![]() ![]() “I almost don’t like to revisit it that much in my memory. “It was such a big, strange moment in life,” Genie told HollywoodLife. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Genie about Luke and Laura’s peak. Luke and Laura became a cultural phenomenon in the early 1980s and fans still love them 40 years later. Anthony Geary and Genie Francis during Luke and Laura’s wedding in 1981. Laura confronted Luke about assaulting her in a powerful scene. Originally introduced on GH in August of 1997, Liz has been played by Rebecca Herbst the entire time aside from a brief medical leave in 2011 where Martha Madison (Belle, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) stepped in temporarily. If you’re a fan of Liz, here are five things you should know about her portrayer Rebecca Becky Herbst. General Hospital (GH) spoilers tease that a shocking revelation is about to be shown to viewers that it was actually Seth Baker (Michael Rodrick) not Tom Baker (Don Harvey) who raped Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) all those years ago. There’s a lot more to the native California girl if you scratch the surface. 'General Hospital’: Steve Burton, Jonathan Jackson, & More Hunks From The Hit Show, Then & NowĪbigail De Kosnick, the author of The Survival of Soap Opera , noted that Luke and Laura “became popular not spite the rape but partly because of it.” The show would eventually address the rape 20 years after it happened as Elizabeth Webber dealt with her own assault. GH fans know her as gorgeous nurse Elizabeth Webber, tied to the legacy family that founded the famed hospital in Port Charles. ‘General Hospital’: Elizabeth Taylor, Katie Couric, & More Of The Most Memorable Guest Stars Of All Time 'GH's Genie Francis Reveals She Was 'Thrilled' About Establishing Laura 'On Her Own' After Luke Left Search Hollywood Life Search Trending Navigation Trending On this momentous occasion, celebrate Herbst’s epic run as Liz by taking a walk down Memory Lane via a photo gallery of storyline highlights.Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News Primary Menu Menu Close Menu ![]() Though she’s copped to a yen to do sitcom work, she told Digest, “I never get bored or tired of doing what I do… I’m excited to see what happens with Elizabeth and excited to see where the writers are going to take her next.” ![]() Thankfully, General Hospital fans probably needn’t worry that she’ll exit stage left to see if the grass is really greener on the other side. More: Soap stars never nominated for a Daytime Emmy (How Herbst has yet to win an Emmy is something we’ll never understand she’s earned it a dozen times over by now!)Ĭredit: ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection How she continued being Elizabeth was by giving one standout performance after another, as her character reeled from her rape, recovered from the “death” of first love Lucky, threw sparks with countless romantic partners and came into her own as a heroine who wasn’t defined by her affections for any man. “And that,” she added, “is how I ended up being Elizabeth.” “I remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here? This is so weird!’ They called and said, ‘You didn’t get the role,’ and then about a month later, they called back and said, ‘We would like to write you a part to play, Sarah’s sister.’ In order to finally make Franco understand the horrifying pain he caused Sam, head writers Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman decided to revisit the teenage rape of Liz Webber. On Valentines Day 1998, the teenage girl was raped in a park by a stranger later revealed to be a man named Tom Baker (via Soap Central ). “I ended up screen-testing with, like, five blonde girls,” she recalled for Soap Opera Digest in 2017. She actually tried out to play Liz’s sibling rival, Sarah. In fact, she never even auditioned for the role that she’s held for more than a quarter of a century. Rebecca Herbst never meant to play Elizabeth on General Hospital. Can You Relate? Who's Who in the Family of General Hospital's Elizabeth Webber
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