Marshall Napier forged a long acting career playing memorable supporting roles in a swathe of Kiwi and Australian screen dramas. His many credits include Came a Hot Friday, Babe, TV movie Swimming Lessons, and late starring roles in movies Bellbird and Northspur. He also had a strong pedigree in theatre, and took his play Freak Winds to New York in 2006.
Marshall Napier died in August 2022. In this ScreenTalk interview published in late 2012, Napier talked about:
- Having only one costume to wear as Sir Richard Seddon in The Governor
- Almost driving off the road during a car chase in Goodbye Pork Pie
- Being told to smile by director Ian Mune on the set of Came a Hot Friday
- The chaotic nature of filming on Vincent Ward’s The Navigator
- How people assumed he was a real farmer after his long stint on Australian TV favourite McLeod’s Daughters
- Being directed by his nephew in I’m Not Harry Jenson
- Being surrounded by grotesque characters in Picnic at Rock Island
- Playing a hard-nosed "prick" on City Homicide
- How an actor’s life can be a tough one
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This video was first uploaded on 24 October 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.
