Mischa Barton on Joining Australian Soap ‘Neighbours’ and Celebrating ‘The O.C.’ 20th Anniversary
variety.comK.J. Yossman “The O.C.” alum Mischa Barton guest starring on a reboot of long-running Australian soap opera “Neighbours” was probably not on anybody’s 2023 bingo card.
The show was cancelled last spring, but — in a twist that could rival the soap’s melodramatic storylines — it was brought back from the dead by Amazon Freevee eight months later.
The reboot has given the show a new lease of life, and as well as welcoming back many of the old cast members it has also embraced some new ones – including Barton.
Ahead of the “Neighbours’” launch on Sept. 18, Barton sat down with Variety to discuss how she wound up joining the show, her next project and whether a reboot of “The O.C.” could also ever be in the cards. How did you end up as a guest star on “Neighbours”? Over the years they’ve asked me a couple of times and tried to get me for different roles.
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