Lana Coc-Kroft: danger on screen and in real life...
Lana Coc-Kroft first rose to prominence by being crowned Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988. After her TV debut as a model on Sale of the Century, she became co-host of Wheel of Fortune. Coc-Kroft established herself as an adrenaline junkie on shows like Mountain Dew On the Edge and Can You Hackett, and the equal of her male colleagues on SportsCafe. While filming reality TV show Celebrity Treasure Island, she developed a life-threatening illness after being cut by coral. She recovered and went on to co-host Who Dares Wins.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Coc-Kroft talks about:
- How Phillip Leishman helped her overcome stage fright on Wheel of Fortune
- Struggling with her role on the show
- Jumping from a helicopter for the first episode of Mountain Dew On the Edge
- Asking the "dumb' questions on SportsCafe
- The truth behind giving her phone number out on air
- Demanding to be fed on the set of Celebrity Treasure Island
- How getting sick on the show changed the local TV industry
- Feeling insecure on the set of Test the Nation
- The real reason she thinks she was hired for Who Dares Wins
- Being inspired by AJ Hackett on show Can You Hackett
Interview Credit
Copyright
This video was first uploaded on 13 August 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.
