By: Tom Stacy

Soaptown: Hello there, Miss. We love watching you on the show.
Brooklyn Silzer: Thank you.
Soaptown: Is it fun to have Jason as your TV daddy?
Jason Thompson: We have fun, don’t we?
Silzer: Yeah.
Thompson: Yeah.
Soaptown: Yeah.
Thompson: Yeah.
Soaptown: Jason, why is it so important for you to be here every year to meet and greet the GH fans?
Thompson: We don’t get too many opportunities to give back to the people who support us throughout the year, so it’s really important to be here. You stand up for things you believe in, and you support the things that you want, and that’s what our fans have done. One of the primary reasons we’re still on the air is because of their support. They fight for it, and they’ve been doing it for a long time. Last night, I met five generations of a family who watch the show. How incredible is that?
Soaptown: Brooklyn, how do you like meeting the fans?
Silzer: It’s cool.
Soaptown: Jason, how is it having a really meaty story now?
Thompson: It’s different carrying the burden by myself with Kimberly [McCullough] not being there. But, I love showing up and having something to do and I love being at home and working on it, finding different ways to play it and seeing different angles of the situation after reading it 2, 3, 4 times. I’m in this business for this kind of stuff. I get off on it. The beautiful thing is we put together a history that I continue to go back to. It’s built-in for me, and with Brooklyn here, I don’t even have to do anything with her. I look at her, she says something and it’s just instinct. Having all that makes it easier to get to that place where Patrick is losing his mind, because it’s not that far off [laughs]. I must say, it’s hard to go in and out of that place, so I must stay in it as long as I can.
Soaptown: Brooklyn, what’s Emma’s favorite toy and what is Brooklyn’s favorite toy?
Thompson [to Silzer]: What’s Emma’s favorite toy?
Silzer: Butterscotch.
Thompson: That’s right. Butterscotch. What’s Brooklyn’s favorite toy? Is it London?
Silzer: Yeah.
Thompson [laughs]: Her sister London is her favorite toy.
Soaptown [laughs]: There’s our sound byte! Jason, we’re approaching another transition with Maxie. What are your thoughts on Jen Lilley’s tenure?
Thompson: She did a very difficult thing. She felt a lot of pressure to try and portray Maxie in a way that people would accept her and yet still make the part her own, and she did that. Kirsten [Storms] built a Maxie who’s one of a kind, and so it’s a really difficult thing that Jen did, but she did a great job. She kept Maxie alive — and thrive. She’s going to be fine in whatever she does next, so I’m not worried about her in that way, but I’m so glad we got to work together and know each other.
Soaptown: And what about Kirsten coming back?
Thompson: I’m excited to have Kirsten come back. I think it will be a nice shot in the arm. I never really worked with Kirsten that much, with the exception of some scenes with Robin here and there, but if we have a storyline, I’m excited to do that, too. It’s good for me; I’ve got the best of both worlds.
Soaptown: Back to Brooklyn: what was it like to have your TV mommy back for a few shows?
Thompson [to Silzer]: You didn’t see her though, did you? Silzer nods “no.”
Soaptown: Jason, thoughts on an eventual Patrick/Robin reunion?
Thompson: I think it will happen at some point. I can’t wait for that to happen. Story-wise, and I’ve gotten flack for this from some people, but I think it needs a little distance. I think the stronger story is Patrick starts to get past it — never forgetting her or stop loving her — but moving on with his life — and then she comes back. They will do what they’re going to do and I will make it the best that it can be, but I don’t want Patrick to necessarily know that she’s alive anytime soon. I want him to try and move on. I think it’s stronger, and would make an eventual reunion even sweeter. That’s just my take on it. Of course, I can’t wait to work with Kimberly again and it’s going to happen again at some point, whether it’s on GH or someplace else. I still speak to her a couple times a week.
Soaptown: Well, thank you both for the interview. Was if fun, Brooklyn?
Silzer: Yeah.
Thompson: Thank you, Soaptown.
Silzer: Thank you, Soaptown!