Home and Away star weighs in on scrapped storyline: ‘Bring it back’
Fans have been begging producers to bring back the school storyline for years now, and Jake is quick to agree. In a chat with Yahoo Lifestyle about his next big career move, the star reminisced on his first major role and explains why producers should ‘bring back Summer Bay High’.
Without high school students, what would Home and Away be? According to him, the focus of the program was on what it’s like to grow up in Australia, with all the highs and lows that entails.
The Clickbait actor continues by saying that he always “liked” speaking with viewers who recognized themselves in the soap opera and frequently “had similar difficulties.”
He says, “I felt like we were having a national discourse about issues that actually mattered to the viewers of the show. “Summer Bay doesn’t have any children any more? Please the populace by bringing Summer Bay High back.
‘I’d go back in a heartbeat’
Although the star’s character was murdered off six years ago, there is still a chance that Oscar, Evelyn’s twin brother, will make an appearance. A frequent plot device in soap operas is for characters to pretend to die or make a comeback as a long-lost twin; in Jake’s case, this would require a triplet.
Jake says he would return to the show in “a heartbeat,” despite the fact that he has been busy working on other stage and movie projects.
Who would refuse to visit Summer Bay? However, we’d have to think outside the box as to how,” he jokes. “I like the thought of having triplets. Oscar may have left behind a number of siblings when he left the cult, but who knows?
The Kinky Boots Australia actor recalls his experience on the program with affection, noting that many of the cast and crew members felt “like family.”
Though saying goodbye was difficult, he says, “I am immensely grateful for my time on the program and all the amazing experiences.”
When he married his high school sweetheart Leanne Wood in 2021, he held a mini-reunion with the cast, with whom he remains friends. Scott Lee (Hunter King), Alec Snow (Matt Page), and Philippa Northeast (Evelyn MacGuire) were there to celebrate his special day.
I frequently run into Shane Withington, Georgie Parker, and Pip (Roo Stewart) (John Palmer). “Shane is my sailing guru, and Georgie is my’stage mom,'” he says us.
Jake’s exciting career move: ‘Perfect Christmas outing’
Since leaving Home and Away, Jake has dabbled in a variety of entertainment-related endeavors, but his upcoming major project is a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The characters of Theseus and Titania will be played by the Catch Me If You Can theater star during the 2022–2023 season of Sport for Jove. Jake teases that the show would be unexpected and “crazy” and that it will be presented at two outdoor locations.
People may see charming fairies, intoxicated teens in love, and a man with a donkey’s head, but our production is going in a different direction. It’s a play that takes place in a world where there is environmental turmoil, where marriages are forced and organized, and where people are not allowed to be themselves,” he says.
In what will be a “great Christmas outing for everyone,” the actor continues, viewers can anticipate a “confronting” and “hilarious metamorphosis.”
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