Simon Prast: From playing the son to playing the father...
Posted on 4 December 2012
Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
Simon Prast made his television debut in cop drama
Mortimer’s Patch. Best known for playing spoilt rich kid Alistair Redfern in
Gloss,
Prast’s biggest film role was playing a gay man in 1998 movie
When Love Comes. He also has a strong background in theatre, and for 11 years ran the Auckland Theatre Company. In this ScreenTalk,
Prast talks about:
- Learning how to ‘deliver the goods’ on Mortimer’s Patch
- The satisfying intensity of acting on ground-breaking AIDS drama A Death in the Family
- Auditioning alongside Peter Elliott for Gloss
- Finding the show very urban and fresh
- Enjoying playing a psychopath on Shortland Street
- Love and dignity being at the heart of the film When Love Comes
- The irony of the transition from playing sons to fathers on Go Girls
- Realising that an aging actor can develop new roles
This video is
available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a
Creative Commons licence.
NZ ON SCREEN 2013
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