Throughout General Hospital’s 51 years of existence, there have been many types of characters to leave their mark in Port Charles and in the hearts and minds of the fans. Whether they have left lasting impressions or simply passed on through, there are definitely certain characters that can never be forgotten.
It’s actually difficult to remember the last time a fan reaction to a new character has been this strong. No matter which form of social media you have stumbled upon, the fans are all in an uproar about one thing. From Instagram to Facebook, from Twitter to Tumblr, fans across the board seem to share the same opinion on these two words… Levi Dunkleman. Dunkleman is being shredded to pieces by GH fans of all ages.
Look what the cat dragged in… Maxie Jones went on her self discovery retreat after she lost custody of her baby girl, Georgie. Maxie was broken. She had just lost her best friends Dante and Lulu after agreeing to be their surrogate and lying by letting them believe the baby she was carrying was actually theirs. It turned out that the baby girl Maxie was supposed to be carrying for Dante and Lulu was actually a precious miracle she and Spinelli created on New Years Eve. Maxie didn’t want to hurt her friends and tell them she wasn’t pregnant with their child. She decided to be selfless and give up her own daughter to give to her best friend. When her plan unfolded, Maxie was lost. She lost her great love Spinelli to Ellie, Dante and Lulu, and the custody of Georgie to Spinelli. She was in a dark place and when she left she was vulnerable and convinced that she needed to become a better person. She met Levi and let him into her life. He has basically brainwashed her into thinking exactly the way he does. He has manipulated her out of being with her daughter among other ways of life that the Maxie we used to know would never be a part of.
Recently, Michael Fairman interviewed Zachary Garred on “Playing the Most Despised Man on General Hospital…Levi Dunkleman.” In the interview Fairman caught up with the Australian-American actor and found out his thoughts on playing such a hated character and what he thinks of the negative feedback. Garred disclosed that when he was cast to play the role of Levi Dunkleman, executive producer Frank Valentini warned him not to play the “cliche hippie angle because it’s already there.”
Zachary had some great insight on fan reactions to Levi Dunkleman, he told Michael Fairman, ” When I started acting I think I was like 15 or 16 years old when I had just my first audition. The response you generally want to get is that you just want people to have an opinion on the character, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s good or bad. If everyone liked the characters … you wouldn’t have some of the greatest movies in history!” Obviously Zachary Garred is portraying Levi Dunkleman EXACTLY as he should. We all love to hate this character which means the actor is going his job with passion, emotion, and putting his whole self into the role.
Garred also tells Michael Fairman that he was not told exactly what type of character he was going to be playing when he was cast in the role of Levi Dunkleman. He said that all Frank Valentini said to him was not to play cliche. He mentioned that Head Writer, Ron Carlivati gives him great material and that working opposite “the gorgeous genetically spectacular Nathan (Ryan Paevey),” really works for the character. Nathan is supposed to be this Knight in Shining Armor type while Levi is this underhanded manipulative snake. When these two are constantly being pinned against each other, it helps the Levi character’s true colors shine.
He also went on to joke about Maxie’s apartment being hashtag “shirt off apartment” and that his first scene was Levi coming out in a towel!
Zachary had great things to say about his co-star, Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones). When Michael Fairman asked Garred how it is to work with Kirsten, Garred responded, “She is a gem! The thing about Kirsten is: for someone her age she has so much experience in this industry, and as actress so many mediums. I am very lucky to have been paired up with Kirsten and Ryan in story, and Ryan was fairly new to the show when I came on too. So we are so lucky because the fans love of Maxie, and Kirsten is such a beautiful, sweet, funny person. We all get along like a house on fire away from work. We hang out at Kirsten’s place with her and Brandon Barash and their daughter Harper as well. So to have the camaraderie as well off-screen it helps at work.”
For the full interview with General Hospital’s Zachary Garred (Levi Dunkleman), check out the interview with Michael Fairman at www.michaelfairmansoaps.com.
Check out Zachary’s new hair cut! He and Ryan Paevey laughing it up at #GHFCW
We want to know what YOU think about Levi! Do you love to hate him, or just hate him? Regardless, it’s apparent that Zachary Garred is going is job due to the fact that fan reactions are pretty much unanimous. Will there ever be room for Levi in Port Charles or should he still be deported back to Australia?
Get ready for some crazy drama the day of Maxie and Levi’s wedding! Mac and Nathan both wish Levi would get deported and get as far away from Maxie as possible. Instead, they may have to stand there and watch as he and Maxie get married so that Levi doesn’t have to leave the country.
Shots are fired the day of Maxie and Levi’s wedding. Will Maxie see Levi for the manipulative slime ball he really is?
Who do you think will be at the receiving end of that gun? Is Levi aiming at Mac, Nathan, or someone else entirely?
This week on ABC’s General Hospital, your undying questions will finally be answered. Is Jason Morgan coming back? Who put Rafe up to causing the accident? Will Maxie really marry Levi?
If you choose not to read/view spoilers please don’t scroll any further. This article contains General Hospital spoilers and previews, along with a GH promo video.
Molly tells Silas that someone put Rafe up to causing Patrick and Sabrina’s accident, Nathan confronts Levi, Robin tells Patrick that Jason is waking up, and more!
Check out the promo video, posted by General Hospital.
