Home and Away legend Ray Meagher has revealed that he plans to give his character Alf Stewart a bit of a rest after 31 years in the role.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, the 74-year-old actor said that he's made arrangements to have less screen-time on the Australian soap.
"We work for 46 weeks of the year, but I have clauses where I can give producers a reasonable amount of notice for them to write me out to go to the UK and do pantomimes or to go to London and do Priscilla in the West End," he said.
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"In this latest contract, I said I wanted to work less weeks, so we've worked that out, but I'll still be there more often than not."
And don't be too disappointed – having recently signed a new contract with the show, Ray has rubbished rumours that he's set to retire.
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"I don't really think much about retirement," he said. "I guess the time will come and I will, but I just signed another contract for three years... but sometimes contracts are made to be broken."
Ray also spoke about two of his most successful former co-stars, Isla Fisher and Avengers' Chris Hemsworth, claiming: "You couldn't meet nicer people.
"As soon as Chris walked in, he looks like a Greek God, he's a good actor and he was always working on his craft to get better. I knew he'd go far. You would have to have been an idiot not to know."
Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5 (UK) and Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 (Australia).
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