As The World Turns Alum Van Hansis Cast is chosen for a position with General Hospital
Van Hansis has been cast as Lucas Jones on General Hospital, replacing Ryan Carnes, and he noted similarities between Lucas and his previous role as Luke Snyder on As The World Turns.
Van Hansis returns to daytime as General Hospital recasts the role of Lucas Jones. From 2005-2010, Hansis portrayed Luke Snyder on the now-defunct soap opera As The World Turns.
A Whole New Lucas
According to TV Insider, Hansis, a Daytime Emmy Award nominee, will take over the role previously portrayed by Ryan Carnes. The actor has not appeared on daytime in 14 years. He told the outlet that he was able to get back into the swing of being on a soap.
Hansis also talked about the similarity of the two characters’ names — Luke and Lucas. “I guess I have a type, huh? There are times when I want to call myself Luke, but then I know that there’s Luke [Anthony Geary] and Laura [Genie Francis], and Luke is one of the biggest soap characters in the world. So, I know I’m not that Luke, but there are weird little similarities between Luke Snyder and Lucas,” He said.
