Antony Starr: Rising Starr...

Interview – 2010

Some of Antony Starr’s earliest screen roles were on Shortland Street, on which he played three different characters. But unlike Van and Jethro West in Outrageous Fortune, those characters didn't make a habit of turning up in the same scene. Starr has also starred in movie After the Waterfall, TV movie Spies and Lies, and American series Banshee.

In this ScreenTalk conducted before Starr relocated to the United States, Starr talks about:

Dealling with the relentless shooting schedule of Shortland Street
Knife fights and leaping to his death on Street Legal
How his role on Mercy Peak provided inspiration for hit show Outrageous Fortune
The importance of the director when he's acting
Working with Anthony Hopkins and Roger Donaldson on The World’s Fastest Indian
The satisfaction of playing nasty characters, like in acclaimed feature In My Father’s Den
The joys and challenges of playing twin brothers Van and Jethro West on Outrageous Fortune
The varied noises people make when they recognise him
What it was like to play a grieving father in 2010 feature After the Waterfall
An insight into the story behind TV movie Spies and Lies

This video was first uploaded on 29 November 2010, 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 – James Coleman

I want them to be in control because it takes responsibility off me . . . If the director's not forceful and they don’t make a real imprint creatively, then that leaves it up to me to make decisions, and I don’t want to do that. I just want to be in the moment.
– Antony Starr on how he prefers to be directed, early in this interview

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