ScreenTalk

Veteran entertainer Ray Woolf has appeared on television and film as a pop singer, song and dance man, TV host and actor. Starting out as a singer, Woolf made a splash on television in the swinging 60s music shows C’mon and Happen Inn. His career took an unusual direction when he turned up as co-host on the long-running children’s show Play School. Showing his versatility as a performer, Woolf also hosted his self-titled chat show The Ray Woolf Show, and has appeared in a number of TV dramas such as Xena, Marlin Bay, Street Legal and The Strip. In 2011, he had a guest role in the hit show Nothing Trivial.

In this ScreenTalk, Woolf talks about:

• Pre-recording and miming to songs in a tiny studio for the music show C’mon
• Loving being part of Happen Inn, and how it gave him a strong public profile
• How hosting Play School made him a hit with young mothers
• Feeling intimidated by big name celebrities guests on The Ray Woolf Show
• Playing bad guys on the set of Xena
• Being impressed by the huge scale and skill of everyone involved in the show
• The “incredible experience” of working with Peter Jackson on King Kong
• Having fun with a coffin on the movie Insatiable Moon
• Enjoying playing a philanderer on the TV show Nothing Trivial
• Coping with the fast paced shooting on set

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Geraldine Brophy describes herself as a character actress, but her television and film roles have been very memorable ones. She played the lovable Moira Crombie in Shortland Street for four years, before moving on to roles in Serial Killers, The Insiders Guide to Love, and Outrageous Fortune.

One of her favourite roles was playing the control freak bureaucrat Marion in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. More recently Brophy danced up a storm on Dancing with the Stars, and had a small but memorable part in Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong. In 2008, she received a NZ Film and TV Award for best actress for her lead role in the feel-good feature film Second-Hand Wedding.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Brophy discusses:

• Having a wonderful time on Shortland Street playing the lovable Moira
• Playing a “plumptious woman with a rampant sexuality” in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby
• The joy of performing on Dancing with the Stars even though she knew she’d never win
• Working with Peter Jackson on King Kong
• Working with director Paul Murphy on Second-Hand Wedding
• How her many acting roles have changed her life

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

Credits:  Interview, Camera & Editing – Andrew Whiteside