‘General Hospital’ (GH) spoilers say that if there’s one teen in this fictional town of Port Charles that has been forced to grow up pretty quickly, it’s most definitely Cameron Webber. His portrayer, William Lipton, recently opened up about all of the trauma in his character’s life and what’s next for him. Here’s what he has to say.
Speaking to Soap Opera Digest in a new interview, William makes it no secret that he was just as gut-punched over Franco’s death as much as fans were.
‘General Hospital’ Spoilers: William Lipton Opens Up About All Of The Trauma In Cameron’s Life
Recalling those scenes in which Elizabeth Webber told Cameron that Franco Baldwin was dead, the actor said, “Those scenes, I was incredibly honored that the writers trusted me with that story because those are difficult scenes to portray and get right. I have my own process to get in that headspace in order to perform the scenes to the best of my ability, but it also comes with the help of my amazing co-stars.”
He added, “Becky was so amazing during those scenes and I felt like once I got in the correct space and felt the sadness that Cameron needed to feel in that scene, it all tumbled out. I’ve had some practice before; Cameron has been going through a lot, as you know. He lost his friend Oscar, and then he lost Franco the first time when he was kidnapped by Shiloh, and I think a lot of the emotions that Cameron expressed were a culmination of all this loss that he had felt…. Dev’s passing was so sudden, and so was Franco’s.”
William also said there’s a funny story behind the rather intense scenes in which Cameron sneaked into the morgue hoping to prove that Franco wasn’t really dead, but of course, ended up seeing the body.
He recalled, “As you know, I pulled out the body tray where Franco is in, but when we were rehearsing and blocking it, he was not there, so I was just kind of opening it, making sure I had control over it, and I remember one time when we were doing the scene, making sure everything’s okay, I opened it, and then Roger’s just lying there dead! I was like [startled], “Oh, my gosh, what are you doing there?! I wish somebody gave me a heads-up!” It was very freaky [laughs].
And he was just like, “Yeah, whatever.” I was really freaked out! But yeah, for those scenes, I very much wanted to make sure that there was a different sense of sadness, because Cameron’s first discovery of losing Franco was filled with anger [and] I felt like the morgue scene was more characterized by just absolute defeat…. That moment that he sees Franco lying dead, it’s crushing, it’s a crushing sadness. Roger was a great scene partner during those scenes; he was an excellent dead person! It was very real. So was Becky. Those were tough scenes to film.”
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