Spencer Gifts

Playing Mother And Daughter Has Forged A Close Real-Life Bond Between GH's Eden McCoy And Laura Wright.

- Mara Levinsky

Soap Opera Digest: Eden was 12 years old when she arrived on GH back in 2015. Do you remember meeting her for the first time, Laura?

Laura Wright: I do! She was, like, the fourth Josslyn, so I was like, "Oh, I wonder if she's gonna stick," you know? Because all of our Josslyns booked [other] jobs. They would just be here for a minute and gone. I remember the first photo we took.

Eden McCoy: Which we still have.

Digest: Eden, you told me you were nervous to ask her to take that picture.

McCoy: Oh, yeah. I almost died. My mom had hyped Laura up so much "Oh, my God, that's Laura! Be super-nice!" As if I was gonna go over and be mean!

Wright: But your mom was a [GH] fan, right?

McCoy: Yeah, she wasn't a die-hard fan but she knew who people were, so she was probably more scared than I was that day! But I was very nervous all day because I had no experience on that set, obviously, and here I am, like [adopts trembling voice], "I don't know how this works, but can I take a picture with you?"

Wright: So funny. So, I do remember her on that first day, but it wasn't until the storyline where Josslyn had friends to the house and was drinking and got caught with a beer bottle in the couch or something where I was like, "Okay! Now we have an actor!" Not that the others weren't, but they were younger, and you don't really know what to expect. So I was like, "Okay, now we have a storyline and an actress who can do it and is willing to jump right in." That's the storyline that changed it for me.

Digest: Joss landed herself in trouble with underage drinking a few times, as I recall.