Neighbours star Natalie Imbruglia open to return with Guy Pearce

 "You never know."

With Neighbours returning to our screens later this year, former star Natalie Imbruglia has said she would be open to hitting Ramsay Street again in new episodes.

The soap was controversially axed last year before being saved at the last minute by Amazon Prime Video's Freevee, with new episodes being filmed and slated for release in the latter half of 2023.

A number of former stars will be reprising their roles, including Stefan Dennis, Alan Fletcher, Jackie Woodburne, and Ryan Moloney.

Singer Imbruglia, who starred as Beth Brennan in the original soap, has admitted she would consider returning to the show.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain, she was asked by host Ed Balls whether she would be tempted to star in Neighbours again, and replied, "Never say never," before saying she would "love" to do something with Guy Pearce, who will be returning as Mike Young.

"They haven't approached me, but I mean, if Guy Pearce is coming back I'd have to consider it. I'd love to do something with Guy," she continued.

The star also spoke about her return in the show's finale and pondered whether creators knew that Neighbours had been saved while the cast filmed.

"I wonder if they knew when we shot that, we didn't know anything about this other re-emergence of Neighbours," she said.

"It was actually Holly Candy who said to me, 'Are you doing this thing?' And I said, 'I will if you will', and we weren't even on the show together so it was so fun to do it with her.

"Obviously it made no sense, but it was the final episode and it was about saying thank you to the show because that's where my career started."

Before we can enjoy new episodes of the soap, a series of classic episodes will be coming to Freevee,  exclusively revealed.

The free streaming service will add 50 more of the show's best-ever editions on Thursday, June 15.

Neighbours returns in the second half of 2023 with new episodes streaming free on Amazon Freevee in the UK and US. Network 10 will retain first-run rights in Australia for the new series.