General Hospital fans spot Peter Stormare answering the Call of Duty

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General Hospital: Where's John Wick? The gangster is here! | Image: ABC

On General Hospital, fans who caught the mystery man at the hospital might have recognized Peter Stormare and wondered what the man who usually plays Russian gangsters was doing in Port Charles?

What happened on General Hospital?

General Hospital: The Replacer hands a folder to Kristina | Image: ABC
General Hospital: The Replacer hands a folder to Kristina | Image: ABC

A mystery man handed a folder to Felicia, played by Kristina Wagner. The man had lightning reflexes, as shown by his catching Felecias' dropped pencil. He was wearing an employee's badge, but no one recognized him as he was actually there as part of an advertising campaign for next week’s release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. In this video game, Stormare plays the role of The Replacer.

Fans of the game franchise know that The Replacer is a character used in advertising campaigns for First Person Shooter- Call of Duty, and he offers his services to ‘replace’ you in your job/role so you can spend time playing the video game without your absence being noticed.

Viewers watching the episode were immediately speculating as to what this man was up to, was he there as part of a recast? What storyline would he be effecting? Fans were puzzled until on the shows official Instagram account a video popped up offering an insight.

ABC’s General Hospital also posted to its Instagram Account

generalhospitalabc — It isn't every day that you get to work with @therealstormare... but what was he doing in Port Charles and where was Stella Henry?!?

John Wick featuring Peter Stormare | Image: YouTube
John Wick featuring Peter Stormare | Image: YouTube

Peter Stormare has been gracing our screens and showcasing his phenomenal range of European accents in shows such as The Blacklist. Still, he is perhaps best known for his role in John Wick: Chapter 2, where he plays Abram Tarasov, John Wick’s (Keanu Reeves) antagonist.

John Wick featuring Peter Stormare | Image: YouTube
John Wick featuring Peter Stormare | Image: YouTube

The comments showed that people were engaged and trying to figure out who he was and how this is the wildest crossover yet.

thesilent0n3 –– This is amazing, and the wildest crossover in history!! I was really hoping he’d be a new guest actor.
chrissypiscequeen — WTH I saw this scene and kept saying to myself, who was this man, and who is he spying on
joeyjoejoedc — The guy from Prison👏👏 Break - this is incredible 👏

Everyone can relax now in the comfort that there is no new actor arriving nor is there some new spy element, who would have thought that General Hospital and Call of Duty would have the same target audience, but kudos to the marketing team for one heck of an advertisement.

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