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Rick Hearst stars on General Hospital as the character of Ric.

He recently spoke to Soap Opera Weekly about ongoing story lines and developments. Here are highlights from the interview:

Soap Opera Weekly: Ric knows Claudia is just manipulating him, right?
Rick Hearst: Yeah. It's not a big reach. It's not that he's got the wool pulled over his eyes about who Claudia is. That's actually kind of what attracted him to her — the fact that she knows the game that's played. She's dangling that carrot of "You want me? You want certain things from me? You're going to go do this for me."

Weekly: Is Ric still feeling the rivalry with his father?
Hearst: Yeah. He's definitely his father's rival, but Ric is mostly about making his own mark. Interestingly enough, he's making his mark within a family that's not really his family. Or maybe it could be someday — who knows?

Rick Hearst won a Daytime Emmy for his role on General Hospital.

Great news, General Hospital fans:

Rick Hearst has re-signed a new contract and will "continue with us for the foreseeable future," states a show spokesperson.

The actor's status had been a question mark for the last several months, as he told Soap Opera Digest in July that "I've got three months left on my contract and we'll see if it's in the minds of our creators if I'll get a chance to go further. It would be nice."

Now that he's back, General Hospital rumors state that hs character will begin a treacherous romance with Claudia (Sarah Brown).

Might three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Rick Hearst leaving General Hospital later this year?

While the actor has said that he doesn't particularly want to, a recent interview hints that show executives might not give him a choice.

"I've got three months left on my contract," Hearst said at the General Hospital Fan Club luncheon in July, as reported by Soap Central. "We'll see if it's in the minds of our creators if I'll get a chance to go further. It would be nice. We'll see what happens."

Hearst is a veteran of the daytime world. He got his start on the soaps in 1989 as Scotty Banning on Days of our Lives.