Maurice Benard Opens up About the Acting Coach Who Changed His Life (EXCLUSIVE)

Before becoming Sonny on GENERAL HOSPITAL, Maurice Benard admitted to Soaps In Depth, he had a lot to learn — including how to act! “When I played Nico on ALL MY CHILDREN and Desi in Lucy & Desi: Before The Laughter, I didn’t know what I was doing,” insisted the two-time Daytime Emmy winner. “I didn’t have technique, but I had talent, emotions, and instincts.”

Benard then began training under a coach who practiced Method acting, in which performers use emotion-orientated techniques rather than action-based. “I had an acting coach who humiliated me, because he believed in me!” he shared. “When I got with this guy, he changed my acting completely. And when I got GH, I was a whole different actor. I learned how to become another person.”

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