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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘The most fun you can have as an actor': ABC thriller warms up after chilly reception
Even for a Tasmanian, the remote northwest coast of the island state can be a land unto itself. Returning to Zeehan and Queenstown to reprise his role as loyal handyman Jeremiah in the second season of Marta Dusseldorp 's darkly comic thriller Bay of Fires, the Hobart-raised, New York City-based Toby Leonard Moore found himself re-adjusting to the pace. 'The first time I went walking in Queenstown, my one-kilometre split was three minutes slower than what I do in New York,' says Moore, who has appeared opposite Keanu Reeves in John Wick, Gary Oldman in Mank and Paul Giamatti in Billions. 'I just slowed right down.' He also noticed a warmer reception from the locals. 'The first time, there was a sense that we were invading the town. But this time, since they'd all seen [the series], and a lot of locals were background actors, I think they felt more of a part of it.' While shooting the first season, in which his character becomes a casual love interest for Dusseldorp's CEO on the run, Stella Heikkinen, Moore tried to get a meal at the pub. What transpired was like a scene from the script. 'I went to the bottle shop of a bar that I would later find out the crew referred to as 'The Punchy Pub',' he recalls. 'It was about 6.15pm. I said, 'Oh, g'day. Have you got a bistro out the back there?' And this lady said to me, 'Yep'. And I said, 'Great. And what time do you guys usually stop serving dinner?' And she looked me up and down. She said, 'Oh, about now, I reckon, mate'. And I said, 'Copy that, loud and clear'. Coming back [for the second season], all that had all gone away.' Some sinister elements of the location remained, however. Loading 'The Gaiety Theatre in Zeehan feels like you're on a back lot at Paramount [Studios],' he says. 'It's epic, the facade. And there's a real history there. One day, we were shooting in a pub across the street. It must have been about 3 or 4 degrees outside. And we went into the pub and it felt 5 degrees colder inside. And I said, 'How the hell is it colder inside than outside?' And one of the crew said, 'Oh, that'll be the ghosts'. Tassie has a dark history. That's one of the things that attracted me to the show. In Tassie, they don't shy away from that.'
The Age
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘The most fun you can have as an actor': ABC thriller warms up after chilly reception
Even for a Tasmanian, the remote northwest coast of the island state can be a land unto itself. Returning to Zeehan and Queenstown to reprise his role as loyal handyman Jeremiah in the second season of Marta Dusseldorp 's darkly comic thriller Bay of Fires, the Hobart-raised, New York City-based Toby Leonard Moore found himself re-adjusting to the pace. 'The first time I went walking in Queenstown, my one-kilometre split was three minutes slower than what I do in New York,' says Moore, who has appeared opposite Keanu Reeves in John Wick, Gary Oldman in Mank and Paul Giamatti in Billions. 'I just slowed right down.' He also noticed a warmer reception from the locals. 'The first time, there was a sense that we were invading the town. But this time, since they'd all seen [the series], and a lot of locals were background actors, I think they felt more of a part of it.' While shooting the first season, in which his character becomes a casual love interest for Dusseldorp's CEO on the run, Stella Heikkinen, Moore tried to get a meal at the pub. What transpired was like a scene from the script. 'I went to the bottle shop of a bar that I would later find out the crew referred to as 'The Punchy Pub',' he recalls. 'It was about 6.15pm. I said, 'Oh, g'day. Have you got a bistro out the back there?' And this lady said to me, 'Yep'. And I said, 'Great. And what time do you guys usually stop serving dinner?' And she looked me up and down. She said, 'Oh, about now, I reckon, mate'. And I said, 'Copy that, loud and clear'. Coming back [for the second season], all that had all gone away.' Some sinister elements of the location remained, however. Loading 'The Gaiety Theatre in Zeehan feels like you're on a back lot at Paramount [Studios],' he says. 'It's epic, the facade. And there's a real history there. One day, we were shooting in a pub across the street. It must have been about 3 or 4 degrees outside. And we went into the pub and it felt 5 degrees colder inside. And I said, 'How the hell is it colder inside than outside?' And one of the crew said, 'Oh, that'll be the ghosts'. Tassie has a dark history. That's one of the things that attracted me to the show. In Tassie, they don't shy away from that.'
