Soaps - Jonathan Jackson//Lucky Spencer Appreciation: The Original Cowboy

**Cristofle** · 10-21-2009, 05:34 PM

Hi, everyone! I thought I'd get a Jonathan appreciation thread started, as he is set to return to the role of Lucky Spencer. Jonathan Jackson is the three-time Emmy winner who originated the role of Lucky Spencer in 1993 and played him until 1999, and returns in 2009 after ten years. He is a very talented actor and musician, and I am very excited to see what he does with Lucky as an adult!

Fans

1. Cristofle (Liz)
2. PiCkLeS4dAwSoN (Anji)
3. chadfreak (Samia)
4. Liliya
5. Laurababora (Laura)
6. - Nina -
7. Scheming Star
8. toxicgurl169
9. mmmbacon
10. lasha4god
11. Ellie Cameron
12. angel_wings05
13. Mich (Michelle)
14. Carie M.
15. LiVenLoVe902
16. DreamOn777

Photos

A still from Jon's return- see more at the link underneath!

Where You Are | The Lucky & Elizabeth Gallery

Media

A promo hailing Jon's return:

YouTube - Jonathan Jackson Returns Promo 10/21/09

New Jon interviews:

"I’m coming back to play the character as an adult but because I don’t know what that really means yet, I’ll be like a child—coming into it with a sense of wonder and curiosity because it’ll all be so new. I have no idea what this is going to feel like."

TV Guide Magazine | Soaps | Jonathan Jackson Returns to General Hospital

"Working with Tony, Becky, and Tyler, it just felt like I'd been away for a couple months."

Where You Are | The Lucky & Elizabeth Gallery

"There’s a lot available to work with. The relationship with Luke, there’s a lot that could happen there. And I am a big fan of the love story between Lucky and Elizabeth, so there’s a lot of potential there for tapping into some of those original elements we had going.”

Daytime Dial: Jonathan Jackson Is Back!

stay tuned for more

Check out the scenes from 97 and 98 which won Jonathan his second and third Emmys:

YouTube - Luke and Lucky Discuss Nikolas Getting Shot
YouTube - GH - Nik & Lucky Hospital Scenes (1997-98)

YouTube - Lucky Confronts Laura about the Rape (Part 1)
YouTube - Lucky Confronts Laura about the Rape (Part 2)

Information

Jonathan Jackson (I)
Jonathan Jackson - the official site

Enjoy!

Calgaryfan2006 · 10-21-2009, 05:42 PM

I am so glad to have him back. can't wait til next week

**Cristofle** · 10-21-2009, 05:52 PM

Here's a more in-depth Q&A from Soap Opera Weekly.

Quote:

Jonathan Jackson returns as Lucky Spencer — the role he won three Daytime Emmys for while performing from 1993-99 — on Oct. 27. Jackson explains why he's a fortunate son.

WEEKLY. What brought you back to General Hospital?
JACKSON: It was just a lot of intangible things. I've thought about it over the years. There were a couple of other soap operas that approached me over the years, as well. I've been off the show for 10 years, doing films and other shows; it's a totally different schedule in terms of living life. When the possibility opened up... it came absolutely out of the blue, and everything moved fairly quickly. I wasn't looking to come back. I was just living my life. Then ABC approached me and told me what was going on, and said, "The role is opening up again." In some ways, it was extremely far from my mind; I wouldn't have even been thinking about it. But once I did start thinking about it, it was like, "Wow, this could be kind of fun; could be interesting."

WEEKLY: What went into making your decision?
JACKSON: I thought, my kids are at a good age, and it sounded like a fun adventure to come back and feel it out. I've wanted to work with some of the actors again over the years. I talked to my family about it, and I prayed about it, because it would be a transition for my family. I've spent more time up in the Northwest than in Los Angeles, even though I fly back and forth. Once the role was open, and ABC told me that Greg (Vaughan ex-Lucky) was going to be doing other things, at that point, I was seriously thinking, "Okay, wow, should I do this? Should I not? The role is open; is this the right time to come back?" At that point, I talked to Tony [Geary. Luke] and got his heart on it as a friend. He and I are good friends.

WEEKLY: So ABC approached you, saying the role had opened up?
JACKSON: They said that [Vaughan] wanted to do other things, the role is opening up, and, "Do you want to come back as Lucky?" That was the question, the dynamic.

WEEKLY: Have you kept up with Lucky over the years?
JACKSON: No, I haven't, to be honest. Which I think is a good thing, because coming back, I don't have a whole lot of that other stuff in my psyche. I'm coming back pretty fresh from where things were. It creates a fluidness between where I was 10 years ago and where I am now as an actor.

WEEKLY: So are you playing him differently?
JACKSON: You're coming into a moving stream with the character and the storyline. But at the same time, I think the character itself, you can inhabit it with your own heart and soul. You can't really perform the history that he's been through; you can acknowledge it and work with it in scenes, but you can't really act the history. So for me, it's [about] educating myself as to what's happened, but at the same time, it feels like we're starting from a clean slate. I'm continuing something, and yet were also starting over.

WEEKLY: One of the things you're resuming is the Lucky/Elizabeth relationship.
JACKSON: It's an interesting dynamic, having them get engaged again. The characters are trying to start over; they're trying to work through the history and get back together, so it's reality meets fiction, in a sense. We're reestablishing something as actors, and the characters are also trying to re-establish something.

