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- Levi Canning is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richie Morris. The actor auditioned for the role in early 2020 and successfully received the role of the newly-created Levi Canning, a police officer and a replacement character for Gary Canning (Damien Richardson), as well as a new member of Kyle (Chris Milligan) and Sheila Canning's (Colette Mann) family. Morris called his first day on set surreal and explained that wearing a police vest helped him get into character. Morris described Levi as very passionate, very cheeky and very charming, and noted that he takes his work seriously, but also loves his family. Levi is first seen on screens on 15 June 2020 and quickly becomes involved in dramatic scenes, where he rescues a stolen baby. The character also kisses Kyle's love interest, Roxy Willis (Zima Anderson). Levi soon befriends Bea Nilsson (Bonnie Anderson) and he suffers an epileptic attack in front of her, before begging for her to keep it to herself. Sheila guiltily reveals that Levi was attacked by Kyle's criminal friends when he was younger and Levi tells his family that the incident gave him epilepsy. Levi and Bea develop feelings for each other and producers swiftly introduced one of Levi's childhood attackers, Nathan Packard (Jackson Gallagher), who writers used as a plot device to establish a love triangle storyline. Nathan apologises to Levi for the past and Bea rejects him when she finds out he is to blame for Levi's attack. Levi and Bea finally begin dating afterwards. The following year, Levi sets up a road trip for the pair of them, but Bea, who had been experiencing doubts for the past few weeks, breaks up with him and leaves town. Morris explained that the break-up was hard for Levi to process, as it happened so fast and that their different views on life led to their break-up. Levi suffers in an accident caused by him trying to distract himself from his and Bea's split. Producers decided to bring in Levi's other attackers, Mitch Foster (Kevin Hofbauer) and Nelson Ryker (Rhys Mitchell), who act unremorseful and taunt Levi, before a high-speed car chase results in a crash. Morris explained there was a lot of excitement and anxiety on the day of recording the crash. Levi finds himself having feelings for Amy Greenwood (Jacinta Stapleton), who also has feelings for Ned Willis (Ben Hall). Ned openly suggests that they go into a polyamorous relationship together and they agree, to the disapproval of Sheila, Levi's mother and Amy's daughter. It marks the serial's first polyamory relationship. The storyline develops into a rivalry between Levi and Ned, who both compete for Amy's time, and the relationship was unliked by fans and people on social media, whilst one journalist questioned if the serial's portrayal of polyamory was executed correctly. Isabella Giovinazzo was then cast as Felicity Higgins, another roadblock for the polyamorous relationship, as Amy is opposed to Levi dating Felicity. Levi eventually breaks up with Amy and Felicity, who were both acting out of nature. Levi later meets Freya Wozniak (Pheobe Roberts), who manipulates Levi into liking her so she can find Gareth Bateman (Jack Pearson). Freya ends up falling for Levi, who is shot in the arm by Gareth in a climactic end to an episode. Levi and Freya later confess their love for one another. Morris' final scenes aired on 28 July 2022 as part of the serial's finale episode. One journalist said that Morris' character had not been involved in many interesting storylines, whilst another called Levi unlucky in love. Morris' addition to the serial was seen as a good step in normalising diverse television casting. (en)
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- Levi Canning is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richie Morris. The actor auditioned for the role in early 2020 and successfully received the role of the newly-created Levi Canning, a police officer and a replacement character for Gary Canning (Damien Richardson), as well as a new member of Kyle (Chris Milligan) and Sheila Canning's (Colette Mann) family. Morris called his first day on set surreal and explained that wearing a police vest helped him get into character. Morris described Levi as very passionate, very cheeky and very charming, and noted that he takes his work seriously, but also loves his family. Levi is first seen on screens on 15 June 2020 and quickly becomes involved in dramatic scenes, where he rescues a stolen baby. The character (en)
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