General Hospital’s Rory Gibson breaks silence on Noah’s comeback at Y&R

On General Hospital, Rory Gibson has a front-burner storyline with Michael and Jacinda (Paige Herschell). Prior to landing the role of Michael, Gibson played Noah on The Young and the Restless. He recently chatted about his time in Genoa City and his role that's now being played by another actor.

What he told The Buzz about his General Hospital shift

He talked it through on The Buzz – BuzzWorthy Radio, with a steady voice and zero hesitation. He watched Noah return to Genoa City from a distance and didn’t flinch at the recast. “I’m very happy they brought Noah back. I’ve heard nothing but incredible things about Lucas. I haven’t met him yet, but I hear he’s a great actor and a nice guy. I wish them nothing but the best, and I hope he gets a compelling story.”

The Lucas he was referring to is Lucas Adams, who formerly played Tripp on Days of our Lives, and took on the vacant part of Y&R’s Noah. Gibson didn’t sugarcoat what went unfinished. Noah and Audra (Zuleyka Silver) had a pulse when he left. Noah had dumped her in England and later learned that she was not only pregnant with his child, but had lost it.

And then the actor shifted into the terrain he’s building at GH. Michael Corinthos isn’t a warm bath. He’s a character mid-pivot, with edges that weren’t there a year ago. Gibson acknowledged the tightrope. “It was tricky. It was a weird route to navigate,” he said, thinking back to stepping into Chad Duell’s shadow, choosing not to imitate or repeat what had been done before.

From Y&R to General Hospital

Gibson welcomed the Y&R recast because it freed him. Noah can evolve without him carrying it, and he can let Michael grow darker without doubling his own history. He even laughed at how abruptly Noah’s storyline cut off on his watch — the sudden stop, the dropped pieces. He wasn’t defensive; he was curious. “I’m curious to see what happens with Noah and Audra,” he said honestly, as if he were relieved to hand the storyline back.

The interview circled back to his acting process. He said he didn’t binge on old GH episodes or track down the legacy beats. They gave him the Michael Corinthos “bible,” and he built the rest by instinct. No nostalgia mining or mimicry. Just whatever lived between the words.

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He also hinted — lightly, with that half-smile cadence fans know now — that Michael’s darker streak isn’t a phase. It’s a direction. And the longer he talked, the clearer it became: Rory Gibson isn’t looking backward. He’s letting Noah live over there so Michael can breathe over here.

General Hospital can be seen weekdays on ABC and Hulu.

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