Dan Ewing confirms his Home and Away exit

Home and Away star Dan Ewing has revealed he's leaving the show.

There had been speculation that the 28-year-old, who has played Heath Braxton on the Australian soap for three years, would be making his exit following his signing to a US talent management company.

He confirmed the news to Australia's TV Week, saying: "I will say I do go, but I am not sure about the exact date yet. It will be fun - and scary."

Dan hinted that his co-stars Steve Peacocke and Lincoln Younes, who play his screen siblings Brax and Casey, would join him in leaving the show.

"They are going to scatter us a bit. We are not all going to leave at the same time," he explained.

Dan teased that their departures would need to be dramatically different.

He added: "One of us has to die. It could be a cool exit like a shark attack. One has to get a career elsewhere, and another has to follow a chick out of town. Another might stay longer."

Brothers Heath, Casey and Brax, known as the River Boys, have made waves in Summer Bay since they arrived in 2011.

"I think the River Boys did bring something different. They brought a new edge to the show," the actor added.

 

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.