Scene & Heard
GH fans were touched by the emotional scenes between Jason and Monica when Jason apologized to his mother for how he pushed the Quartermaines away after he sustained personality-altering brain damage in a 1995 car wreck. Steve Burton (Jason) says that the depth of feeling in the encounter took him by surprise. “That definitely wasn’t expected, what happened during tape, because it sure didn’t happen during rehearsal,” he shares. “I didn’t really plan on it when I read it because it was such a short scene. It wasn’t a buildup to, ‘Hey, I’m sorry how I treated you guys,’ it was just literally one moment by the elevator — and it turned out to be an amazing moment for both of us. It just hit me there, right in the moment. Sometimes you have to go with that stuff and not suppress it as an actor because we live for those moments. With Leslie [Charleson, Monica], it just happened. I thought it was a great moment. It showed a softer side or at least remorseful or reminiscent of ‘Hey. I wish I hadn’t done that to you guys. I’m sorry. I hope it’s not too late to say that.’ ”