8 hours Ago By Emma gritt
THEY were the super-cool teens that lived in a warehouse – but what are the cast of Heartbreak High up to now?The Australian teen soap first aired 31 years ago on February 27, 1994 and ran until 1999.Heartbreak High first aired 31 years ago this weekIt followed the antics of a bunch of edgy kids from Sydney school Hartley High getting up to all sorts in and out of the classroom, from rollerblading showdowns to hanging out at the Shark Pool.The show was praised for its hard hitting and realistic storylines, which included cults, experimenting with drugs, homelessness, teen pregnancy and racism.
Not only did it inspire a generation of young Brits to want to abandon their comfortable family homes to go and live in a dingy squat, it also got them dreaming of toughening up their looks with dreadlocks and nose rings.And it can’t be forgotten that the show firmly cemented the now iconic phrase “rack off!” in to the vocab of secondary school students across the country.But while the the characters in the show faced a variety of futures – including death, R.
I.P Alex – the cast have been up to all sorts since it was cancelled in 1999.Salvatore CocoSalvatore Coco as Con in Heartbreak HighABCCosta ‘Con’ Bordino was one of the show’s most iconic characters, and cousin to Nick, who would suffer a shock death.
Now 49, Salvatore is still acting as well as being a trained chef.In 2022, he reprised the role of Dimitri in Home and Away as the father of Theo.Callan MulveyCallan Mulvey played bad boy DrazicWith his pierced eyebrow, Drazic was the bad boy pin-up girls dreamed of one day running in to.
A few years after Heartbreak High was axed, Callan was involved in a horror smash that resulted in his losing one of his eyes and having to have seventeen metal plates inserted into his face.Speaking of the 2003 crash, he said: “I thought it was curtains for me at the time.“A whole midsection of my face collapsed, I got cut ear to ear over the top of my head, my scalp got pulled down, and they rebuilt my face.
”Now aged 49, the New Zealand-born actor has more recently appeared in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zero Dark Thirty, and Avengers: End Game.Rel HuntRel Hunt played RyanRyan Scheppers – brother of Anita – was shipped off to Hartley to retake his HSC, but all he wanted to do was keep up his juvenile delinquent antics.In real life, Rel Hunt, 50, continues to act in both TV and film.
Ada NicodemouAda has gone on to star in Home and Away for over two decadesKaterina Ioannou’s love affair with socially awkward Charlie was a #relationshipgoal for viewers across the world.Actress Ada, 47, swapped one soap for another, jumping from Heartbreak High to Summer Bay.She’s been playing Leah Patterson-Baker in Home and Away since 2000, making her one of the soap’s longest serving cast members ever.
Ada was previously married to Chrys Xipolitas but they divorced in 2015. Last year, she confirmed she was in a relationship with her Home and Away co-star James Stewart.Alex DimitriadesAlex Dimitriades’ character Nick sadly diedNick Poulos was only on the show for a year, he died tragically during an after school boxing match.
But actor Alex, 51, is still alive and kicking, and went on to star in Neighbours as well as Hollywood movies including Ghost Ship (2002) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005).He was most recently seen in BBC drama The Tourist alongside Jamie Dornan, where he played gangster Kosta.Lara CoxLara Cox played AnitaDrazic’s on-off girlfriend Anita Scheppers was the envy of hormonal teenage girls everywhere.
Lara went on to work on Home and Away – appearing as three different characters.She also starred in films Diagnosis Narcolepsy and Kangaroo Jack, a film about a kangaroo who steals money from the Mafia.She reprised her role of Anita in the reboot of Heartbreak High in 2022.
Abi TuckerAbi Tucker played Jodie CooperJodie Cooper was determined to make it as a famous singer – something that actress Abi, 52, has actually achieved.She is one half of duo The Falling Seeds, and has also released music with her grunge band, Bully.Abi has also presented children’s show Play School since 2010.
Luke JacobzLuke Jacobz has gone on to present the Australian version of The X FactorZac Croft only appeared in the final series of Heartbreak High, but it proved the perfect springboard for actor Luke Jacobz a job further down the line on Home and Away as Angelo Rosetta.He later won the Aussie version of Strictly, Dancing With The Stars, in 2008.More recently, the 44-year-old has presented the Australian version of X Factor and appeared on the Aussie version of I’m a Celebrity.
..Get Me Out of Here!Scott MajorScott Major played Rivers and reprised his role in the reboot Scott Major starred as Rivers on the show between 1994 and 1995, and is still working in soapland.
As well as starring in Neighbours from 2008 and 2013 as Lucas Fitzgerald, he has also directed some of the episodes.Scott reprised his role of Rivers in the Netflix reboot of the show in 2022.Of the changes to his character, he said: “Rivers was a horrible, racist, sexist human being.
But by the time he left, he was no longer that person and in this new series, he’s on a whole new journey.”.
