DC #347: Tristan Rogers Interview

Published: Jan. 15, 2009, 4:53 p.m.

b'In 2008 Tristan Rogers won critical acclaim for his return to Port Charles as \\nRobert Scorpio via General Hospital: Night Shift and Daytime Confidential named \\nhim our Male Entertainer of 2008.

On today\\u2019s show Luke and Regan visit \\nwith Rogers about his amazing year and what it was like to portray Robert \\nScorpio, whose battle with cancer forced him and the fans to accept the reality \\nthat he was no longer the indestructible super-agent we\\u2019d grown accustomed to \\nseeing on our screens. Rogers shares how seeing his former penthouse recreated \\non Night Shift was spooky and how it brought back so many memories for him and \\nFinola Hughes. We ask Rogers about what it was like to work with Sri Rao and his \\npopular writing team at Night Shift and get his thoughts on what role Rao may \\nyet play in daytime.

The wedding of Patrick and Robin would not have \\nbeen complete without Robert Scorpio to walk his daughter down the aisle so we \\ntalk to Rogers about how important it was for him to be a part of the momentous \\noccasion, what his favorite moments from the wedding were and how sentimental \\nthe wedding was for Finola, Kimberly McCullough and himself.

Roger\\u2019s \\nonline series Tristan Rogers Unscripted gave fans behind-the-scenes glimpse into \\nNight Shift that fans rarely see in daytime and he shares what it was like to \\nget everyone to appear on the series. The economic crisis facing the country is \\nhaving an impact on daytime and Rogers discusses can and needs to be done to \\nhelp save the genre.

Rogers gives an update on the auctions at \\nTristanRogers.com in support of the charity Project Cuddle and tells us how much \\nmoney his fans raised for the worthy cause.
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