Greg Johnson: Stand-up comic to award-winning actor...

Actor Greg Johnson began his career as a stand-up comedian. His first acting role was in the film The End of the Golden Weather. Since then, he has appeared in a wide range of TV shows, films and commercials, and is perhaps best known for roles in Shortland Street, Outrageous Fortune and Go Girls. He has won two acting awards, for performances in TV series City Life, and 2010 movie The Insatiable Moon.

In this ScreenTalk, Johnson talks about:

• Learning to act by watching rehearsals of The End of the Golden Weather
• Trying not to be funny on Shortland Street
• How the fast-paced nature of the show enhanced his skill
• Having fun on Street Legal with the show’s star Jay Laga’aia
• Playing it cool with Holly Hunter while filming The Piano
• Teasing Anthony Hopkins on the set of The World’s Fastest Indian
• Finding an odd way of speaking for his character in Outrageous Fortune
• Creating a strong back-story for his award-winning role in The Insatiable Moon
• Being conned into wearing a wig on Go Girls

This video was first uploaded on 11 June 2012, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside