Kieran Hutchison is returning to NZ to reprise his Shortland St role One of Shortland St's earliest gay characters is soon returning to the popular long-running Kiwi soap. Kieren Hutchison, who played Rachel McKenna's brother Jonathan, is returning to the cast on Monday, May 23, the New Zealand Herald reports. His character left the show in 1996 after an HIV scare. Since the return of Rachel McKenna to Ferndale, her brother's name has often been mentioned, particularly the news last year that he had been in a serious car crash. Hutchison has told the Herald's Time Out the call from Shortland Street asking if he would like to return to set came "out of the blue" and presented a good case for him to move back to New Zealand with his American wife and their son, after living in Los Angeles since 2002. "I had heard from friends that my character had been mentioned in storylines after Rachel came back and I heard through Facebook that I was in a car crash." Hutchison has been working on the TV show One Tree Hill, and has had guest spots on CSI, Castle and in small movies.
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First published: Thursday, 12th May 2011 - 11:49am