Per TVLine, Roger Howarth has been put on contract with General Hospital. ![]() ![]() Howarth added that he doesn't "feel like I've been slighted in any way or that there was bad juju around these decisions. Todd Manning just arrived in Port Charles and it looks like hell be staying put. I had a great run and this was a decision made by people who make these kinds of decisions for a living," Howarth shared with the outlet. "For a long time I’ve enjoyed coming to work, learning lines and saying them with really cool people." Christine Bartolucci/ABC via Getty Images "I realized how lucky I was to have been able to do something I really love doing for more than a decade with people who I really enjoyed working with. I know I did everything I could.Howarth spoke with Soap Opera Digest on Monday about his departure, and explained that he learned his contract wasn't being renewed "several weeks ago" when he got a call from Executive Producer Frank Valentini telling him that, when his current contract with ABC was done, he "would not be offered a new contract and that the character of Austin would be killed, and that this was something both wanted and needed to do to move story."Īccording to Howarth, the news took him by surprise, but he said the fact that he's been so fortunate is what he is really taking away from the experience. After shooting his final episode for the long-running soap opera, the actor revealed how he learned that his contract would not be. I will say this: I’m really proud of myself - like, totally truthfully, honest to God, I always tried my hardest. Roger Howarth has officially bid farewell to General Hospital. 'Three things that I know for sure. HomeTV General Hospital’s Roger Howarth Speaks Out on Being Killed Off After 11 Years Took Me a Minute to Adjust Roger Howarth’s longtime General Hospital tenure just came to a tragic end. “I think that the writers and the producers and the directors work really hard to entertain a really loyal and dedicated audience and I hope that they succeed in thrilling the audience for another 60 years. 20 (UPI) - General Hospital veteran Roger Howarth confirmed that he has left the soap opera after playing several different characters on it since 2012. “I don’t feel like I’ve been slighted in any way or that there was bad juju around these decisions,” Howarth said to Digest of the show’s writers and their decision to write out his character. Having joined the series’ cast in March 2012, shortly after concluding his run on “One Life to Live,” Howarth went on to play a recast Franco Baldwin, a role first portrayed by James Franco, due to his being forced out of the Todd Manning role after ABC was sued by Prospect Park Networks, which had licensed the character for its online reboot “One Life to Live.” Several years later, Franco was killed off and the show once again decided to bring Howarth back as another new character, this time as Austin Gatlin-Holt. For a long time I’ve enjoyed coming to work, learning lines and saying them with really cool people.” For me, I felt it was very much like the scene in ‘Moneyball’ and Jonah Hill had just told me I’ve been traded. ![]() ![]() I had a great run and this was a decision made by people who make these kinds of decisions for a living. And then, immediately, I realized how lucky I was to have been able to do something I really love doing for more than a decade with people who I really enjoyed working with. Speaking to SoapOperaDigest about his exit, Howarth said he received a phone call from executive producer Frank Valentini several weeks ago informing him that. “And it took me a minute to kind of adjust, to kind of hear the news it took a second for me to let that settle in. He said, “Well, several weeks ago, I got a phone call from somebody I’ve known for a very long time who I love very dearly telling me that when my contract was up at ABC, I would not be offered a new contract and that the character of Austin would be killed, and that this was something that both wanted and needed to do to move story. Speaking with Soap Opera Digest about his exit, Howarth revealed that he was informed by “General Hospital” executive producer Frank Valentini ahead of time about the network’s decision not to renew his contract when it came up for renewal.
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