Stephen Nichols Archive

Up-Close & Personal A Match Made in HEAVEN Stephen Nichols admits that the most challenging thing about playing enigmatic Stefan Cassadine is “walking the line between his dangerous side and his vulnerability because I’ve never believed [anyone is] one-dimensional. We’re all people, villains or not, we’re all just human.” And while clearly it’s Stefan’s strained [...]

Fall/Winter 1999 General Hospital Fan Club Newsletter Stephen Nichols graciously agreed to sit down with us and chat about a few things, some poignant, some funny, some just silly. Throughout the interview he was thoughtful and candid, and wonderfully generous in his responses. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! What were [...]

Who’s the Man for GH’s Laura? Soap Opera Magazine, August 18, 1998 PAUSE Although Luke and Laura are one of daytime’s most legendary supercouples, how can the chemistry between Laura and Stefan be denied? During their latest encounter; a picnic in the park, we were able to understand better the emptiness Stefan and Laura experienced  [...]

After the Fall Stefan faces his grim future without Katherine – or Laura! Soaps in Depth Cover Story June 9, 1998 Stefan Cassadine always has been a haunted man. For most of his life, it was thoughts of his brother’s captive wife, the unattainable Laura Spencer, that caused him unrest. But now, the corridors of [...]

Dis-Patched Soap Opera Digest – December 3, 1996 His Star On DAYS Burned Out, So Stephen Nichols Moved To GH To Create A Cassa-dynasty Stephen Nichols is much more complicated than either of his daytime alter egos. He’s more intense than anti-hero Steve “Patch” Johnson on Days of Our Lives, and more guarded than villainous [...]

Lightning Strikes Twice Soap Opera Weekly – December 3, 1996 by Joyce Di Lauro Although it seems impossible, GH’s Stephen Nichols has found the role of a lifetime — again Maybe you didn’t see him sweat, but Stephen Nichols was feeling the heat when he made his debut as General Hospital’s sinister Stefan Cassadine last [...]

Applause, Applause Soap Opera Weekly – October 7, 1996 Stephen Nichols Stefan, General Hospital Outstanding performer for the week of Oct. 7, 2006 The line of succession in the Cassadine dynasty makes teen-age Nikolas heir to the throne, but thanks to Stephen Nichols’ masterful acting, it is Stefan who truly is carrying the torch of [...]

REUNITED! Soap Opera Update, May 28, 1996 Long after Stephen Nichols’ DAYS OF OUR LIVES character Steve “Patch” Johnson was killed off, his legion of admirers was still dying to see him act opposite his longtime leading lady Mary Beth Evans, who played Kayla Brady.  GENERAL HOSPITAL just granted those fans their fondest wish.  In [...]

Soap Opera Update – February 8, 1988 BAD BOYS Patch Johnson & Luke Spencer MAKE GOOD by Allison J. Waldman As originally written, his character was never meant to be much more than a thug — a bad guy conveniently written into the Days of our Lives storyline to do the dirty work for syndicate [...]