Guy Pearce is ready to reprise his position on Neighbours after making a high-profile return to the collection for final yr’s finale.
The Golden Globe-nominated actor hinted in an interview with Nine’s Good Weekend Talks podcast that he can be showing within the reboot, which is at the moment being filmed in Melbourne.
Pearce, 55, landed his breakout position as Mike Young on Neighbours in 1986 and appeared in additional than 450 episodes till he left in 1989, earlier than making a cameo return for the finale.
In the present’s final episode, his character was seen buying a house on Ramsay Street along with his love curiosity, Jane Harris (performed by Annie Jones).
The iconic Aussie TV present ended its 37-year run in July final yr after Fremantle failed to seek out it a brand new residence.
However, simply months after its star-studded finale aired, it was given a lifeline by Amazon Freevee and Prime Video.
During his interview with the Good Weekend Talks podcast, Pearce additionally defined that the collection’ return had “thrown” him.
“I was a little thrown by that,” he admitted.
“Annie (Jones) and I called each other, ‘What do we do now, because we’re living in the street’,” he mentioned.
“And she said, ‘Well I’m all right because I’m on the show anyway, but what are you going to do?’ I said, ‘I don’t know’. So we’re in the process of working it out.”
When requested if he’d return, Pearce vaguely responded with, “You may, you may” – however shortly confirmed that it was seemingly.
“Obviously, if I’m going to extricate myself from the show, I want to do it respectfully,” he mentioned. “I wasn’t just gonna go, ‘Well, bad luck. You had your chance, that was it’, you know. So there may be a little appearance or two, shall we say.”
Neighbours will quickly air as soon as once more on Channel 10 – its outdated residence – but additionally can be out there to stream totally free on Amazon Freevee within the UK and US.
The revitalised collection will even be out there ad-free on Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand seven days following the free-to-air viewing.
Originally printed as Guy Pearce confirms he’ll reprise Neighbours position in reboot
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
