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Robyn Butler, Portia de Rossi, Lucy Durack, Lucy Fry, Hamish Blake, Erik Thomson, Angus Sampson

NOW ADD HONEY

Written by Robyn Butler, Directed by Wayne Hope Produced by Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope & Louisa Kors Executive Produced by Geoff Porz & Greg Sitch

Honey Halloway (Lucy Fry), sixteen year old star of the Hollywood movie franchise, Monkey Girl, arrives in her home town of Melbourne for a quick work visit. But when her mother, Beth (Portia de Rossi), is unexpectedly sent to rehab, Honey’s visit turns out not to be so quick after all.

Honey’s aunt Caroline (Robyn Butler) insists Honey stays with their family until her mother gets better. Ignoring husband Richard’s (Erik Thomson) protests and the fact that Honey’s a movie star, Caroline happily welcomes her niece into her suburban home.

Relations between Beth and their other sister, Katie (Lucy Durack), have been strained and Caroline is sure Honey’s visit will bring the family back together in time for Katie’s wedding. Katie’s fiancee, Alex (Hamish Blake) agrees – mainly because he thinks Honey is super cute.

Life quickly disintegrates into chaos as Honey adjusts to life without a stylist, chef and an assistant, and her cousins Clare (Philippa Coulthard) and Harriet (Lucinda Armstrong Hall) adjust to having a movie star hogging the bathroom.

Honey can’t see that she’ll ever be part of a normal family but when she leads Caroline to uncover a family secret, nobody thinks this family is very normal at all.

SCREEN AUSTRALIA presents In association with FILM VICTORIA, a GRISTMILL production NOW ADD HONEY Starring ROBYN BUTLER, LUCY FRY and PORTIA DE ROSSI LUCY DURACK, HAMISH BLAKE, ERIK THOMSON, ANGUS SAMPSON, BEN LAWSON, ROBBIE MAGASIVA, PHILIPPA COULTHARD, DAVID FIELD Casting NATHAN LLOYD CSA Mullinars Casting Hair & Make Up Designer DEBORAH LANSER Costume Designer SANDI CICHELLO Composer CRAIG PILKINGTON Sound Designer SCOTT FINDLAY Editor JOHN SCOTT ASE Production Designer PENELOPE SOUTHGATE Director of Photography BEN NOTT ACS Executive Producers GEOFF PORZ & GREG SITCH Producers ROBYN BUTLER, WAYNE HOPE & LOUISA KORS Written by ROBYN BUTLER Directed by WAYNE HOPE Distribution by ROADSHOW FILMS International Sales LIGHTNING ENTERTAINMENT

Financed in association with Fulcrum Media and Media Super Produced with the assistance of Film Victoria Principal Investor Screen Australia

Logos: Fulcrum Media, Media Super Logo, Roadshow Films, Gristmill, Lightning Entertainment, Screen Australia, Film Victoria

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Now Add Honey is a comedy about what happens when you catch a falling star and put her in the spare room.

From Gristmill, the producers of The Librarians, Very Small Business and Upper Middle Bogan, comes the new comedy feature Now Add Honey written by Robyn Butler and directed by Wayne Hope, with Butler, Hope and Louisa Kors as Producers, and Geoff Porz and Greg Sitch as Executive Producers.

With a remarkable cast including writer/producer and star Robyn Butler, Arrested Development’s Portia de Rossi, Wicked! and Legally Blonde’s Lucy Durack, Vampire Academy’s Lucy Fry, comedian/actor Hamish Blake, and Packed to the Rafters’ Erik Thomson, the film also features the big and small screen comic Angus Sampson along with Ben Lawson and Wentworth’s Robbie Magasiva.

Shot in Melbourne, Victoria over six weeks in 2013, Now Add Honey was filmed by cinematographer Ben Nott (Predestination, Daybreakers, Tomorrow When The War Began) with production design by Penelope Southgate (Kath & Kimderella, Crackerjack, Boytown), costume design by Sandi Cichello (Any Questions For Ben, 6 Plots, Three Dollars) with Deborah Lanser (Carlotta, The Night We Called It A Day, Oyster Farmer) as hair and make up designer.

“The brilliant comic cast far exceeded the limits of my imaginary voices” said the film’s star, writer and producer Robyn Butler, “it was an honour to work with such an amazingly gifted crew, led by my favourite director” she continued.

Producer/director Wayne Hope said: “I married an awesome multi- tasker – it was such a funny warm script and Robyn, Portia, Hamish and the rest of the cast make up a dream comic ensemble.”

With a release date yet to be confirmed, Roadshow Films will distribute Now Add Honey in Australia and New Zealand.

