Character Creation and Casting
Neighbours casting director, Jan Russ, auditioned MacPherson and she approached the script producers and suggested they write the role of Joel for him. MacPherson joined the cast in February 1998, when he was seventeen, and he moved from Sydney to Melbourne for filming. "I'm not ashamed to say I bawled my eyes out that night going, 'What the hell am I doing? I've never acted, I've never lived out of home, I've never been to Melbourne, I've never been on a TV set. What the hell am I thinking?'"
MacPherson left the show in January 2002, of his time in Neighbours MacPherson said "I learned so much. I watch it now and again just to see what everyone's doing. I'd love to go back for maybe a couple of days or weeks just to see everyone but, as for a career choice, probably not".
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