Ryan Corr reveals he will not be returning for the Packed to the Rafters reboot

Packed to the Rafters will be returning to our screens in 2020, but Ryan Corr, who played Coby Jennings on the popular series, won’t be taking part.

Speaking to Now to Love on Wednesday, Ryan, 31, confirmed he won’t appear in the Amazon reunion show, after writers decided to go in another direction.

‘I’ve been in contact, but I’m not going to be involved with it,’ he told the publication.

Ryan continued: ‘I think we’re focusing a little more on the nuclear family that started off the series’.

‘Everyone in the Rafters’ cast are still dear friends of mine,’ Ryan added.

Back to the Rafters will follow Rebecca Gibney and Erik Thomson’s characters, Dave and Julie, who have since created a life in the country with their daughter.

The decision not to bring back his character may have come as a surprise to the star, after he previously admitted he would jump at the chance for a reboot.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia in December 2018, Ryan said: ‘I’d bring back Coby! I’d get the gang together as long as I didn’t have to have the rat tail!’

‘I had to walk around in my everyday life with that on my head. If I didn’t have to have that again, I’d go back,’ he added.

Unfortunately fans hoping to see the entire gang back together will be bitterly disappointed. 

Other fan favourites Jessica Marais (Rachel) and James Stewart (Jake Barton) will also not be returning to the series.

Jessica abruptly quit the series in February due to ‘personal reasons’, while her on-and-off-screen husband James was reported to be ‘too tied up’ with his gig on Home and Away.

Jessica’s abrupt departure days before filming was scheduled to commence meant Channel Seven had to replace her with look-a-like Australian actress Georgina Haig.