Roadshow Films Managing Director said “Roadshow Films is thrilled to be distributing Now Add Honey in Australia and New Zealand. Robyn and Wayne are remarkable talents. Their work for the ABC has been outstanding and much loved by Australian audiences. We are excited to be part of their journey from the small to the big screen”.

A leading independent television and film production company, Gristmill is helmed by the highly sought after comedy content creators Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. Since the company’s inception in 2003, Gristmill has created and produced critically acclaimed and popular narrative comedies, The Librarians, Very Small Business, Stories From the Golf and, most recently, Upper Middle Bogan for ABC1.

Consistently recognised for its funny, original and compelling voice, Gristmill is able to recruit the very best comic talent, engaging both established and emerging actors, writers and directors to work with Butler and Hope. Alongside making its first feature, the company is also delighted to be producing a new comedy series, Little Lunch, for ABC3 in 2014, and is currently in production of the second season of Upper Middle Bogan.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

“It’s impossible for me to trace the birth of Now Add Honey. It’s because I’m married to the writer, Robyn Butler. And for as long I’ve known her, she has banged on to me - sorry - talked to me - about stories of mothers and daughters and daughters and mothers and mothers and mothers and… you get the picture. The theme seems to be both her mind’s cryptic crossword and her heart’s comfort zone.

In the early years of our relationship I would become insecure when, in an intimate restaurant setting, I would notice that repeatedly, her gaze was not directed at me, but at something just slightly over my left shoulder. Was she disturbed by my occasional flurry of dandruff? No, she was people watching, which I would discover was her favourite sport - by far. It’s so hard to get the conversation back to the intimate/are we getting it on tonight pathway when Robyn ponders the state of the two women deep in the background. ‘The younger one is crying and the other is gulping her wine, she seems angry and embarrassed’. What follows is usually an imagined scenario, ‘it’s a daughter telling her mum she can’t continue in her vet’s degree despite their shared love for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.’ I haven’t been seated facing the middle of a café for years and it’s useless trying to take a seat that doesn’t face the wall. Her radar will just get restless. She needs to multitask on me and the demographic behind me. Their age, their status, their look, their mood, their demeanour. It’s all grist to her mill. So I suspect the first time I heard about Now Add Honey was whilst I was also admiring some wallpaper.

I wanted to direct the film because I felt an immediate connection to the story. For me, Now Add Honey is a coming of age story for a whole extended family. What causes change in a family’s life fascinates me. More often than not, we seem to need a curve ball to deliver real change because the increments of time make us prone to sit in what we know.

Now Add Honey takes the zeitgeist scenario of a child star tragically transitioning in to sexy pop starlet - played with equal measures of sass and heart by Lucy Fry - and uses her as the catalyst for complete family upheaval. It pits two women, at opposite ends of the age spectrum together.

Honey, the pop starlet, grapples unknowingly with being sexualised from a young age and Caroline, a working mother who is surprised to realise, that middle age seems to be the finish line for her sexual potency.

Robyn’s script renders these deep emotional states with a cracking story and a joyous comic tone. The tone in particular drew me to directing the film, as the use of humour as a coping mechanism in a family felt very familiar to me. The film moves quickly through the confusion of family upheaval and constantly reveals the warmth that people ultimately display when faced with the real needs of others.

This is all brought to life by a cast of people I classify as ‘funny bones’. People like Portia de Rossi, Hamish Blake, Lucy Durack, Angus Sampson, Ben Lawson (and of course, Robyn Butler) who just have ‘the funny’ in them. They, seemingly effortlessly, inject the film with their delicious comic points of view and make the family’s troubles seem enjoyably familiar.

Another moment of Robyn’s I remember whilst staring at a café’s brick wall was what she wanted out of the film. ‘I want to make a movie for women my age who will want to take their daughters or their mothers to see. A joyous experience to which they can even bring their husbands and they will leave the cinema not hating them for taking them to a ‘chick flick’.

I can only speak to the later part of her wish and say that she has succeeded and then some. Far from hating it, this daughters and mothers’ tale is the best creative experience I’ve had to date and one to which I felt completely connected.

It’s a joy to work on a project when the core of it has been realised by someone so thoroughly and passionately. It has been infectious and real and completely engaging.” Wayne Hope, Director March 2014

