| Andrew "Drew" Cain | |||||||||||
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| General Hospital | |||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Billy Miller (2014-19) Steve Burton (photo; 2017-19) (flashbacks; 2019) Unknown Actor (2014, 2017) Asher McDonnell (Young Andrew; 2017) Dexter Hobert (Young Andrew; 2018) Cameron Mathison (2021-present) | ||||||||||
| Created by |
Jean Passanante Shelly Altman | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||||||||
| First appearance | August 12, 2014 | ||||||||||
| Profile | |||||||||||
| Family | Quartermaine | ||||||||||
| Alias |
Andrew Moore (Birth Name) Andrew Frank Jake Doe Jacob "Jake" Barnes Jason Morgan | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 14, 1981 (revised to 1973, then to November 11, 1976, then to September 14, 1978, then to March 7, 1970; back to November 11, 1976 then March 7,1972 then January 22,1976 then September14,1973) | ||||||||||
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Chief Andrew "Drew" Cain (né Moore, formerly Frank) is a fictional character on the ABC Soap Opera General Hospital.
He was portrayed by Billy Miller from October 1, 2014 until August 21, 2019, although he was originally a recast of Jason Morgan from 2014 until 2017.
Before Miller joined the series, an unknown actor played Jason from August 12 until September 25, 2014.
Steve Burton played Andrew Cain in flashbacks in 2019 and was seen in various old photos as Drew since he and Jason used to look alike.
In 2021, the role was recast with former All My Children alum, Cameron Mathison, who’s voice was first heard as Drew on August 16, 2021. Mathison made his first appearance as Drew on August 17, 2021.
Conception[]
Backstory[]
Andrew and his twin brother Jason were born on September 14, 1981 [1] at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in the Bronx, New York to Susan Moore. At the time of Andrew and Jason's conception, Susan was involved with the married Dr. Alan Quartermaine. Alan at one moved out of his own home to be with Susan but he soon patches things up with wife, Monica and leaves Susan. A vengeful Susan sues the Quartermaines for millions of dollars. The Quartermaines never knew about Andrew since he was given to Betsy Frank after he was born. Jason was taken in and raised by the Quartermaines and Monica Quartermaine adopted him as her own. Susan planned to keep Andrew and go back for him but after her murder in 1983, Betsy Frank raised him alongside Bobby Frank, who would later be known as Franco. At age 3, Betsy gave Andrew away for his own protection and claimed for years he died of a heart defect.
Andrew grew up in an estate home and went to the High School in Sawyer. After he graduated, he joined the Navy and took on the name "Andrew Cain." He served with honor and became a Chief Petty officer for the SEALs. In July 2012, Andrew mysteriously vanished and everyone believed he went AWOL, but in reality he was ambushed by an independent contractor named Hank Archer under orders of Helena Cassadine, who kidnapped him from his post in Afghanistan and planned to use his skills for her own purposes. Andrew and his twin brother Jason Morgan were delivered to Dr. Andre Maddox who took away Andrew's life and implanted Jason's memories into Andrew, who was further brainwashed by Helena into following her orders without question. Andrew was presumed dead/missing for five years and was unknowingly living Jason's life until 2017.
When Andrew first saw Jason, he was hostile and believed that Jason was an impostor and after their identities were sorted out he held a grudge against Jason. Over the coming months, he eventually accepted Jason in his life and came to respect him but didn't see him as a friend or brother. However, in 2019, he was concerned about Jason's safety since Hank Archer planned to implant his (Andrew's) memories into Jason and referred to him as his brother.
On October 9, 2019, Drew was declared dead in absentia when Robert Scorpio revealed that when Drew's plane went down that the WSB found no signs of survivors. Since Drew's body was never found, there is a good chance that he could still be alive.
On November 15, 2019, Franco (when he had Drew's memories and believed he was Drew) revealed to Jason that water was always a Navy SEAL's friend; it could hide you when you needed to, it could help you escape when you need to, and it can spit you back out onto land when you needed to. He also explained that in Drew's body he could swim for miles but he cannot in Franco's body, which could be a hint that Drew could still be alive.
Casting[]
Rumors of Miller's casting on "GH" started to surface in June of 2014, when TV Guide's Michael Logan tweeted about the possibility.
