Tim Robards admits he ‘totally stuffed’ his first Neighbours audition

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‘All the lines just went out of my head’: Tim Robards admits he ‘totally stuffed’ his first Neighbours audition and was surprised to have landed the role

By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia

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The former Bachelor star and chiropractor turned his hand to acting in 2018 when he landed a guest role as Pierce Greyson on Neighbours.

And while he’s now a permanent star on the Channel Ten soap, Tim Robards admitted to The Sunday Telegraph’s Insider that he ‘totally stuffed’ his audition.

Recalling scenes on the set with veteran star Stefan Dennis, the 37-year-old said: ‘We had to do numerous takes and I just thought “I’ve totally stuffed that”.’

‘All the lines just went out of my head!’ Tim Robards, 37, admitted to The Sunday Telegraph’s Insider that he ‘totally stuffed’ his first Neighbours audition. Pictured on the Melbourne set

Tim revealed to the publication how producers flew him to Melbourne from Sydney, to audition with Stefan, 61, after they were impressed by his video audition tape. 

‘I walked into the audition room and Stefan came in and he’s just got such a deep voice, and he’s in my face and we ended up doing the scene and all the lines just went out of my head,’ Tim said with a laugh.   

‘I couldn’t pull them [the lines] together and we had to do numerous takes and I just thought, “I’ve totally stuffed that”,’ he continued.   

To his surprise, Tim was given a second chance to audition with April Rose Pengilly.

'We had to do numerous takes': The former Bachelor star said he was flown to Melbourne by producers to film scenes alongside Stefan Dennis, but that he 'couldn't pull [the lines] together'. Pictured in an Instagram post on another occasion

‘We had to do numerous takes’: The former Bachelor star said he was flown to Melbourne by producers to film scenes alongside Stefan Dennis, but that he ‘couldn’t pull [the lines] together’. Pictured in an Instagram post on another occasion 

Got the gig! To his surprise, Tim was given a second chance to audition with April Rose Pengilly (pictured). He mastered the scenes and received a call that he landed the role, on the day he was flying to Italy to wed Anna Heinrich

Got the gig! To his surprise, Tim was given a second chance to audition with April Rose Pengilly (pictured). He mastered the scenes and received a call that he landed the role, on the day he was flying to Italy to wed Anna Heinrich 

He mastered the scenes and received a call that he landed the role, on the day he was flying to Italy to wed Bachelor winner and criminal lawyer, Anna Heinrich, 33.  

The couple are in a long-distant arrangement, with Tim based in Melbourne for Neighbours, and Anna in Sydney. 

Tim told Who magazine in January that while they miss out on quality time together, they ‘chat five times a day on FaceTime’.  

Long-distance: The couple (pictured at the 2019 Logie Awards) are in a long-distant arrangement, with Tim based in Melbourne for Neighbours, and Anna, 33, in Sydney

Long-distance: The couple (pictured at the 2019 Logie Awards) are in a long-distant arrangement, with Tim based in Melbourne for Neighbours, and Anna, 33, in Sydney 

‘It’s not really that different to a couple who are working busy jobs,’ Tim stated.

‘We do miss out on having dinner together, but then a lot of people don’t even have dinner together during the week.

‘These days, by the time people get home late, go to the gym, or they’ve got kids, whatever. We chat five times a day on FaceTime,’ he continued.  

Making it work: Tim told Who magazine in January that while they miss out on quality time together, they 'chat five times a day on FaceTime'

Making it work: Tim told Who magazine in January that while they miss out on quality time together, they ‘chat five times a day on FaceTime’