Will Hall: playing goodies, baddies and a dodgy Aussie...
2011 9m
Will Hall fell into a screen career by accident after hanging out with filmmakers at Lincoln University, while he was studying towards a commerce degree. After time in Australia, he landed a key role in acclaimed TV series The Insiders Guide to Happiness. Shortland Street and tele-feature Bloodlines followed, as well as Underbelly - Land of the Long Green Cloud and Nothing Trivial. Hall also co-produced and acted in feature thriller Netherwood.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Hall talks about:
- His earliest experiences with filmmaking at university
- Being cast in Australian feature Fat Pizza
- Troubles with his first Australian agent
- How he landed his role in The Insiders Guide to Happiness
- Breaking expensive props on Eagle vs Shark
- His role as a pot smoking, skateboarding doctor on Shortland Street
- Producing and acting in feature film Netherwood, a modern-day Western thriller
- How he approached his role as Detective Roberts in TV movie Bloodlines
- Insights into his portrayal of Greg Ollard in Underbelly - Land of the Long Green Cloud
- Violent public reaction to his character in Nothing Trivial
Interview Credit
Interview, Camera and Editing - James Coleman
“They were just searching for a new doctor . . .. It was a case of blowing the dust off this old showreel they'd received years ago. . . ... there was no audition or anything. They kind of combined what they'd seen on the show reel, and somehow come out with a skateboarding, pot-smoking ED doctor. ”
Will Hall on how his role in Shortland Street began from a forgotten showreel he had sent in
