They were each other’s one great love.ĭigest: Do you have a favorite Monica storyline?Ĭharleson: I’d have to say the breast cancer storyline.
And no matter what they’d gone through, they always found their way back to each other. He gave the best hugs.ĭigest: Why do you think the Alan/Monica relationship was such a hit with fans?Ĭharleson: Honestly, I think it’s because they had been through so much. We were also brutally honest with each other and boy, could he make me laugh! He also could make me believe just about anything! He loved getting the better of me. With him opposite me, I felt like I could do anything. Of course working with him on the breast cancer storyline, there was so much trust there all the time. Stuart and I were so good at playing off of each other, too. We had a hard time not busting out laughing sometimes. The cat and mouse games that Alan and Monica played with and against each other were a lot of fun for us. I guess I would have to say when we worked with David Lewis and Anna Lee and it was like The Little Foxes. The fact was, she didn’t suffer fools lightly and if you got on her good side it could be a wonderful time.ĭigest: What are your favorite memories of working with Stuart Damon (ex-Alan), your longtime leading man, who passed away last year?Ĭharleson: That’s so tough because there were so many good times.
She had a reputation from New York of being cutthroat. What was your relationship with her like?Ĭharleson: At least I knew what I was getting into. What stands out to you about that era?Ĭharleson: The first thing, of course, is the Luke and Laura storyline, but it was followed close by Alan and Monica, and of course having Gloria Monty on board changed everything.ĭigest: You had worked with Gloria before she took over at GH. Definitely special.ĭigest: In your first few years on the show, it went from being in danger of cancellation to this huge pop culture phenomenon. To top it all off, the reason I accepted the show was because a producer on the show, Tom Donovan, who was also a producer on LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING, asked me to do it and then I find out that he is leaving! So, all in all, it was not a good day. Then I got in the building and I realized that no one really liked me, because the girl playing Monica before me was very rudely fired.
Leslie Charleson: I started the show the day Elvis Presley died, and being such a huge fan, I of course was very upset driving to the studios, and then getting there I was told that they hoped I had brought my own wardrobe and makeup because there was a strike going on - and that was before I even got in the building.
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