General Hospital's Kirsten Storms Admits It Was ‘Strange’ to Have Love Story with Older Actor She Knew as a Teen Star

Kirsten Storms is looking back at her General Hospital tenure, and she has some quibbles about her character’s past.

Storms, 41, is celebrating 20 years playing General Hospital’s Maxie Jones, the daughter of Felicia Jones (Kristina Wagner) and Frisco (Jack Wagner). The actress spoke to Swooon about Maxie’s long relationship history, joking, “So many of them are dead. Maxie is black widow-ish.”

But one romance felt particularly off to her: Maxie’s dalliance with Lucky Spencer, played at the time by Greg Vaughan. 

Maxie’s romance with Lucky was one of Storms’ earliest storylines after she joined in 2005 at age 21. After a romance with Matt Marraccini’s Jesse Beaudry, who dies, Maxie develops a crush on Lucky, who was his partner. 

“It was weird,” Storms told the outlet. “I’ve known Greg since I was, like, 14 or 15, and to me, back then, he was a grown-up. So, that was a very interesting experience." Vaughan, 51, is 10 years older than Storms.

Storms was already a soap vet by the time she joined GH, having played Belle Black on NBC’s Days of Our Lives from 1999 to 2004. Before that, she found young fans thanks to her role as Zenon in Disney’s 1999 Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (plus two sequels).

Of their romance, Storms said, "Of course, I always thought Greg was a gorgeous guy, but that was a little strange for me. And the storyline was rough because of all the things Maxie was doing just to get him. So, that was a crazy time, and questionable choices were made."