KEY CAST

Caroline Morgan Robyn Butler

Beth Halloway Portia de Rossi

Honey Halloway Lucy Fry

Alex Kilstein Hamish Blake

Katie Halloway Lucy Durack

Richard Morgan Erik Thomson

Clare Morgan Philippa Coulthard

Harriet Morgan Lucinda Armstrong Hall

Sebastian Tasi Robbie Magasiva

Mick Croyston Angus Sampson

Joshua Redlich Ben Lawson

Roger Gardam David Field

Charles Luke McGregor

Diane Sandy Gore

Mindi Ash Ricardo

Sian Faustina Agolley

KEY CREW

Producers Robyn Butler Wayne Hope Louisa Kors Writer Robyn Butler

Director Wayne Hope

Director of Photography Ben Nott ACS

Production Designer Penelope Southgate

Costume Designer Sandi Cichello

Hair & Makeup Designer Deborah Lanser

Casting Nathan Lloyd CSA Mullinars Consultants

Sound Design Scott Findlay

Composer Craig Pilkington

Editor John Scott ASE

Australia & New Zealand Theatrical Distributor Roadshow Films

International Sales Lightning Entertainment

Executive Producers Geoff Porz Greg Sitch

Caroline Morgan Terrific mother, clever lawyer and the glue that holds her family together.

Robyn Butler is Caroline Morgan and Writer/Producer One half of production company Gristmill, Robyn Butler is an actor, writer and producer based in Melbourne.

A highly regarded comic performer, Robyn’s film credits include BoyTown and Crackerjack.

From 2004 to 2006 Robyn co-hosted the radio programme ToughLove on Triple M with Mick Molloy.

Robyn has appeared in numerous television productions, among them, Talkin' ‘Bout Your Generation, Thank God You’re Here, Welcher & Welcher, but most recently carved out her own piece of the comedy landscape as Frances O’Brien in The Librarians, which earned her back to back AFI nominations and an Actors Equity Award.

Three series of the hit show for ABC1, written and produced by Robyn and husband Wayne Hope, followed Gristmill’s earlier success with the critically acclaimed series Stories from the Golf for SBS and the much applauded comedy Very Small Business for ABC1.

Most recently Robyn co-wrote and produced the comedy series Upper Middle Bogan, which premiered on ABC1 in 2013 and was most recently nominated for both the Best Television Comedy/Light Entertainment Series and Best Screenplay in Television categories at the recent AACTA Awards.

Robyn is currently in production of the second season of Upper Middle Bogan and has also developed and is producing Little Lunch, a mockumentary series for ABC3.

Beth Halloway Caroline’s troubled sister who lives in LA, ‘Stage Mom’ first and Mom to Honey second.

Portia de Rossi is Beth Halloway Portia de Rossi has had a widely varied career, captivating audiences in both television and film.

De Rossi was recently seen starring in the highly anticipated return of the well-loved show, Arrested Development, which premiered on Netflix in May 2013. She reprised her role of Lindsay Bluth Funke in the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award winning comedy.

In November 2010, De Rossi released her memoir Unbearable Lightness: A story of Loss and Gain with Atria Books to much critical acclaim. Her book debuted on the NY Times bestseller list at No. 3 and was on the list for over five weeks.

Her television credits include ABC America’s comedy Better Off Ted, FX original drama series Nip/Tuck as Olivia Lord, a holistic medicine practitioner as well the enigmatic lawyer Nelle Porter on FOX'S hugely successful show Ally McBeal. She also starred in the television movie America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story, in which she portrayed Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.

On the big screen, De Rossi co-starred alongside Richard Dreyfuss and Tim Allen in Who Is Cletis Tout?, as well as Dennis Hopper and Melanie Griffith in The Night We Called It A Day. Some of De Rossi's other film credits Include I Witness, Scream 2, Stigmata, Women In Film and The Invisibles. De Rossi received her first acting break in the feature film Sirens which co-starred Hugh Grant, Sam Neill and Elle Macpherson, and went on to become an international and critical success.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Katie Halloway Caroline and Beth’s younger sister and a talented Vet who can’t wait to be married to her fiancé Alex.

Lucy Durack is Katie Halloway One of Australia’s most exciting young leading ladies of stage and screen, Lucy was most recently seen playing the lead role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde the Musical, for which she won both a Sydney Theatre and a Helpmann Award. Lucy was also Glinda the Good Witch in the original Australian cast of Wicked (GFO) and Cherry in the feature film Goddess.

Graduating from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre), Lucy’s further stage credits include the role of Sybil Chase in Private Lives (Melbourne Theatre Company), lead roles in 42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kiss Me Kate and Oklahoma! (all for The Production Company) as well as Into the Woods (The Capitol Theatre), Respect (Jim McPherson) and MAMMA MIA! (Dainty). Lucy has created roles for Mel Morrow and David Mitchell’s The Palace Whore, Nick Enright and David King’s The Good Fight, John Shand’s Rainbow’s End (including the subsequent SBS recording), Guy Noble’s Karaoke The Musical and both Matthew Robinson’s Happy People and his Pratt Prize-winning musical Metro Street.

