Ex-Home and Away hottie is 'breakout star' in Hollywood!
Ex-Home and Away star Luke Mitchell has made a splash in Hollywood.
After landing his first Stateside role in the remake of cult British sci-fi series, The Tomorrow People, Luke (pictured in the centre of the photo above) has already been given the thumbs-up as one of TV's newest breakthrough stars and definitely one to watch!
In The Tomorrow People, which is due to be shown in the UK on E4 in January, Luke plays John Mitchell, a young man who can teleport. John is one of several people who discover they have special powers, and soon find themselves being hunted by a sinister organisation who want to neutralize them.
"The pilot episode of The Tomorrow People is great," says Luke. "But after that the series just keeps getting better and better. Some really epic things start to happen. As soon as a new script is released the cast are like, 'Where is it? We have to see it! We have to find out what happens next!'
Unfortunately, the news is not so good for Luke's real-life wife, Rebecca Breeds who also quit Home and Away to launch a Hollywood career. Rebecca landed a lead role in a new comedy, We Are Men. But the series has already been axed after just a few episodes, performing badly in the TV ratings.
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Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!
Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.
Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)
And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.