Although Maurice Benard makes no secret that he is loving his current story in which a back-from-the-dead-cured-from-amnesia Sonny is a hybrid of his mobster self and the bartender he thought he was for much of 2021 (via Soaps In Depth), resulting in him falling for Nina Reeves, the actor does think his days on “General Hospital” will come to an end sooner rather than later.
“I’m really happy right now,” Benard on “State of Mind” in response to a fan saying they’d love to see him in the soap forever. “If you know me, you know it’s in waves how happy I am on ‘General Hospital.’ Up and down, up and down.”
Benard admitted that as he’s grown older, acting doesn’t give him the same feeling. After all, he began his career in soaps on ABC’s “All My Children” in 1987 (via IMDb). “Sometimes it’s difficult and it hits me in places to act that I don’t like,” Benard clarified. “But right now, I’m really happy on ‘GH.'”
