Goodbye, Neighbours

Hollywood star Guy Pearce is back as Mike Young for the Aussie soap’s last-ever episodes

- HANNAH DAVIES, RICHARD MCCLURE

LAST ONE SOAP

Neighbours Friday, 9pm, Channel 5

Guy Pearce returns to his Neighbours roots to bid farewell as the legendary Australian soap bows out after 37 years on screen.

The Emmy-winning actor got his big break playing Ramsay Street student Mike Young, before going on to star in films The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Memento, and more recently joining Kate Winslet in the Sky Atlantic crime drama Mare of Easttown.

As he joins other returning Neighbours stars, including Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, for the soap’s double-length finale, we asked him to tell us more…

How did it feel being back on the Neighbours set?