Marshall Napier: A trans-Tasman success…

Marshall Napier has forged a successful acting career playing strong supporting roles in a swathe of Kiwi and Aussie TV dramas and films. His numerous credits include The Governor, Goodbye Pork Pie, Came a Hot Friday, Blue Heelers, Babe, McLeod’s Daughters and Water Rats. He also has a strong pedigree in theatre, and took his own play Freak Winds to New York in 2006.

In this ScreenTalk, Napier talks 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 is a tough one

This video was first uploaded on 25 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.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside