{"id":39204,"date":"2023-11-07T01:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T00:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1920755"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T09:46:10","slug":"neighbours-stars-on-intricate-flashback-week-as-aaron-and-david-return","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/neighbours-stars-on-intricate-flashback-week-as-aaron-and-david-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours stars on \u201cintricate\u201d flashback week as Aaron and David return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The actors spoke exclusively to RadioTimes.com. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 November 2023 at 00:01 AM<\/p>

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Neighbours stars Takaya Honda and Matt Wilson have praised the show\u2019s \u201cintricate\u201d storytelling ahead of its big flashback week.<\/p>\n

The resurrected Australian soap has confirmed that David Tanaka and Aaron Brennan will be back<\/a> on Ramsay Street, having been mysteriously absent so far. The happily married couple are joined by Nicolette Stone (now played by Hannah Monson), and the trio\u2019s young daughter Isla (Hana Abe-Tucker).<\/p>\n

Joining RadioTimes.com<\/a> for an exclusive interview, the actors tease their roles in next week\u2019s shocking episodes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do come back with a bang, not only in the story sense for the audience, but in the character sense,\u201d promises Honda. \u201cThere\u2019s so much that\u2019s about to happen with what Melanie\u2019s said she\u2019s going to do; and we can understand the position she is in, that she needs to tell [her secret]. David can intimately understand having to hold on to a secret and not being able to tell, and feeling guilty as hell because of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he\u2019s kind of in two minds coming back, and ultimately, realistically the first thing that goes through David\u2019s mind coming back is, \u2018Can I give Paul a chance to show me that he\u2019s learnt something whilst I\u2019ve been away?\u2019 It\u2019s a lot for the audience to take in, but it\u2019s a lot for the characters to take in and have to deal with as well. I think that all unfolds in the coming weeks as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Matt Wilson as Aaron Brennan, Takaya Honda as David Tanaka, Hana Abe-Tucker as Isla Tanaka-Brennan and Hannah Monson as Nicolette Stone in Neighbours.<\/span><\/figcaption> Amazon Freevee<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

It sounds like we\u2019re in for quite the series of bombshells \u2013 including whatever Paul\u2019s (Stefan Dennis) role is in proceedings! This remains a closely-guarded secret for now, but how did it feel to be handed such a complex comeback storyline?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got pitched our entire storyline for say, a year or so,\u201d Wilson explains. \u201cIt was just incredible, we actually didn\u2019t know the details about what\u2019s coming up next week, about the Melanie saga<\/a>, but it all pieces together so well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just perfect for our characters to be able to show off how strong we are. This is someone else\u2019s problem, and we get to show how we can rise above it and be better as a couple throughout it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Honda is in awe of how Neighbours<\/a> has upped its game. \u201cWhen we found out the finer details of it all, I was quite blown away by how intricate and how complex everything is, and how it comes together so well.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it does feel like the consequences of each Neighbour impact every other Neighbour, rather than before; it did feel there was always sort of two clouds operating at once. There would be little crossovers, but this one very much feels like it flows like water in a bucket that goes back and forth across everyone, and everyone fills all of the storylines, which is nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Takaya Honda as David Tanaka and Matt Wilson as Aaron Brennan in Neighbours.<\/span><\/figcaption> Amazon Freevee<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Wilson is just as impressed, noting how past plots felt totally separate from each other \u2013 unlike what we\u2019re about to see in Neighbours\u2019 flashback event week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was surprised as well by how intricate the stories are, and how they entwine with each other,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s like another level compared to the last Neighbours, and I don\u2019t know what\u2019s responsible for that but, once upon a time you\u2019d have different characters with different storylines, and in the green room you\u2019d be like, \u2018You\u2019ve got your storyline and we\u2019ve got ours\u2019, and they\u2019d never really touch.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it seems to be back-to-back-to-back, everyone\u2019s storylines work together so well, and things that are said that happened in one character\u2019s storyline, they pay off two weeks later in someone else\u2019s storyline. It\u2019s a lot to juggle, so it\u2019s a miracle; I don\u2019t know how it pays off but it\u2019s really different this year compared to Neighbours 1.0.\u201d<\/p>\n

While we wait for the impending revelations, we can\u2019t help wondering whether Aaron and David are as united as we remember them. And it\u2019s good news for fans of the couple.<\/p>

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\u201cAaron\u2019s really just there as support for David,\u201d Honda assures us. \u201cAaron wants to come back to the Street, for sure, but he\u2019s such a supportive husband for David. I think the two characters are always united but that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t disagree.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been super lucky with the characters and our relationship because it\u2019s very normal on a show like this; you can have cheating scandals, you can have break ups, but these two have very much had a very solid relationship, they\u2019ve always had each other\u2019s backs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat, again, doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t disagree, but ultimately, they\u2019re so rock solid that you always know that they\u2019re going to be there for each other no matter what, and end up supporting each other through whatever happens. Whether they are on the same side or not in any kind of argument.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson agrees: \u201cUnlike a lot of characters on the show, our characters actually grow. Our characters have this beautiful relationship where sometimes we\u2019ll have the same arguments over and over again.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut eventually, we do learn our lessons and we do grow from it, which is really special because not many characters do get to do that. There has been a bit more growth for our characters over the couple of years. We\u2019ve got a daughter now who\u2019s 4 years old, [and] Aaron, Nicolette and David are in such a great place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbours kicks off its Tell All: Flashback week from Monday 13th November.<\/p>\n

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