Will Griggs

Infobox soap character
colour = Television colour|Neighbours
name = Sebastian Barnes
series=Neighbours


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first = October 12 2006
Episode 5074
last = January 23 2007
Episode 5132
cause = Fled overseas as his true identity was exposed
nickname = Will
alias = Will Griggs
species =
gender = Male
age = 27
born = 1980
death =
occupation = 2% owner of Lassiters Hotel Complex
title =
parents = Pamela Barnes
(mother, deceased)
Clifford Barnes
(father, deceased)
siblings= Oliver Barnes
(adoptive brother)
spouse =
children =
relatives =
episode =
portrayer = Christian Clark
creator =

Sebastian Barnes (aka Will Griggs) was a fictional character in the Network Ten soap opera "Neighbours", portrayed by actor Christian Clark. The character made his first appearance on October 12 2006 and last appeared on January 23, 2007, making him one of the show's shortest serving regular characters to date. He entered on the same episode as Frazer Yeats (Ben Lawson), Pepper Steiger (Nicky Whelan) and Rosetta Cammeniti (Natalie Saleeba). He is the older adoptive brother of Oliver Barnes who entered the show after his departure.

Character's background

Arrival

Before he first entered the show, Sebastian changed his name to Will Griggs.

When Will entered the show, he moved into Number 30 with Frazer, Pepper and Rosie, Rosie became attracted to him instantly. She wrote about her feelings for Will in her diary, which Will saw. Rosie set up Will on a date with her sister, Carmella (Natalie Blair).

Paul Robinson

Will asked Carmella out on a date, and she accepted. They had a good first date, only that Will refused to talk about his past. During this period, Will began receiving strange offerings, such as keys to a new car. Will, however, rejected the offers. It was later revealed that he is the heir to a large fortune, such as 2% stock of Lassiter's. Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) discovered this, along with Will's real name, Sebastian Barnes. He promised to keep Will's secret, as long as he voted against the Timminses at the next board meeting, as Paul couldn't purchase the stock from Will.

Telling Carmella the Truth

Carmella wanted to meet Will's parents, though as he didn't want to tell her that his parents were dead, keen to hide his past, he paid his mother's assistant, Selma, to play the role as his mother. Carmella eventually found out when she saw Will paying Selma, and she broke up with him, furious for him lying to her. Desperate to get back with her, he revealed the truth to her, that his real name is Sebastian Barnes, and that he is actually rich, as he inherited money and stock from his family, part of the stock being 2% of Lassiter's Hotels. Carmella didn't believe him, so he proved it to her by taking her in a limousine to a penthouse that he owns. Carmella began to believe him, but when she tried to call him Sebastian, he said that he prefers Will, as that is who she fell in love with. Carmella accepted him for who he is, but broke up for good with him, again for lying. Elle (Pippa Black), Paul's daughter, later on found out about him being Mr. 2-percent, and she tried to seduce him, but he rejected her. Elle's boyfriend, Dylan Timmins (Damien Bodie), became suspicious about Will and Elle.

Oliver arrives

Carmella left a message for him on his voicemail, which was when Oliver (David Hoflin) was first seen on the show. Oliver explained everything about Will to Carmella, and that Will had decided to leave and had fled overseas, and offered her even more help. They then started dating.

ix Nipples Story

A humorous mention of Sebastian was when Elle lied to Dylan that Sebastian's secret was that he was born with six nipples. This somehow excited Dylan and they grew to suspect that Oliver also may have six nipples.

Causing Trouble For The Robinsons and Napiers

In June, Oliver had resigned from Lassiter's and Will had inherited his 49%. In October, Will contacted Elle through his lawyer, Tim Collins (Ben Anderson). Tim told Elle that she could work for the Barnes Corporation and she and Will could be business partners, Lassiter's stockholders (at that point Will had 51% and Elle had 49%) - on one condition. If Elle wanted all this, she had to sack either Paul or Oliver. In the end she resigned, realizing that Paul and Oliver were the perfect team for Lassiter's.

Notes

*Although he left shooting scenes before his first episode aired, he was included in the opening credits from episode 5086 until episode 5120.
*It has been revealed that Oliver is not Sebastian's biological brother.
*The names of Sebastian's parents were mentioned several times:
**The names of Sebastian's parents were revealed on January 22, 2007. When Carmella saw a photo of Sebastian's parents, Sebastian told her that their names were Clifford and Pamela.
**On June 13, the amnesiac Paul Robinson didn't recognise Oliver until Elle mentioned Cliff and Pamela. Paul said they were a lovely couple (not realising they were dead).
**On July 16, a flashback showed Cliff (Anthony Wemyss), Pam (Brooke Nicol) and a younger Oliver (Brodie McPharlane).
**Cliff and Pamela Barnes are evidently named after the characters from Dallas with the same name
*Before he entered the show, he was constantly referred to as 'Mr. 2-percent' by other Lassiter's shareholders.