Axle Whitehead's career still spinning despite private exposure

Bound for Summer Bay ... Axle Whitehead. Source: The Daily Telegraph

But the confessed naughty boy hasn't had to stretch too far - he's playing bad-boy rocker Liam Murphy in the soapie.

"It allows you to be a bit devilish and it has been good fun," the 28-year-old told TV editor Erin McWhirter.

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"You have to find a balance between putting yourself into it and not being too cheeky. (My mum) has referred to me as cheeky and naughty, a risk taker. But I get myself out of trouble."

Whitehead says he draws from experiences of close friends to portray the drug addict rocker.

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