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Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
ABC hoping for a smash return as it serves up Evonne Goolagong biopic
Filming is under way on a three-part biopic of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the first Indigenous Australian to win a grand slam tournament. Goolagong, produced by Werner Film Productions (The Newsreader, Secret City) for the ABC, is being shot around Melbourne and in regional Victoria, with many famous matches of the 1970s and '80s, the period in which its subject rose to the top of the sport, being recreated. Goolagong Cawley, a Wiradjuri woman, won seven grand slam singles titles – the Australian Open (four times), Wimbledon (twice, including once as a mother in 1980) and the French Open – and seven doubles titles. In 1976 she was ranked the No.1 female player in the world. She retired from professional tennis in 1985. The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club – former home of the Australian Open – and Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club are being used as locations, while a replica of Wimbledon is being created on a vacant lot in Highett in Melbourne's southern suburbs. West Australian Lila McGuire, a Whadjuk and Wardandi Noongar woman, plays Goolagong, as she was known until her marriage in 1975 to British tennis player Roger Cawley. It is a major role for McGuire, a graduate of Perth's Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, following her breakthrough appearance in the ensemble cast of season two of The Twelve. Marton Csokas plays Vic Edwards, who discovered Goolagong as a 12-year-old prodigy, became her coach and guardian and, Goolagong Cawley would later allege, made sexual advances towards her. The series boasts strong Indigenous credentials. Goolagong Cawley is an executive producer (along with her husband Roger Cawley), and Wayne Blair (Mystery Road, Total Control, The Sapphires) is director. The screenplay is co-written by Steven McGregor (Mystery Road: Origin, Sweet Country), with Megan Simpson Huberman. Danielle MacLean (Redfern Now, Little J & Big Cuz) is producer. According to the ABC, the story 'will take us from the tiny NSW regional town of Barellan, where an eager eight-year-old Aboriginal kid first peered through the cyclone wire fence of a tennis court, to the centre courts of the world'. 'Along the way, the obstacles will be immense. While the on-court success unites a nation, a deeply disturbing dynamic is playing out behind the scenes.'
The Age
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
ABC hoping for a smash return as it serves up Evonne Goolagong biopic
Filming is under way on a three-part biopic of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the first Indigenous Australian to win a grand slam tournament. Goolagong, produced by Werner Film Productions (The Newsreader, Secret City) for the ABC, is being shot around Melbourne and in regional Victoria, with many famous matches of the 1970s and '80s, the period in which its subject rose to the top of the sport, being recreated. Goolagong Cawley, a Wiradjuri woman, won seven grand slam singles titles – the Australian Open (four times), Wimbledon (twice, including once as a mother in 1980) and the French Open – and seven doubles titles. In 1976 she was ranked the No.1 female player in the world. She retired from professional tennis in 1985. The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club – former home of the Australian Open – and Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club are being used as locations, while a replica of Wimbledon is being created on a vacant lot in Highett in Melbourne's southern suburbs. West Australian Lila McGuire, a Whadjuk and Wardandi Noongar woman, plays Goolagong, as she was known until her marriage in 1975 to British tennis player Roger Cawley. It is a major role for McGuire, a graduate of Perth's Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, following her breakthrough appearance in the ensemble cast of season two of The Twelve. Marton Csokas plays Vic Edwards, who discovered Goolagong as a 12-year-old prodigy, became her coach and guardian and, Goolagong Cawley would later allege, made sexual advances towards her. The series boasts strong Indigenous credentials. Goolagong Cawley is an executive producer (along with her husband Roger Cawley), and Wayne Blair (Mystery Road, Total Control, The Sapphires) is director. The screenplay is co-written by Steven McGregor (Mystery Road: Origin, Sweet Country), with Megan Simpson Huberman. Danielle MacLean (Redfern Now, Little J & Big Cuz) is producer. According to the ABC, the story 'will take us from the tiny NSW regional town of Barellan, where an eager eight-year-old Aboriginal kid first peered through the cyclone wire fence of a tennis court, to the centre courts of the world'. 'Along the way, the obstacles will be immense. While the on-court success unites a nation, a deeply disturbing dynamic is playing out behind the scenes.'
West Australian
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
BBC TV series Reckless currently filming in Fremantle
Yet another TV series has commenced production in Fremantle, with confirmation Reckless, a BBC Studios Production for NITV and SBS, has begun filming in the port city. Leading the cast is WA's own Tasma Walton (The Twelve) who stars alongside AACTA Award-winner Hunter Page-Lochard (The Newsreader). They play feuding siblings forced to work together to get away with a hit-and-run accident that occurs in Fremantle. Reckless is an adaptation of the Scottish mystery thriller TV series Guilt, written by Neil Forsyth, which premiered on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2019. It is being brought to Aussie screens by WA creative, EP and writer Kodie Bedford. 'From day one, I wanted to make a bold show with audacious characters that felt unapologetically Western Australian,' she said. 'I'm so bloody happy to be home telling this yarn with a team of creatives who have all shared the vision and taken it somewhere even wilder than I ever imagined.' Joining Walton and Lochard is a stacked cast, which includes Perth-raised stars, Jessica De Gouw (The Survivors), Steve Le Marquand (Mystery Road: Origin) and Clarence Ryan (Mystery Road: Origin). Jane Harber (Offspring), Tracy Mann (The Twelve), and WA-based Kath and Kim star Peter Rowsthorn also star, alongside Duncan Fellows (Deadloch), Perry Mooney (Population: 11), Paul Tassone (Pokerface) and Kelton Pell (Redfern Now). The production, which is supported by Screenwest, is one of several to take advantage of State Government investment through the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive. It is expected to inject more than $5 million into the WA economy, creating 250 jobs for local screen practitioners, and up to 20 WA cast speaking roles. 'This production continues a strong pipeline of television series being produced in WA showcasing the amazing creative talent we have in our State,' Screenwest Chief Executive Officer Rikki Lea Bestall said. Also currently filming in and around Fremantle is the newly announced Binge series based on the life of notorious WA criminal Brenden Abbott, aka The Postcard Bandit. Both projects are filming simultaneously, with crews spotted earlier this week at the Fremantle Prison and at Leighton Beach.
