Life Imitates Art for Actor Erik Thomson...

Life Imitates Art for Actor Erik Thomson

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In the Australian show Packed to the Rafters, actor Erik Thomson plays a father juggling the demands of a full house which includes a daughter in her 20s. While his real life daughter Eilish is just 14 months old, "there are a lot of parallels" between the two, Erik says. "In episode two, there is that scene with Jessica Moray [who plays Erik`s daughter, Rachel Rafter] where I tell her that I`ll look out for her until the day I die," Erik explains. "That emotion is very much at the forefront for me at the moment because I have a very vulnerable young baby." Still, it was important to Erik, 41, that the part of Dave Rafter "wasn`t going to be written as a dad, but rather a man who has children."

"Being in my early 40s and a new dad, my life is my life. I continue to have hopes and dreams for myself. I don`t feel like I`ve suddenly become a stereotype because I have a child."

Instead, Erik says, when you become a dad "a lot of dominos start to fall into place as you understand a whole lot more about a side of yourself that you`ve never really had before." Part of that new understanding involves a new appreciation of the simple things. Erik says that a "really great" Saturday morning for him includes grocery shopping with Eilish. "[It] sounds mundane but I find it fantastic," he says.

"Because I`m more interested in her well-being I get on with things a lot more. I`m very now and in the moment."

Eilish is the first child for Erik and his wife Caitlin McDougall.
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