I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

I’m such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They’re such wonderful characters. I’m a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.

The rig work can be rewarding to pull off, a really good rig in a set of wires where you’re throwing yourself up walls and doing moves mid-air. That’s just fun.

I think there’s always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That’s inevitable.

Graphic novel genre become really quite popular. It’s really a big screen film genre that they have successfully moved into the small screen.

Doing all the rig work and the stunt work has actually been wonderful. It’s a whole new skill set that I’ve learned that I’ll get to take onto my next jobs. We get to do that all the time, the fighting and the learning new moves. It’s quite exciting.

Often too many expectations are put on by society as to what we’re supposed to look like and it’s fed to people at an age that’s too young.

New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn’t falter to anyone.

Being the new guy’s always great because you get to go in fresh with your own choices and you get to bring new life and breath and a new energy into something that’s already established.

You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they’ve proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who’s always been inspirational to me.