Warning: This story contains spoilers General Hospital.
General Hospital's Evan Hoover Ready to ease into his final scenes as Dex Heller before his character Shocking death.
“This last shot makes Dex look so dead,” Hoover, 27, shared exclusively Us Weekly When we relive the Friday, December 13th episode of General Hospital. “It was really cool that I got to work with him Jeff CooperWho plays Cyrus Renault on the show. He's this serial killer and kind of monster with a personality. But Jeff is a great guy and a great actor. For those final scenes, I knew I really wanted to build excitement.
In Hoover's view, participating in “sudden death” with Cooper was not merely an honor.
“I was like, 'I prepared so hard for you because I knew you were going to be here and I was going to show up for you,'” Hoover said before summing up his character's fate. “It's kind of the way Deeks would bring Cyrus to the hospital when he was working for Sony. So that's kind of a twist of fate that it's a TV series.”
Hoover first appeared in General Hospital in 2022 and was part of over 200 episodes before his character's shocking death.
Throughout his experience working on set, Hoover was able to draw inspiration from soap opera legends including… Maurice Benard, Cynthia Watros, Chad Doyle, Josh Swickard and Michael Easton.
“For me, it was top to bottom, just a fun acting opportunity,” Hoover said. we. “It was always, 'Wow.' What a great story to tell. This was always the story and it was going to be told, and I was just trying to do it the best I could and really enjoy those amazing scenes, the final scenes, with all these people that I love.” .
While fans of the TV series witnessed some of their favorite actors coming back to life after horrific deaths, Hoover did not share any details about what will happen.
Instead, he's simply glad he had the opportunity to develop and build the character over the course of two years.
Evan Hoover.
ABC“Since my first day in General Hospital“I was grateful for every day,” Hoover said. “When I left, this house had been my second home for the past two and a half years, and I couldn't love it or the people anymore. But it was time for the next adventure.”
Hoover said he has some “really fun things in the works” that he hopes to share in 2025.
“I hope to continue to do really cool projects that I really enjoy and that really challenge me as an actor General Hospital He said over the past two and a half years. “Stay tuned.”
General Hospital It airs weekdays on ABC.
