Neighbours wraps filming after 37 years

OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Neighbours’ has wrapped filming for the final time after 37 years.
The Australian soap has been cancelled after producers Fremantle Media failed to find a buyer for future episodes, and the cast finished shooting scenes for the final time on Friday (10.06.22).
A tweet on the official ‘Neighbours’ Twitter account read: “That’s a wrap [yellow heart emoji] #Neighbours”
‘Neighbours’ legend Stefan Dennis, who has portrayed ruthless businessman Paul Robinson since the show’s first-ever episode in March 1985, admitted he felt “incredibly emotional” after closing the studio door following his last-ever scene.
He told Australian breakfast programme ‘Studio 10’: “It’s a melancholy day for me.
“I sort of closed the studio door behind me on my very last scene, my very last dialogue scene and … I suddenly surprised myself by getting incredibly emotional.
“I just kept to myself and went to my dressing room … so I’m keeping a very low profile today. I think I’ll just be an absolute mess if I sort of hang around too long.”
The soap’s final episode, which will air on August 1st, will see Kylie Minogue reprise her role as Charlene Robinson alongside on-screen husband Jason Donovan (Scott Robinson).
The 54-year-old pop star has admitted she felt “quite a bit of pressure” to return to the show.
Speaking on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’, she said: “I got this role in ‘Neighbours’, that was in 1986. So I was only in the show for two and a half years, but it just exploded. England just went crazy about it.
“So it’s been with me ever since and it’s been a large part of how I entered into the music industry.
“The show was played twice a day, and people would bunk off school, they changed the office hours.
“They’re finishing the show, and there was quite a bit of pressure for me to go back, so I shot my scenes back in Australia.”
Hollywood star Guy Pearce – who portrayed Mike Young in ‘Neighbours’ – will also return to the soap for the show’s finale.
In March, it was revealed ‘Neighbours’ was being axed.
A Fremantle spokesperson said at the time: “It is with sadness that after nearly 37 years and almost 9,000 episodes broadcast, we are confirming that ‘Neighbours’ will cease production in the summer. Following the loss of a key broadcast partner in the UK, and despite a search for alternative funding, we currently have no option but to rest the show.”
The soap has also helped to springboard the careers of the likes of Hollywood stars Margot Robbie and Luke Hemsworth, and singers Natalie Imbruglia, Holly Valance, and Delta Goodrem.

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