Home and Away star Steve Peacocke brings Brax back for one-off

STEVE Peacocke always planned on returning to Summer Bay — he just didn’t know it was going to be this soon

STEVE Peacocke always planned on returning to Summer Bay — he just didn’t know it was going to be this soon.

After packing up his Sydney home and making his move to Hollywood earlier this year, the popular actor is back on set of Home and Away shooting top-secret episodes.

“It is a nice little surprise,” 33-year-old Peacocke told The Sunday Telegraph.

“It was a good story the producers put to me, so I thought it is a nice way to see everyone for a bit.”

Peacocke was nominated for a Gold Logie this year for his more than four years playing River boy Darryl “Brax” Braxton in the TV drama.

“The show has been so good to me in terms of launching my career, so it is just something I always wanted to do — if there was any way I could be a part of something in the future,” Peacocke explained.

“It will be an interesting ­little twist. While Brax is in the Bay it will spice things up a bit, I think.”

Peacocke’s storyline is top secret and won’t be revealed until his episodes go to air later this year.

When pushed on the storyline and asked if Brax will be killed off, he said: “I can’t say anything about what is going to happen, but it is something the audience is going to love, which is part of why I thought it would be a nice book end.

“It is a cool story and it’s going to pack a punch.”

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Peacocke and his actor wife Bridgette Sneddon moved to the US earlier this year and Peacocke has since worked on two back-to-back films.

The first, Fun House, will see him share the big screen with Tina Fey, Billy Bob Thornton, Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman.

He then shot Me Before You in London with Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin and Charles Dance.

Both films are due to be ­released next year.

“My agents were interested in me showing a different side of what the public know me as — the bloke that always wins a fight and gets the girl in the end so the two characters I’ve played have been opposite to Brax,” he said.

Fans will be disappointed to learn Peacocke’s Home and Away return is a one-off.

“This is it for me,” he said.

“Film is always something I’ve wanted to do. I took a gamble deciding to leave and so far it has paid off.”