General Hospital fans, we have some absolutely shocking casting news for you Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) and Serena Baldwin and two more exits, plus some other ins and outs.
General Hospital: Serena Baldwin Recast – Kelly Krueger steps in
So we’ll get to the big Kirsten Storms stuff in a moment. But first, let’s talk recast. There’s a new Serena Baldwin coming to the ABC soap opera. In case you’ve forgotten, she was last played by Carly Schroeder, who was in the role from 1997 to 2003, but she’s not coming back as Serena. The reason is quite interesting. Back in 2019, Carly Schrader joined the Army and she’s pretty badass. She is an officer and five years ago she also got her airborne wings.
It’s paratrooper training by the way and post videos of her out there shooting machine guns and all that army stuff. So when Carly served her country, they needed a new Serena, and they signed up another beautiful soap vet to play her. General Hospital cast soap veteran Kelly Krueger for the role. She was on Young and restless from 2002 to 2019, off and on as McKenzie Browning.
She has also made Christmas films, as so many soap stars do. Kelly also did a dozen episodes on Bold and the beautiful like a character named Eva. That role was fun for Kelly because she got to work with her now ex-husband, then-husband, soap actor Darren Brooks, who has just returned to Bold and the beautiful seam Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks).
General Hospital: Serena Baldwin’s connections
So if you don’t remember Serena Baldwin, let’s talk about her because she has on-screen ties that are interesting. Lucy Coe (Lynn Herring) was her surrogate mother and Scott Baldwin (Kin Shriner) is her biological father. Dominique Stanton was Serena’s biological mother and Dominique was dying at the time and she wanted to leave her husband Scotty a child.
So, Lucy acted as her surrogate, and after Dominique died, we’ve seen Lucy play a maternal role in Serena’s life ever since. And of course Lucy was also on again, off again with Scotty. And with Serena coming back, it would be great if Scotty returned as well. I love me a Kin Shriner. But in the meantime, her pseudo-mother, Lucy, is still very active in Port Charles. And more importantly, there’s a half-brother that Serena doesn’t know and hasn’t met, Cody Bell (Josh Kelly). They share the same mother, Dominique, but his biological father is, of course, Mac Scorpio (John J York).
We know that Cody is a few years older than Serena and their mother gave Cody up for adoption to protect him. And it was only a few years ago that he came to town and found out that Mac was his father and they formed a relationship. So it would be quite interesting to see Serena get to know Cody. So Kelly Krueger began filming scenes as Serena on Monday, June 8. She will make her screen debut during July. Actress Kelly Krueger said she is honored and excited to play the role of Serena.
General Hospital: Kirsten Storms steps down from Maxie Jones role
Okay, now let’s talk about Kirsten Storms. She’s only had 10 episodes as Maxie Jones this year and we’re nearing the halfway point of the year. We last saw Kirsten Storms on March 13. Maxie’s absence has been glaring, especially with Nathan West’s (Ryan Paevey) evil twin back. And we leaked here before it was confirmed that Kirsten was taking a break as Maxie.
It was because of a brain aneurysm and her move to Nashville because her ex-husband Brandon Barash, who also used to be on General Hospital as Johnny DiMera, moved there with their daughter Harper. And it also brought Kirsten closer to her best friend Emmy Ryland, who lives in St.
General Hospital: Kirsten’s Real Life Challenges
Now Kirsten’s doctor fortunately decided to persevere. He said they could wait and see how her brain aneurysm approaches, but she’s still had soap opera-level drama in her real life while taking a break from playing Maxie. We know that Kirsten reported that her apartment had been broken into and as a result her phone was hacked. She showed some security footage of someone at her door in the wee hours of the morning that was weird.
And then, of course, the blindside news came about Brandon Barash took out a restraining order to limit her access to their daughter. Kirsten has previously been open about her mental health journey when she spoke to Maurice Benard on his State of Mind podcast about her struggles with bipolar one, and now she’s clarifying her status as Maxie Jones on General Hospital.
Kirsten Storms said: “As for what is in my future where General Hospital is worried,” she said, “given what’s been going on, I can’t say I’d feel comfortable going back to Los Angeles and going back to work. This has been an eye-opening experience about the back side of my profession. My daughter is my whole life. She is and always will be my first priority.”
So there you have it. It seems pretty clear that she’s walking away from playing Maxie. So we may end up getting a recast at some point if Kirsten Storms doesn’t change her mind about staying away from LA. And of course the story calls for Maxie’s return. So they’ve had an actress fill her in before. Maybe they do right now. It’s a shame. She is an amazing actress. She was great too Days of our lives seam Belle Black. And I loved Kirsten further Dirty soap back today. But prioritizing your own health and your child’s seems like good choices she’s making for herself right now. So let’s hope all goes well for her.
General Hospital: Other Exits and Casting Updates
Now let’s talk about other exits in this General Hospital ins and outs update. First, in case you missed it, Marc Forget has left as Pascal Leveque. And it looks like Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi) may have its final air date this Friday, June 12. Actress Kate Mansi said she had to be sure to watch that day to learn about Kristina’s future. And then on the latest episode of GH, she told Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) that she was to leave Port Charles in a few days. But Kristina still has to tell her parents, Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn) and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard). But Kristina has both of those conversations this week. We know that from General Hospital spoilers. So I think Friday may be her last day. However, it is not completely confirmed yet.
We have that too Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) is shooting again and she should be on screen very soon because she’s been back for a couple of weeks. And Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) came back on Monday June 1st for the shoot. So his first air date would also fall during the July sweeps. However, our leaker said we may not see Jason in Port Charles for a while, although he will be back to General Hospital. There is talk that Burton’s first few weeks might just be Jason in Indonesia, where WSB sent him.
A bit like when we got Drew Cain Quartermaine (Cameron Mathison) when he was recast. If you remember when he debuted, he was held and tortured by Victor Cassadine (Charles Shaughnessy) and Peter August (Wes Ramsey). I think they were on a ship and saw maybe later in a campbut I know they were on a ship. Anyway, we’ve also got a new hunk coming to the Port Charles scene. Australian actor Dean Geyer debuts in July as Tristan Roberts, a character named in honor of Robert Scorpio actor Tristan Rogers. The latest talk I’ve heard is that he might be playing doctor.
We also got a new one Scout Cain is coming. They’re doing a recast and they’re aging Drew’s daughter, making her a teenager. Kayden Tokarski takes over from Cosette Abinante. Scouts were born to Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) and Drew in 2017, making her nine. The last actress was 12, so they aged her up a bit. And now they are rapidly aging her by another seven years. She will be 16 when the new actress steps into the role.
