Joel Tobeck on life as a bastard Posted on 26 October 2010

Credits: Interview, Camera & Editing – Andrew Whiteside

Actor Joel Tobeck has played a range of ‘off-centre’ roles from a drug addict to a ‘bastard in a wheelchair’. He has appeared in many TV shows including Shortland Street, Lawless, Mercy Peak, Hercules, Xena and This is Not My Life. Tobeck’s film credits include Topless Women Talk About Their Lives, Little Fish and Eagle vs Shark.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Tobeck talks about:

•Exploring the craft of acting in Niki Caro’s The Summer the Queen Came
•Loving playing Neil in the TV show and then film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
•Playing a ‘bastard in a wheelchair’ in Shortland Street
•Having to ‘step up’ his acting in the American series Hercules
•The intensity of working on the set of Channelling Baby
•Why shooting the seance scene made him doubt his role in the film
•Working with Taika Waititi on the comedy film Eagle vs Shark
•Enjoying playing another nasty character in This is Not My Life

 

News submitted by Barbara Davies