Tristan RogersMr Rogers is back in the neighbourhood
TRISTAN ROGERS' return to General Hospital on January 27 as Robert Scorpio fulfills a prediction made by dedicated viewers for nearly 20 years.
"I know," he said. "I've been hearing for a long time that I'll be back on the show. And I guess, somewhere inside myself, I felt the same way. There was never a complete break."
Rogers says he had wondered how he'd feel when his return became
official.
And?
"I felt very excited. I was glad to be back, and I was very happy with what they wanted me to do."
The fans are also pleased that Emma Samms is returning as Holly Sutton Scorpio, whose first air date is Febuary 20, when she goes to Port Charles, which is being ravaged by an epidemic, and meets Scorpio.
(Note: By the time you read this, the return of Finola Hughes as Anna Devane Scorpio, the mother of their daughter, Robin Kimberly McCullough should be confirmed.)
"There's going to be a lot of emotion with Robert and the people he left," Rogers says. "Especially his daughter, Robin. Seeing her again is a dream he's had for a long time, and now it's come true. But she has a lot of anger that has to come out. She's been hurt. She'll want to know how I could have gone off without her and pretend to be dead all this time. There'll be a lot of 'Daddy, where were you when I needed you?' 'Daddy, why did you leave me?'"
UNHAPPY LITTLE GIRL
Rogers says Scorpio is coming back to a young woman. But inside Robin is still the unhappy little girl whose world exploded one day when her parents died. "She feels like the child who grew up believing I was dead, and I feel like the father who should have stayed with her, but
didn't."
The Australian-born actor created a soap character who was neither hero nor villain, but somewhere in between, and for nearly 20 years, has remained a strong presence in his fans' memories.
"Much of what you see in Robert Scorpio comes out of me: Like him, I believe in doing what I feel is right, and never mind what others might say."
One of the things Rogers very much believes in and has been working on is his own soap.
"I've been with it for a long time," he says. "It's not easy to sell, but it's good."
And eventually, good wins.
"I hope so," he laughs.
(NOTE: Tristan Rogers' stay in Port Charles is scheduled to be a short one. But extensions are usually available.)