It would be Mac and Nathan’s wildest dream for the Department of Immigration to come knocking on Levi Dunkleman’s (Zachary Garred) door to whisk him away to a land far, far away. Levi Dunkleman is from Australia and came to Port Charles with Maxie after they met on her personal eat, pray, love retreat. After losing custody of her baby girl, Georgie, Maxie felt she needed time to heal. It’s clear to those around her that Levi found Maxie at a vulnerable state and is manipulating and taking advantage of her. She defends him to Mac, Nathan, Lulu and anyone else that is trying to get her to see the light.
Levi is in the US on an expired Visa and he, Maxie, Nathan, and since Nathan told Dante, the four of them are the only ones who know this information. So who called immigration and is Dunkleman really getting deported? It doesn’t seem like Nathan because he told Maxie he would keep their secret, and we all know how he feels about Maxie. It technically could have been Dante, since Nathan disclosed the situation to him at the PCPD, but it’s doubtful. It has been rumored that Levi called immigration on himself in order for Maxie to blame Nathan. Upcoming spoilers reveal that there is strong evidence against Nathan regarding Levi’s visa. It’s obvious that Levi is trying to drive a wedge between Maxie and Nathan and what a better way to do it other than making Maxie think Nathan went against his word? Perhaps this will persuade Maxie into marrying Levi in order to keep him in the country.
Do you think Maxie will go through with marrying Levi in order to keep him in the US?
It seems like it’s been a while since anyone has gotten married in the busy town of Port Charles. Patrick and Sabrina may be the latest wedding but they technically didn’t even get married. Timing is a bit overdue and fans are looking forward to seeing their favorite couples dive in to wedded bliss. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case when in Port Charles. People marry for all sorts of reasons, including protection against the law, like when Jason married Brenda in order to avoid testifying in court. Or when Jax married Alexis and Ned married Chloe just to name a few.
So what will it be this time? Will Maxie Jones marry Aussie Levi Dunkleman? Rumor has it that Levi will be facing deportation due to an expired or non existent visa. Maxie is hell bent on blaming Nathan for setting the deportation in motion. Will she self destruct and choose to blindly disregard Nathan’s concerns? Perhaps she will marry Levi in order to keep him in the country. Levi seems to have quite a hold on Maxie’s thought process. It is very possible that he will play his little mind games and convince her that the two should wed.
We all hope Maxie wakes up and sees Levi for the deceitful, manipulative little control freak he really is. She really needs to surrender to her knight in shining armor, aka, Detective Nathan West.
Share this post if you don’t want Maxie to marry Levi Dunkleman. We don’t want a Maxie Dunkleman!
Ever since Maxie brought Levi to Port Charles back from her soul searching journey, he has been nothing short of controlling, sneaky, and down right annoying. He is obviously manipulating Maxie. There is some reason that Levi doesn’t want Maxie to be with her daughter Georgie. We all know that he was the one who told the judge that Nathan lied to protect her. When he made that phone call, he conveniently lost his Aussie accent. The question is, does he even have an Aussie accent at all, or did he drop his accent to disguise his voice when giving his anonymous tip to the court? Maybe he isn’t from Australia at all and perhaps he only is pretending he is to get in better with Mac. Regardless, Levi is definitely up to something. Who is he connected to? What does he want in Port Charles, and why is he deliberately sabotaging Maxie’s chances with baby Georgie?
When Maxie came back from her soul searching journey, she brought something back with her, a complete nuisance! At this point, GH fans and friends of Maxie alike are sick and tired of Levi’s antics.
Aside from being self righteous and annoying, he may have done something that Maxie will never forgive him for. Maxie has a very important court hearing this week in regards to the custody of her daughter, Georgie. She missed the first hearing because she was afraid and wasn’t ready to face things. Levi also had a part in convincing her that she should just “let it go.” When she asked Diane to ask the jusde for a new hearing, the judge was ready to give her a flat out “NO” until Nathan stepped in. He told the judge that it was his fault and he thought the court order Maxie received in the mail was junk main and he threw it away. Levi, knowing the truth, and expressing to Maxie that it was not OK to lie to the judge, may have something to do with the judges decision this week.
Do you think Levi told the court the truth? Do you think he told the judge that Nathan lied to cover for Maxie?
Port Charles will be getting a new resident and he will debut this April 3. Australian actor Zachary Garred will be playing the role of Levi. He is said to cross paths with Maxie Jones (Kirsten Storms) as she returns from maternity leave.
General Hospital has been missing one of my favorite Port Charles residents since she left Port Charles. Maxie left town to “find herself” after she lost custody of her daughter to her ex, Spinelli. After learning that Spinelli and his girlfriend Ellie would be moving out of Port Charles to follow Ellie’s career dreams, Maxie decided it is time to clear her head. She informed family and friends that she needed time away to find herself and grieve.
What did this mean for Kirsten Storms? It meant that the actress left GH for a brief time for her maternity leave. Kirsten gave birth to her first child with husband Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara). This evening Kirsten Tweeted letting fans know she will be returning to work next week!
Just spoke with @valentinifrank Very excited to return to work next week. I wonder what Maxie has been up to on her vacation….
Congratulations to the General Hospital, real-life married couple Kirsten (Maxie Jones) and Brandon (Johnny Zacchara)! Harper Rose Barash was born January 7th, 2014. We think she’s beautiful! Photo taken from Kirsten Storms Instagram
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Throughout General Hospital’s 51 years of existence, there have been many types of characters to leave their mark in Port Charles and in the hearts and minds of the fans. Whether they have left lasting impressions or simply passed on through, there are definitely certain characters that can never be forgotten.
