Heartbreaking Update! GH’s Eden McCoy Shocks Fans With Devastating News! đđ
Although she would have preferred not to, Eden McCoy was able to use her sadness for her motherâs death to inform her latest performances on the show.
Life has been tough for many General Hospital characters lately. First, Sam died of an apparent overdose of digitalis. Then Dex died from the same thing after being treated for a non-fatal stabbing. Now, Michaelâs future is in question as he attempts to recover from severe burns caused by a bomb in Sonnyâs penthouse.
Josslyn and Sam werenât super close. But Michael is her brother. Dex was her boyfriend, and the one-two gut punch she just received has caused a lot of grief. Her real-world alter ego, Eden McCoy, spoke about similarities between Jossâ grief and her own.
The Story Looked Her Right in the Eye
McCoy took some time to talk to Soap Opera Digest about shooting the scenes, which took an emotional toll on her. Her real-life mother Natasha passed away in November 2023, and McCoy had used her job as a way to immerse herself in something that didnât remind her of her pain.
âBut this [storyline turn] was kind of just looking me right in the eye.â Considering they were shooting around the anniversary of her Momâs death, her real feelings became raw.
âThere were so many weird coincidences and back-to-back moments between my life and Josslynâs life at the same time that I found extremely anxiety-ridden and overwhelming,â she explained, adding that it was âalso really beautiful.â The actress used her own grief to inform her performance as Josslyn, especially having to go from Dexâs (Evan Hofer) death to Michaelâs (Chad Duell) harrowing situation.
She Couldnât Escape the Grief
McCoy also noted that she would go home after work, only to have to come back to the studio the next day and play Jossâ grief all over again.
She further explained that her job is to be able to play emotions believably. And she ultimately resigned herself to the fact that she was going to have to use the grief of losing her mother to help her portray Josslynâs sadness.
âSo I was already a mess personally, and I was getting called in to work to grieve. I was like, âI canât escape it on either side of my life!â â McCoy summed up shooting as being âa very, very dark few weeks.
It was horrendous to film; I did not have a blast filming all of this.â However, McCoy is a real trooper. And from her amazing performances lately, viewers canât tell where she begins and Josslyn ends.
