‘I’m actually loving it!’ Neighbours stars Matt Wilson and April Rose Pengilly reveal they’re finding isolation easy – and even fun
While some Australians are struggling with self-isolation amid the coronavirus, there are two Neighbours stars who seem to be coping well.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Matt Wilson, who plays Aaron Brennan, revealed that he is actually enjoying himself.
The 30-year-old admitted to the paper: ‘I’m actually loving isolation!
Doing okay: Neighbours star April Rose Pengilly (pictured), who plays Chloe Brennan on the soap, reveals that she’s enjoying social isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic
‘It feels like those few hours of bliss you have on an aeroplane when you have zero connectivity to the outside world and every minute to yourself.’
He went on to say that he and wife Jessica Lee Wilson have been finishing ‘passion projects’.
He explained: ‘All those passion projects are now finally happening. We’ve just become beekeepers so that has been an obsession of ours lately.’
Matt Wilson, who plays Aaron Brennan, revealed he is actually enjoying himself: ‘I’m actually loving isolation! All those passion projects are now finally happening’ he said. Pictured with wife Jessica Lee Wilson
April Rose Pengilly, who plays Chloe Brennan on the soap, tells the paper she is a ‘homebody’ which makes it easier for her to be in isolation.
‘I am an only child and a homebody at heart, so isolation has been… not that difficult?
‘I work out every morning, as I always do, then I somehow have a zillion things that I need to deal with,’ she said.
He explained: ‘We’ve just become beekeepers so that has been an obsession of ours lately’
Matt added: ‘It feels like those few hours of bliss you have on an aeroplane when you have zero connectivity to the outside world and every minute to yourself’
However the 31-year-old actress says that she wept with her mother on FaceTime when she missed her birthday.
‘I normally fly home to Sydney whenever we have breaks from shooting… For the first time in my life, I wasn’t with my mum for her birthday – we cried over FaceTime instead,’ she said.
Neighbours ceased filming last last month, just days after the cast had returned to set.
April Rose revealed: ‘I am an only child and a homebody at heart, so isolation has been… not that difficult? ‘ work out every morning, as I always do’
Tough: However the actress wept when she missed her mother’s birthday. ‘I normally fly home to Sydney whenever we have breaks from shooting. For the first time in my life, I wasn’t with my mum for her birthday’
The Australian soap had planned to film until its scheduled production break in early April, but COVID-19 restrictions pushed the finishing time forward by one week.
The first temporary shutdown was announced on the Australian soap’s 35-year anniversary last month.
The ensemble cast had only returned to the set in Nunawading, Melbourne on Monday, after an employee who had come into contact with a COVID-19 patient tested negative.
Production has plans to resume in mid-April.
Off: Neighbours ceased filming last last month, just days after the cast had returned to set. Pictured: The cast