WEEKLY: Has it been easy getting back in the groove with your co-stars?
JACKSON: Yeah, it's been fairly seamless. Becky (Herbst, Elizabeth) is a really great actress, and we built that relationship at least from the beginning so it feels really smooth. I kept in touch with Tony, Tyler [Christopher, Nikolas], and a few other people over the years, but there's a lot of people I literally haven't seen in probably 10 years. Working with Tony has been awesome, as well. There's a different dynamic, being older now, but at the same time, there's that connection that never seems to go away.

WEEKLY: Do you feel as if you're competing with your own past?
JACKSON: It's important in life in general not to focus on that kind of stuff. I'm really focused on what we're doing now and excited about that. As an actor, it's fun, because I feel like, in a subconscious way, I'm bringing 10 years of other experiences to the work. And yet there's a familiarity with the past, with all of the other stuff that we built on the show. I tend to not focus on any of that [past] stuff and just focus on giving everything I have to whatever scenes we're doing, and just enjoying what's happening now.

Laurababora · 10-21-2009, 06:11 PM

Thanks for this thread! I'm so excited to see JJ back on GH! I just watched the promo and I just can't wait til October 27th!

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN · 10-21-2009, 06:33 PM

Thanks so much for starting this, Liz!

If you decide to start a fanlist, could you please add me?

I've already set my DVR for new GH eps, just for him. In fact, he's moments will be the ONLY ones I even watch.

**Cristofle** · 10-21-2009, 06:45 PM

I went ahead and started one, adding you! Anyone else who would like to join, if you want to tell me your name as you ask to be added to the list so we can all get to know each other a little better, that's cool, but if you don't that's fine, too

As I put in the list, my name is Liz.

And LOL, Anji. There was a time in...oh, 98-99, where I wasn't watching ONLY for him...but his scenes were the reason I taped the show, because his were the ones I watched over and over, lol. I found just the other day the original tape of the episode I included links of above, where Lucky confronts Laura live about the rape. Talk about blast from the past, lol, I taped it over 11 years ago now.

He is the reason I will begin to DVR GH after more than four years away, though. And just a heads up for everyone, Jonathan's first airdate is October 27th.

chadfreak · 10-21-2009, 07:21 PM

add me please? My name is Samia.

I am excited to see JJ back on GH. It's going to be bittersweet, as I adored Greg as Lucky but I can't wait to see Jonathan back on the show. He is an amazing actor!

Not to mention, extremely gorgeous

**Cristofle** · 10-21-2009, 07:30 PM

Hi, Samia! I added you

A couple more links. First of all, this is a cool, funny vid protesting the idea that Jonathan won't act out anything that goes against his religious beliefs (thank you for that stereotype Steve, thank you SO much), so you can see him cursing, shirtless, doing sex scenes, drinking and doing drugs, attempting date rape, and murdering in various roles in this.

YouTube - The Rebuttal

Also, a couple wonderful scenes between JJ and Tony here, following Lucky and Nikolas's fight that ended in Nikolas taking a header down the stairs.

YouTube - General Hospital 1996 - Timoria part 4

DAMN, that boy can act.

chadfreak · 10-21-2009, 07:36 PM

thank you

and thanks for the links!

I was watching LL's first kiss earlier today:

YouTube - lnl first kiss (1998)

Adorable

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN · 10-21-2009, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cristofle (View Post)

I went ahead and started one, adding you!

And LOL, Anji. There was a time in...oh, 98-99, where I wasn't watching ONLY for him...but his scenes were the reason I taped the show, because his were the ones I watched over and over, lol. I found just the other day the original tape of the episode I included links of above, where Lucky confronts Laura live about the rape. Talk about blast from the past, lol, I taped it over 11 years ago now.

He is the reason I will begin to DVR GH after more than four years away, though. And just a heads up for everyone, Jonathan's first airdate is October 27th.

Thanks, Liz!

How many tapes of Lucky eps/moments do you have, Liz? Do you still have them all?

I've literally been counting down the days! Bring on next Tuesday!

Nice to meet you, Samia.

I'm Anji.

Thanks for the link. I adore that moment.

Liliya · 10-21-2009, 07:46 PM

Please add me to the list.

I'm so happy that JJ is coming back! I haven't watched the show in years and I'm actually going to dvr his first episode back.

**Cristofle** · 10-21-2009, 07:47 PM

I have edits of quite a bit of his tenure somewhere, although I need to see if anywhere offers them in DVD form now. I used to have stacks and stacks of GH episodes taped, I would set my VCR and then watch as soon as I got home from school.

Here are his very first scenes as Lucky, when he was a precious bitty little baby.

YouTube - Luke & Laura's 1993 return pt 1

This is hilarious if you follow it- the Spencers have to flee when the mob hunts them down, with Lucky having to travel separately from L&L based only on a message. Laura is having a meltdown about this and how he's too young and he must be so scared- then it cuts to Lucky winning ice cream sundaes off a flight attendant based on a card game, safe and sound and perfectly calm. LOL. Lucky was the most freaking awesome little kid on soaps like, EVER.

ETA: Added you, Liliya!

chadfreak · 10-21-2009, 08:02 PM

It's nice to meet you guys too

Aww, he was so young then! I remember I was like 7 when he was on and I had a crush on him. My mom had to shut the tv off cause my crush for JJ scared the daylights out of her

He's so hot , it's unbelievable.

Laurababora · 10-21-2009, 08:03 PM

Can I please be added? My name is Laura

Thanks for all the clips! I didn't get to see much of JJ when he was on so its great catching up by watching all of these clips.

**- Nina -** · 10-21-2009, 08:09 PM

I've been waiting for this thread! Thanks for starting it.

add me, pls.