Actor Ian Hughes made an impact on playing the "sad clown" Ant in acclaimed TV series and movie Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. He went on to play roles on TV shows Shortland Street, Hercules, Xena, and Doves of War. He has also appeared in feature films including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and moved increasingly into directing — including dozens of episodes of Shortland Street.
In this ScreenTalk, Hughes talks about:
- Having no idea of the plot on Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
- Loving playing the ‘sad clown’ Ant on the show
- Watching in awe as Lucy Lawless kept things going on the set of Xena
- How being involved with Shortland Street became all-consuming
- Realising being in The Lord of the Rings was a once in a lifetime opportunity
- Making comical short film Bogans for $800
- How they managed to get Peter Jackson to do a cameo in the film
- Acting in Katherine Mansfield drama Bliss — and being told by director Fiona Samuel that his character was not a victim
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This video was first uploaded on 05 March 2012, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
