“The vacancy of Melbourne actually adds to the show in a way,” he says. And frustrating though it was to come all the way back to Melbourne and not be able to see his family, Morley says he had a feeling that they were making something special. Not only did the safety protocols add a degree of difficulty to the filming itself, there were also anti-lockdown protests and even an earthquake to contend with. Morley says the Covid-safe bubble helped bond the cast together during the tricky shoot as they really only had each other for company a lot of the time. It’s a drama, but there are funny bits in it.” “It was funnier than I thought it was going to be. “It’s full of really genuine moments,” he says. While he’s been based in LA for best part of a decade now, Morley says he’s always on the lookout for opportunities to work in his homeland – and the fact that the six-part series was to be directed by Emma Freeman (Stateless, The Newsreader) sealed the deal for him to make the long trip back across the Pacific to film in the middle of locked-down Melbourne earlier this year. Morley describes Love Me, adapted from the Swedish show Alska Mig, as a “very authentic, heartfelt show” that deals with grief and love across multiple generations and also stars veterans Hugo Weaving and Heather Mitchell, along with rising stars William Lodder, Mitzi Ruhlman and Shalom Brune-Franklin.īob Morley, with Bojana Novakovic, says it was surreal shooting in locked down Melbourne. For me, it was a shift I was looking forward to.” “It’s the first time I’ve played a parent – albeit a pretty crappy one. And I’m so glad that it’s this show and allowed me to step up. “So that transition is always one that I knew was coming. “I think for most guys, there’s certain periods in your life where you’re too young to play old and too old to play young,” he says. Morley admits there were times he was worried about making that very transition, especially having spent so much time in the soap and YA world, with their passionate, but mostly younger fanbases. “I think the last time I was there was probably eight years ago, when I was playing a high school student or something like that.” “It was cool to come back to Australia and to be playing in an older age bracket,” he says from the LA home he shares with Australian wife and The 100 co-star Eliza Taylor and their new puppy.

Bob Morley and Bojana Novakovic in a scene from the new Aussie drama Love Me.

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