Soaps
McGranger: 'Home and Away excites me'
Published Thursday, Oct 14 2010, 10:28 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly
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The actress has played the role of Irene Roberts on the Summer Bay show since 1992, making her the programme's second longest-serving cast member after Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart).
Speaking to TV Tonight about her time on the drama, McGranger commented: "Being very pragmatic, I love my job. You couldn't be doing this for 18 years if you didn't love it. You would go stark raving nuts, because it is intense.
"But one of the things that attracts me to it is that every week is completely different. But that doesn't suit a lot of people. Some people like to know what their life holds in store. I quite like the excitement of not knowing whether I'm going to be working next Wednesday night or not."
She continued: "Unlike a play, I'm not doing the same thing day in, day out. I don't have a short-lived life span like a movie. My character has a life that goes on and on. She lives a different life each episode. Of course there was a beginning, and there will be an end, but it's not foreseeable. It goes on and has this lovely life of its own."
The part of Irene was previously portrayed by actress Jacqui Phillips for a year from 1991.
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