gently, but she loses her temper and throws a brick through his car window. Realising she cannot change Luke's mind, Rebecca packs up her belongings and returns to the city, leaving Donald to accuse Luke of robbing him of another daughter. Producers reintroduced the character in 1996 and recast the part to Belinda Emmett, who admitted that she did not pay close attention to the fact she was third actress to play Rebecca. She stated "I didn't watch any old episodes or anything to see how the previous actresses had interpreted the role, I just played her my way." She watched her own work back and thought her portrayal of the character was a very different Rebecca. Emmett liked the way she played the character, but found that she was nothing like Rebecca in real life. Emmett called Rebecca "sophisticated and worldly", while she said she was "a great big old dag!" In 1998, Jason Herbison from Inside Soap'' reported that the show's producers planned on giving the character a "sleek new look". This required Emmett to spend longer in the make-up department as they straightened her naturally curly hair. During that same year, Megan Connolly briefly took over the role of Rebecca, while Emmett received treatment for breast cancer. Emmett was forced to leave the role in 1999. She would not return to the show and died in 2006. Storylines Rebecca arrives in Summer Bay in to visit her father, Donald Fisher (Norman Coburn) after being invited by Bobby Simpson. When Rebecca senses Donald and Bobby acting strangely, she feels as if they are talking about her behind her back. Lance Smart (Peter Vroom) and Martin Dibble (Craig Thomson), inadvertently let it slip to Rebecca that Bobby is, Donald's daughter and Bobby's half-sister and cousin as a result of an affair he had with Rebecca's aunt Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances). Rebecca reacts badly to this news, running away, causing locals to think she has committed suicide when her bracelet is found on the beach. Lance and Martin look for her in the water but Rebecca is revealed to be alive and well hiding out in a caravan at the Caravan Park where Steven Matheson (Adam Willits) and his family, The Fletchers live. Rebecca then gives Lance and Martin a surprise when she appears in the water where they are searching for her. After Donald explains everything about Bobby and