Rick Springfield opened up about the summer of ’81, when “Jessie’s Girl” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 just as he debuted as the dreamy Dr. Noah Drake on General Hospital. Springfield said “It was all happening too fast to enjoy it.”
This summer also is proving to be memorable, with the actor-singer, 65, taking a big-screen turn in Ricki and the Flash, out Aug. 7, opposite Meryl Streep. Springfield talks of his jitters bedding the acting legend. saying “My deer-in-the-headlights look wasn’t going to work, We had to change that.”