Don Christopher, Lucy Durack and Angelo at the Melbourne Cup ASMF charity lunch.
DON Christopher and Rachel Strickland are battling the long-distance relationship blues.
In town for The Advertiser/Sunday Mail Foundation Melbourne Cup lunch, actor Don said the strain of living in Sydney while well-known local model Rachel lives here was an "ongoing battle".
But with his first telemovie, The Informant with William McInnes, to screen this week, and numerous projects in pre-and-post production, it doesn't look like Don will be moving back this way any time soon.
"The ongoing battle that Rachel and I face is spending time together and then not – making decisions based on benefiting our careers and as a consequence suffering in our relationship, but I guess that's what you need to do if you want to get somewhere," he said.
"All I can say right now – and I don't want to speak for Rachel – is that happiness is important, whether it be for selfish reasons or for the benefit of each other and it is a battle we fight together, against each other, and alone.
"We make it work because we understand this and help each other through it. How else can it work? If you have an answer I'd like to know."
Don was cast in The Informant straight after graduating from NIDA and has appeared in Packed to the Rafters, just wrapped musical comedy Risky Lunar Love and will also be the face of the 2008 Grant Burge Wine campaign. It's safe to say he's a bit busy.
"On top of all of that, I teach at NIDA which has surprised me. I initially did it to fill in some time but now I really love it," Don said.
"At the moment I need to be in Sydney but my aim in the next few years is definitely to come back home."
Tune in and check out The Informant next Friday at 8.30pm on Channel 10.
The Advertiser. Nov, 2008.
The Advertiser. Nov, 2008.
