Dieter Brummer and Melissa George played Shane and Angel Parrish in Home and Away, becoming one of the Australian soap’s most beloved couples. But behind the scenes, it was a different story
Even though Neighbours will soon come to an end, another Australian soap opera is still going strong.
The New South Wales beach community of Summer Bay serves as the setting for the fictional television series Home and Away, which debuted in January 1988.
And one specific relationship made sure that people were glued to their televisions.
In 1992, Dieter Brummer made his debut on the soap opera as Shane Parrish. Although he was only 15 years old at the time of his audition, he gained immediate attention for his role in the play, later saying that he thought the attention was “bizarre.”
Melissa George, meanwhile, played the adolescent runaway Angel on the soap opera beginning in 1993 and continued to do so until 1996.
Angel and Shane, who were partnered together, continue to be one of the soap opera’s most adored couples today. Behind the scenes, though, it was a different tale.
There was reportedly hostility between the performers while the cameras weren’t rolling, according to numerous reports.
We may have been lovers on the show, but Dieter declared in a 2012 interview with Woman’s Day that their chemistry was far from genuine.
Shane Parrish’s character ultimately perished in March 1996 after contracting blood poisoning. This, it was widely claimed, came after he supposedly pleaded with producers to give his character a dramatic conclusion that year.
How did Dieter and Melissa’s feud start?
The origins of the dispute are unknown, however Dieter speculated they may have been sparked by his co-alleged star’s on-set behaviour and her desire to emulate Neighbours star Kylie Minogue in the same 2012 interview with Woman’s Day.
“Mel was tremendously ambitious from the beginning,” he said.
He continued: “I believe she aspired to succeed Kylie Minogue. She was a huge fan and hoped to achieve Kylie’s level of fame. She didn’t seem to have much time for the Home and Away cast, in my opinion.”
Melissa merely acknowledged that the two did not get along well while filming the TV special Endless Summer in 2018 on the set of the soap opera.
The actress explained that their relationship was different off-screen than it was in the programme, blaming their arguments on the demands of their fans and the rigours of celebrity.
She uttered: “We were under a lot of pressure. In public, we had to appear to be the cutest adorable pair.”
When Brummer left the soap opera in the 1990s, it was first made clear that it wasn’t all that it seemed to be.
“I know there’s life after Home And Away, and I’m not afraid of it,” he said at the time. It’s time to proceed now.
As Ray Meagher, who played Alf Stewart, once remarked, it appeared that their fellow actors observed the drama both on the set and in front of the cameras.
“I’m not sure that they got along personally 100%, 100% of the time,” he said.
Later, Dieter applauded Melissa after she criticised the serial opera after being identified as a “Home and Away” actor on Seven Network’s The Morning Show.
Later, in a fit of fury, she declared: “My next call will be to Home and Away to beg them to compensate me because nobody promotes that f***ing show more than I do.”
Melissa added: “I don’t need credibility from my country anymore; I just need them all to be quiet.”
The actor called her comments “unnecessary and a bit ridiculous,” before having one last dig at his former co-star adding: “but then, that’s Mel.”
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