riley bryant (jj from neighbours) | 27

Riley Bryant joins Takaya Honda for a funny, thoughtful and emotional chat about Neighbours, school, anxiety, growing up through lockdowns, surviving one of the fastest sets in television and figuring out whether acting is still the life he wants.

What we get into:

· Playing JJ Varga-Murphy on Neighbours

· Meeting Takaya on Surviving Summer and running the Neighbours callback

· Balancing Year 11 and Year 12 with a major TV role

· Riley’s chaotic sporting childhood and the basketball own-goal disaster

· Acting classes, auditions, Coles, Surviving Summer and booking Neighbours

· First-day nerves on Ramsay Street

· Driving into Ramsay Street on his L-plates

· The Felix reveal, James Beaufort and learning by watching himself back

· Riley’s emotional final scene as JJ

· Post-show blues, stability and whether he might step away from acting