Andrew Morley Joins Neighbours
Ramsay Street is fast becoming the next popular stop after Summer Bay. In recent years, Bob Morley (ex-Drew Curtis), Rebekah Elmaloglou (ex-Sophie Simpson) and Kip Gamblin (ex-Scott Hunter) have all joined the Neighbours clan, and now, Andrew Morley, who played Spencer Harrington on Home and Away, is set to move onto Australia’s most famous street.
Andrew’s manager, Craig McMahon, confirmed that he had commenced filming on one of Australia’s most popular dramas.
The Film & Television Studio International, of which Andrew is a former student, then announced the news of his new role on their website, stating “After his leading role on Home and Away, Andrew returned to Melbourne in November 2015, where he auditioned and won another series regular role, this time on long running iconic Australian series, Neighbours.”
This follows speculation that Andrew would be joining the Seven Network morning show, Sunrise as the new permanent Weather presenter. He then posted the following photo on Instagram, teasing his new role to his fans:
Adding fuel to the fire, Andrew’s bio on the popular photo-sharing app contains a link to a video of his time on Sunrise as the temporary Weather Presenter.
Andrew first appeared on Home and Away in January 2013, alongside Kassandra Clementi, as Maddy Osborne. Johnny Ruffo later joined the cast as Andrew’s onscreen brother, Chris Harrington. After storylines including online grooming, getting caught up in a cult and relationships with Maddy, Evelyn and Sasha, Spencer left Summer Bay in April 2015 to take care of his ill father.
Update! Andrew will make his first appearance on Ramsay Street in April as John Doe. Confirming that his real name is yet to be revealed, Andrew stated, “It’s definitely an interesting start. I’m sure the audience will have lots of questions like, ‘Who is this guy? What’s he doing here?’ He’s not related to anyone so why is he in the situation that he is the first time we see him?”
Andrew says current Neighbours co-star, Olympia Valance reminds him of his former H&A co-star, Demi Harman.
Andrew told The Daily Telegraph, “Paige (Olympia Valance) helps him to discover who he is … working out why he’s there and what’s his story. It’s been fun piecing together the puzzle.” Of his cast mates, Andrew stated, “Olympia’s been great … just extremely friendly and great energy and really professional, so it’s nice to slot straight in with your castmates like that. She reminds me of Demi Harman, who I worked with early on on Home And Away … they are so similar, it’s been great.”