NIKOLAS AND EMILY
TYLER | NATALIA

The Joker's Wild
ABC Soaps In Depth
March 21, 2006

It's a well-known fact that Maurice Benard (Sonny) is quite the jokestar and no one is safe, noven his GH pal Tyler Christopher (Nikolas), who became the target of a harmless prank. Benard told Christopher that a buddy of his, Francesco Quinn, was paying him a visit that day on the GH set.

"[Maurice] goes, 'When he walks in here, I'll introduce you to him and I need you to say, You're Anthony Quinn's son, right?"' Christopher recalls. "I was, 'all right whatever."' When the time came, Christopher did just that...and Quinn's reaction was a tad icy. "He looked at me like I was the devil. I was like, 'What? Did I say something wrong?"' Benard, meanwhile, was standing by, cracking up.

Apparently Quinn likes to keep a low profile about his famous parentage and Benard knew it. "I look back and wonder how I could have fallen for that. I haven't gotten Maurice back yet. He's hard to get because he's such a cynic that he's always got his guard up."