Lasance: 'I always wanted to be an actor'

Todd Lasance has revealed that he always wanted to pursue a career in acting.

The Australian actor, who is best known for playing Aden Jefferies in Home and Away, said that his parents were concerned that he had a "thirst" to be part of such a competitive industry.

Lasance told National Features: "It was like a fire had been lit inside me. I felt this hunger - this thirst - to do it.

"I talked to Mum and Dad about getting an agent when I finished school. They were concerned because it can be a difficult industry to break into. But failure was not an option."

Lasance will appear on Aussie TV screens in crime drama Underbelly next week.