Thursday night's Neighbours finale was jam-packed full of megastar cameos harking back to the early days, from Kylie Minogue to Margot Robbie.
😠Guy Pearce shares what it means to him to be back in Erinsborough and reunited with so many old friends!— Neighbours (@neighbours) #CelebratingNeighbours @TheGuyPearce pic.twitter.com/tcHhnOSAv1 July 28, 2022 I have a lot of respect for Guy Pearce. The man has an actual Hollywood career and still came back for the— Neil (@neilrich75) #NeighboursFinale, didn’t just do a cameo and never once acted like it was beneath him. Stream more entertainment news live & on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. “I have a lot of respect for Guy Pearce. The man has an actual Hollywood career and still came back for the #NeighboursFinale,” one fan tweeted. A number of stars returned to farewell Neighbours after 37 years, but one in particular set Twitter ablaze for their role in the finale.
Among them was Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Margot Robbie, Delta Goodrem, and Guy Pearce, who has revealed a special – and rather random – tidbit from the ...
“When I [spoke] to the producer, he said maybe we can make the mother of your child, maybe she can be Kate,” Guy explained. “There are certain moments in your life that are real markers,” Guy said of his experience belonging to such an iconic cast. “When I told her I was coming back, she was beside herself,” Guy revealed to WHO.
Gracious, generous and energetically invested in his role, the Hollywood actor stole the last episodes – and invited us to reflect on the passage of time.
At the risk of overstating it, because this is afternoon soap opera and not a Guillermo del Toro flick, he invited the audience to reflect on their own passage of time. He wasn’t a pixelated face on a TV screen. The promised cameos turned out to each be a handful of seconds in a video montage – which, in fairness, is what we expected, and we still went “LANCE!!!” when he came on screen. Perhaps it’s obvious that an Emmy-award winning actor would put in a strong performance, but it seemed there was more to it than that. It was gracious and generous. In this sea of characters we once knew, one made a particular splash.
Many viewers flocked to social media to thank the 54-year-old actor for returning for a proper, satisfying storyline, instead of just making a brief cameo.
The nostalgia has my heart bursting and my love for is stronger than ever #NeighboursFinale #Neighbours,' one person wrote (Pictured in the late '80s) The nostalgia has my heart bursting and my love for is stronger than ever #NeighboursFinale #Neighbours,' a third agreed. Mike Pearce and Annie Jones were the stars of the show. Another said: 'Great #Neighbours Finale. Overjoyed that Mike and Jane are back together. Mike Pearce and Annie Jones were the stars of the show.
Guy Pearce, who lived in Hartlepool until he was four, will be reprising his role of Mike Young for the finale of Neighbours. The popular Australian soap is ...
Some of the show’s most popular characters from through the ages have been reprising their roles in the lead up to the grand finale, which will air in the UK on Friday night. He has gone on to play roles in films including LA Confidential, Memento, The Time Machine and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Pearce will be joining some of the soap’s other big names – including Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, who will be returning to the fictional Ramsey Street to take up their roles of Charlene and Scott Robinson.