Julie Quill (Gail Easdale)

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Stefan Dennis' wife Gail Easdale joins the cast as Julie Quill. Julie is the new owner of Lassiters.

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Neighbours legend Stefan Dennis is getting a very unlikely new on-screen enemy - his real-life wife Gail Easdale.

Easdale has filmed a guest role on the long-running Australian soap, taking on the part of Lassiters' new owner Julie Quill.

Julie's new position of power makes her Paul's bitter nemesis, but in real life Easdale has been happily married to Dennis for two decades.

Easdale was born in Glasgow and met Dennis when performing in a play in 1991. They now have three children together, and Easdale's Neighbours role marks her return to acting after a hiatus to raise the kids.


Stefan Dennis and Gail Easdale in Neighbours
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"The children are older now and a little more independent so when the opportunity came up, it felt right," she explained today (January 4). "I had actually auditioned for another role last year which I didn't get, so this sort of came out of the blue. Even Stefan didn't know, so it was very exciting.

"After we sorted out the logistics of juggling school age children, it was great to really get into the role. Julie is a hard nut, but she also has a softer side because she has worked hard and she appreciates others that put in the effort. She's had to push through and make her mark in a male dominated environment. A part of me really admires her."

But does Easdale still see Dennis as her loving husband when they're fighting as their characters on set? She laughed: "Yes and no. I do read his lines with him, so I feel like I know Paul really well after reading nearly every scene with him at night, so I've seen his journey he is going through.

"While he doesn't have that caring, loving look in his eye when we're on set, I can see through him. Paul is such a great character to play against - he gives you so much that it's very easy just to hate him. It is so different to how it is at home, thank God, which makes it so interesting and fun."

Neighbours airs Julie's first scenes on Tuesday, January 12.

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