{"id":125715,"date":"2025-09-07T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125715\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T14:50:14","slug":"rick-davies-offspring-star-joins-the-cast-of-rfds-for-season-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/125715\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Davies: Offspring star joins the cast of RFDS for season three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">He\u2019s best known for playing Jimmy Proudman for seven seasons of the hit Aussie drama, Offspring, and for his role in the Netflix hit, Apple Cider Vinegar. But get ready to see Rick Davies in a brand new role, as he joins the cast of RFDS as Fire and Rescue Officer, Ryan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The casting news comes as a new promo for the most recent season hits screens, hinting there will be drama aplenty when the show returns soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Much of that drama will involve Davies\u2019 character, who we learn is now dating Eliza (Emma Hamilton) after Pete (Stephen Peacoke) left town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cRyan, a figure trusted when disaster strikes in Broken Hill, suddenly finds himself navigating the toughest challenge of all: holding onto Eliza as her ex-partner Pete returns to town and threatens to pull her away,\u201d an insider told The Sunday Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Davies, a veteran of Aussie TV, said he was thrilled to be joining the long-running drama.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/66bc631f18e27d9c3ad3486441f99e3e218b9589.jpg\" alt=\"Offspring star Rick Davies joins RFDS for its third season. Pictured here with series star Emma Hamilton.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconOffspring star Rick Davies joins RFDS for its third season. Pictured here with series star Emma Hamilton. Credit: Supplied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI was already a massive fan of the show and to get the nod was a real thrill,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cSome of the cast, like Stephen, were pre-existing mates and I made some really special new buddies too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cTo play a fire and rescue officer and step into a world of incredible scripts, brilliant and resourceful production values and to pay homage to our phenomenal first responders was a privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6c977aa802f5794962c0f6f1f41897544081731e.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of RFDS.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe cast of RFDS. Credit: Supplied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Davies promises there will be plenty of juicy storylines ahead for his character \u2014 Eliza and Pete stans: brace yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cRyan slots in quickly and finds his groove through some special friendships and a romantic relationship with the established characters,\u201d Davies said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWithout giving too much away on the new season, Ryan has his fair share of action and romance-based highs and lows this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third season of RFDS is coming soon to Seven and 7Plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s best known for playing Jimmy Proudman for seven seasons of the hit Aussie drama, Offspring, and for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-125715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}