General Hospitalās Rick Hearst Is āThrilled And Intriguedā By Ric And Sonnyās Surprise Truce (Excl)
Sibling Revelry
The actor says that both he and Benard were delighted when, after a long drought of on-screen interaction, they received scripts heavy on Ric and Sonny scenes. āI was thrilled,ā Hearst begins. āWhenever we get an opportunity to work together, weāre both thrilled, honestly. I texted him when I saw that first script and I said, āBro, we get to work together! Iāll see you on Monday,ā or whatever day it was going to be. And he texted me back, very short and sweet. He just says, āI canāt wait.'ā
To hear Hearst tell it, the actors work together so well, their scenes work even when he struggles to remember his lines. āItās so funny, because if I look Iām searching [my brain for my dialogue] on camera, it still works! We just work through it. We had a moment where I said, āI went through thisā ā and I was supposed to say āthrough this life-altering experience,ā but there was a distinct pause, because I could not remember what i was supposed to say! So I searched for it, and he just stayed with me. We stay with each other during those times when something like that happens. He goes, āWhat?ā And I went, āA life-altering experience!ā It just came back to me and we went on with the scene from there. Itās stuff like that where we trust each other, and they donāt call āCut!ā and we just stay in the moment with one another, and nine times out of 10, youāre going to get something very interesting, very organic, that springboards you into something else in a scene. Thatās the beauty that I have working with him, that we very much trust each other, implicitly, and weāre on the ride together.ā
Needless to say, Hearst is both āthrilled and intriguedā by the efforts Ric is making to turn over a new, more peaceful leaf with Sonny. āIf thereās any opportunity for the development of this character to go into a new chapter, and have that chapter involve his history with Sonny, Iām all-in,ā he declares.
One idea Hearst thinks is rife with potential is for conflict to erupt between Jason and Ric over their respective pulls to Sonny. Recently, he says, he and Burton were watching an old scene where Ric lured Jason to a garage to goad him into physically attacking him so that Ric could have Jason tossed in jail. āThese characters were very much in each otherās orbits and there was such genuine animosity between them,ā the actor notes. āThey two of them vying for Sonnyāsā attention, or to a certain extent, his trust, I think would be beautiful!ā
The actor believes his character has always been somewhat envious of the closeness between Jason and Sonny. āUltimately, I think Ric always would have loved to have been involved with Sonnyās business and been the buffer and been the trooper so that he could just kind of push Jason out of there,ā he muses. āSo that there would be that genuine connection there between the two of us, between Sonny and Ric.ā
Hearst is confident that Ric sincerely wants to forge a lasting bond with his half brother. āThere was a line that I had where Sonny says, āI wish that I could trust you and that we would not have to be at odds with one another,ā and I say, āItās what Mom [the men were born to the late Adela Corinthos] would have wanted,'ā he recounts. āFrom a character standpoint, it was something that hit me so at my coreā¦ I think thatās always been an Achilles heel for for Ric. Sonny is the only living connection that he has with his mother, their mother, and I think thatās sort of the missing piece for him at this point. I think he feels like he could potentially get his life integrated, if nothing else, were he be able to at least be in the same room as Sonny and not look to, you know, seek his destruction!ā
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