Nicole Whippy: creating memorable characters...

Interview – 2012

Nicole Whippy is an actor who also sometimes directs. Early on, she played a warrior queen on Xena and made a splash on Jackson's Wharf. Since then Whippy has had memorable roles in TV shows The Strip, Outrageous Fortune, Nothing Trivial. and Shortland Street. She directed children's series The Feijoa Club, and the opening story of anthology movie Vai.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Whippy talks about:

Being terrified about having to ride a horse on Xena: Warrior Princess
Having all her acting flaws pointed out by a producer on Jackson's Wharf
How a sexy costume helped her create Elektra in Being Eve
Being taken on an intense emotional journey on the set of Mercy Peak
Filming scenes from The Strip in a real strip club, and refusing to go in the water tank pool
Playing an extreme version of herself on Outrageous Fortune
How people on the street had some passionate reactions to the role
Auditioning for a role on Nothing Trivial that was modeled on her
Feeling that her role on the show is the "big one" in her career

This video was first uploaded on 26 January 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.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside

[Rachel Lang] said to me 'look I've got this part that I'm writing, and it's slowly turning into you. So you'll have to audition. I'm not promising anything. But I think she might be you.'
– Nicole Whippy on winning a starring role in TV series Nothing Trivial

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