sense of, if she touches you, you feel it. Whereas maybe [with] another actor, if they were maybe to do the same thing, brush against [you], it’d either feel contrived or you might disregard it, but I think every time I feel a closeness with her, it registers in some way,” he said.
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