The plot of Sophie Dillman’s Home and Away character has prompted open conversations with her partner Patrick O’Connor, according to the actress.
The 30-year-old actress claimed that the pregnancy of her Ziggy Astoni character has caused her and Patrick to start talking about having a child.
I feel really fortunate to be able to practise all the pregnancy-related activities without actually being pregnant, she said.
Ziggy “got everything,” as in nausea, fatigue, mood swings, discomfort, Braxton Hicks, and other symptoms of that nature.
Going through all of that, particularly with your real-life partner, actually sparks a lot of discussion that I don’t believe many people would have unless they were actually walking around with a fake pregnancy belly, she continued.
On Home and Away, the duo portrays the on-screen couple Dean Thompson and Ziggy Astoni.
It follows Sophie’s previous admission that her first date with Patrick was not as romantic as she had planned.
When they went to dinner at Newtown burger joint Mary’s, Sophie was in excruciating pain after being rushed to the hospital due to an endometriosis flare-up.
She was so miserable at one point that she had to sit on the sidewalk.
I declared, “I must sit down immediately.” Sophie recalled that “Patrick” said, “Sophie, we’re on King Street, you can’t sit down!”
I called my mother while I was sitting in a laneway and said, “Mum, I have to go to the hospital, it’s so bad, I don’t have enough painkillers.”
He had never seen anything like that before, the poor guy, and my sister was also offering me advice.
She claimed that even though Patrick “went white,” he still made every effort to support her, which raised a big red flag.
