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We recently said an emotional farewell to one of the Bay’s best loved characters in a few shocking episodes so we caught up with Conrad Coleby once again to talk about his time as Roman Harris.

Roman’s exit was the culmination of a series of events that were sparked by the arrival of an old SAS mate Gardy which Conrad recounts as “old Roman suddenly resurfaces with the influence of Gardy. He’s a bit of a drinker and some of the negative aspects of Roman’s character come back, all the old self – which was the gnarly SAS guy who used to kill people for a living. That was great to take the character there because on the whole, Roman was extremely nice and caring to people and all the rest of it and then occasionally this kind of anger and things would surface that was something else - that brought his darker side right out in the open and it was great to play that so that’s why I’ve really enjoyed the stuff with Gardy.”

Roman ends up going to jail and we asked Conrad to share his thoughts on the character’s departure. “The character I think has gone through it’s arc basically. I couldn’t have asked for a better departure to be honest - there was always that dark background to Roman so it needed to be played out and I think the way it was played out was perfect and interesting and fun to shoot. I’ve had some of the best scenes I’ve ever had on television to act in the last 5 weeks of the character so it’s been fantastic.”

When asked what the future holds, Conrad talks about wanting to work in theatre, “I’ve always wanted to do more theatre because theatre in my opinion is the best training for an actor and the best area to explore yourself” and as it turns out, we can expect to see him on the Sydney stage in the very near future as he is currently working on a play. He tells of how he is trying to move into film but is “certainly angling for the international market more now”. As with many previous residents of the Bay before him, the assumption exists that LA will be his next move but Conrad responds by proudly and jestfully stating that “It could be on the cards maybe but for the moment I don’t see a need to go; it’s quite easy to audition for things in LA from Australia, you don’t really need to actually go there in my opinion so I’ve been doing that and it’s been working fine. I think I’m quite happy to stay in lovely Australia”.

We know from previous interviews that Conrad loves to snowboard and SCUBA dive so he cites some of his favourite locations as being here in Australia, New Zealand or Japan which he tries to do every year. We also learned that he is a musician and if he were not gracing our screens, he would “probably be a photographer, I have a real interest in photography. I take photos all the times.”

Conrad fondly describes Home and Away as “a wonderful show to work on and I’ve enjoyed every second of it” and has come to think of his co-workers as family because “you spend so much time together”.

Though we will miss him we wish him every success for the future.

POPULAR young Home And Away actor Lincoln Lewis last night admitted to filming a sex tape with a teenage TV starlet and showing the footage to shocked castmates.

Channel 7 has disciplined the Logie winner over his actions, with the 21-year-old understood to be forced into counselling.

Lewis, son of rugby league legend Wally, said he deeply regretted his behaviour.

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"You do stupid things when you are young," he said last night.

"But your learn from your mistakes, that's part of growing up. This mistake, and what I have learnt, will contribute a lot to making me a better person in the future."

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Channel 7 insiders are understood to have taken the matter extremely seriously and are expected to have Lewis - who today was announced as part of the line-up for the upcoming Dancing With The Stars' TV series - undergo counselling.

Lewis, a rising star at the network, is understood to have filmed the act on a mobile phone last year.

Sources said he showed the footage to cast members and crew on the family soap, who were unimpressed with his behaviour and urged him to get rid of the footage. It is believed the footage has since been deleted.

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Lewis was yesterday in Melbourne posing for pictures with scantily-clad dancers as he prepared to take part in the new season of the ratings hit Dancing With The Stars.

Channel 7 programming director Tim Worner said the network stood by Lewis.

"As soon as Channel 7 was made aware of these allegations we needed to urgently clarify fact from fiction," Mr Worner said.

"Lincoln is a young man of tremendous character. He acknowledges and can accept and take responsibility when he has made a mistake and regrets the event which transpired over a year ago."

Lewis won a Logie award last year as the best new male talent on TV.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

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