What To Know
- Steve Burton mentioned his Daytime Emmy reel with General Hospital costars Giovanni Mazza and Bradford Anderson.
- Burton and Mazza are each nominated this yr.
- Burton revealed whether or not or not he submitted footage from Monica Quartermaine’s funeral as a part of his Daytime Emmy reel.
Steve Burton is without doubt one of the many General Hospital actors who’ve earned a Daytime Emmy nomination this yr. The soap veteran spoke with first-time nominee Giovanni Mazza on the newest version of his That’s Awesome podcast with Bradford Anderson and made a stunning confession about his Daytime Emmy reel.
Unlike in years previous, actors don’t submit full episodes for Daytime Emmy consideration. They can choose clips from numerous episodes right into a 15-minute reel. As Mazza was chatting with Burton and Anderson about his reel, he informed Burton that he had “an idea of what you submitted,” referring to Burton’s performance during Monica Quartermaine’s funeral.
Mazza mentioned Monica’s funeral was a “culmination” of every part Burton had “ever done and experienced.” He added, “You put it into your work, and everyone saw it.” Burton replied, “I appreciate that, but what’s crazy was that wasn’t in my reel.”
Burton’s reveal left Mazza fully shocked. “Holy smokes,” Mazza mentioned.
Burton defined that he “did use some” of his efficiency from the Monica tribute episodes, which aired in September 2025, nevertheless it wasn’t the majority of his reel in any way. “It was one of those things where there was a million cutaways,” the actor identified. “There was no true close-ups really because they had to include everybody in the scene, which is totally fine. But that was an interesting process for me because I thought that was it, Gio. I thought that was going to be the anchor ot the scenes that I submitted, and it wasn’t, and so I had to find other stuff, which is great.”
The actor agreed along with his youthful costar that Monica’s funeral was a “culmination of my experience there, my time with Leslie, my relationship with Leslie, my relationship with people who were in the scene with me, the feeling of the crew mourning her also. It was a lot, man. It was emotionally a lot. I was grateful for that opportunity.” Burton had labored alongside Charleson for many years after he joined the present in 1991.
Charleson died in January 2025 on the age of 79. The present paid tribute to Charleson’s beloved General Hospital character and her decades-long profession in September.
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