Will Hall

Christchurch-born Will Hall got his big break playing the average joe who has strange visions after an incident in a car wash, in acclaimed 2004 series Insiders Guide to Happiness. Hall went on to appear on prequel Insiders Guide to Love, then spent two years on Shortland Street, as skateboarding doctor Kip Denton. Hall also plays the baddie in Canterbury-shot movie Western Netherwood, which he helped to produce.

We almost did those scenes in actual time! I actually spent 12 hours sitting in a car. We had about five of the crew in there with me — camera, director, lighting. So it was stuffy and stinky. And the car wash kept screwing up .... But still, there'd always be issues with the car wash. Will Hall, on filming his introductory scenes in Insiders Guide to Happiness