And after winning the Oscar for Best Actor at the 87th annual Academy Awards, Eddie Redmayne has saluted two of Australia’s favourite soapie stars a salute.

Redmayne singled out two actors from one of this country’s most popular soap operas and successful exports neighbours.

The newly crowned best actor pointed to married couple married couple Karl and Susan Kennedy calling them unsung heroes of acting

Peter Bell spoke with Alan Fletcher who played Karl Kennedy in the long running series about the compliment paid to him by the young king of Hollywood.