Home and Away newcomer Dr Bolton star’s life - co-star dad to Hollywood career
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Home and Away Roo star's life - famous husband, glam snaps and health battleTo commemorate his first appearance as Dr Bolton, Daily Star takes a look inside Septimus’ life away from the cameras, from gay marriage controversy to his Hollywood career.Septimus is the son of Michael Caton, who has been in the acting business for 40 years starring in everything from The Castle to Back to the Rafters.He made his name in Australian blockbuster The Castle, playing Darryl Kerrigan - but was only paid $3,000, the equivalent of £1,720, for the starring role.The feature film had a budget of $778,000 (£446,000) and was shot over 11 days, though raked in more than $10million (£5.7million) at the box office.Speaking of his dad’s role in the blockbuster, Septimus said: “Eleven-day shoot, $3000, but decades of career after.
That's the real payment of The Castle."Michael married Helen Esakoff, Septimus’ mum, in 2002 at the Vatulele Island Resort in Fiji.Septimus’ dad Michael admitted that he had no idea homosexuality existed when he finished high school.The star campaigned for marriage equality in Australia in 2017, admitting in a video for The Equality Campaign: “I’m a child of the 40s and I finished my high school education not knowing that homosexuality existed even.“It wasn’t until I joined the theatre that I started to meet gay people and I went through two or three years of amateur theatre meeting some great people.
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