Lucy’s screen credits include Southern Star/UKTV’s Dripping in Chocolate, the lead role of Cassie Bennett on Channel 7’s Headland, as well as roles in All Saints, Rush II, the Commbank webisode series The Harringtons and Elissa Down’s film The Dripping Tap. Lucy has also appeared as a guest judge on Channel 10’s I Will Survive, and as a guest celebrity on Channel 10’s The Biggest Loser Biggest Makeovers.

As a singer, songwriter and consummate performer, Lucy regularly performs in concerts throughout Australia, with many nationally televised. Lucy’s radio show My Soundtrack was the ABC’s most downloaded radio show of the 2013-14 summer and will be back with a new season this summer. Her debut album Lucy Durack is available on iTunes and in ABC stores nationally, on which she also debuts as a songwriter. As a voice over artist, Lucy has created a number of audio books, most proudly an introduction to her family story, Dame Mary Durack’s Kings In Grass Castles and most amusingly the children’s book titled Lucy The Good.

Honey Halloway Caroline’s precocious teenage niece who also just happens to be a rich and famous Hollywood star.

Lucy Fry is Honey Halloway Lucy Fry appeared in the starring role of Lissa in her debut feature Vampire Academy, one of the world’s best-loved vampire genre books for young teens, which was released by the Weinstein Company as a movie in early 2014.

Lucy's rapid career rise began in 2009, with a lead in the short Instead of Breakfast for Quinn Films and a featured role in a Thirsty Merc music video.

Soon after, at the age of 18, Lucy won the lead role of Zoey in the 26 part series Lightning Point, followed by a guest starring role in Reef Doctors and another lead role n the 26 part series Mako: Island of Secrets for the Ten Network.

Lucy has a strong theatrical background, including four years of physical theatre training at Zen Zen Zo and ten years of speech and drama at the Genevieve England Studio.

Alex Kilstein Adoring fiancé of Katie, also a Vet who can treat Foot-and - Mouth disease, but not ‘foot in mouth disease’, which is a shame, because he suffers from it a lot.

Hamish Blake is Alex Kilstein Hamish Blake is a nationally popular and versatile performer, excelling on radio, television and film. In 2012 Hamish won the TV Week Gold Logie as the most popular person on Australian television.

Hamish’s radio and television presenting career has developed very much in tandem with his performing partner Andy Lee. In 2014 after a stream of successful television series of their global expeditions, Gap Year South America can be seen on the Nine Network. Hamish with Andy can be heard on the 2day radio network nationally on weekdays from 3-4pm.

As a solo performer Hamish has also appeared in the ABC comedy Twenty Something, starring real life best friends Jess Harris and Josh Schmidt. He also co-starred in his first feature film with Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Concords) Two Little Boys, which was shot in New Zealand.

Apart from featuring in his own television series, Hamish has appeared as a guest performer on many Australian television series, including Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Australia's Brainiest Comedian, The Librarians, The Panel, Rove, Talkin' 'bout your Generation and The Footy Show. He has also featured in the British version of Thank God You're Here and the hilarious Graham Norton Show. In the United States Hamish has been a guest on The Jay Leno Show.

Richard Morgan Husband to Caroline, father of Clare and Harriet. Self-help author living in denial and in the spare room.

Erik Thomson is Richard Morgan One of Australia’s most respected actors across film, television and theatre, in 2014 Erik was seen in the ABC telemovie The Broken Shore.

Erik starred in Australia’s top rating television drama Packed to the Rafters, for which he has received Silver Logie Award nominations for Most Popular Actor in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and Most Outstanding Actor in 2011.

Erik has been nominated seven times for the Silver Logie Most Popular Actor award and in 2003 he won the award for his performance as Dr Mitch Stevens in the television drama series All Saints. His other television credits include The Alice, MDA, Wildside, 13 Gantry Road, Pacific Drive, Hercules and Xena Warrior Princess.

His film credits include Scott Hicks’ The Boys Are Back opposite Clive Owen, Cate Shortland’s Somersault with Sam Worthington, The Black Balloon opposite Toni Collette and Accidents Happen with Geena Davis.

For his outstanding performance in Somersault, Erik was awarded the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 and was nominated for a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2008, Erik was again nominated for an AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the multi-award winning film The Black Balloon. Erik was also nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Film for We’re Here to Help, and Best Actor in a Television Drama for Million Dollar Conman at the 2008 New Zealand Film Awards.

Erik’s theatre credits include The Splinter for the Sydney Theatre Company; Julius Caesar, Twelve Angry Men, All My Sons and Angels in America for the Auckland Theatre Company; and School for Scandal, Hamlet and Gypsy for the Court Theatre Christchurch.

Clare Morgan Caroline’s super smart and sassy sixteen-year old daughter who doesn’t idolise her famous cousin like everyone else.

Philippa Coulthard is Clare Morgan One of Australia’s most exciting new talents, Philippa was most recently seen in Network Ten’s crime drama, Secrets and Lies: The Track.

