In an effort to bring over fans of "One Life to Live", who were now without a soap to call their own, Carlivati brought over Kristen Alderson ("Starr Manning"), Kassie DePaiva ("Blair Cramer"), Michael Easton ("John McBain"), Roger Howarth ("Todd Manning") and Florencia Lozano ("Tea Delgado") to bring their signature roles to "General Hospital". While DePaiva and Lozano only appeared in a guest capacity, the other three became contract cast members. When copyright issues intervened, dictating that the show could not use the characters of Starr Manning, Todd Manning, and John McBain; the three actors under contract at the time were recast as Kiki Jerome, Robert "Franco" Frank, and Silas Clay.