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Terese Willis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Rebekah Elmaloglou. The actress was cast in the role after attending an audition in late 2012. Before she began filming her first scenes in early February 2013, Elmaloglou had to ask the producers to change the pronunciation of her character's name. Elmaloglou's character and her family were created and introduced to ''Neighbours'', as part of an ongoing overhaul of the show's cast and renewed focus on family units within the show. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 14 May 2013. Terese is portrayed as being ambitious, organised, hard-working and a good mother. Elmaloglou said she admired Terese and that while they shared some similarities, but they did not have much in common. Terese was introduced as the manager of Lassiter's Hotel, which is owned by Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis). Terese and Paul share a love/hate relationship, but despite the tension between them, they work well together. Terese's other storylines have often revolved around her marriage to Brad Willis (Kip Gamblin) and their family. Terese has struggled to accept that her husband has a daughter with his ex-girlfriend and her friend, Lauren Turner (Kate Kendall). ==Creation and casting== On 7 February 2013, it was announced that the four-strong Willis family would be introduced to ''Neighbours'', as part of an ongoing overhaul of the show's cast and renewed focus on family units. News of the Willis family's introduction came shortly after producers decided to also bring in the five-strong Turner family.〔 Executive producer Richard Jasek commented "As viewers will find out shortly, the Turners are a family of secrets, and the unique backstory of the Willis family is just as compelling."〔 The character of Brad Willis (Kip Gamblin) was reintroduced to the show, along with his wife Terese and their teenage twins; Josh (Harley Bonner) and Imogen (Ariel Kaplan). Actress Rebekah Elmaloglou was cast in the role of Terese, the matriarch of the Willis family. Elmaloglou's agent asked her to audition for the role in late 2012 and she thought appearing in ''Neighbours'' would be something "interesting to do", especially as she had previously appeared in rival soap opera ''Home and Away''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rebekah Elmaloglou as Terese Willis )〕 Elmaloglou won the role and she and her family relocated to Melbourne where the ''Neighbours'' studios are based.〔 The actress thought it was an exciting time to join the show and did not feel under any pressure.〔 She also said the production style was similar to ''Home and Away'', but ''Neighbours'' was fast paced because they shoot an extra episode a week.〔 Before she began filming, Elmaloglou asked the producers to change the pronunciation of her character's name. Elmaloglou was initially happy with her character's name, as it was a deviation of her mother's name, Theresa.〔 However, she was concerned about the pronunciation chosen by the producers, explaining "At first I thought, 'That's nice, I'll always have mum close to me' - until I realised it's pronounced exactly how mum hates it! I knew she would cringe every time she watched me on ''Neighbours''."〔 The producers agreed to change the pronunciation shortly before Terese was mentioned on-screen.〔 Elmaloglou started filming her scenes two weeks after the casting announcement.〔 Elmaloglou made her first screen appearance as Terese on 14 May 2013. 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「Terese Willis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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