Preview: Will Sonny's Old Flame Snuff Kate's Wedding?

• Sep 9, 2008 01:27 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

General Hospital 's Kate thinks her upcoming wedding to mobster Sonny Corinthos is cursed after finding blood on her reception dress. And now that curse can be confirmed. On Sept. 19, Kate's cousin Olivia - who had a fling with Sonny back in high school - will turn up at the nuptials with some startling scoop about Kate's oh-so-secret past. The role will be played by ABC soap stalwart Lisa LoCicero ( Loving, The City, One Life to Live).

"Sonny has invited Olivia to the wedding, unbeknownst to Kate," LoCicero says. "He doesn't know there was quite a rivalry between the two women or that Olivia has something under her belt that's going to create big excitement- and a lot of friction."

LoCicero nearly made her GH debut in 2004 when she was up for the recast role of Lois. (The gig went to Lesli Kay, now on The Bold and the Beautiful.) As a consolation prize, ABC cast LoCicero on OLTL as Sonia, who was part of a Puerto Rican mob story that annoyed viewers so much it was quickly whacked. "Let's face it," LoCicero says with a laugh, "that plot was the lead balloon of the century." - Michael Logan