Home and Away's Lynne McGranger reveals exit plans: 'Dramatic'
Lynne McGranger wants Irene Roberts to go out with a 'big bang.
just days after Home and Away’s Georgie Parker announced her break from the soap, veteran star Lynne McGranger has revealed how she wants to leave. The actress, 70, has played Irene Roberts for over 30 years.
In 2014, the redhead clinched the title of the longest-serving actress in the same role in Australia, previously held by radio host Kate Ritchie (Sally Fletcher). Although her character is a kind, motherly figure to Summer Bay residents, the star is hoping for a “dramatic exit
in an interview with Stuff.co.nz, Lynne floated some creative ideas for her final storyline.
“I want to go with the biggest bang, the most dramatic exit,” she spilled. “I want to get lost at sea, or I want to die a really sad, lengthy death with everyone weeping and wailing around me.
“Or Irene could get lost at sea and they never find the body, have the memorial service and everything and then she walks back into town.
fans were upset by Lynne’s comments, after losing Kawakawa Fox-Reo (Nikau Parata), Sophie Dillman (Ziggy Astoni) and Patrick O’Connor (Dean Thompson) over the last two weeks.
“Please don't talk about your character leaving, too many good actors leaving the bay,” one fan wrote.
“It’s looking like the show is coming to an end. Wonder why all the good long term actors are leaving all of a sudden,” another observed.
“Alf and Irene have to die a boring death, like old age or something. Cause it’ll be like losing our parents or grandparents!” a third exclaimed.
elsewhere in the interview, Lynne was asked what her ‘biggest regret’ was. When she landed the role of Irene Roberts, she was a proud mother of toddler Clancy with her partner Paul McWaters. The fast-paced nature of the soap and work demands meant Paul became a stay-at-home dad while Lynne continued working.
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