One actor had become a plumber. Another had built a chateau with a filthy name. But Neighbours wanted them back – provided they handed over all the props they stole. We spend an emotional day on the set of Amazon’s reboot
. But as time went on, Australia’s appetite began to dwindle, as did its funding. By the end, Neighbours was mostly bankrolled by the UK’s Channel 5, and when it bailed, the show followed Toadie’s wife off the cliff.
On the last day of filming, the cast and crew got together to agree about what they would steal from the set. A black-and-white photo of Karl Kennedy with a big moustache was hotly contested. “As soon as they said, ‘Cut!’, I ran and put it under my jacket,” says Fletcher. “Stefan was going around blatantly putting stickers on things.”Photograph: Ray Messner/Amazon Freevee
The Heritage Four were sworn to secrecy until Amazon made its announcement. None of the rest of the cast knew. “Those were a long few days,” says Fletcher. “I didn’t even tell my wife. She’s a journalist!” After the announcement, the rest of the shellshocked cast were told to sit tight while Amazon individually approved their returns. Will had no idea if he would be picking up the handcuffs again: “Everyone was like, ‘Are you going back?’ I was like, ‘Nah I don’t think so.
And then there’s Guy Pearce, who returned as Mike Young in the finale, alongside Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, the trio back on the show that made them famous. Fletcher recalls: “Guy said a confab went on between a lot of characters, text messages saying, ‘Are you going back?’ And everyone just said, ‘We must. We need to pay homage.’”In the finale, Mike finally got his girl, Plain Jane Superbrain, and moved back to Ramsay Street.
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