Geary and his co-stars reflect on his playing Luke Spencer for the past 37 years on the hit soap opera.
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@froggirl806 жыл бұрын
There is only one person who can play Luke Spencer and that is Anthony Geary.
@thecastlerosarito93752 жыл бұрын
Iuhbjz
@ladierose10212 жыл бұрын
Anthony Geary understood the assignment.
@denzelpinkerton96652 жыл бұрын
Big facts 💯
@janettemasiello55602 жыл бұрын
Luke Spencer was a great character and Anthony Geary really did it justice 🤗 It's like his own alternate person !
@maryhlad7816 жыл бұрын
Luke Spencer will be part of me for all time. Thank you, Anthony Geary for coming on GH when you did . It has been a fun ride.
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
It truly has. I watched GH since 1969, nearly a decade before Geary showed up. But i can honestly say after watching 15 soaps over the course of my lifetime his character was one of a kind-a true legend.
@debbiewilson65845 жыл бұрын
GH has never been and never will be the same without Luke and Laura together. Anthony Geary and Genie Francis are General Hospital. Unfortunately, without the two of them on there together or at least one of them on there, General Hospital just doesn't exist for me.
@ambsat Жыл бұрын
Same.
@sall4090roughcuts Жыл бұрын
the show has lasted 60 years -- kudos to the show -- but there will never be another luke and laura nor will 30 million ever tune into one episode -- that was episode of all daytime tv with there wedding and her return when she left to do bare essence and came back for the stravos storyline -- when luke was mayor
@twistoffate4791 Жыл бұрын
Same. No Luke & Laura, no General Hospital for me.
@JUiiCYLUCY Жыл бұрын
Agree
@bethcollins724411 ай бұрын
Same
@gloriarider96884 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have been a BETTER couple matched together in soap opera history-+"Luke & Laura!!"
@allison58109 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tony for all the great memories I will miss you!!!
@theresabaird28982 жыл бұрын
Sorry to see him go. He was #1 man 👨 of soap history. Best of luke in your life. Wishes
@jacifertik70384 жыл бұрын
THOSE EARLY DAYS OF DISCO WERE THE BEST SO MUCH LIKE WATCHING A MOVIE EVERYONE ACTED SO REAL
@ambsat Жыл бұрын
Soaps were so much better then…the way they could write for them, the longer segments, less corporate interference, more story driven etc etc. Those days are gone. GH and Luke & Laura era will remain Soap royalty forever. (I pretend Tracy never happened.) But GH today, is unrecognizable. A phenomenon at 60 yrs, for sure…but a shell of itself. L&L forever.❤
@christy4062 Жыл бұрын
I always loved how much Luke kissed Laura and how he held her and touched her. Made her feel secure and safe. Anthony Geary was just sick of being defined by Luke with Laura. 😢😢😢😢
@renatecox16095 жыл бұрын
I miss Anthony Geary and Luke. He was one of the best ever.
@glendaeasley91313 жыл бұрын
I love GH and Luke and Laura sad to see Luke go
@Elwrt4558 ай бұрын
As a boy the chemistry between Anthony Geary's "Luke" and Genie Francis' "Laura" had me mesmerized
@francesnieva14733 жыл бұрын
it is 2021 and still want him baaacck!!!!!!!!!!
@debraroth23886 жыл бұрын
we will miss you Anthony Geary you was great on general hospital with Laura. genie Francis.
@the_Real_Grammy_of_64 жыл бұрын
Jane Elliot is a wonderful actress. I remember watching when Tracy was the worst female villain on TV. That being said, I never accepted Luke & Tracy as a couple. I don’t think any fan of L & L could really accept it.
@ambsat Жыл бұрын
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@daves93556 ай бұрын
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@the_Real_Grammy_of_65 жыл бұрын
Anthony Geary & Genie Francis saved GH from cancellation, back in the 80’s. I bought my first VCR - $400 (a new thing at the time)- so I could record their wedding. I can’t believe I paid that much for a VCR.
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
Actually that is not true. People believe it but the facts are that GH was saved from cancellation even before the Luke and Laura story began. GH was off the cancellation block by 1978. Gloria Money was hired in 1977 to repair the show but her innovative ideas shot GH up to number 2 in the ratings by 1978. Luke and Laura made GH legend but it was Denise Alexander and Genie Francis's stories before Geary even arrived that saved the show from cancellation. And they all owe it to the late Gloria Monty. She was one of a kind and she changed in entire industry forever.
@christineadams12842 жыл бұрын
d g Yes
@ladierose10212 жыл бұрын
True. And Gloria Monty left and came back.
