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Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald Jesse Metcalfe as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald Passions Portrayed by Jesse Metcalfe
(1999–2005)
Adrian Bellani
(2006–07)
Blair Redford
(2007–08)Duration 1999–2004, 2005, 2006–08 First appearance Episode 0001
July 5, 1999Last appearance Episode 2231
August 7, 2008Cause/reason End of program. Created by James E. Reilly Profile Gender Male Occupation Fisherman
Model (former)
Student (former)Residence Lenox House
Harmony, New EnglandAdrian Bellani as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald Blair Redford as Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald Relationships Parents Martin Fitzgerald
Pilar LopezSibling(s) Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald
Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald
Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald Winthrop
Paloma Lopez-FitzgeraldSpouse(s) Kay Bennett (married 2008-Present) Romances Charity Standish (1999–2004)
Kay Bennett (2004; 2006–08)Children Maria Lopez-Fitzgerald (with Kay) Grandparents Brian Fitzgerald
Antonio Lopez
unnamed O'Leary
MariaAunts and uncles Florencia Lopez
Francisco Lopez
Maria LopezNieces and nephews Little Ethan Crane
Jane Winthrop
Marty Lopez-FitzgeraldFirst cousins unnamed (two, both male; deceased) Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions. The youngest son of the once-missing Martin Fitzgerald and Mexican immigrant Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald, the character as played by Jesse Metcalfe (July 5, 1999—July 26, 2004) was caught in a love triangle with true love Charity Standish and her scheming, manipulative cousin, and his best friend, Kay Bennett. After being written off-canvas for a year and a half, the character returned on February 8, 2006 played by Adrian Bellani; and engaged in a rivalry with Kay's fiancé, and later husband, Fox Crane. After a three month hiatus from September to December 2007, while the character was said to have been kidnapped by the forces of darkness and held prisoner in Hell, Blair Redford replaced Bellani on December 24, 2007[1] and played the role until August 7, 2008.
Character history
Miguel grew up as the fourth of five children in an Irish-Mexican family. One of his closest friends growing up was local tomboy Kay Bennett, who secretly had feelings for him and wanted to be his girlfriend. However, in the summer of 1999, Miguel met the mysterious Charity Standish and it was love at first sight, much to Kay's dislike.
Over the next five years, Kay schemed and plotted to take down Charity and have Miguel all to herself. She even succeeded in getting pregnant with Miguel's child by raping him and giving birth to a baby girl, Maria, in July 2003. But this wasn't enough to land Miguel for good, as Charity left town a year later, and Miguel soon followed after her, leaving Kay as a single mother.
Just as Kay finally started to get over Miguel and became engaged to Fox Crane, Miguel returned to town in 2006 at the request of Valerie Davis, who was working with Ivy Winthrop to break up Fox and Kay. Miguel announced that he had decided to give up on his search for Charity and would stay in Harmony so that Maria would have her father back in her life. And although Kay wouldn't admit it out loud, her feelings for Miguel were returning. The relationship between Miguel and Kay took another twist when Miguel fell off a fishing boat and drowned, but was brought back to life by a mysterious, young woman named Siren, who was actually a mermaid created by Endora Lenox, Fox's half-sister. Siren was instantly in love with Miguel, and Miguel didn't mind having a relationship with the attractive and playful Siren. But when Miguel and Kay were unexpectedly electrocuted, Kay got amnesia and believed she was engaged to Miguel. She had no idea that Fox was her fiancee. This development infuriated Fox and Siren, but Miguel decided to play along, believing it would help Kay bring her memory back.