Philippa made her feature film debut in Peter Duncan’s award winning Unfinished Sky alongside William McInnes, and has most recently appeared in the US feature After the Dark, directed by John Huddles, starring fellow Australians Rhys Wakefield and Sophie Lowe.

She got her break in the hit children’s television series The Adventures of K9 playing the lead role of Jorjie Turner. In 2012, Philippa starred as Amber Mitchell in Jonathan M Shiff’s children’s series, Lightning Point and appeared in Screentime’s Bikie Wars: Brothers In Arms on Network Ten.

Harriet Morgan Adorable, Honey Halloway obsessed, ten-year-old daughter of Caroline and annoying little sister to Clare.

Lucinda Armstrong Hall is Harriet Morgan Since making her professional debut in Annie in 2012, 11 year-old Lucinda has had a whirlwind career. In the last two years performing as Greta in the Australian production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Gertrude in the musical Suessical Junior; as a fortunate Orphan in the feature film Predestination, and as recurring guest Holly Hoyland in Neighbours.

Lucinda has been singing and dancing since she was four. She is an award- winning member of the Junior Elite Troupe at Patrick’s Studios Australia where she sings, dances and performs more than twelve hours each week. Lucinda is a Performing Arts Scholarship student at a leading Melbourne private girls school.

Sebastian Tasi TV celebrity chef, talented, successful and totally delicious.

Robbie Magasiva is Sebastian Tasi Well-known New Zealand actor Robbie Magasiva has an extensive and diverse acting résumé that spans almost twenty years. His credits now expand to include Australian productions, appearing in the multi- award winning drama Offspring and the television prison drama Wentworth, a remount of the cult classic Prisoner. He is currently working on Series 3.

Robbie’s other television credits include a breakthrough role in 90s comedy sketch series Skitz as well as roles in Telly Laughs, The Semisis, Cover Story, Jackson’s Wharf, Tiger Country, Power Rangers, Doves of War, Mataku, Burying Brian, three series of the critically acclaimed The Strip (for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the New Zealand Television Awards) and a stint presenting the long-running show, Tagata Pasifika alongside top sportswoman Beatrice Faumuina.

Robbie’s movie credits saw him reprising the role of Michael in Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business, Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Stickmen, Skin and Bone, Airforce Down 2, The Ferrymen, Perfect Creature and the Samoan-themed horror film The Tattooist.

Alongside his theatre work with the Naked Samoans, Magasiva has also acted in a number of plays written by Victor Rodger (who also writes for Shortland Street). He won Best Newcomer at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for his work in Rodger’s 1998 work Sons and went on to play the lead role in Auckland Theatre Company’s My Name is Gary Cooper in 2006. Most recently Robbie played the title role in Peach Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Othello.

In addition to his many acting roles Robbie also toured with the internationally acclaimed Black Grace Dance Company. He is also a member of the Naked Samoans comedy group.

Mick Croyston A cash strapped paparazzo whose moral compass is way off track.

Angus Sampson is Mick Croyston Angus Sampson is regarded as one of Australia’s most distinctive, diverse and successful performers. Having collaborated with Spike Jonze on Where the Wild Things Are, featured in the AFI Award winning film The King, TV series Wilfred and Thank God You’re Here, to name a few, his experience in the industry is vast. Angus has an extensive body of creative work spanning film, theatre, television, photography, broadcasting, journalism and copywriting. In 2009 Angus turned his hand to directing, creating the 14-minute opus The Last Supper. Written by, starring, and directed by Angus, his directorial debut wowed audiences worldwide on the festival circuit.

A former professional Rugby Union player with Wests, before choosing a career in the arts, Angus is also a trained copywriter graduating from the prestigious AWARD School in 2002.

Feature film credits include Summer Coda, Legend of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole, Where the Wild Things Are, Kokoda, Footy Legends, You and Your Stupid Mate, Razor Eaters, Rats and Cats, Darkness Falls and Dags as well as many acclaimed short films.

Beginning his television career on ABC’s Recovery as the Enforcer, Angus has gone on to appear in Spirited, The Librarians, Underbelly and The Secret Life of Us amongst a myriad of others. During 2011 Angus appeared in the feature film Insidious directed by James Wan (SAW), on stage in QI Live with Stephen Fry, and he shot the Channel 9 telemovie Beaconsfield. Last year was an incredibly busy year for Angus, wrapping up the feature films Blinder and 100 Bloody Acres, which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature at the 2014 AACTA Awards, as well as being one half of The Help RC team in Andrew Denton’s TV game show Randling and appearing in two new mini-series Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War and Magazine Wars: Paper Giants. Over the last twelve months Angus has been in Namibia filming Mad Max 4: Fury Road, in LA shooting Insidious: Chapter 2 and in Melbourne shooting The Mule, a feature film he co- wrote with Leigh Whannell, which he is also starring in and producing. The Mule recently had its world premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Joshua Redlich Money hungry, Hollywood producer of Honey’s movie franchise “Monkey Girl”.

