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When Scott Major was written out….

What's it like for a soap star to be written out of a show?

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What’s it like for a soap star to be given the bad news that they have been written out of the show?

Scott Major, who played Lucas Fitzgerald in Neighbours over two stints from 2008 – 2016 has written a piece for the Sunday Telegraph admitting the news was a rude shock.

“The feeling of rejection was quite high. I put my heart and soul into my role. I worked very hard and I loved the job. I had to go through the break-up of giving my all and someone saying, I don’t want your all; actually, I’m moving on,'” he wrote.

“When they get rid of you, they often say it’s because they’ve run out of storylines for your character. I thought my character, Lucas [Fitzgerald], had more life in him. But you just have to accept it and move on, no matter how much more room you think the role has.”

Major was given six month’s warning he would be written out.

“It was a double-edged sword because I was able to put some money away and sort my future out, but I also felt like a dead man walking around the corridors. Everyone would ask, ‘Oh, how are you coping? Are you ready to leave? What’s next? No one likes to be looked at that way.”

Admitting he was a blubbering mess after his final scenes there was a happy outcome.

Major is now one of Neighbours regular directors.

5 Responses

  1. As I said when he left, I really thought Lucas would end up being one of the long running characters like the Kennidys, Toadie and Paul. It was obvious Scott loved being part of the show. I like his occasional return appearances, the last one where he brought Stephs young son was great. They are too rare though, I wish the writers would incorporate him in more.

  2. Scott Major is one of my favourite Australian Actors (& now Directors).
    I never understood why the show couldn’t keep Lucas & offer Scott directing as well.
    The US (& other countries) seem to be able to do that with ease.
    I miss Lucas!

  3. I never thought they wanted to get rid of him, I always thought he wanted out so he could do directing and such instead. They do still have Lucas pop up from time to time though.

  4. Good article to share , thank u.
    Totally of topic , Is there any rumours of I’m a celebrity participants going around ? Usually find stuff on google around this time but nothing yet .
    Celebrity Big Brother should b brought back on another network instead of dating overload shows . The challenges ( esp eating stuff) gets a bit repetitive .. Can do way more ideas with big brother , seeing it’s pretty much similar type show . Totally missing Big bro , they just need to n more imaginative ?

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