Brett Stark is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Brett Blewitt. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 30 November 1993, along with his sister, Danni Stark and remained as a regular in the show until 8 March 1996. Blewitt returned as Brett for five weeks after the death of his on-screen mother, Cheryl. He departed along with Danni on 13 November 1996 and made a further cameo appearance in 2005 during Annalise Hartman's documentary about Ramsay Street, as part of Neighbours twenty-fifth anniversary. During his period in the serial he was portrayed as a "geek", a word that defined the character throughout his casting, storylines and perception among other characters. He had close friendly relationships with older women, including Susan Kennedy and Helen Daniels; he developed a crush on the latter, which generated bad reception from some. He went on to have an affair with an older woman named Judy Bergeman. He is an animal lover and was the owner of Dahl the Galah who resided with the Kennedy family until 2014. Creation and casting The character of Brett was created in 1993 as part of a new family, the Starks, joining already existing characters Cheryl Stark (Caroline Gillmer) and Darren Stark (Scott Major). Cheryl, his mother moves in with him when he arrives with his sister Danni Stark (Eliza Szonert), another new addition to the serial's cast. Casting sessions were held with auditionees required to look geeky. Brett Blewitt went on to receive the role. Fellow Neighbours actor Ryan Moloney who plays Toadie Rebecchi originally auditioned for the role but did not meet the requirements. Jesse Spencer, who would later go on to play Billy Kennedy also auditioned for the role and reached the last three but was turned down due to being too young for the role. Blewitt later revealed the casting happened really fast and that two weeks after his audition, which he thought he had ruined, he was already moved to Melbourne and filming. In 1996 Blewitt quit the serial. He later said he made his decision based on the fact he only ever wanted to be on the show for around two years and didn't want to be scared of change. In 2005, Blewitt was asked to return in a cameo capacity, he accepted and was one of many ex-cast members who made a return to