Home and Away star Jacqui Purvis opened up about the pressure she felt filming Felicity Newman’s wedding scene to Tane Parata.
During Friday’s instalment (May 19) of the Channel 5 soap, Felicity and Tane finally tied the knot in a traditional Māori wedding ceremony.
Wanting to make things extra special for her partner, Felicity recited her vowsin te reo Māori, but actress Jacqui admitted she felt the eyes of New Zealand were on her during the scene.
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“It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” the Aussie actress told Stuff.
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“There was a lot of pressure for me personally. Acting-wise I was just like, ‘I’m going to embarrass myself. All these Kiwis are going to think I’ve butchered their lovely language.’ “
But she admitted she was “just really grateful and lucky” that she got the chance to do it, revealing it took a while to perfect.
“The cultural adviser coached me through it and taught me the language and how to say it all properly. It took a lot of hours,” she added.
“Unfortunately, we only got a few takes to do it because we didn’t have the time and it was about to rain.
“We only got two takes and I stuffed up the first one and I was so annoyed because I made so many mistakes.”
The blonde beauty, who has starred as Felicity since 2021, revealed the script can be changed last minute, which prompted her doubts that the wedding would even go ahead.
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“There’s always that thing on this job. You don’t believe it until you’re filming because anything can happen,” Jacqui explained. “They can change the script last-minute. They do and you get thrown a new script to learn at 7am.
“There’s so many things that can change, so even though I knew and I had been told, there was just this little thing in the back of my head that this could still change.”
The soap star admitted her character’s wedding scene will be a moment she will “probably never forget”, adding that it was “so beautiful to be a part of.
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