Home And Away casting a ‘bucket list’ item for Summer Bay’s debutants

Four new faces are joining the cast of one of Australian television’s most famous soaps. Meet Summer Bay’s new blood.

Four new faces are joining the cast of Home And Away.

The popular TV soap has added some fresh faces to the storyline by way of a fictional band known as Lyrik, fronted by actor Rob Mallett as Bob.

There’s also Stephanie Panozzo as Eden, Adam Rowland as Remi and Angelina Thomson as Kirby.

“Home And Away is a cornerstone of the Aussie television landscape, so it’s a bucket list show to work on,” Mallett told Confidential.

“I’ve had an absolute ball trying to win the hearts and minds of Summer Bay. Now it’s time to do the same to the rest of Australia. The whole team there are a pleasure to work with and experts at what they do. It’s no wonder the show still has as much support as it does.”

The new cast members of Home And Away, Lyrik: (L-R) Eden (Stephanie Panozzo), Kirby (Angelina Thomson), Bob (Rob Mallett) and Remi (Adam Rowland)

Lyrik will make their on-screen debut on Monday, several months after they shot their first scenes. It comes after the recent departures of actors including Sam Frost, Harley Bonner, Lucas Radovic and Courtney Miller.

Generally the show hires actors for contracts ranging from a few months to three years with some, like Lynne McGranger, having notched up decades on Home And Away.

Rowland was “excited and slightly daunted” by the news he landed the gig.

The fictional band make their debut on Monday.

“I had just started my shift at a pub and was pouring pints when my phone rang with the news,” Rowland, originally from Melbourne, said of landing the job.

“Needless to say I needed a pint or two myself after that phone call. I was excited and slightly daunted by the fact that my life was about to change. I grabbed my guitar, packed a suitcase and was calling Sydney home three days later. What a ride.”

Panozzo meanwhile auditioned over Zoom as she couldn’t travel from Melbourne as she had just tested positive to Covid.

“I thought I had lost out on the opportunity of the role because I wasn’t going to be able to be in the room. I was devastated,” she said.

“I did the recall over zoom and thought that was that. A few days later I was watching TV feeling sorry for myself, recovering from Covid, and my agents FaceTimed me, which they never do, and they said I booked the role. I was absolutely blown away and beyond excited. It was a very surreal and incredible feeling.”

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