fictional character australian soap opera neighbours played screen appearance episode broadcast april sunny created executive producer response criticism neighbours white lee came attention neighbours producers entered competition run win month contract despite winning cast sunny soon august announced departing final appearance november sunny exchange student south_korea taken sunny described having typical teenage appear storylines focused starting relationship having kiss stolen subject crush time poorly received television critics creation casting july neighbours branded white black asian viewers britain report found ethnic viewers felt represented britain popular television shows australia talk policy came casting actors rated response criticism executive producer decision add diverse extras small walk roles speaking parts decided introduce year old korean actor cast exchange student said know going gorgeous little korean girl going coming year damned damned don chosen play role sunny spotted neighbours big stars contest lee final ultimately lost week contract months later lee cast regular character sunny producers saw audition tape competition august announced lee leave producers confirmed lee film scenes following month air australia november following news lee said miss friendships formed actors crew development characterisation sunny clashed culture society influenced life western countries considered rebel peers arrival sunny described television channel holy soap website described bright confident having outspoken nature contradictions holy soap described sunny having typical teenage included self conscious lack experience boys results sunny having attitude british television magazine described sunny initially disappointed lack excitement added sunny appears sunny cover host character lee said come asian lifestyle culture got fashion going hair going attitude lee said shares similarities sunny having strict parents departure lee said sunny took sacrifice leaving want parents turning lives especially susan recently suffered health issues relationships sunny found difficult express female teens day street instead chose talk lost boy radio station past relationship sister sunny clashed number occasions led ask playful animosity romantic chemistry viewers saw sunny finding unable deal feelings friends trying encourage begin relationship managed sunny open started trust later began relationship holy soap described relationship saying ing ing eventually got network describe sunny relationship blessing life great help sunny credited helping heal past putting straight narrow called sunny romeo juliet couple relationship said come different cultures got year exchange student play romeo juliet thing far love love cultural differences played teenager formed crush sunny tried ruin relationship digital_spy said robin goes drastic lengths sunny apart holy soap jay labelled creepy robin seen trying manipulate sunny locked store spend time lee named storyline robin favourite time said probably best storyline gave chance sex kiss sunny high profile storylines kiss female character kiss occurs discovers sunny writing romantic love letters given boyfriend sunny shocked kisses lips steals kiss lee said days sunny able think like kiss gone stolen moment sunny happy previously kiss received complaints conservative groups producers called kiss sunny agreed saying big deal actual gay storyline kind storyline came weeks rival soap home away endured backlash sex romance storyline received attention spokesman saying concerned sex relationships psychologist praised storyline saying allows families discuss topic defended kiss shot home away controversy saying lovely tale friendship innocent added going lesbian story neighbours lesbian stories properly teenage romance story sexual storylines susan decide exchange student sunny following step daughter departure night sunny calls radio station speaks lost boy past relationship sister sunny believes talking life decides find lost boy confront unaware auditions school play romantic tension builds sunny asked play lead roles sunny play realises kiss sunny finds lost boy sees practising kissing scene upset sunny share kiss night interrupted play sunny new character kiss sunny grows uncomfortable drama camp sunny locked game truth dare kiss interrupted door opened realises sunny like tries apart eventually start relationship sunny offers help love letters works write letters sunny tell wrote spur moment act kisses sunny grateful honesty sunny upset kiss stolen sunny kiss occurs play sunny struggles public displays affection lies told parents relationship sunny finds grades slipped decides end relationship admits tell parents music festival sunny embarrassed kiss runs bush falls cliff ankle falls cliff eventually rescued lucas scott major susan sunny parents learn know festival sunny parents demand placed flight home moves sunny parents worry having relationship later moves home asks sunny father translate sunny lies father nature conversation tells father said fine hearing sunny radio turns try close sunny believes friendly robin climbs sunny bedroom window takes photo locks spend time sunny sunny robin pirate net robin pretends find key door tells sunny robin locked refuses believe violently attacks robin sunny sunny eventually realises right robin sunny meets robin charlie tells broken robin confesses locking tries kiss sunny appears tells robin stay away accuses writing essay sunny reveals wrote kyle sunny telling parents know moving home susan sunny parents tell sunny tells parents want come home tells sunny south_korea sunny realises susan need tells stay day picnic performance charlie days departure sunny texts tells contact reception sunny negatively received time neighbours arrival reporter viewers going tire sunny quickly downright irritating entertainment website called character annoying thought layers personality added expecting believe kid fall don character likely push tower let hope stay short lived november called storyline sunny robin placed number soap characters love hate list cited continued presence general reason feature best worst soap characters decade sunny placed number worst soap characters list stated neighbours doesn great reputation ethnic diversity finally decide introduce non white main character time years wooden annoying character let hope sunny failure isn excuse avoiding ethnic minority casting future british newspaper daily_mail negative character calling awful stephen expressed desire character departure asked going hopeless character storyline involving robin sunny stephen commented disappear sunset luck looks like going pay carry following sunny departure stephen said relief sunny free zone enormous
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