Oltl Fave Hillary B. Smith Dishes Her Surprise Journey to GH.
Daytime Emmy-winner Hillary B. Smith was a fan fave on ONE LIFE TO LIVE as Nora Hanen Gannon Buchanan from 1992 through to the show’s 2012 finale, and reprised the role on Prospect Park’s 2013 OLTL revival. Now, she’s slipping back into lawyer mode to cross Nora over to Port Charles. She gave Digest the scoop on her GH visit, which kicks off in early March.
Soap Opera Digest: Take us back to when this all began, when you looked down at your phone and saw that Frank Valentini, GH’s executive producer and your former ONE LIFE boss, was calling.
Hillary B. Smith: Well, it was around Christmas, and it’s typical for us to touch base with each other at some point or another. I had just heard about the Prospect Park/ ABC [case] being decided, but it didn’t occur to me that he would be calling me with this! He said, “So, you’re living in Florida. How in Florida are you?” I said, “Why?” He said, “Well, the rights [to the OLTL characters] have been awarded back to ABC and we were thinking about bringing Nora on. Would you like to come play with us for a little bit?” I was like, “Is it going to be fun?” And he said, “Yes.” And I went, “Done. I’ll go. As long as it’s fun. I’m all about fun now.” And you know what? It was fun!
Digest: When you heard that the lawsuit was over, did you have any sense that a resurrection of Nora could be in the offing?
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