Neighbours' Stefan Dennis: 'Producers almost killed Paul off!' (VIDEO)

By Simon Timblick
( What's on TV )
published

Neighbours star Stefan Dennis has now played Paul Robinson for almost 18 years, but he's lucky to have survived...

Stefan told What's on TV that producers plotted to kill off the character in 2007, believing Ramsay Street's dodgiest resident had gone too far with his bad behaviour.

So Paul discovered he had a brain tumour, started to see an imaginary friend, Fox (played by Tim Phillipps, who now plays Paul's nephew, Daniel Robinson) and actually turned nice...

Watch our chat with Stefan to find out why Paul was given a death sentence… But lived to scheme another day:

Simon Timblick
Simon Timblick
Writer

Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters.

Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave?

Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!


Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy.

He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.


Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)


And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.