Ben Lawson is Joshua Redlich Since graduating from NIDA in 2004, Ben has forged an acting career in both Australia and the U.S.

On graduation, Ben was immediately cast by acclaimed theatre director Simon Phillips in his productions of Two Brothers for both Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company.

Ben went on to play the popular character of Frazer Yeats in the television series Neighbours. Developing a strong fan base in both Australia and the UK, this role culminated in a 2007 TV Week Logie Nomination for Most Popular New Male Talent.

On leaving the series, Ben moved to the US and filmed one of the lead roles in the ABC series, The Deep End. In 2010, Ben was cast in a new ABC/20th Century Fox comedy pilot, Freshmen. He was also cast opposite Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in his first US feature film, No Strings Attached, a Paramount film directed by Ivan Reitman.

In 2011, Ben played the recurring role of Scott Weiss in the US series Covert Affairs for the ABC Network and the role of Will in the television pilot Wild Card for Fox Television.

In 2012, Ben was cast in the recurring role of Benjamin in Don’t Trust The B_ _ _ _ In Apartment 23, in which he played the subversive love interest to Krysten Ritter’s character.

In 2013, Ben was lured back to Australia to play the role of Paul in the highly anticipated series Secrets & Lies for Network Ten. Whilst home, he accepted guest roles on the critically acclaimed Australian drama Rake and the new series for Network Nine, Love Child.

Whilst in Australia Ben was also cast in the feature film The Little Death by director Josh Lawson, to be released in late 2014.

In October 2013, Ben returned to the US to film a guest role on the internationally popular drama Bones. He was then swiftly cast in two other guest roles on American series, Friends With Better Lives and The Exes.

Ben has just finished filming a guest role on 2 Broke Girls opposite Lindsay Lohan. In late March he commences filming the ABC pilot Damaged Goods, written and executive produced by Lauren Iungerich and directed by Declan Lowney.

Roger Gardam Ferocious lawyer, terrifying businessman, Caroline’s boss.

David Field is Roger Gardam David Field has held an exceptional career in Australian film and television and is undoubtedly one of Australia’s mostly highly renowned actors. He commenced his film career with a remarkable debut as the lead in the multi award winning Ghosts of the Civil Dead and has continued to work in other critically acclaimed features such as Chopper, Getting’ Square, Two Hands, The Night We Called it a Day, The Oyster Farmer, Blackrock, Silent Partner on which he coproduced and many others. Recent films include John Duigan’s feature Careless Love, Ivan Sen’s celebrated feature Mystery Road, the upcoming sci-fi action adventure The Battle of the Damned, David Michod’s The Rover and the Australian/UK coproduction The Long Goodbye.

David is well known for his regular role of ‘Terry Jarvis’ over four series in Seven Network’s City Homicide. He was recently seen in the successful series A Moody Christmas and it’s follow up The Moody’s, as well as Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Series 2), in Wild Boys as regular Captain Gunpowder and in the award winning series Rake Series 1, Wilfred, The Circuit, Rescue Special Ops, Blackjack Series 1 & 2, Stingers, Wildside, Blue Heelers and Farscape. David will soon be seen in The Gods of Wheat Street.

He has worked with most major theatre companies in Australia, with his most recent performance at Ensemble Theatre in the production A View From the Bridge. With the Sydney Theatre Company he performed in Victory and La Dispute, for Belvoir Street; Small Poppies, The Little Cherry Orchard, The Governor’s Family, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Deadheart, for the State Theatre Company of South Australia: The Dying Gaul, The Club and The Swan.

As a director David has enjoyed great success and his directing credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? and Dealer’s Choice at the State Theatre Company of South Australia and Misanthrope and Pauline Hambone at Belvoir Street. However, as a director, David is mostly highly renowned for his feature film The Combination. Following the success of this film, David rejoined forces with the lead George Basha, to codirect the recently released feature Convict.

David has been widely acknowledged by his peers and the public with multiple AFI’s, IF Awards, Helpmann Awards, Sydney Theatre Critic Awards and FCCA nominations for his work. In 2006 he was awarded the Centenary Medal of Australia for Contributions Made to Australian Society and Australian Film Production.

Charles Caroline’s nervy yet loyal work mate and friend at the law firm.

Luke McGregor is Charles Beginning his standup career in Tasmania in 2007, Luke entered the Raw Comedy Competition after one of the contestants did not show up. In 2008 he was selected as a Raw Comedy National Finalist.

