Soap Opera Digest December 11, 2001
Temptation Island
Just How Hot Do Things Get Between GH’s Sonny and Alexis
In Puerto Rico?
Technically, it’s a business trip. But when one of the people
along for the ride kinda has the red hots for the one’s traveling companion, it’s
rarely business as usual. And so it goes for GENERAL HOSPITAL's Sonny and Alexis
this week, as their work-related trek to the sunny shores of Puerto Rico gets a little
steamier than perhaps either of them had planned....
It does have to do with
a business deal." begins Maurice Benard (Sonny) of why his character even invited
his able attorney to come with him to the tropical paradise. "Well, that was
what he told her. He did need her to make a deal, but he also knew that he could
have fun with her."
It doesn’t take long for that to start, believe it or
not. Though Alexis initially maintains her buttoned-up manner with her crime-boss
client, Sonny convinces her to let her hair down, so to speak. "I think he tells
her to loosen up and she says, ‘Okay, I will.’" explains Alexis’s portrayer
Nancy Lee Grahan, who returns on-air December 5 after taking a temporary leave in
the wake of her father’s death. "Alexis makes a decision to go have fun. She
is impulsive, and that’s extremely unusual for her."
As is drinking ...
but that doesn’t stop Alexis from imbibing a bit before heading out for a night of
casino fun with Sonny. "She’s a little tanked," laughs Grahan. "You’ll
see me grab the rum and start sucking it back. I was very grateful for the opportunity
to have fun."
"Oh, yeah, Puerto Rico is a wild, wild time, man."
agrees Benard. "Sonny trying to loosen Alexis up and her acting like she doesn’t
need it.... It’s a good time."
But a night at the casino could represent
a bigger gamble than either Sonny or Alexis could imagine. "There’s a lot of
[sexual tension] going on." reports Benard. "He likes playing games with
her." (We’re assuming that doesn’t mean baccarat.) Adds Grahan, "The awareness
[of her true feelings fore Sonny] is sneaking out of the denial every once in a while.
There are moments... you’ve got the rum and the Puerto Rican night air, a powerful
man, those eyes and you’re like, ‘Okay.’ So, she just goes with it."
Stay
tuned to find out just how far....