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Paul Ellis: Shortland St’s bad boy grows up...
Interview – 2012
Actor Paul Ellis is best known for playing bad boy Fergus Kearney on Shortland Street. After leaving the show, he appeared on television screens in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the US, including The Chosen, Celebrity Treasure Island, Legend of the Seeker, and British soccer drama Dream Team. He also featured in showbusiness satire Auckland Daze.
In this ScreenTalk, Ellis talks about:
- Auditioning for a part on Shortland Street at the tender age of 18
- Viewing his character Fergus as a bad boy with a good heart
- Loving working with Claire Chitham on the show
- How a part on the UK show Dream Team challenged him as an actor
- Feeling nervous and a little out of place on Celebrity Treasure Island
- Being in the film The Delphi Effect (aka Kiss Me Deadly)
- Enjoying the large scale of production on Legend of the Seeker
- Having to shave his head for the role of a monk on the show
- Finding it weird playing ‘himself’ on Auckland Daze
This video
was first uploaded on 30 April 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
I went into that with a little bit of nervousness; I didn't quite know what to expect. It's a reality TV show, so it's just you. It's not like you've got a character to hide behind. And I'm not really naturally a very extroverted person...– Paul Ellis on being on reality TV show Celebrity Treasure Island
