Character: Lucas Holden
Genre: Drama (soap)
Rhys filming: 2005 – October 2007
Episode span: 4020 – 4574
Cast: Indiana Evans, Mark Furze, Sharni Vinson, Jessica Tovey, Bobby Morley, Charlotte Best, Jon Sivewright, Paul O´Brien

Home and Away chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heart-breaks of the
residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.

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Trivia

• Before filming began, Rhys went out to dinner with Jon Sivewright and Paul O’Brien to get to know his on-screen father and brother better, as they had never met before.

• Rhys dated his co-star and on-screen girlfriend Indiana Evans for several months but their split was confirmed in late 2006.

• Right after he´d left the show, the producers asked him to come back for a bit, but scheduling didn´t work out.

Quotes

Rhys (on the first day on set): «It was a little overwhelming, very daunting going into the first day. And it was freezing cold, it was the middle of winter and they were wetting us down because we were supposed to have come out of the surg…urgh! It was a funny day.»

Rhys (on getting cast): «I was very surprised to have won the role of Lucas Holden in Home and Away. My agent called me, and I was so shocked, I didn’t know what to say. It’s quite weird to go from one extreme to the other – to be unknown one day and overnight, you’re a well-known figure! You can’t prepare yourself for it! It’s such a crazy experience.»

Rhys: «Being in Home and Away has been a great learning experience for me…you learn so much as you go. I’ve learnt how the camera crew works – that’s amazing. And through the exposure to so much, one’s social skills are enhanced…even talking to adults seems easier now and exposure to publicity, as in this interview, is a learning experience for us!»

Rhys: (when asked if he is like his Home and Away character Lucas) «I do feel connected to the character…I can be a bit serious as Lucas is and I like writing as Lucas does. He plays football for fun, he’s not really competitive. Like me, I play sport for fun, I’m not all that competitive (in sport, that is). Yes, I’m inclined to be rather sensitive as Lucas is so it does make it easier for me to play the character!»

Rhys: (when asked about returning to Home and Away) «There are no plans to revisit Home And Away, no. You take so much from a show like that, you learn what works and what doesn’t, but it’s also a stepping stone.»

Rhys: (about his time on the show) «It was an amazing learning experience. I was so young, when I was thrown into this professional environment, where you have to sink or swim. I feel so fortunate for the time I had on Home & Away.»

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Official site (UK)