22 SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 HERALDSUN.COM.AU Lisa Run, Lisa ... or they’ll nab you McCune HILE other stars were standing in the line waiting for the Factory and the stage musical A cross between an opera and a Actor whooping it up at parties cab,” she recalls, with a wry laugh. Little Night Music. musical. Wafter winning their In fact that famous rush of She says working on A Little McCune, 44, says she’d also be Logies, Lisa McCune always Logies gold cemented her decision Night Music reignited the passion interested in a return to her TV Favourite viewer moment? headed straight for the taxi rank to leave Blue Heelers in 1999. for musical theatre that she had as roots and would happily reunite Good drama is my passion. outside Crown. Although she loved the show a young girl growing up in with Hal and Jim McElroy, the Lorraine Bayly as Grace The four-time Gold Logie and was grateful for the accolades Western Australia; leading her to team behind Heelers and Sullivan, sublime. Sigrid winner says her utmost joy after it had brought, McCune says she increasingly spend time on stage. McCune’s other star vehicle, Sea Thornton as Philadelphia in winning those awards was to was conscious of not ending up just Her most recent TV role in The Patrol, if the opportunity arose. All The Rivers Run, a true escape home to bed, ready for another “flash in the pan”. Divorce, combines McCune’s two Asked if that would mean again heroine. Bodyline, still a great work on the show the next day. Throughout her time on passions of singing and acting for donning some kind of uniform, watch. “The greatest moment for me at Heelers McCune continued to the first time on the small screen. McCune laughs that she wouldn’t those Logies was always work on other projects, most She is excited about the new knock it back. “I always liked afterwards when I was outside notably the telemovie The Potato comedy project which she says is a wearing a uniform.” I’m no Diver Dan IGRID Thornton has never been one to shy away from a Schallenge. She has shaved her head for Little Oberon, gone naked on stage in The Blue Room and ridden horses over rugged terrain in The Man from Snowy River. So when the opportunity arose to play Judy Garland — one of the world’s best known and most loved stars – Thornton couldn’t wait to strap on her dancing shoes. The new role in the Peter Allen miniseries will see Thornton, 56, not only act as Garland but sing and dance as well. “In some ways playing someone living is a far more difficult pursuit as an actor.” Thornton, who jokes that she rose to prominence “in crinolines in an era where Australian television was seemingly obsessed with history”, has worked hard throughout her 40-year career to consistently reinvent herself. Thornton, famous for roles such as Laura in SeaChange, says she always strives to not be pigeonholed into playing the same kinds of women. - V1.