New contract but Ray Meagher plans for less time in Summer Bay
While he will work fewer weeks, Ray Meagher vows "It's not a bridge to retirement."
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Ray Meagher has signed a new 3 year contract with Seven for Home & Away and reveals he will work less weeks of the year.
But while the Gold Logie winner is slowing down on his 31 year role, there are no immediate plans for retirement.
“I don’t really think much about retirement,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I guess the time will come and I will, but I just signed another contract for three years … but sometimes contracts are made to be broken.
“We work for 46 weeks of the year, but I have clauses where I can give producers a reasonable amount of notice for them to write me out to go to the UK and do pantomimes or to go to London and do Priscilla in the West End.
“In this latest contract I said I wanted to work less weeks, so we’ve worked that out, but I’ll still be there more often than not.
“I’m taking a tiny little bit of extra time … but it’s not a bridge to retirement,” he confirmed.
In September a New Idea story declared “Home And Away‘s Ray Meagher: Goodbye for now” but Seven confirmed he was not exiting the long-running soap.
Home & Away airs 7pm Monday – Thursday on Seven.
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6 Responses
Fewer.
Only use fewer where a number is stipulated. However “less weeks of the year” contains the wrong preposition: in or for.
Nah. Less tax. Fewer taxes.
Careful now, you’ve applied the plural.
He must be the highest paid actor on Aussie tv, surely?
Channel 7 would be bending over backwards to keep Ray on the show, he’s the heart & soul of Home & Away – a fantastic actor, much respected in the industry.