The INXS telemovie we had to have

Channel 7 will turn up the sex factor with a stunning tele-movie based on the rise of Australian rock gods INXS. Courtesy Channel 7

SAMANTHA Jade has almost been adopted as a long lost Minogue sister, while the original INXS band members were reportedly reduced to tears by the uncanny casting of Channel 7's hotly-anticipated telemovie, Never Tear Us Apart.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO MICHAEL HUTCHENCE

The ultimate story of sex, drugs and rock'n roll, with a soundtrack to get you off the couch for some lounge room dancing, the two-part biopic looks set to launch the careers of leading man Luke Arnold (as Michael Hutchence) and the stunning roll call of young stars around him.

The cast ... Andy Ryan, Hugh Sheridan, Ido Drent, Luke Arnold, Alex Williams, Nicholas Masters and Damon Herriman. Source: Supplied

Arnold's profile has skyrocketed since scoring the INXS role, backing up with a break on US television in Black Sails, a TV adaptation of Treasure Island,lead by Transformers director Michael Bay.

Whether ladykiller rock star or swashbuckling pirate John Silver, Arnold oozes charisma on screen, but off it has tweeted about playing Hutchence: "still amazed and humbled that I got to tell this man's story."

Jade, who came to local fame after winning The X Factor, makes her acting debut as Minogue - an opportunity that surely won't be her last.

Even the music is charting again, with each Seven promo pushing sales for the band's classic Kick and greatest hits albums further up iTunes.

Now get to know the key players charged with recapturing the magic that was one of Australia's greatest rock exports and women frontman Michael Hutchence loved:

LUKE ARNOLD PLAYS MICHAEL HUTCHENCE

This WAAPA graduate has been a `gigging' actor on the small screen for almost a decade, but will break through as Michael Hutchence, and as John Silver in Michael Bay's Treasure Island adaptation Black Sails. The INXS singer was famously one of Australian music's most charismatic frontmen with a string of high-profile romances and a tragic end in what was either a suicide or a sex game gone horribly wrong in a Sydney hotel room in 1997.

pressure to perform ... Actor Luke Arnold as Michael Hutchence. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

NICK MASTERS PLAYS TIM FARRISS

NIDA graduate Masters will make his TV debut as INXS guitarist Tim Farriss, scoring on-set instruction from the man himself, who acted as a co-executive producer of the telemovie.

NIDA graduate ... Nick Masters takes instruction from guitarist Tim Farriss, the man he will play in Channel 7 telemovie Never Tear Us Apart. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

HUGH SHERIDAN PLAYS GARRY GARY BEERS

The former Packed To The Rafters favourite plays bass guitarist Garry Gary Beers.

Back on TV ... actor Hugh Sheridan plays Garry Garry Beers. Source: News Limited

ANDREW RYAN PLAYS ANDREW FARRISS

Last seen on the small screen in Underbelly: Squizzy, Ryan returns to Andrew Farriss, a keyboardist, guitarist, percussionist, vocalist and songwriter for INXS.

From Underbelly: Squizzy ... Andrew Ryan who plays Andrew Farriss in the INXS telemovie. Picture: Mark Stewart Source: News Limited

ALEX WILLIAMS PLAYS KIRK PENGILLY

The star of Underground, Ten's acclaimed biopic about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Williams plays saxophonist Kirk Pengilly, who was best friends with Tim Farriss at high school. He is married to former women's surf world champion Layne Beachley.

IDO DRENT PLAYS JON FARRISS

Offspring fans will recognise Drent as Nina and Patrick's relationship therapist, now he returns to the small screen as drummer Jon Farriss.

The cast of Never Tear Us Apart ... Back row: Hugh Sheridan as Garry Gary Beers, Luke Arnold as Michael Hutchence, Alex Williams as Kirk Pengilly, Front row Ido Drent as Jon Farriss, Andy Ryan as Andrew Farriss and Nicholas Masters as Tim Farriss. Source: Supplied

DAMON HERRIMAN PLAYS CM MURPHY

The Adelaide-born 42-year-old plays INXS' pioneering manager Chris M Murphy, impressing the band and producers with his note-perfect performance. His TV credits include Laid, Justified and The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting.

The manager ... actor Damon Herriman in the INXS telemovie. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

SAMANTHA JADE PLAYS KYLIE MINOGUE

The X Factor winner plays pop princess Kylie Minogue, who is said to be a huge fan of Jade's musical talents and performance in this telemovie. It's Jade's first acting role. Minogue and Hutchence were an item from 1989 and 1991, a relationship credited with giving her the `cool' factor she lacked. It's said he wrote Suicide Blonde about her.

On screen .... Luke Arnold as Michael Hutchence and Samantha Jade as Kylie Minogue in Channel 7's telemovie, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

GEORGINA HAIG PLAYS PAULA YATES

Currently starring in US drama series, Reckless, Haig plays Hutchence' lover, Brit TV presenter Paula Yates. Yates and Hutchence had a famously tempestuous and drug-fuelled relationship, with Yates dying of a heroin overdose in 2000, three years after Hutchence's death.

Georgina Haig plays Paula Yates in the INXS telemovie Never Tear Us Apart. Source: Supplied

MALLORY JANSEN PLAYS HELENA CHRISTENSEN

A former model, who got her TV start on Nine mini-series, Howzat, Jansen plays Danish supermodel Helena Christensen, who dated Hutchence in 1991, after he dumped Minogue to be with her. Jansen appears in US drama series, Young And Hungry and a Disney pilot Galavant.

Capturing history ... Mallory Jansen as Helena Christensen and Luke Arnold as Michael Hutchence in the INXS telemovie, Never Tear Us Apart. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

JANE HARBER PLAYS MICHELE BENNETT

The Offspring and Moodys star plays film producer Michele Bennett who plays Hutchence's first girlfriend, moving to Sydney to set up house with the rock star before he went on an extended US tour.

Taking on a tough role ... Jane Harber plays Michael Hutchence's first girlfriend. Source: Supplied

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