Half asleep, he made a mad dash to the studio. My hands were in my pockets the entire time. But the casting director must have thought it was great. Michael got the part over 700 other hopefuls. He got his first soap, General Hospital , because the casting director had remembered seeing him in a play a year before.
Theater is the best training for the soap format.
I did a lot of theater. They called me in to meet with Gloria Monte . She and I clicked. They had me test for John York's part. Five of us did.