“They came up with this idea that Evan has an identical twin and asked if I wanted to do it. I said ‘Sure, let’s go!'”
Daddo’s guest stint as the estranged dad of teenager Ryder Jackson (Lukas Radovich) touched the audience’s heartstrings as father and son bonded in the shadow of Evan’s terminal illness. Evan also established a deep connection with Ryder’s aunt Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), only for the relationships to be cut tragically short when the character left the Bay to die off screen.
“There was great chemistry between Lukas and myself, and with Georgie and also Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart). We thought let’s not throw this opportunity away, let’s build a new story around what it would be like to find out if your life is not what you thought it was.”