![]() “Those shows really set you up for success with long filming days and quick turnarounds – it’s really hard graft and prepares you well for anything out here,” says Morley. “And there is no better way to cut your teeth in tinseltown than to get on an Aussie soap,” he says. We see a lot of them from time to time and hangout.” Camera Icon ‘Love scenes are far less intimate than what they look like on screen,’ the 38-year-old tells Today of his character Peter’s lovemaking with co-star Bojana Novakovic in the return of the Melbourne-based Binge show. He says of their Australian schmoozing: “There are some incredible actors that have come out of Neighbours and Home and Away all over here doing great things. With the like of the Hemsworths, Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie all cracking Hollywood after Aussie soap life, Morley reveals the alumni all hangout in Hollywood. “It was a humbling experience, and I’m grateful I get the chance to make others feel seen and represented.” “It never dawned on me until one day I was at a rock climbing centre and a young woman came up to me out of the blue – she was Filipino – and said how much she loved seeing Peter onscreen, flying the flag for the Philippines,” he says. Camera Icon Bobby has ambitions of directing next so the couple won’t be rushing back from La La Land. “It’s been great to be a part of better representation for Filipino talent on screen,” the star says on breaking through diversity barriers in showbiz. Success for his maternal origins means gratitude floods in from the Asian island nation. The Victorian’s mum is Filipino and married his Australian–Irish dad. The rewarding parts of fame include representing talent from his mum’s heritage. Having a young child really makes travelling for work for long periods of time a difficult decision to make.” “Then I was away working, away from my family in the States for a while so that was really challenging for us. ![]() “Lockdowns meant our parents never met their first grandchild for months after our son was born last March,” says Bobby, who admits the experience was “extremely hard”. “It’s home for me and my wife Eliza.”īut the Trans-Pacific commute comes at a price. “I’ve been in Hollywood for about a decade now,” he says. Credit: Ben King/BINGE /BINGEīobby has ambitions of directing next so the couple won’t be rushing back from La La Land. I do miss it.” Camera Icon Now his fame extends to Hollywood and even his mum’s homeland the Philippines and he tells Today he doesn’t mind getting down and steamy on camera. However I do love coming back to Australia, and am deeply grateful I’ve had the chance to work there. “We were both on Australian soaps back home, met on a set in Canada and the rest is history. ![]() “It’s crazy how our life and work has come full circle,” he says of their relationship destiny. ![]() Morley and the fellow ex-soap star (Neighbours) fell for each other on a set in Canada and just had their first child in the pandemic lockdown. Off camera, his real life love story began with another former co-star Eliza Taylor. Bojana and I had the guidance of a brilliant intimacy co-ordinator to make sure Peter and Clara’s lovemaking scenes were safe spaces for us as actors, but also relevant and realistic to the story.” I have been on some that are less than comfortable, but they have come a long way over time. “There is a lot of cooperation that is involved, not only from the actors, but from all departments on set. “I’ve never dreaded intimate scenes if there is a purpose and they add value to a storyline and they develop characters, but if it was just a gratuitous scene for the sake of sex, then I would question its merit.” “Love scenes are far less intimate than what they look like on screen,” the 38-year-old tells Today of his character Peter’s lovemaking with co-star Bojana Novakovic in the return of the Melbourne-based Binge show.
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