{"id":138481,"date":"2025-11-16T22:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138481\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T22:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:11:21","slug":"home-and-away-maddison-brown-explains-so-much-went-into-train-disaster-2025-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138481\/","title":{"rendered":"Home and Away: Maddison Brown explains \u2018so much\u2019 went into train disaster 2025 season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home and Away favourite Maddison Brown is urging fans to brace for impact as the show heads towards its devastating finale this week.<\/p>\n

The final episode for the year, set to air on Wednesday, sees a devastating train derailment, triggering chaos, carnage and casualties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be a Home and Away finale without cliffhangers and drama \u2014 and fans will have more than enough to sustain them through the summer break,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have never done a train crash before \u2014 I am so excited to see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The star, who joined the show earlier this year, can\u2019t give away what transpires, but will say that the lives of several Summer Bay\u2019s favourites hang in the balance.<\/p>\n

\"There\u2019sCamera IconThere\u2019s a surprise proposal aboard the train. Credit: Supplied.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve boarded the party train en route to Off the Rails, a three-day musical festival in Broken Hill. Remi (Adam Rowland) and Sonny (Ryan Bown) have secured a performance slot for their newest signing star, Eddie Shepherd (Stephen Madsen), who is dating Brown\u2019s character, Jo.<\/p>\n

\u201cJo is on the train with her sister and Eddie \u2014 she is going along to support him at the music festival,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile on the train, Eddie actually pops the question!<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t reveal what her answer is yet, but fans will be very excited, I am sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The events that unfold in this year\u2019s finale are being billed as \u201cone of the most shocking disasters in the show\u2019s 38 year-history\u201d, and as Brown says, production went all-out to ensure the scenes looked as realistic as possible.<\/p>\n

The show filmed in rural NSW, with a specialist team brought in to recreate the disaster, complete with real train, emergency services workers and mass casualties.<\/p>\n

\"MaddisonCamera IconMaddison Brown looks ahead to the Home and Away season finale this Wednesday. Credit: Supplied.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much went into it,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such amazing series producers, and they absolutely planned it all down to the nth degree and down to the minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shoot was just so much fun, and it was so nice to change up the scenery from Palm Beach and the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scenes were filmed on location in Cowra and Orange, a four-hour drive west of Sydney, with the cast and crew relocating to shoot the scenes<\/p>\n

\u201cThose kinds of shoots are always fun \u2014 it feels like a school camp,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have a working holiday in a way, to get out of Sydney and the normal routine, and for us all to be together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ACamera IconA still from the final Home and Away episode for 2025. Credit: Supplied.<\/p>\n

Brown is continuing to film Home and Away for another month and will then take time off at the end of December before returning to the hit soap early 2026.<\/p>\n

During her summer break she will head to New Zealand with her fiance, Simon Mead, to spend time with his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of rest, relaxation, and going to the beach,\u201d she said of her time away.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy finance\u2019s dad has a boat, so we are going to go fishing, and catch tuna and make tuna sashimi straight out of the ocean \u2014 we\u2019ll be having a very idyllic, beautiful New Zealand Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then it\u2019s back to Sydney and straight back to Summer Bay, and her other full time job \u2014 running her successful skincare company, Outside Beauty & Skincare, with sister, Allyson.<\/p>\n

Brown says she is still \u201cvery involved\u201d with the suncream business she started four years ago, which has seen huge growth in the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I get home from work, I am on my laptop doing emails and calls \u2014 (the business is) very much 50\/50, and that won\u2019t change,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very dedicated and I don\u2019t let much stop me from pushing myself and helping the business grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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