Kirsten Storms is looking back at her General Hospital tenure, and she has some quibbles about her character’s past.
Storms, 41, is celebrating 20 years playing General Hospital’s Maxie Jones, the daughter of Felicia Jones (Kristina Wagner) and Frisco (Jack Wagner). The actress spoke to Swooon about Maxie’s long relationship history, joking, “So many of them are dead. Maxie is black widow-ish.”
But one romance felt particularly off to her: Maxie’s dalliance with Lucky Spencer, played at the time by Greg Vaughan.
Maxie’s romance with Lucky was one of Storms’ earliest storylines after she joined in 2005 at age 21. After a romance with Matt Marraccini’s Jesse Beaudry, who dies, Maxie develops a crush on Lucky, who was his partner.
“It was weird,” Storms told the outlet. “I’ve known Greg since I was, like, 14 or 15, and to me, back then, he was a grown-up. So, that was a very interesting experience.” Vaughan, 51, is 10 years older than Storms.
Storms was already a soap vet by the time she joined GH, having played Belle Black on NBC’s Days of Our Lives from 1999 to 2004. Before that, she found young fans thanks to her role as Zenon in Disney’s 1999 Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (plus two sequels).
Of their romance, Storms said, “Of course, I always thought Greg was a gorgeous guy, but that was a little strange for me. And the storyline was rough because of all the things Maxie was doing just to get him. So, that was a crazy time, and questionable choices were made.”
Maxie used pain pills to bribe Lucky, who was struggling with addiction, so he would have sex with her. And, when he tried to reconcile with his wife Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst), Maxie pretended to be pregnant and faked a miscarriage.
Storms also reflected on perhaps Maxie’s most A-list romance — her relationship with Franco, originally played by and named after James Franco. She told the outlet she “was very excited” but also “nervous” to work with the actor, who had already starred in movies like Spider-Man, Knocked Up and Milk. Franco is an artist, and Maxie sleeps with him after helping him set up his exhibit.
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“I thought he was interesting and unique and his authentic self, if you will. I loved that he was honest about his nerves. He didn’t walk in as the movie star James Franco,” she said. “He walked in as somebody who wanted to learn about how we do things and then was honest about being overwhelmed by the amount of stuff we had to do. And he was humble. He was great to work with. I was nervous to work with him, but it was a great experience.”
