Kylie Minogue has revealed she was eager to drive down memory lane as she filmed scenes with her ex-boyfriend Jason Donovan for the final episode of Neighbours.
The pop singer, 54, found fame on the Australian soap as Charlene Robinson in the Eighties and along with Jason, 54, playing Scott Robinson they became the show’s golden couple.
After it was revealed Neighbours is set to be axed the pair reunited to appear in the finale, which will air in August.
‘It was very sweet to be with Jason again’: Kylie Minogue has revealed she ‘felt 19 again’ filming Neighbours finale with former co-star Donovan
Kylie revealed to The Australian: ‘I wanted to be reminded of being that 19-year-old again, when I would get into my Datsun and fang it to Vermont South or the Network Ten studios at Nunawading,’ [in Melbourne where the show is filmed].
‘It was very sweet to be with Jason and to think, “Wow, we’re still around”.’
It comes after Neighbours executive producer Jason Herbison has hinted the pair will have a bigger role in the finale than first reported.
Sweet: The pop singer, 54, found fame on the Australian soap as Charlene Robinson in the Eighties and along with Jason, 54, playing Scott Robinson they became the golden couple
Speaking to The Herald Sun on Wednesday, he said the recent leak didn’t fully explain the ’80s golden couple’s storyline in the episode.
‘What I’ve read is not what happens which is great. It hasn’t come out yet.’
He kept tight-lipped about the details of their appearance but he called the pair ‘wonderful’ adding it was ’emotional’ for them.
‘Seeing Kylie back as Charlene was quite a moment. Very special and I think for them too it was a real full circle for them,’ he told the publication.
Kylie and Jason’s wedding on the series 34 years ago was watched by 22 million people across Australia and the UK.
Last month, a leaked script revealed the fate of the lovebirds, stating they will return to Erinsborough at the end of the episode and deliver the closing lines.
The wedding of Scott and Charlene is considered a significant cultural moment of the late 1980s, and is fondly remembered by Brits and Aussies.
Spoiler alert: First footage of Kylie and Jason back on set of Ramsay Street surfaced on social media last week
Kylie and Jason, who were dating in real life at the time, were household names in both countries, and would each go on to launch music careers in the UK.
Their on-screen relationship began after Scott mistook Charlene for an intruder at his neighbour Madge Ramsay’s house, before eventually learning she was Madge’s daughter.
After getting married, the pair left Erinsborough and moved to Brisbane.
Kylie quit Neighbours in June 1988, having become the first person to win four Logie Awards in one year and the youngest ever recipient of a Gold Logie.
Iconic: The young couple’s wedding on Neighbours was watched by two million Australians on July 1, 1987. Their union was an even bigger attraction when it aired in the UK a year later, drawing 19.6 million viewers, making it Britain’s third most-watched show of 1988
