Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) is looking for his lick back on General Hospital. After Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) made a move to snuff out the Port Charles WSB field office head and wound up getting his girlfriend (is she?) and former mob moll Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) in the crossfire, it’s safe to say the spy vs. spy game between the two is going to be brought to another level. What’s Jack’s next move? McKenna talked to Soap Opera Digest to give some insight following Jack and Carly’s bedroom romp and her hospitalization.
Digest: The afterglow was tragically short-lived because of that pesky poisoned champagne getting in the way. What do you imagine was going through Jack’s mind as he was racing Carly to the hospital and facing the potential loss of his new lover?
McKenna: This was really delicious stuff to do because when I’m playing Jack here, I wanted to make sure to play this realistically — like a spy, like an intelligence officer, and to bring the danger. When this happens, it goes from the afterglow, from the happiest he’s been maybe ever, but certainly in a long time, to immediately, his whole world is rocked. He might lose the most important thing in the world to him right now; she’s dying in his arms. You see an immediate change in Jack as he storms into the hospital and he’s barking orders out and needs to find the cure and to save the love of his life. It was really tense and really fun, and for Jack, the stakes couldn’t be any higher. When he talks to her at her bedside, Jack’s hardened exterior starts to crumble even further, and again, you see parts of Jack you haven’t seen before. It was really great to do.
McKenna teased what to expect with Jack’s next move against Valentin:
Digest: Carly does pull through, but presumably, Brennan’s relief will be tempered by his desire to make Valentin pay for nearly killing her.
McKenna: Yeah, Valentin is behind it, and [what comes next] was some of the most fun stuff that I’ve gotten to do. It’s going to be tense, that’s for sure!
Does Brennan really care for Carly, and is he bothered by how she almost lost her life? McKenna stated:
The guilt is deep. This is exactly what he was afraid of. This was his worst fear, and it comes to fruition immediately. It’s exactly why [he feels] he can’t get involved with anyone, exactly the risk he feared she’d be taking. So, he’s devastated, he’s enraged, he’s guilty, he’s broken, and somebody has to pay.
