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Lisa Chappell: Gloss baby to gun-toting villain...
Interview – 2009
Lisa Chappell first won fame playing spoilt rich kid Chelsea Redfern in 1980s glamour soap Gloss. After acting in period romp Desperate Remedies she moved to Australia and landed a starring role in hit show McLeod’s Daughters. Between small screen gigs, Chappen 2009 she returned to New Zealand to play the gun-toting Sophie in TV drama The Cult.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Chappell discusses:
- Being the ‘baby’ and eating the props on the hit show Gloss
- Not being recognised at an audition for Shark in the Park
- Being covered in mud on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys while actor Michael Hurst buried his face in her breasts
- Modelling the character of Claire in McLeod’s Daughters after the men in her life
- Her character on The Cult, and the trauma of having to shoot a co-star
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was first uploaded on 8 December 2009, and
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Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
Once I was in on the Hercules run, I loved it, because I’m such a big actor. I’m such a camp really, over-the-top actor, so it just gives you licence to play.
– Lisa Chappell on finally agreeing to act in TV series Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
