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Interviews > Hany Lee

Last week UK viewers saw Korean exchange student Sunny Lee return home after an eventful eight months living in Ramsay Street. Here, actress Hany Lee returns for a second interview with Perfect Blend to share some of her highlights from her time with Neighbours...

Having spent 8 months playing Sunny Lee, what was your favourite memory of your time on Neighbours?
Although I was only screened for 8 months the rest of the other months starting last November 2008 were all part of a great experience/memory and one of my most favourite memories were when we started the REAL THING... getting on set and filming... it was better than rehearsals and got your nerves running. That feeling... I'll never forget. Haha.

And what was your least favourite thing that you had to say or do?
"Working" was always the best thing about waking up everyday... BUT... not when i had to wake up at the BREAK OF dawn, waking up through the freezing Melbourne winter winds and on your way to studio learning lines in the car when you are half asleep... not the best... haha. And the awkward moments and awkward feelings after a kissing scenes with Matthew (Zeke). After all, like my girlfriends/girl fans ALWAYS tell me, he is one of the HOTTEST Neighbours actors right now and which girl wouldn't be a tad bit intimidated.

What was it like to work so closely with such experienced actors as Alan Fletcher and Jackie Woodburne?
The amazing thing about working on Neighbours was the fact that you were going to be working with EXPERIENCED actors and PROFESSIONAL tutors. Actors such as Jackie and Alan are so talented that I learnt a lot from them and even watching a few of their scenes/other cast's scenes or even having a little conversation about one of the future storylines we were given really helped me improve from when I first began on the show. So it definitely gave me a hand on stepping up to another level in my acting skill. To be a TRUE actor... it takes a lot of time and work and hopefully I'll be able to achieve that goal just like Alan, Jackie, Ian, Tom and other casts of Neighbours have achieved.

Have you made any good friends in the cast and crew?
I have fallen in deep love with the crew who work on the show. Every single one of them starting from the cameramen to the prop designers etc... Just like every actor/cast who have been in and out of Neighbours, i have built a kinship with these guys... It was easy for me to bond well with the elder actors like Stefan, Tom, Ryan, Kym so forth.. ALL of them are like a family to me and this love goes to every single person who has worked behind the title "Neighbours".

Were you disappointed when your time playing Sunny came to an end?
Indeed I was disappointed. I felt like there were more stories, more chaos, more of SOMETHING that Sunny could have done/shown. However with the role ending very quickly I felt as though people/fans.. even ANTI fans who were beginning to like Sunny only had a short period to know her.

What kind of feedback did you get from the public about Sunny?
Public feedback was FULL ON. There were sooo many great supporters out there who "most of them" I couldn't even thank. Also because i was a "multicultural" actor on the show, after a long break of not introducing many to the set, there were good and bad sides to everything I did. But regardless of how many anti fans I had or how many Facebook groups disliked me I always did what I did, stood my ground and performed for those who were watching me, supporting me, loving me and also for me. This feeling, this experience is priceless so why waste it!!!

What did you think of Sunny’s final scenes and the reasons behind her departure?
When I first read Sunny's final scenes on script, I was in awe. It was so.. perfect. Yet there was a side of melancholy mixed with refreshment/relief in the end. It was extremely depressing for myself saying those LAST lines in that "farewell/suprise video for Zeke" as Sunny.