Vanessa Marcil Petition


Dear Vanessa Marcil and producers and writers of GH,

Lately it has been rumored that Vanessa Marcil is going to be leaving General Hospital in August 1997, after her contract is up. Although we do not know whether there is any truth to this or not, we are greatly hoping that there isn't.

Many of us have been watching GH since the character, Brenda, was introduced to Port-Charles. We are amazed at how well Vanessa has made this character come alive. She has made Brenda a "real" person, and one of the most fiery, interesting characters we've seen for a while. We have watched Brenda mature as a character and also Vanessa as an actor, and have grown to love them. Now we are being told that an actor, that has been in front burner story lines since she started, is leaving. Especially now of all times, as many viewers have been caught up in the love triangle between Sonny/Jax/ Brenda (and now Miranda). It is the main reason many people watch the show. All viewers are hoping it will come to an end soon, but not without Brenda, because it would be meaningless then. If Vanessa does leave in August no matter who we are rooting for (S&B or J&B) we will all be disappointed and many viewers will lose interest.

Basically what we are trying to say is that we love Vanessa and don't want her to leave, EVER! But, we know that this is not likely. However, we'd love for her to remain on the show for as long as possible. August is too soon! Just recently we have lost so many favourite characters; Mary-Mae Ward, Steve Hardy, Robin Scorpio, Lois Ashton, Stone Cates, and now with the pregnancy of Genie Frances (congratulations Genie!:-), we may also lose Laura Spencer. Losing Vanessa will mean that we lose yet another enchanting story line, and more of the best acting ever seen.

We understand that it is entirely up to Vanessa whether she leaves or not, and if she does chose to, we wish her the best of luck in a movie career or whatever else she might chose to pursue. It will still break our hearts to see her leave GH, and we hope that seeing all the names on this will help convince her to stay at least a little longer. If not, we hope it will at least let her know we love her acting as Brenda Barrett, and can't picture any one else playing the part nearly as convincingly as she does.

Sincerely,

Send your name to Kirsten at mitchel@ibl.bm to sign the Vanessa Marcil Petition