I n January it was announced that Sorensen had quit the role of Declan and the decision to recast was taken, with Mullally making his first on-screen appearance on 3 May In October , it was announced the character was to leave Neighbours and he made his final appearance on 15 March Bridget Parker is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Eloise Mignon. Mignon wanted to return to her studies and she had had enough of Neighbours.
She explained: "[It's] always a very difficult decision, but the character of Declan, at the time that James Sorensen declared that he was leaving, [was] in the middle of a huge story which does involve the th, and also his romance with Kate and a million other things.
And each actor brings a different flavour to that character, so we've actually been able to see that the character can go on even further. Sorensen left Neighbours in order to pursue a career in the army. Meanwhile, with Oliver back on the scene, issues surrounding his and Declan's father, Richard Aaronow, started to surface. Elle had tracked the man down, thinking that Oliver deserved the chance to get to know his dad, unaware that Richard had raped Rebecca, resulting in Declan's conception.
Though he knew his father's name, and the fact Richard had done something to make Rebecca hate him, Declan didn't know the truth and accepted his mum's policy of simply never mentioning the man. But when Rebecca found out that Richard was in the area, she started making plans to flee - something she and Declan had been forced to do many times in the past - but Paul, who had fallen for Rebecca all over again, asked her to stay and to move in with him and Elle. Though Declan was slightly uncomfortable around Paul, he was glad not to have to move too far this time, but he was angry to learn that Oliver had been in touch with Richard.
After stealing the number from Oliver's phone, Declan arranged his own meeting with Richard, only to punch him in the face. Oliver stopped Declan from further violence, but Richard was determined to get things out in the open and told Declan about the rape, claiming that Rebecca had made the whole thing up. Declan immediately sided with his mum but, following the death of Alan Napier , Rebecca's estranged father, Declan went to see Richard and they arranged a fishing trip.
Once at the river, Declan's true motives became clear as he went to attack Richard with an oar, but in the tussle, Richard ended up falling into the water. Declan failed to save him and instead went back to the shore, only to be confronted by Richard, who had swum to safety and was about to grab Declan when Paul, Rebecca and Oliver arrived.
The incident made Oliver realise that his mum had been telling the truth, whilst also pushing Rebecca into reporting what Richard had done to her all those years ago. But, at the police station, they were surprised to see Richard, who was pressing assault charges against his younger son, though he was urged to reconsider this once Rebecca had made her own statement. Declan, meanwhile, was consumed with guilt over what had happened at the river, and admitted to Paul that he was worried that his actions made him no better than Richard.
When Paul then took Rebecca and Declan away to the country for a few days, Richard followed and was knocked unconscious during a confrontation with Rebecca. At the hospital, they were all shocked to learn that Richard was in end stage kidney failure and would need a transplant or he wouldn't live for longer than a few weeks. When Declan then overheard Richard telling Rebecca that he would never admit to what he'd done to her, Declan decided that his father should be around to face court and announced that he was going to donate a kidney.
Rebecca refused to give her permission, so Oliver stepped in and, although the operation was a success, it left Richard very ill, so Rebecca decided to wait a few months, until he was well enough, before pursuing her civil case against him. Having started at Erinsborough High, Declan quickly made friends with the other teens from Ramsay Street, but struggled with the hostility from Bridget, who was still furious with him for leading her young cousin, Mickey, astray.
Though Bridget softened on hearing about Declan's difficult upbringing, she still resented his attempts to defend her as she faced bullying from Justin Hunter following her attempts to join the football team. During a school trip to a rockclimbing wall, Bridget's frustrations with Declan finally spilled over and she let the rope slip from her hands as he came down, causing him to plummet to the ground.
Though Declan wasn't badly hurt, Bridget found herself with a week of detentions after her mum, Miranda was called in, and it emerged that she had forged her signature on the permission slip.
The incident did succeed in bringing Declan and Bridget closer and he managed to impress her with his secret sports car, and the pair found themselves enjoying secret night-time joy rides around the neighbourhood. This situation ended badly when the pair were challenged to a drag race by Justin and his brothers, only for the police to catch them.
Though they went after the Hunters, they later turned up to speak to Declan and Didge, leaving him facing prosecution and the young couple banned from seeing each other. They managed to meet up, after communicating by text message, but only so that Bridget could tell Declan that she didn't want to see him again.
As she walked home in tears, she stumbled into the road and was hit by a car - which just so happened to be Declan's sports car, which Oliver was selling after the drag racing, and had loaned to the Kennedys from number 28 for a test drive. When Mickey spotted the car driving away and reported back to his dad, Declan immediately became prime suspect and, as he went to the hospital to try and see a seriously ill Bridget, he was arrested.
Declan managed to give the police the slip and hid out behind Lassiter's. Whilst there, he was found by Nick Thompson.
In October , it was announced the character was to leave Neighbours and he made his final appearance on 15 March The character was originally portrayed as a "teenage tearaway" but later settled down. He has been involved with some of the series' most controversial storylines including teenage pregnancy which caused an upset among conservative family groups, coping with his wife's death and a relationship with fellow character Kate Ramsay which was initially received as distasteful and unbelievable with Australian viewers.
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