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Finola Rocks AMC
Hughes' first days on her new soap
were filled with excitement and surprises!
by Sheila Steinbach, SOU 8/3/99
"Things are really popping around Pine Valley these days. Not only has All My Children cast a new love interest for Scott Chandler, seen to it that Hayley and Mateo's once-perfect marriage is on the rocks, given viewers a possible new romance between Erica and David, but they've brought one of daytime's finest actresses to the show possibly to stir up a little trouble.
Emmy award-winning actress Finola Hughes, who won the hearts of fans all over as Anna Devane Lavery Scorpio on General Hospital until her character's devise, is now making her home in Pine Valley. Arriving in town as Alexandra Devane, one assumes that she will, somewhere along the line, be connected to her GH character Anna. All that's in the future, but for now, her appearance in town will rock Pine Valley to its core. Just as her character is causing a commotion, Hughes' first days on the set were exciting- not only for her, but for her new castmates as well. One of the first people Alexandra meets is Edmund Grey (John Callahan). Callahan tells Update that he was thrilled to have her on the show. 'She's terrific. A very nice lady and a very talented actress. She fits right in,' he says. 'It looks like a really good story. I can't wait to see what happens.'
Walt Wiley, whose character Jackson also meets Alexandra, had this to say about Hughes: 'She's a joy. I always knew she would be. I've never worked with her before, but I've been a fan of hers since Stayin' Alive. She's a doll. I sure wouldn't mind if she was my love interest, but I don't think they have that in mind.'
Hughes says that her first days on the show were good, with one possible exception. 'I'm a little rusty,' she says, laughing. 'It's been seven years since I was on daytime.'
No doubt Hughes will quickly get back into the swing of things. 'I'm sure I will. The people here are lovely and it's a good story,' she says. If Hughes can't erase the memory of Eva La Rue Callahan's Maria in fan minds, we don't think anyone can!"
