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Jonathan Jackson
Daytime's Brightest Star!

It's been over 2 years since Jonathan Jackson first joined the cast of General Hospital, one of daytime TV's longest running soap operas. In that time, Jonathan has scored big with GH fans who have come to regard the 14-year-old actor who plays 'Lucky Spencer' as one of the most appealing characters on the show!
What is it about Jonathan that makes us love him? Well, besides being absolutly adorable and a top-notch actor, he's just so talented!
Playing Lucky is a challenge because he's sort of like a min-action hero, always setting off on a new adventure or dealing with a difficult emotional situation. Lucky's survived being on the run with his parents, trying to handle thier seperation, getting into a life threatening accident, running away across the country to help a friend find her long-lost relative, and alway being on the verge of danger.
Whew! Jonathan's portrayal of Lucky even earned him an emmy for "Outstanding Younger Actor"!
He's got something special thats bound to make him a big star someday!

from Tiger Beat Magazine

Jonathan Jackson Re-Signs With General Hospital

Just when everyone thought General Hospital was running out of Luck(y), a spokesperson for the show confirms that Emmy-winner Jonathan Jackson (Lucky) has re-signed. Jackson will remain on GH for another 2 years.
I think it was the best decision," reflects Jackson, who was awaiting his lawyer's approval at press time before he signed on the dotted line. "When the process becomes grueling, sometimes you do want to leave. But, you have good days and bad days. It goes back and forth."
Did Anthony Geary (Luke) influence hin on-screen son's choice? "He never tells me what to do in circumstances like this. He told me that he wanted me to stay, but if it was better for me to leave, then he would still be happy for me," Jackson confides. "[Geary] didn't consciously know it, but he did have a lot to do with me staying, because I want to keep working with him. He's a really awesome friend and a great guy to work with. everything that I've learned, I've learned from him."
"I'm relieved beyond measure," enthuses Geary of Jackson's decision to stay. "I was panic-stricken at the thought of him leaving." In fact, Geary suggested that GH brass kill off ther character of Lucky rather then recast the role. "I strongly feel - wihtout reservation- that they could never find anybody to hold a candle to Jonathan's work," states Geary. "He's one of the best actors I've ever worked with - not child actor, but actor. He's been a major part of not only Luke and Laura's life, but mine and Genie's [Francis] as well."

from Soap Opera Digest

JJ Goes Prime-Time in
Legend of the Ruby Silver

TeenBeat: How did you get involved in acting?
Jonathan Jackson: My brother's manager decided to pick me up and hook me up with the same agent. I got some commercials, but my first major role was General Hospital
TeenBeat: Whats the best thing about acting?
Jonathan: Being able to become somebody else for awhile
TeenBeat: What's the worst part?
Jonathan: Having to do school work at the same time
TeenBeat: Are you friends with many kids in the show biz, or are most of your friends outside of it?
Jonathan: Most of my friends are in the business because I don't meet many that aren't
TeenBeat: What's something you look for when you're reading a script?
Jonathan: If the role in realistic and if the script is enjoyable to read - if it grabs people's attention
TeenBeat: Do you want to continue doing feature films?
Jonathan: Definintely. I'd like all kinds, really, to get different aspects of different types of films. I've always wanted to do a western
TeenBeat: What's you trick to memorizing lines?
Jonathan: Memory is just a muscle - you just have to work it out a lot. It gets easier the more you do it.
TeenBeat: Do you have a favourite actor?
Jonathan: Christian Slater is my idol. He's really gripping. And Daniel Day Lewis just blew me away with his acting in the Name of the Father
TeenBeat: Do you want to stay on the acting end of the business or do you want to get behind the camera?
Jonathan: Hopefully, someday I'll direct. I'm not planning on quittin acting, hopefully I'll do both.
TeenBeat: A lot of celebrity kids say that they have an intrest is directing. Why do you think that is?
Jonathan: I think when you're around that, when the director does something, you start to think how you would do it. There's almost a curiosity to get the chance to put it all together yourself
TeenBeat: What's in your future?
Jonathan: Maybe when I get older I'll direct or get into music. But right now I want to concentrate on my acting.

from Teen Beat Magazine

Jonathan Jackson
May 11th

General Hospital's Jonathan Jackson is also a hardworking Taurus who loves to overload his work schedule. He's a musician. Besides his daily grind on GH, he's working on an album with brother Richard of Saved by the Bell: the New Class fame, his dad and Uncle Gary. Together they call themsleves Scarlett Road and they've been together for alose to a year. Jonathan says the group's album will be sold through his fan club and not put out into the mass market - so it will certainly be a bigtime collector's intem to his ture fans.
Jonathan bides him time between Burbank (when he is working on General Hospital) and him hometown Battle Ground, Washington. Like many Tuareans, he is a guy with simple tastes: his favourite book is Huck Finn, his favourite musician is Beethoven and his favourite food is a grilled cheese sandwich! But like people born under his sign, he like moving at the speed of sound and admits that his favourite car is a Porsche!
Jonathan us probably the quintessential all-American boy. He loves his family and friends dearly, and often puts thier needs before his own. Like a true Taurus, he is always making plans, and hopes to move into prime-time TV and movies sometime withing the next two or three years. There is nothing phony or "Hollywood" about him though
The stars show that Jonathan will get a lot of acclaim for his musical efforts and possibly even do a guest stint with a top band in the comming year. His voice is very upbeat and he can rock hard. He's got a true Taurean's vocal cords- thay are as "strong as a bull."

