Spencer recast of General Hospital? Nicholas Alexander Chavez says: “Of course I understand that”

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Almost a year has passed since then General Hospital said goodbye to Spencer in January 2024. The villainous Esme dragged him into the Seine with her as she fell to her apparent death. The reason at the time was to give Nicholas Alexander Chavez a break from the show to film the second season of Ryan Murphy's Netflix crime anthology series. Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

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Chavez landed one of the leading roles in the crime drama as older brother Lyle Menendez. We all expected him to come back after that Monster was done. But before this season had even wrapped filming, Murphy offered Chavez another role, this time on the FX horror drama, which premiered last Wednesday, September 25th. grotesque. Apparently it didn't take him long to realize what General Hospital The audience knew from the start: Chavez was a star!

But so we went from assuming he would come back to realizing it probably wouldn't happen – especially if Grotesque and Monsters led to the rising star getting even more roles. It became known that he would not be returning General Hospital more, but Chávez himself made it clear that he was still open to this possibility. However, that was before his starring role was announced Grotesque.

Now?

So, General Hospital Fans know it's still less likely If Spencer will be back, but when. It just depends on who would play him. In an interview with our sister site TVLine, Chavez stressed that he still hasn't ruled out the possibility of a return. “Port Charles is a crazy place,” he notes. (Don’t we know?) “We’ll have to see what happens.”

But if General Hospital actually decided to bring Spencer back and Chavez didn't have the freedom to make the return, he wouldn't have any hard feelings. “Of course,” he tells TVLine. “I understand the show has needs and I would fully support that.”

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Like many things in life, timing probably matters. No matter what happens, we're pretty sure Spencer will ride again.

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