@mmafan32 жыл бұрын
The best soap star ever..the G.O.A.T.
@Lavender_Cordle6 жыл бұрын
People: things come to an end; nothing is meant to last forever.
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
I've been saying that to an audience of deaf ears for years lol. Im glad Im not alone!
@marianyulo90666 жыл бұрын
I always loved the actor Anthony Geary he s hot . Still today he looks Good !!!!! And Genie Frances she still Beautiful today love her too.
@Lukejunkie8 жыл бұрын
That's where Tony was completely wrong. You could have the anti-hero be redeemed and made whole by the love of his life Laura, and they could have gone off together. Fans always expected that Luke and Laura would reunite; it was a tragic ending for those of us who held to the notion that they would end up together. Many LnL fans felt betrayed by Tony, as well as by Jane Elliott, that their desires were honored and Genie was seemingly blindsided by no reunion and him not even sharing his final scene with her. Don't blame RC here because Tony got what he wanted. No class, no class.
@pam06265 жыл бұрын
Lukejunkie I agree. I think he felt so trapped by the golden handcuffs of Luke Spencer, that he rejected the idea of a happy ending with Laura. I also get the sense that he and Genie Francis are not close off camera. Just my spidey sense.
@katydalton47594 жыл бұрын
I did observe a certain "frostiness" in their body language during an interview. I guess their onscreen chemistry didn't translate to real like. Pretty convincing by them both back in the day.
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
Viewers always have unrealistic expectations. The age difference between Tony and Genie was much more glaring in their final years together on the show. Genie is about to cross over into her 60s and Tony is sliding down toward his 80s. I cant say that I blame Tony for wanting to be paired with someone closer to his age group. Though the Luke and Tracy pairing always left me cold. I wouldve just preferred that Luke remain single and go off on his own adventure to end his story. In the 90s Claire Lebine and Wendy Riche wrote brilliant story as Laura tried to domesticate Luke but Sonny drew him back into the mob life. So no matter how much viewers wanted it, Luke and Laura riding off into the sunset together or sitting on a porch on Royal Street in rocking chairs also doesnt work. What bothered me was the way Tony and the show treated Genie Francis. Geary was very rude to Genie in his latter years practically forgetting the fact that his pairing with her is what made his career take off. Also the network and the producers underrated Genie in favor of Luke calling him the star of the show. Nevermind the fact that Genie has been carrying huge story on the show since she first started at age 14! Personally I am glad that Geary left when he did. Ron Carlavati did a hatchet job on his character and it was a good time for him to take his final bow. And this gives Genie Francis the chance to reinvent her character and hopefully have some spotlight again for herself ( though the writing regimes have never known quite what to do with her character on her own).
@ambsat Жыл бұрын
@@pam0626 Me too. Sad. I always felt that about “more to it behind the scenes.” And always felt TG “got what he wanted” in them breaking up. For that I’ll never forgive him. Still loved him as “old Luke” and always will. But, whatever the reason…sorry…he was dead wrong…they actually ruined Luke’s character. He was much more interesting before TG started to try to make him more interesting. #actorsandtheiregos 🙄
@pam0626 Жыл бұрын
@@ambsat 💯 💯
@wonderjoyce4 жыл бұрын
ANthony Geary needs his character Luke Spencer to return. Anthony Geary acting ability is the bomb such a talent. 2020. Tony come back
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
Sweetheart he needs to do what he wants. He has played the same character for nearly 40 years. And he is nearly 80 years old. He has given the better part of his life to this one role. Im sure he wants to do something different with the time he has left. As mature adults and fans we should allow him do live his own life and follows his own heart. SMH
@Yaya-wo1lc2 жыл бұрын
I remember the time Luke and Laura got married everybody was waiting for that day I remember I even skipped work for that wedding
@hiltonlive32grnrngr2 жыл бұрын
Epiphany Johnson's actress (not on the show yet at the time) said she even skipped her college classes to watch the wedding! I could only imagine how much of a popular event it must've been for 30 million and some viewers to see it on TV. I was born only ten years after the fact and plus I'm only a decade-long viewer.
@marianyulo17694 жыл бұрын
I Love Anything Geary .he's so cute and still todsy he looks damn Good !!! Yes he does he's in his 70 still looking Good to me.
@rudyrodriguez84322 жыл бұрын
Sad to see Luke gone! 😭😭😭
@natalieriffee74452 жыл бұрын
Luke and laura forever
@vernellharris52785 жыл бұрын
I still love Luke Spencer!!
