Neighbours star James Sorensen will quit the popular soap to reportedly join the army.
Sorensen, who plays popular single dad Declan Napier in the soap, revealed in January that he was quitting but a colleague has told TV Week magazine the 23-year-old will be signing up with the armed forces.
Fellow star Jordan Smith, who plays Andrew Robinson, told the magazine Sorensen was excited to don the army fatigues.
"He's really serious about it — it's just something he really wants to do," Smith told TV Week.
"He's been training really hard, but I wish he'd stay — he's become a really good mate.
"I've told him he's going to get shot on his first day, but he's adamant he wants to go!"
A spokeswoman for Network Ten said Sorensen will be on screens for another two months before his on-screen replacement, actor Erin Mullally, takes over the role of Declan.
"James has been a much loved member of the cast for the past few years and will be dearly missed," the spokeswoman told ninemsn in a statement.
Sorensen's management would not confirm a move to the armed forces but said he would "no longer be acting".
"At the moment he's not going to continue with his acting," a spokeswoman for Sorensen's management, Catherine Poulton Management told ninemsn.
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