Ever since Ric returned to Port Charles to support Molly, General Hospital fans have waited on pins and needles for Rick Hearst and Maurice Benard to share some screen time. The actors felt very much the same. They were just as excited to dive into the brotherly drama.
Rick Hearst and Maurice Benard Together Again!
Recently, Hearst sat down with Soap Opera Digest to share his excitement for Ric and Sonny’s much-anticipated reunion. “We saw each other a few days prior [to getting the script for their first scenes together],” he shares. “And he goes, ‘You and I, we’d better work together.’ He said, ‘I’m gonna be very upset if that doesn’t happen.’ And I was like, ‘You and me both, brother. I really pray that that does happen.’ And lo and behold, they had obviously already written it, our very first scenes — and man, oh man, it was on!”
Was the wait worth it? ABSOLUTELY! “We did the first two scenes and they were like, ‘Wow, those were great,’ and Mo said, ‘That’s what happens when he and I do this, when we work together!” Hearst wasn’t the only one who felt that way. They got high praise from their boss, too. “Frank [Valentini, executive producer] was on set for the latter part of the scenes, and he had obviously been watching,” Hearst told the publication. “And Frank goes, ‘It was great! It was sloppy, but it’s because you two hate each other so deeply.’”
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For Rick, this was a full-circle moment for him and his character. “I get emotional about it because it’s such the juice that we all share as actors, that we thrive on and we wait for. And that’s what’s been so great about being back with all these guys.”
We can’t wait to see what other drama the brothers will have in the near future. Will Ric and Sonny ever find a way to get along? Will they scheme to take each other down! Make sure to tune in daily to watch the story unfold!
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