Eventually, Kay got her memory back, which caused Miguel to discover how much he actually loved Kay. Siren attempted to put Miguel under the mermaid's curse. However Kay prevented it by telling Miguel she loved him and broke him out of the trance. Soon afterwards, Endora zapped Siren into a fish tank after Fox complained that she complicated his relationship with Kay. Miguel was sure that Kay had feelings for him, and he finally won her over Fox. Miguel and Kay had plans of getting married and getting their own home. Fox who couldn't get over the fact that Kay was leaving him for Miguel, faked an illness so Kay would feel sorry for him and stay with him. This lead to their marriage on January 10th 2007. Miguel became suspicions that Fox's illness and believed it was fake, but he wasn't able to prove it to Kay. Fox even managed to fake a hit and run blaimed Miguel for the accident (with the help of his father Julian and Spike). Eventually, Fox's lies were exposed, and Kay separated from Fox.
When the forces of darkness came to kidnap Endora on September 7, 2007, Kay was forced to tell Miguel that she, Tabitha, and Endora are all witches. Miguel was shocked, but was determined to rescue Endora; however, his efforts only resulted in his own abduction. Eventually, he and Endora returned to Earth on Christmas Eve, where he found that Fox was dead and he and Kay were free to move on together.
After a while Miguel began to feel like he was losing his mind because he couldn't remember where he had been. When he tried to call himself into an insane asylum, Kay used her magic and accidentally repaired his memory of him being in Hell, which also resulted him to remember his fiancee, Endora and Tabitha were all witches. With that happening, he made Kay take a sacred oath to never use magic again or else they could not be together. Kay agreed. But then Miguel realized they would have to make Tabitha stop using magic as well. Tabitha refused to give up on magic until Miguel blackmailed her with a letter he wrote and hid about her being a witch, for if anything bad was to happen to him she'd be exposed. He explained to Tabitha that she was a nice witch but if magic was to stop, all the evils of Harmony would stop as well. She agreed to give up magic, but secretly vowed she would find that letter and turn Miguel into a toad.
On July 21, 2008, Miguel and Kay became husband and wife.
After Miguel and Kay got married, the volcano, Mt. Harmony erupted in Harmony. Miguel gave Kay permission to use magic, figure it would do some good for a change. When Harmony was saved, Miguel finally gave in and said he was okay with Kay using magic and being a witch.
References
- ^ "PASSIONS CAST - MIGUEL LOPEZ-FITZGERALD". Soaps.com. http://www.soaps.com/passions/cast/621/Miguel_Lopez-Fitzgerald. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
External links
- PASSIONS CAST - MIGUEL LOPEZ-FITZGERALD at Soaps.com
- THE ROAD TO MIGUEL How Well Do You Know Mr. Lopez-Fitzgerald? at Soap Opera Digest
- Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald at Soap Central
- Jesse Metcalfe at the Internet Movie Database
- Adrian Bellani at the Internet Movie Database
- Blair Redford at the Internet Movie Database
Passions Major Characters Noah Bennett · Sam Bennett · Fancy Crane · Fox Crane · Julian Crane · Sheridan Crane · Chad Harris-Crane · Tabitha Lenox · Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald · Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald · Pilar Lopez-Fitzgerald · Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald · Eve Russell · Whitney Russell · Ethan Winthrop · Gwen Winthrop · Ivy Winthrop
Secondary Characters Hank Bennett · Jared Casey · Viki Chatsworth · Vincent Clarkson (Valerie Davis) · Alistair Crane · Katherine Crane · Pretty Crane · Martin Fitzgerald · Rebecca Hotchkiss · Timmy Lenox · Spike Lester · Antonio Lopez-Fitzgerald · Paloma Lopez-Fitzgerald · Simone Russell · T. C. Russell · Liz Sanbourne · Esme Vanderheusen · Beth Wallace · Children of Passions · Minor Passions characters
Core families Important crew Executive producer: Lisa de Cazotte · Creator and Head Writer: James E. Reilly
Related topics DirecTV · Harmony, New England · NBC · Sci Fi · The 101 Network
Categories:- Passions characters
- Fictional American people of Mexican descent
- Fictional American people of Irish descent
- Fictional models
- Fictional factory workers
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