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.

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

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

As The World Turns alum assumes the role of Lucas Jones on General Hospital early next month. The news was first reported by TV Insider. Big news for Port Charles watchers: Van

General Hospital’ is bringing back beloved character Lucas who will now be played by 'As the World Turns' alum Van Hansis

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,