Luke was a regular performer and writer for three seasons of Channel 31’s Studio A. He has appeared on Nova’s Summer Lovin' podcast with Ed Kavalee and Tony Martin, the Little Dum Dum Club with Tommy Dassalo and Karl Chandler, and Steele Saunders’ I Love Green Guide Letters.

Luke is co-starring in the upcoming feature film Border Protection Squad, with Peter Helliar, Ryan Shelton, Dave Hughes and Lachy Hulme. On television he has appeared in Josh Thomas' Please Like Me (ABC), Time of Our Lives (ABC), It’s a Date and the Telemovie Scumbus.

In 2013 Luke’s first solo Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show My Soul Mate is Out of My League played to sold out rooms and won the prestigious Best New Comer Award. Luke’s 2014 MICF show, I Worry I Worry Too Much promises to be a show of special insights into his wonderful take on the world around him.

Luke has recently appeared on Spicks & Specks on ABC1 and has recorded several more episodes which will be seen this year!

Mindi Honey’s super amazing and awesome personal assistant.

Ash Ricardo is Mindi Ash Ricardo will next be seen in Matchbox Pictures’ new series Old School for the ABC.

Ash’s television credits include Tricky Business, Rescue: Special Ops, Packed to the Rafters and UKTV’s The Kangaroo Gang. Ash is also a regular voice on ABC’s Media Watch.

She made her feature film debut in Brett Davis’ thriller, Convictions and has also appeared in Liz Cooper’s short film, Grace.

Ash has appeared in numerous theatre productions including Noises off, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Gallipoli and STC All Star Cabaret for the Sydney Theatre Company, Between Two Waves for the Griffin Theatre, That Face for the Queensland Theatre Company, The Pigeons for Griffin Independent Theatre, Sprout for the Old Fitz Theatre; and Unidentified Human Remains, Love For Love, The Love Talker, Only Ten Minutes to Buffalo, The Private Lives of the Master Race, Antony & Cleopatra, Three Sisters, The Lover and Through the Leaves for NIDA.

Sian Honey’s super amazing and awesome stylist.

Faustina Agolley is Sian Faustina Agolley is a TV Host, music journalist, producer and writer. Faustina’s work includes Australia’s top rating entertainment program, The Voice where she bridged the gap between television viewers and online as the program’s social media reporter. Prior to The Voice, Faustina hosted Australia’s flagship music program, Video Hits, for five years. Faustina travelled the world to interview music’s music’s biggest entertainers including Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Adele, Gotye, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Dave Grohl and Pharrell Williams.

She is a bright and passionate presenter, philanthropist, environmentalist, ambassador for the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation and graduate from The University of Melbourne and RMIT University.

Faustina also hosted Network Ten’s live national coverage of the New Year’s Eve Fireworks from Sydney’s Harbour Bridge and shared her opinions on politics and current affairs as a guest panellist on ABC1’s live political show Q&A.

Diane Distinguished portrait photographer with an illustrious career and arty rectangle glasses.

Sandy Gore is Diane A graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sandy is a well-known face on the Australian stage and screen.

Her television credits include Rake, Grass Roots (Series 1 & 2), Brides of Christ, Farscape, Murder Call, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Newly Weds and Rafferty’s Rules and for film, Baz Luhrmann’s Australia, Evil Angels, Lorenzo’s Oil, Undercover and Paws.

On stage, she has in excess of forty-four leading credits to her name, including the Sydney Theatre Company production of Uncle Vanya, performing at The Kennedy Center of Performing Arts in Washington DC and the Lincoln Centre in New York. Other Sydney Theatre Company work includes Under Milk Wood, Love Lies Bleeding, Scenes from a Separation, Morning Sacrifice, Amy’s View, Medea, Les Parents Terrible, Gift of the Gorgon and Antony and Cleopatra for Sydney Theatre Company, Small and Tired for Belvoir Street Theatre, As You Like it, The Rivals, Electra, The Alchemist, Pygmalion, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Uncle Vanya for the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Taming of the Shrew for Bell Shakespeare, and Wit and Retreat from Moscow and Becky Shaw for the Ensemble Theatre.

She is most proud of creating roles in new Australian plays including David Williamson’s Jugglers Three and Sons of Cain, Ray Lawler’s Kid Stakes and Other Times, Alex Buzo’s Makassar Reef, Rooted and Big River and Nick Enright’s Daylight Saving and Chasing the Dragon.

Recently Sandy was the associate director for The Sydney Opera House, RMI and Wayne Harrison Productions on Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore.

Wayne Hope Producer and Director Wayne Hope is an actor, writer, director and producer, who does all of these things at Gristmill, the production company he runs with Robyn Butler.