On September 2, 2014, after months of speculation, executive producer Frank Valentini announced on Twitter that three-time Daytime Emmy award-winning actor Billy Miller, formerly known for his roles on All My Children as Richie Novak (2007-08) and The Young and the Restless as Billy Abbott (2008-14), would join the cast as Jason.
Miller is a three-time Daytime Emmy award winning actor. In 2010 and 2013, Miller brought home two Daytime Emmy's for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and one in 2014 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, all for his work on The Young and the Restless as Billy Abbott.
Although Jason had been back on canvas since August 11, 2014, Miller didn't make his first appearance until October 1, 2014.
On July 12, 2017, a GH source stated on Twitter that "Miller is currently in contract negotiations while Burton (the former Jason) is signing a long term deal. No word who will play "Real Jason" yet."
On July 28, 2017, according to Soaps in Depth, Miller has re-signed with GH. Miller also signs his contract year to year.
Due to his contract negotiations, Miller was off screen for about three weeks (Aug 31-Sep 21, 2017) while his character was in a coma (a contract coma).
On December 1, it was revealed that Miller's character was actually Jason's twin brother Andrew Cain and Burton was Jason.
On May 22, 2019 Soaps.com announced that Billy Miller (along with Tamara Braun) will temporarily be leaving GH during the week of May 27-31 as their characters go to Kilimanjaro to spread the ashes of their son Oscar. They were last seen on May 16, 2019 before they made appearances on May 28 and June 4 and again on June 12 before returning on June 17, 2019.
On June 15, 2019, rumors began swirling around that Billy Miller may soon be leaving the show, although nothing has been confirmed yet.
On July 28, 2019, it was confirmed that Miller would in fact be exiting GH and his last air-date would be in August. He made his last appearance on August 21, 2019.
On April 5, 2021, various sources broke the news that actor Cameron Mathison, known for his role of Ryan Lavery on All My Children, will join the cast of GH in a mysterious role.
On April 16, 2021, it was revealed that Mathison would officially join GH this summer, but it’s unknown who he’d be playing.
On June 19, 2021, rumors began swirling around that Mathison will be a recast of Drew when he joins GH in July, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
On July 2, 2021, Mathison revealed on Instagram that he’s officially in the GH studio filming scenes. He was seen sporting a beard and he looked a little beat up which could be another hint that he’s taking over the role of Drew.
On July 6, 2021, it was revealed that Mathison’s first scene would be in a foreign prison.
On August 8, 2021, it was confirmed that Mathison would in fact be a recast of Drew. Although Mathison’s voice was first heard on August 16, 2021, he didn’t make his first appearance as Drew until August 17, 2021.
Storylines[]
2014-15[]
In early 2014, Victor Cassadine (Thaao Penghlis) showed up at Robin Scorpio Drake's (Kimberly McCullough) house and asked her to revive Helena (Constance Towers) and Stavros Cassadine (Robert Kelker-Kelly) and revealed that Jason was alive and in a cryogenic stasis with them. He told her if she can save Helena and Stavros, she can save Jason too. On March 4, Robin left Port Charles with Victor, who took her to Crighton-Clark where she saw that Jason was alive.
In August, Robin made a breakthrough in her work and Victor tested her protocol on Jason, who seemingly dies. However, Jason woke up and grabbed Victor's wrist and Victor ordered his men to take Robin away. It was revealed that Victor planned to use Jason for his own purposes.
On September 16, Jason broke free of his restraints and found Robin handcuffed to a wall. When he freed her, they attempted to escape but came across a newly-revived Helena Cassadine, who had big plans for them both. Jason killed her goons and was about to kill her until she simply said "Don't shoot." Jason escaped with Robin.
Jason and Robin were making their way back to Port Charles and Robin told him that Danny was his biological son and that it would be too dangerous to go home to their families. Robin told Jason to go to Sonny and she will go to her mom for help. Jason went to Sonny's house and was about to go in until he was stopped by Helena's men, who threatened his loved ones unless he would leave with them. They were taking Jason for a ride until Jason fought them and escaped the vehicle, only to stumble upon the road and get hit by a car driven by Ava Jerome (Maura West).
