As Summer Bay grieves for Evan Slater the residents feel like they’ve seen a ghost when a man identical to the late musician comes to town, who turns out to be his long-lost twin brother Owen – played by the same actor, Cameron Daddo!
“I had no idea this was in the works!” the popular Australian performer tells RadioTimes.com, speaking exclusively about the surprise Home and Away twist that sees him return to the cast on Friday 18th September, two months after Evan was killed off. “It came from the fact we were all having an enjoyable time working together and the writers realised there was more story to tell.
“They came up with this idea that Evan has an identical twin and asked if I wanted to do it. I said ‘Sure, let’s go!'”
Daddo’s guest stint as the estranged dad of teenager Ryder Jackson (Lukas Radovich) touched the audience’s heartstrings as father and son bonded in the shadow of Evan’s terminal illness. Evan also established a deep connection with Ryder’s aunt Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), only for the relationships to be cut tragically short when the character left the Bay to die off screen.
“There was great chemistry between Lukas and myself, and with Georgie and also Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart). We thought let’s not throw this opportunity away, let’s build a new story around what it would be like to find out if your life is not what you thought it was.”
