Home and Away star Stephanie Panozzo opened up on Wednesday about the ‘heartbreaking’ series finale of the long-running soap opera.
The actress, 34, said the final episode of 2023, in which her character Eden got kidnapped while on a camping trip, will leave viewers on the edge of their seats.
‘What am I hoping people will take away from the finale? It’s gripping, amazing, heartbreaking, intense and epic,’ she told 7Life.
‘I am so excited for fans to see it and cannot wait until they’re tuned in next year, because next year is so exciting.’
The nail biting episode, which aired on Wednesday evening, ended on a cliffhanger with Eden kidnapped by a criminal gang and the rescue efforts trying in vain to locate her.
Home and Away star Stephanie Panozzo (pictured) opened up on Wednesday about the ‘heartbreaking’ series finale of the long-running soap opera
The scary events unfolded after Eden went on what was supposed to be a romantic camping trip with her boyfriend Cash Newman (Nicholas Cartwright).
However, during the night she came across a group of criminals who kidnapped her, forcing her boyfriend to launch a huge manhunt to find her.
Things went from bad to worse as the rescuers are involved in a huge car crash while searching for Eden.
The actress, 34, said the final episode of 2023, in which her character Eden got kidnapped while on a camping trip, will leave viewers on the edge of their seats
‘You know when Home and Away does these season finales and these big crash sequences they go all out and it’s always epic and incredible,’ Stephanie said.
It comes after series veteran Ada Nicodemou shared an emotional tribute to her former co-star Johnny Ruffo following his death at age 35 from cancer on November 10.
Sharing a throwback photo of herself posing alongside Johnny, the 46-year-old actress called the late singer a ‘beautiful friend’ – Ruffo passed away at a Sydney hospital with his family and partner Tahnee Sims by his side.
‘What am I hoping people will take away from the finale? It’s gripping, amazing, heartbreaking, intense and epic,’ she told 7Life
The scary events unfolded after Eden went on what was supposed to be a romantic camping trip with her boyfriend Cash Newman (Nicholas Cartwright)
Johnny was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017 after he went to hospital with painful migraines.
In August that year, he was rushed to surgery and had a 7cm brain tumour surgically removed from his frontal lobe, before undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Ruffo went into remission months after his initial diagnosis in 2017, but revealed in November 2020 the disease had returned.
In August 2022, he confirmed his brain cancer diagnosis was terminal and said he feared how his girlfriend Tahnee would cope once he is gone.
It comes after series veteran Ada Nicodemou shared an emotional tribute to her former co-star Johnny Ruffo (pictured) following his death at age 35 from cancer on November 10
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