Kevin Can Wait! General Hospital’s John Lindstrom tells all about his new soap role. Fairmont Crest is about to get a shady new resident!
John Lindstrom will be making his Beyond the Gates debut on Friday, March 7th, as he transitions from General Hospital psychiatrist Dr. Kevin Collins to casino owner Joey Armstrong—a guy who comes from the other side of the tracks.
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Lindstrom, along with Katie Mlan and Pamela Curtis, was part of the surprise cast announcement during a January 2025 press conference. He described his scrappy character as an entrepreneur who fought his way up in many ways but never lost his charm.
His suave ways keep him drama-adjacent in the wealthy BBS, but Joey runs a casino—and, if you’ve ever been inside a casino, you know that it’s kind of like what a bar is to an alcoholic. He continued:
“People can get into a lot of trouble around Joey. And Joey doesn’t like trouble. He knows how to end trouble, but he doesn’t like trouble.”
Already, we’ve seen that Vanessa’s husband, Doug, has gotten himself into a bit of the aforementioned trouble—thanks to a gambling debt. Doug might be great at heart surgery, but he doesn’t seem to have that same luck when it comes to cards.
Enter Joey.
It’s no surprise to see Lindstrom teaming up once again with Beyond the Gates’ executive producer and showrunner Michelle Valene. After all, he has praised her for being the most influential voice for his General Hospital character.
“Head writer Clare Leine threw Michelle the reins, and then she and I talked a lot about what ways Kevin could be differentiated from his twin brother—and serial killer—Ryan,” he explained to Soap Opera Digest, as later reported by Daytime Confidential in 2021.
Michelle is an incredibly articulate, well-read person. Kevin’s syntax, the way he speaks, never would have developed as clearly without her.
That admiration still stands four years later, as Lindstrom praised her ahead of his new show’s debut:
“She is the very best in the business,” he said at the January press conference. “To come here and see every single member of this cast—this incredible cast—and this crew, who are so happy to walk through those doors every day and be a part of something groundbreaking… That’s the most special part of it all.”
So, for now, Kevin Collins is staying on the back burner—because it’s Joey’s time to shine!
