List of Home and Away characters (2016)
Justin Morgan, played by James Stewart, made his first screen appearance on 7 June 2016. The character and Stewart's casting was announced on 5 December 2015, alongside Jackson Heywood and Orpheus Pledger, who play Justin's brothers. The actors began filming their first scenes during the week commencing 7 December. Justin is Stewart's first on-going role since he took a year off to care for his young daughter. Like Heywood, Stewart expected Braxton brothers comparisons, but he told Jonathon Moran of The Daily Telegraph, "Creating this family is probably more our priority than taking over the Brax boys. How do you take on Steve Peacocke (Brax)? I hope Australia is ready for it, it is the way it is." In August 2017, Stewart was longlisted for Best Daytime Star at the Inside Soap Awards. The nomination did not progress to the viewer-voted shortlist.
List of Home and Away characters (2012)
Jett James, played by Will McDonald, made his first screen appearance on 7 May 2012. The character and casting was announced in April 2012. McDonald told Andrew Mercado of "TV Week" that he was "stunned" to get the role of Jett. He explained "I was speechless at first. I honestly thought I was in a dream, and then as reality faded in I realised this was really happening." The character of Jett is McDonald's first television role. Jett arrives in Summer Bay and "wastes no time in ruffling a few feathers", especially those of VJ Patterson (Felix Dean). McDonald described his character as "a delinquent who comes to the Bay and causes a bit of trouble and gets on some people's bad sides." While a writer for Channel 5 said Jett has "a knack for causing trouble". In 2013, McDonald received a nomination for the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award.