Shot in Auckland, this interview for arts show The Edge occured as Holly Hunter was making her mark in two Oscar-nominated big screen roles: The Piano and The Firm. Hunter discusses playing a hitman-hiring housewife, and joining Tom Cruise in The Firm. Weighing up past roles, she cherishes Raising Arizona and Broadcast News, but feels that The Piano is "the most original story that I've been involved in", and that Piano maestro Jane Campion ranks as "one of the great directors". The following year, Hunter won an Oscar for Best Actress (alongside Piano Oscars for her Kiwi co-star Anna Paquin, and for Campion's script).