General Hospital Star Maurice Benard Celebrates 25th Anniversary

By Joanna MazewskiOn Jul 31, 2018

Actor Maurice Benard is celebrating a huge milestone in his career! The handsome actor has been playing his character, Sonny Corinthos, on General Hospital for 25 years now. As a matter of fact, Maurice himself has recently reflected on all of his years in Port Charles.

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The actor has been playing the dimpled don for two decades now and he says that for the longest time he believed that there wasn’t much left for his character. Little did he know that the General Hospital writers managed to cook up a few surprised for Sonny and the Corinthos family. After all, there’s always some kind of drama going on in Port Charles and Sonny is almost always involved.

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Maurice told ABC Soaps in Depth in an interview, “I was telling people, ‘I’ve done it all, 20 times over.’ There’s nothing left to play. But boy, was I wrong! I guess there is more to do.”

If that weren’t enough, Maurice recently celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife and the love of his life, Paula. Thanks to General Hospital’s summer hiatus, Sonny gets to spend his much-needed time off to be with his beloved wife, family, and his friends. And according to the actor, it still feels like they are in their honeymoon phase. He said, “We’ve been together for 30 years. It’s never really difficult. She’s like my buddy and a friend.”

I had to steal this from my daughter Cailey my first year of dating my unbelievably gorgeous wife over 30 years later she’s like a fine wine no words can describe who she has become🎁
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