{"id":133435,"date":"2023-11-07T08:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133435"},"modified":"2023-11-07T08:07:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:07:55","slug":"neighbours-lucinda-cowden-shares-her-regrets-over-heartbreaking-toadie-and-mel-reboot-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/neighbours-lucinda-cowden-shares-her-regrets-over-heartbreaking-toadie-and-mel-reboot-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours Lucinda Cowden shares her regrets over heartbreaking Toadie and Mel reboot twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Neighbours \u2019 return to our screens, the big question on Ramsay Street has been what happened to Melanie Pearson who we last saw tie the knot with Toadie in the soap\u2019s 2022 finale? <\/p>\n

Although Toadie (Ryan Moloney) has moved on with Terese Willis in Mel\u2019s mysterious absence, fans will finally get some answers as actress Lucinda Cowden makes her highly-anticipated comeback. But the actress isn\u2019t too impressed with the soap\u2019s decision to break-up Mel and Toadie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked to my socks when I found out,\u201d Lucinda says. \u201cIt felt really sad because you work really hard on making something feel special and I think we got there with that. It was an unusual pairing to start with and I thought we\u2019d fleshed it out really nicely.<\/p>\n

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"That\u2019s been the big shock of this new reboot \u2013 but onwards and sideways as we go in soap!\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucinda makes her surprise return during the soap\u2019s Flashback Week, explaining what the Erinsborough residents got up to in the past two years. However, Mel is \u201cquite different\u201d after two years of sitting on secrets.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe doesn\u2019t have all the earrings and hair and outfits \u2013 there\u2019s no laughing because her life is not much fun,\u201d Lucinda says. \u201cWhat happens to someone when they lose everything that was important to them? For me, it was all about finding another side to her. It\u2019s a gift of a storyline!\u201d<\/p>\n

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After news broke that Neighbours was coming to an end last year, Lucinda kept herself busy with commercials and teaching \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t long before she was asked to join the reboot\u2019s cast.<\/p>\n

Teasing the new episodes, Lucinda says we can expect an \u201cinteresting\u201d rivalry between Mel and Toadie\u2019s new wife Terese (Rebekah Elmaloglou). \u201cIt\u2019s really funny because me and Rebekah get along very well, I\u2019m doing lots of scenes with her \u2013 which I really love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re such incredibly different women. Terese is such a power player and Mel is not \u2013 she\u2019s effusive.\u201d <\/p>\n

But is there hope for Mel and Toadie\u2019s relationship now that she\u2019s back?<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want all to be right in the world and Paul (Stefan Dennis) and Terese to be back together and Toadie and Mel just like everybody else wants,\u201d she says. \u201cBut your guess is as good as mine!\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbours lands on Amazon FreeVee, Monday-Thursdays from 7am.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n