@jggal669 жыл бұрын
miss him already... :(
@Luv2u01 Жыл бұрын
I stopped watching years ago. Too much drama lol. That being said there’s no question the Luke and Laura storyline is a timeless love story and is the greatest in Daytime history. It’s ending is certainly bittersweet but all things do come to an end. Best of luck to Mr Geary. May he and all involved have joy, peace and happiness. He and all the other actors in the long running Luke and Laura saga have earned in.
@the_Real_Grammy_of_65 жыл бұрын
I haven’t watched GH since Luke & Tracy got together. Too unbelievable. Luke would never would have been interested in her.
@GaelinW4 жыл бұрын
You're right. Tracy wouldn't typically be Luke's "type". But I don't think "type"/lust/passion is what drew them together. Luke, the bad boy, the poor boy, was always attracted to the good girl. The girl who seemed unattainable. Women who on some level would eventually expect Luke to be better. Luke got too old to be a believable "tameable bad boy" and too old to keep pursuing the unattainable. Tracy has always been a lot like Luke - a seemingly (sometimes) tameable bad girl. I can see how they've both reached an age where they stopped feeling a need to apologize for being less than perfect people. And they are two people who know how to accept each other as they are.
@IWantToMature854 жыл бұрын
Gaelin Wade wasn’t Laura who he loved?
@GaelinW4 жыл бұрын
@@IWantToMature85 - Not sure I understand the question. People can love multiple people over the course of a lifetime.
@IWantToMature854 жыл бұрын
Gaelin Wade I don’t watch GH, but I’m watching a soap documentary that was on abc and they talked about how Luke and Laura were America’s couple so I’m shocked that he didn’t end up with her.
@GaelinW4 жыл бұрын
@@IWantToMature85 - Ah. After the typical soap opera complications, they broke up in the late 90s-early 2000s after 20 or so years together. (typical fluctuating soap opera timelines). Tony Geary had been tired of playing Luke for decades (TPTB let him be another character in the late 80s - Luke's lookalike cousin). Genie Francis wanted a juicier storyline. That storyline (she had a Cassadine baby) ultimately led to their breakup.
@sussezq7 жыл бұрын
I find it very sad that Mr. Geary wanted so desperately to distance himself from the greatness that was his pairing with acting partner Genie Francis. His comments here are completely opposite of the comments he made during the 2006, LnL 25th anniversary Soap Festival in Florida... where when Genie said she thought Luke and Laura should end together... he completely agreed. In the last few years GH tried so hard to make something of Luke's relationship with Holly...with the whole Ethan disaster. Then the fiasco that was Luke and Tracy (The audience didn't coin them LuNacy for NOTHING!). IT was so unrealistic, so sophomoric, so immature, so fake... the exact opposite of what we truly grew up on with the Luke and Laura pairing. I find it interesting that ABC let GH tear down their greatest claim to fame in daytime television, which was the incredible, mesmerizing, addicting relationship the audience had with Luke and Laura, to satisfy Mr. Geary's whims. It's a shame and has left a really bad taste in the mouths of so many of us who literally grew up watching the greatness, which was the acting team of Francis and Geary. A shame he Seemingly mocks his own talents by not understanding how invested we were in that important fictional couple.
@KelliViti7 жыл бұрын
This is so rediculous!! They ruined a cultural phenomenon. They were on the cover of Time, WTF!!
@kimberlygiacometti60416 жыл бұрын
Yea, never got the Tracy/ Luke thing. I am from the generation of Luke and Laura...PERIOD. If the 'rape thingy' was a big deal...how come their wedding was the highest rated wedding in soap history? We looked at life differently back then. Right or wrong....it was what it was.
@hardren1016 жыл бұрын
truth be told he did no want to distance himself....the truth of the matter is he was not fired but he was forced out...I am not sure of the timeline btwn when the hints started and he finally deciding to call it quits but i do knw what started the hint...geary (who at the time was making $1.7m per year) was asked to take a pay cut(been so long u dnt recall the percent of the paycut...but i believe it was 50% but that cld be wrng)....he balked at taking a cut n it kind of snowballed frm there....soaps are no longer profitable as they were in the past because the numbers have dwindled to the point that ad revenue no longer supports the overall production once yo factor in actors,behind the scenes crew....own picked up AMC & OLTL but it did not last more than a few weeks because it just was not profitable......leslie charleson (monica quatermain) put GH on blast sometime ago because they were trying to force her and stuart damon(alan Q) out...he finally gave up n left....that is also why jane elliot left....geary had a great run n was granted mny perks..(he did not work during the summer mnths n they wld have to write his character out).....i can not blame him for not wanting to take a pay cut...his salary was directly related to his years of service....just because he wld still be making great money does not mean he shld grant the request...mean while the ceo of abc is not being asked to take a pay cut..
