When Dr. Lucas Jones — the adoptive son of Bobbie and his dad Tony Jones — returns to General Hospital next week, he’s going to look completely different and yet, for many viewers, very familiar. That’s because the role,

Van Hansis, who's now joining General Hospital as Lucas Jones, is best known for playing Luke Snyder on As the World Turns.

Van Hansis has been cast as Lucas Jones on General Hospital, replacing Ryan Carnes, and he noted similarities between Lucas and his previous role

General Hospital is bringing back Lucas Jones for the second time this year, but Ryan Carnes won't be in the role.

Hansis, who starred as Luke Snyder on 'ATWT,' talks returning to daytime after 14 years to take on the role most recently played by Ryan Carnes.

Hansis told TV Insider about other things both roles have in common. When I got the part, I was looking up who the character was and they both have the same dad stuff going on with their birth father being kind of a dirtbag because Luke had Damian ( Paolo Seganti ) and Lucas has Julian ( William deVry ) and then adopted fathers,

General Hospital is tapping soap opera vet Van Hansis to bring Lucas back to Port Charles. “It’s a little bit like riding a bicycle. Once you get in it, you’re like, ‘Oh, yeah, I know how to do this,