Sex sells – however provided that it is sensible – says Bob Morley, who has to get his package off once more as he returns for season two of Love Me.
Morley’s fan base first began swelling virtually 20 years in the past in his function as Drew Curtis on Home and Away.
Now his fame extends to Hollywood and even his mum’s homeland the Philippines and he tells Today he doesn’t thoughts getting down and steamy on digicam.
“Love scenes are far less intimate than what they look like on screen,” the 38-year-old tells Today of his character Peter’s lovemaking with co-star Bojana Novakovic within the return of the Melbourne-based Binge present.
“I’ve never dreaded intimate scenes if there is a purpose and they add value to a storyline and they develop characters, but if it was just a gratuitous scene for the sake of sex, then I would question its merit.”
“There is a lot of cooperation that is involved, not only from the actors, but from all departments on set. I have been on some that are less than comfortable, but they have come a long way over time. Bojana and I had the guidance of a brilliant intimacy co-ordinator to make sure Peter and Clara’s lovemaking scenes were safe spaces for us as actors, but also relevant and realistic to the story.”
Off digicam, his actual life love story started with one other former co-star Eliza Taylor. Morley and the man ex-soap star (Neighbours) fell for one another on a set in Canada and simply had their first baby within the pandemic lockdown.
“It’s crazy how our life and work has come full circle,” he says of their relationship future. “We were both on Australian soaps back home, met on a set in Canada and the rest is history. However I do love coming back to Australia, and am deeply grateful I’ve had the chance to work there. I do miss it.”
Bobby has ambitions of directing subsequent so the couple received’t be speeding again from La La Land.
“I’ve been in Hollywood for about a decade now,” he says. “It’s home for me and my wife Eliza.”
But the Trans-Pacific commute comes at a worth.
“Lockdowns meant our parents never met their first grandchild for months after our son was born last March,” says Bobby, who admits the expertise was “extremely hard”.
“Then I was away working, away from my family in the States for a while so that was really challenging for us. Having a young child really makes travelling for work for long periods of time a difficult decision to make.”
The rewarding elements of fame embrace representing expertise from his mum’s heritage. The Victorian’s mum is Filipino and married his Australian–Irish dad.
Success for his maternal origins means gratitude floods in from the Asian island nation.
“It’s been great to be a part of better representation for Filipino talent on screen,” the star says on breaking by variety boundaries in showbiz.
“It never dawned on me until one day I was at a rock climbing centre and a young woman came up to me out of the blue – she was Filipino – and said how much she loved seeing Peter onscreen, flying the flag for the Philippines,” he says.
“It was a humbling experience, and I’m grateful I get the chance to make others feel seen and represented.”
With the like of the Hemsworths, Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie all cracking Hollywood after Aussie cleaning soap life, Morley reveals the alumni all hangout in Hollywood.
He says of their Australian schmoozing: “There are some incredible actors that have come out of Neighbours and Home and Away all over here doing great things. We see a lot of them from time to time and hangout.”
“And there is no better way to cut your teeth in tinseltown than to get on an Aussie soap,” he says.
“Those shows really set you up for success with long filming days and quick turnarounds – it’s really hard graft and prepares you well for anything out here,” says Morley.
“I’ve learnt so much from my days on Australian soaps and I have fond memories of them.”
Love Me season two is streaming on Binge.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