@joseficesrogers18456 жыл бұрын
I like Luke and Tracy together they made a good couple its kind of like Brenda she made a good pairing with Both Sonny and Jax Luke makes a good pairing with Laura and Tracy Also Tony made the right decision not to ride off into the sunset with Laura fans need to understand all good things come to an end and Luke and Laura are old news yes they were a good supercouple but that doesn't mean they need to end up together in the end
@aelfthryd66874 жыл бұрын
@@joseficesrogers1845 God it‘s so refreshing to read a comment like yours without the usual TG bashing! And you are absolutely right, one can like L&L (as I do) and nonetheless find the storylines with Tracy entertaining. What most „fans“ don‘t get is that an actor doesn‘t owe anything to the audience. I also would have liked a happy ending but that doesn‘t mean that I‘m entiteld to have one. But enough said. Earlier today I commented on a 50 Years of 'General Hospital' video with TG and I‘m by now just fed up with all those small-minded and self-righteous comments. What some people here call cynicism or ingratitude is in reality intellectual independence and artistic integrity. From time to time I watch some videos with him although I know them all by now, but I just like his style. I really hope he is doing well and that he doesn‘t regret too much.
@ambsat Жыл бұрын
Luke clearly had a brain aneurysm to think he was in love with Tracy and leave Laura behind. What a mess. Loved him as Luke back in the day, and definitely soaps most delicious, offbeat leading man, and very talented actor. But I’ll never forgive whatever bts created where he ended up. I don’t care about all the things both actors have said about how “a love like that couldn’t last”…NO…we don’t watch for realism peeps. They were our greatest fairytale fantasy of what everyone longed for…they should have been together forever. Period. The End. Slap in the face to fans.
@wendymartin8269 Жыл бұрын
I hope he comes back for Bobbie's funeral.
@sshoegirl300049 жыл бұрын
He'll come back. They always do.
@Tojoj229 жыл бұрын
happy Ann lol
@pammoore44556 жыл бұрын
happy Ann no he's not coming back this is for good and he's been sick for a long time and he had to have surgery and he can't walk the way he used too
@cleanfreak20056 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fa98fcmDm8XZXXU.html Look up aspoonfulofpaolo "Athony Geary opens up about leaving GH." I think he explains his departure truthfully. !!/:)
@nickhill86125 жыл бұрын
@Chesapeake Bay 70? WoW. Luke can't age lol. I remember back when GH was the show to watch after school lol. The Ice Princess. I'm not ashamed to say I watched it and enjoyed it.
@Pinkranger875 жыл бұрын
Plus he lives in Amsterdam most of the time
@apostlebishop6 жыл бұрын
Tony is a good friend. And always will be. Good Job. Partner. Tarrance
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
So you know Tony personally. That's cool. Ive always wondered what he would be like in real life though he seems very open and real. Not at all affected by his success.
@francesnieva14733 жыл бұрын
Don't care what he was meant to be want him back.
@bethcollins724411 ай бұрын
I have seen multiple interviews with him where he says Luke will always love Laura etc and seemed to be so into it then I see this interview and he has completely changed his attitude towards that story line. Wonder what happened?
@franceslarsen40376 жыл бұрын
sussezq I always got a pretty "cynical" vibe coming off T.G. like not just that, but sort of an anti social thing where he did not want to have to do "what the fans would expect or want" sort of thing? Or, looking for more adjectives - rebellion, defiance, buck the system... like he somehow (which I don't agree) thought that it was unrealistic or too pretty or whatever, to give the fans that satisfaction. What do you think... I was just trying to make sense of this.
@lynnmoore70294 жыл бұрын
I kinda think that GF pissed him off by leaving in 82. They had a really good thing going. Don't think he ever got all the way over it. JMO.
@christy4062 Жыл бұрын
I hate it that his character stopped loving Laura. He was obsessed with her. I hate it that they had him marry Tracy. Gross. It's like we have all been cheated on.
@robynheavner4689 Жыл бұрын
I'm watching it all over again the Luke and Laura saga . Fandamntastic still! I disagree with Tony he could of stayed with Laura and they could of just killed him off. They already did any way! Good luck in Amsterdam! Enjoy your retirement!❤✌
@lisascorp Жыл бұрын
Me too. Watching it all over again. Phenomenal actor. It holds up surprisingly well.
