Match Made in HEAVEN

Stephen Nichols admits that the most challenging thing about playing enigmatic Stefan Cassadine is "walking the line between his dangerous side and his vulnerability because I've never believed [anyone is] one-dimensional. We're all people, villains or not, we're all just human." And while clearly it's Stefan's strained relationship with that nasty woman he calls "mother" that brings out his dark side, it's Laura (Genie Francis) who brings a smile to his face. "There's no doubt that Genie and I have chemistry together, but I think there are a lot of factors involved in why two actors click and why they work well together," Nichols suggests, adding that he credits Francis' intelligence as a contributing factor to the success of their on-screen pairing. "She knows what she's saying and why she's saying it and always has a point of view," he explains. "So I'm always very clear about what she's doing, and I don't have to create some kind of scenario about what's coming from her to make my thing work. We just keep throwing it back and forth — I just really enjoy working with her!"