Being back in Australia to play Dr Eli Nader in Pulse has been a “double blessing” for LA-based Liam McIntyre.
It’s meant he’s been able to spend time with his mother in Melbourne while she’s been having treatment for cancer.
“Hopefully, she’ll be alright,” the 35-year-old tells TV WEEK of his mum’s prognosis.
“Fight the good fight, right?”
Liam says now that he’s playing a doctor, his mum seems to think he must have some medical knowledge.
“She’s like, ‘What do you think? I mean, these guys have said this…’ [And I reply] ‘Again, I’m not qualified. I have pretended for a solid two months now. These guys have had 10 years or more of training, so I’d probably go with them,’” he laughs.
Liam alongside his Pulse co-star Claire van der Boom.
Speaking of family, Liam, who married actress/singer Erin Hasan three years ago, reveals parenthood might not be too far off.
While filming Pulse, he found himself getting clucky around co-star Silvia Colloca’s newborn baby girl.
“I’m a bit like, ‘Aww!’” he smiles.
“Hopefully in the not-too-distant future we’ll have a little McIntyre that will terrorise the world.”
