Shane Cortese: On being a Shortland Street baddie...

Shane Cortese made a name for himself on stage in London’s West End before coming home to New Zealand to begin a career in television. Since his return, Cortese has played TV roles across the spectrum of characters, including the evil Dominic Thompson in Shortland Street, and Hayden Peters in Outrageous Fortune.

In this ScreenTalk, Cortese talks about:

• His tumultuous contract wrangles upon leaving a UK stage show to return to NZ to be in Shortland Street
• What it is like playing the bad guy
• His initial feelings about the prospect of being on Dancing with the Stars
• How he developed his craft hosting So You Think You Can Dance
• The amusing story of learning about his starring role in Burying Brian
• How it felt to be part of the West family in Outrageous Fortune
• Details of his work in Brown Bruthas and The Almighty Johnsons

This video was first uploaded on 23 December 2013, 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 – James Coleman