Jason was rushed to the hospital and the doctors attempted to stabilize him and Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) helped try to revive Jason but she didn't recognize him due to his injuries. Jason had extensive plastic surgery to his face and a bunch of surgery to save his life. Afterwards, he was moved to recovery and eventually his son Danny Morgan ran into his room and grabbed his hand. Sam followed Danny in there and saw Jason for the first time in two years but she didn't recognize him. Danny refused to let go of the John Doe's (Jason's) hand so Elizabeth gave him some candy to get him to let go. Sam was talking to Jason and his vitals started to spike which seemed to help. After Sam and Danny left, Elizabeth talked to the doctors, who told her that he would wake up soon. Jason (Billy Miller) woke up with amnesia and believed his name to be Jake. Elizabeth was nursing "Jake" back to health, much to the annoyance of Dr. Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati). After Obrecht eventually kicked him out of the hospital, Elizabeth took him into her home to continue helping him recover and get on his feet.
On Thanksgiving Day, Helena paid a visit to Elizabeth's house and met "Jake", however she knew he was Jason. When Jason went to get Elizabeth, Helena had already left. Sam and Danny came to Elizabeth's house with Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson). Jason held Danny for the first time in two years.
On December 5, Jason went to the pier and met wuth Helena, who revealed that he was conditioned into following her orders and she told him his true identity. Jason initally didn't believe her, but she assured him he really was Jason Morgan. Jason wanted to find Sam, but Helena ordered him to forget who he was again and also to break Cesar Faison (Anders Hove) out of police custody. He went to the police station, took Sam hostage, and ordered the police to give him the keys to the police van that Faison was in, and he shot Nathan West (Ryan Peavey) in the shoulder. He drove off in the van after letting Sam go and met with Helena on the pier. Faison and his daughter Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) eventually left Port Charles and went on the run and Helena ordered Jason to put on his civilian clothes, to forget everything he has done and to go back to Elizabeth's house as if nothing happened. He returned to Elizabeth's and he didn't remember anything that Helena forced him to do.
On December 11, Jake/Jason and Sam were chatting at the Metro Court and were having a good time until he said something the gunman had said. Afterwards, Sam quickly made up a reason to leave and began suspecting "Jake."
On January 12, 2015, "Jake" went to see Dr. Kevin Collins because he believed there was something wrong with his memories. However, instead of finding Kevin in his office he found Helena who activated him and revealed that he was as guilty as sin for breaking Faison out of jail. She ordered him to kill Sam and said that as soon as he walks out the door he would forget they met and instead told him to say that he saw Kevin told him that having that vague memory of taking Sam hostage was a false memory. Eventually "Jake" did exactly as she programmed him to do and told everyone what she programmed him to say.
Later that night, Jason snuck into Sam's penthouse and went upstairs to kill her. Eventually he called Helena and said that Patrick Drake was there so she ordered him to kill him too. Eventually he was about to take a shot but then had a vague memory flash of him and Sam together. Eventually Jason went downstairs since he could not go through with it and had a hallucination of Robin. He said he didn't want to shoot her but he would and Robin revealed that she was not really there so he would just be shooting a wall. She asked him why he was following Helena's orders and he said he had to. Eventually she got him to abort that mission and he left but took a figurine of a Phoenix with him. The next morning, he didn't remember anything and he woke up on the pier with hypothermia. Jason was taken to the hospital where he was visited by Carly who found a gun and his other clothes in that gym bag. Jason insisted he didn't know how that got there and Carly grew concerned.
On January 29, Helena ordered Jason to plant a bomb on the Haunted Star and as soon as he told her over the phone that it was done, she told him he would forget what he did as soon as they hung up. As soon as the call ended, Jason forgot everything and didn't remember planting the bomb. Eventually, Nathan West showed up and arrested "Jake" for his crimes after Carly gave evidence to turn him in for everyone's own protection and "Jake's" own good.
2016-17[]
2018-19[]
2020-21[]
On March 6, 2020, Peter August (Wes Ramsey) framed Liesl Obrecht for Drew's presumed death and for the murder attempts on Franco and Andre Maddox. As a result, Liesl was arrested by two WSB agents under orders of Anna Devane.
On March 4, 2021, Peter was finally exposed when Valentin Cassadine exposed all of his crimes to everyone at Peter's double wedding with Maxie Jones, Anna and Finn. Sam grew angry and tried to attack Peter since he was responsible for Drew's presumed death but she was held back by Dante Falconeri.