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Casting

Cole was portrayed by Brandon Buddy from October 10, 2006, to November 10, 2010. In October 2011, it was announced that Buddy would return as Cole. However, he taped for only one day before leaving for undisclosed personal reasons. On November 1, 2011, it was announced that Van Hughes would take over the role of Cole. He played Cole from January 3, 2012, to January 13, 2012. On January 30, 2012, it was announced that Hughes would temporarily reprise his role of Cole to help usher in Alderson's Starr Manning to ''

''. When asked about the possibility of bringing back Cole or Hope to the new online

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of ''One Life to Live'', executive producer Jennifer Pepperman had the following to say: :"I was really shocked as a viewer when Cole and Hope were killed and I know on soap operas people say you can bring people back from the dead, but that is something that I feel strongly, and Prospect Park feels strongly about, and that is not bringing people back from the dead. That is one of the things that never really feels right, but I am afraid that ABC killed Cole and Hope, and also Victor Jr. III (Tea and Victor Jr. son) and those are real losses for the show."http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/oltls-ep-jennifer-pepperman-on-roger-howarths-todds-departure-listen-to-the-broadcast-toln-soaps-live-with-michael-fairman/2013/08/02/

Backstory

Cole Thornhart was born off-screen to Patrick Thornhart and Marty Saybrooke. Patrick and Marty lived in

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briefly with newborn Cole before relocating to

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. However, on Christmas 2005, Patrick was purportedly killed. Marty decided to move back to Llanview with Cole in September 2006.

Notes and references

External links

Cole Thornhart profile - ABC.comCole Thornhart profile - SoapCentral.com
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