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Lance Smart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Peter Vroom. Vroom appeared from the pilot episode as one of the serial's original characters. Vroom later decided to leave and finished filming in March 1990; his final episode aired on 11 April. Vroom later returned in 2000 on a guest contract. He subsequently made short returns during the five years that followed and his final appearance aired on 1 December 2006. Lance is characterised a "slow witted" larrikin and those around him see him as a "joke". Lance forms an on-screen partnership with Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson) and their characters were subsequently used as the serial's comedy characters. Both Vroom and Thomson said that their characters did not provide a realistic representation of young people as the production team often censored their dialogue. Lance also has an over-protective mother Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) and has a relationship with Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons). Lance and Martin were named as the "thickest characters ever to grace soapland" in the ''Daily Record''. ==Character development== Peter Vroom secured the role of Lance after he completed a course at the Australian Theatre for Young People, making it his first television role.〔Kesta 1990, p.56.〕 Lance is characterised as having little intelligence and is "slow witted".〔Kesta 1990, p.10.〕 Vroom told ''Inside Soap'' that "Lance was a caricature, he was never very successful at anything, and people generally thought he was a joke. That was his role, to provide a few laughs."〔 Lance forms an on-screen duo as the "partner in crime" of Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson).〔 Thomson said that the characters are ''Home and Away's'' answer to Laurel and Hardy.〔 Like Martin, Lance is unpopular with females and even "their closest friends" see them as not being "heart-throbs". They are portrayed as a pair of "yobbos and larrikins" who work at a local oyster farm. Lance and Martin share common enemies, their biggest feud is with Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) who throws them out of cadet corps. They also have a general dislike for the local "surfie" males, who later become their "great nemesis" due to them receiving all the attention from the local females. Lance holds an opinion that Martin is "irresistible" to the opposite sex and is impressed by his persona.〔Oram 1989, p.100.〕 Thomson said that the duo "stand out a lot" because of their over-the-top nature. While Vroom felt they rarely got "serious" scenes because they were mostly involved in comedic storylines.〔 Vroom criticised the writing Martin and Lance received because he did not think it represented how young people behave. ''Home and Away's'' critics also scrutinised the writing "for a lack of realism". Thomson said the serial's early evening time slot often caused dialogue to be censored. Vroom stated that "Lance and Martin are definitely drinkers and if it wasn't for the timeslot they would be into marijuana too." Though he defended the characters because they had to be responsible and cater for young viewers.〔Oram 1989, p.101.〕 Lance is the "beloved" son of Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood), she "dotes on" Lance and often intimidates him into doing things she wants.〔 Lance also had a relationship with Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) which does not work out. Colleen is so protective of Lance that twenty years later she still does not "like or trust" Marilyn for breaking "her Lancey's' heart". Vroom decided to leave ''Home and Away'' and filmed his final scenes in March 1990.〔 After leaving Summer Bay, Lance becomes an army sergeant and resides in Townsville. Vroom told a writer from ''Look-in'' that Lance always appeared "abnormally tall" on-screen because no other cast members were over six foot in height like himself. He also said that he was the "worst out of the whole cast" for laughing during filming. Vroom returned to filming in 2000, for a storyline which sees Lance back in Summer Bay to attend the wedding of Sally Fletcher (Kate Ritchie) and Kieran Fletcher (Spencer McLaren).〔 Vroom said that Lance had grown up and "matured" in his absence and "won the respect of his peers" in his army career. Though Lance's love life does not fare as well and he does not talk about it much upon his return. Vroom said "he admits he's been seeing a girl who upset him quite a bit, but that's all". Vroom found it challenging to reprise the role because Lance had changed. He felt that he did not have to portray him like he used to, adding it was like "editing an old character". ''Home and Away'' decided to sign Vroom up to make additional appearances later that year. Vroom said he would have liked to return on a more permanent basis.〔 He returned in 2002 as part of the serial's fourteenth anniversary celebrations. He returned once again in 2005 as part of the 4000th episode of ''Home and Away''. In the storyline Lance arrives to celebrate Alf Stewart's (Ray Meagher) birthday. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lance Smart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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