@golddredgewater4 жыл бұрын
He needs one more adventure with Robert scorpio
@dg-sl5jb3 жыл бұрын
Those days are done. He and Tristan Rogers both look like grandpas now. They would look completely ridiculous jumping on board ships or fighting with bad guys like batman and Robin again. They would both probably sprain a disk or something and end up in wheel chairs lol. It cracks me up how soap viewers get stuck in time. Its 2020 now. Geary and Rogers are deep into their 70s and they look every year of it. They arent Sly Stallone or Arnold Schwartzenager. I would love to see them act together again. But all the swash buckling stuff wouldnt work anymore.
@gingerlevy83342 жыл бұрын
Loved Luke good luck in your next chapter
@dianemccullich219410 ай бұрын
Luke and Laura❤
@karendunson4049 Жыл бұрын
A loyal Luke and Laura fan. Did not like him with Tracy. Luke and Laura had a love that should have lasted. They should have never broke them up.
@marianyulo90664 жыл бұрын
I Love Anthony Geary he’s still Hot today !!!
@juliel.bateson4971 Жыл бұрын
GH is definitely NOT the same, not even now in 2023 without Luke.
@yevettebamber42732 жыл бұрын
I saw Abit more of this story somewhere else n it seemed Jane Elliot was a bit jealous of genie. Now I love Jane n she's a great actress. But made a few cutting remarks in this same interview that has been cut in half. Def was jealousy there n there should not have been. They are both great actresses in their own right. However Luke n Laura SHOULD have walked off into the sunset together!!! It was Luke n Laura fans who made him a millionaire n clearly he seems to have forgotten that!! I love him but he got f""king cocky in the end.
@anniegaffney8378 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know why he moved to Amsterdam?
@nvecats524 Жыл бұрын
He's happily living in Amsterdam with his long time partner. I think he can relax and be himself in Amsterdam without judgement. It must have been hard to be half of a romantic super couple when you feel you need to keep your private life very private.
@franceslarsen40376 жыл бұрын
Lukejunkie Exactly.. who is RC? In a twisted sort of way, maybe in order to put out that kind of acting, you have to forego some kinds of compassion and insight, almost like a trade off..hmm. that wouldn't make sense though, because G.F. has both.
@jaquiel53322 жыл бұрын
Anthony Geary general hospital abc daytime
@teresamorris4746 Жыл бұрын
not Tracy quartermane?…
@michelslauraАй бұрын
Only found out recently that Tony Geary has a husband !
@utube0372 Жыл бұрын
I named my son 34 years ago Lukas Lorenzo lol
@lisascorp Жыл бұрын
Wow. Cool.
@utube0372 Жыл бұрын
@@lisascorp yea but now that I’m 56 years old I ask myself did I really name my own son after a soap opera character lol 🙈
@lisascorp Жыл бұрын
@Utube03 it's a good name either way. My Mom named me after a soap villaness Lisa (BTW I am 57) I named my youngest Son Trevor which I heard the name for 1st time on All My Children Trevor character. I started w AMC and was partial to it but have to admit there was no beating GH during L and L glory days. I began watching right b4 rape scene when I was 13 and those 1st few years w Robert Scorpio etc were insanely good. I was fascinated by Luke.
@utube0372 Жыл бұрын
@@lisascorp yea I agree it was a good soap. My school friend and I would skip school at times just to stay home and watch it smh lol
@tigerlily9981 Жыл бұрын
Tracy ? 🤢 no. Legacy ruined.
@veronicawatson25254 жыл бұрын
I don't like General Hospital is sucks but i know it really sucks even more that Anthony Geary is gone it just so liam and boring even more
@takodagreen10306 ай бұрын
0:38 0:39
@sychophantt Жыл бұрын
Was in the most popular wedding ever and is gay go figure
@nyurkareveronvazquez66259 ай бұрын
Back then they had good stories, but lately not so much, there’s a lot of little girls from the the though characters and they look too soft like Sonny, we need bad people again so they get some action back.
@sierria646 жыл бұрын
I always could not understand Luke raped Laura then she married him...I was 11yrs old during story line...I knew it was wrong ..anyway I haven't seen gh in 25 yrs
@jennifercarper80982 жыл бұрын
No no no no no!!
@pskton Жыл бұрын
I'm glad he's not coming back.
@theresabaird28982 жыл бұрын
Sorry I meant luck
@georgescdoodle9 жыл бұрын
faurst
@lolam.9291 Жыл бұрын
I could never stand that friggin’ rug on his head for all these years, especially the afro years 😖