from Teen Beat, the Horoscope Soptlight

The Prisoner of Zenda

If you were wondering where cutie Jonathan Jackson was when his General Hospital castmates filled the stage at the Daytime Emmy Awards to accept the honor for the best soap for the second year in a row, he was in Canada filming a new Showtime movie called The Prisoner of Zenda. In it, JJ plays two characters - a 14-year-old computer genius who gets kidnapped and a little leaguer who has everyone confused because he bares a striking resemblance. It also stars Jon's bro Richard as a nasty cousin, Katy Isobel (Cousins) as the love intrest and aduly star William Shatner (Captain Kirk) as the ruthless, scheming uncle.

from Teen Beet Magazine

10 Super Things You Must Know About JJ!

#1 Laught Attack!
Jonathan has some very definite ideas about what makes a girl special. "She has to be herself," he says. "I like a nice smile and a nice laugh. That tells you a lot about what the girl is like on the inside."

#2 Music Man!
Jonathan's dad is country singer Richard Lee. Though Jonathan's musical taste leans more to REM and U2, he does admit he's grown to like Garth Brookes and Jon Micheal Montgomery. What many fans don't know is that the 14-year-old (his birthday is May 11th) actor is a great guitarist. "My brother Richard [star of SBTB: The New Class] plays the drums," says Jonathan. "Playing together is one of the things we really like doing. I could definitely see myself singing on stage."

#3 Heartbreak Kid!
Breaking up is hard to do and Jonathan admits that he has done it before. "It's really tough," he says softly. "I usually put it off for a long time before I actually do it.... You just try to do it in the nicest way possible and try to make them feel good."

#4 Dream-Cycle!
Jonathan thinks his fans would be surprised to know that he dreams of owning a Harley Davidson motorcyler some day!

#5 Classical Note!
If you hear strains of Beethoven's Fifth comming out of a General Hospital dressing room, it's Jonathan's!

#6 Ride 'Em Cowboy!
Jonathan has always wanted to make a Western movie. "I've liked the West, I just kinds clicked in to it, you know?"

#7 Peacemaker!
If Jonathan could change just one thing is the world, he says "I'd cure the conflict between countries."

#8 Mr. Jackson, Teacher!
If Jonathan wasn't pursuing an acting career- and eventually writing and directing- he says he would like to be a school teacher for "normal school from grades kindergarten through fourth grade.

#9 It's a Brid...It's a Plane...It's Superman! Oooops! No, It's A Bird!
"My biggest fear is that wheb I'm eating, a bird will drop something on me," Jonathan says semi-seriously. "While I was eating at Disneyland, a bird cam like three inches from my food, and from that moment on I was scared of them. I go around looking up, trying to stay away from birds."

#10 Method Actor!
Jonathan reveals how he approches his roles: "The basic method I use is talking myself into [a scene]. I work at believing the lines, like the truth. If you say something to yourself enough, you startto believe it. Once it becomes reality, it's easy to play."

from Teen Beat Magazine

Jonathan Jackson:
The 30-Second Interview(s)

BOP: How would you achieve world peace?
JJ: Well, I would try to get everyone all together in one big room and talk to them. And maybe, if we all came together and everyone knew what I was trying to do, I think that people might be able to come around and, you know, be cool.

BOP: What would you say is the silliest thing about the show business?
JJ: Okay. Oh boy. Oh no. Probably all the dressing up people have to do. People [meaning actors and other show biz folks] who are working, they don't dress up when they go anywhere. But when you see them at the Hollywood parties, they are all in tuxedos and stuff. These people don't dress like that usually and then it is all glamour, you know, and that's pretty silly. People [as fans] like to see that so I guess that is why they do it. But it is kind of silly.

BOP: What would you do if you had 10 million dollars for one day?
JJ: I would buy a bunch of film and film camera and a crew and a studio and I would try to make a move. Hopefully I would be able to spend it all [within the day] and be able to kee it [the equipment and stuff] maybe for a couple weeks

BOP:What is one things fans don't knoe about you?
JJ: Oh, I have no idea. [insert 15 seconds of silence here.] I am stumped.

BOP: Okay, thirty seconds to tell us everything about your cat.
JJ: Okay, my cat's name is Studmuffin and he is white abd has no tail because he was born that way. He is really cool. He is a pyromaniac. He stars at the fire for hours. One time he actually jumped in into it and singed his whiskers. He is cool, but he is really mean. He will bite if you're not careful. But then other times he can be really nice and just rests with you. He is a cool cat.

BOP: Why did you name your cat Studmuffin? JJ: I don't know. Well, he was a baby when we got him but - I don't know. I think it was because on my brothers jacket, it said 'Universal Studios.' And then one time my mother [Jeanine] looked at it abd the jacket's 'io' was cut off and is just said 'Universal Stud.' So, we named him Universal Stud and then we just called him Studmuffin because that is shorter, I guess.

from BOP Magazine

Outstanding Jonathan Jackson!

Folks have really taken notice of Jonathan Jackson. The cute teen star who plays Lucky on General Hospital won an award for Outstanding Child Star at the Eleventh Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards held earlier this year, and in May, he walked away with a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. It's all a sign of greater things to come for Jon!

from Teen Beat Magazine

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