Erik Thomson and Caitlin McDougall

The 800 Words star admits the role that scared him most was starring opposite McDougall in the short-lived Australian drama

The Alice (above). “It’s the one time we’ve worked together and we were worried we wouldn’t have any on-screen chemistry because we’d been married for five years,” the now father-of-two says. Erik went on to star alongside fellow Kiwi Rebecca Gibney in the smash hit Packed To The Rafters while McDougall (who also starred in Always Greener, All Saints, Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueberger) took time out to raise their two children.