Wayne’s comedy career spans two decades, beginning with performing the unforgettable role of Wayne Kerrigan in The Castle to most recently co-writing and directing his multi AFI nominated Best Comedy Series The Librarians. Wayne’s impressive list of acting credits include Boytown, The Micallef Program and Stupid Stupid Man, for which he won an ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor.

Gristmill’s ABC1 series Very Small Business, which Wayne co-wrote and produced, received a Silver TV Week Logie nomination for Most Outstanding Comedy Program and an AFI Award nomination for Best Television Comedy Series. Wayne’s performance as Don Angel in the show also earned him an AFI nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy.

Most recently, Wayne co-created and directed Upper Middle Bogan, a new comedy series which premiered on ABC1 in 2013 and was most recently nominated for both the Best Television Comedy/Light Entertainment Series and Best Screenplay in Television categories at the recent AACTA Awards. Wayne is currently in production of the second season of Upper Middle Bogan, and later this year will direct and produce a brand new series, Little Lunch, for ABC3.

Louisa Kors Producer One of Australia’s most highly respected producers, Louisa Kors has been involved with some of the country’s most celebrated and awarded productions.

Her outstanding list of credits includes, as producer, Screentime’s Brothers In Arms and Gristmill’s comedy Upper Middle Bogan and, as line producer, Joel Edgerton’s upcoming feature Felony and Blackfella Films’ celebrated miniseries Redfern Now.

Previously Louisa line produced the multi-award winning series The Slap, the highly acclaimed miniseries Tim Winton’s cloudsteet, as well as Satisfaction and The Librarians. Prior to that Louisa production managed the feature film Last Ride and the miniseries Bastard Boys.

Her talent is solidly based on her skills in wrangling international co- productions for foreign broadcasters, such as Stephen King’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Hercules and Salem’s Lot.

Her other credits include Daybreakers, The Alice, Ghostship, Lost World, Flipper and Paperback Hero.

Ben Nott ACS Director of Photography Multi-award winning Ben Nott is one of Australia’s leading cinematographers. In a career spanning two decades, it was at the age of twenty-three that Ben discovered the right side of his brain. Schooled in the faculty of science, he picked up a camera for the very first time and his life changed forever.

His outstanding list of credits includes Tomorrow When the War Began, Daybreakers, Accidents Happen and Singh Is Kinng. On television his credits include the celebrated telemovie Sisters of War, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, The Stories of Stephen King and Ridley Scott’s miniseries The Company for which he received a Prime Time Emmy Award nomination.

Bestowed the honour of Australian Cinematographer of the Year Mille Award in 2006, 2008 and most recently in 2012, Ben has twice been nominated for Excellence at the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers Awards, voted winner in 2008.

Ben recently completed production on the new feature Singularity and his latest work, Predestination, for directors Peter and Michael Spierig promises to be another visual treat.

Penelope Southgate Production Designer Penelope Southgate began her career in the film and television industry after studying Interior Design at RMIT. She joined the ABC design department in Melbourne in 1986 and while there, honed her talents on a wide variety of programs. She gained knowledge and experience working with some of the country’s best designers on programs ranging from period miniseries and contemporary dramas to award shows. In the late 1990s, Penelope began working mainly in the comedy department, designing programs such as The Adventures of Lano and Woodley, The Micallef Program and the Kath & Kim series.

Penelope left the ABC in 2000 to pursue a freelance career in production design, continuing to amass a diverse and varied body of work. Amongst her film credits are The Craic (1998), Crackerjack (2001), Takeaway (2002), BoyTown (2005), Lake Mungo (2006), Kath & Kimderella (2011). Her more recent television credits include the first two seasons of Tangle and Offspring, Please Like Me, and Mr & Mrs Murder.

Sandi Cichello Costume Designer One of Australia’s leading costume designers, Sandi’s outstanding list of credits includes the films 6 Plots, Three Dollars and co-costume designer for Any Questions For Ben.

Costume designer for the 2007 telemovie The King, which among many accolades won the 2007 AFI Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries and the 2008 ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Drama, just some of Sandi’s other television credits include It’s A Date, Upper Middle Bogan, Kane & Disabled, Sports Fever, Pictures of You, Audrey Gordon, Rockwiz, Killing Time, Lowdown, Thank God You’re Here, The Librarians, and Carla Cametti PD. Further credits include the television miniseries After the Deluge starring David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths and Catherine McClements, and series 1, 4, 5 and 6 of the highly celebrated Australian telemovies Halifax fp.

Sandi was costume buyer for the 2010 thriller Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark, written and produced by Guillermo del Toro and starring Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce, as well as for the action film Ghost Rider starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. She was costume supervisor for Disney Films’ Beverley Hills Family Robinson starring Dyan Cannon and Sarah Michelle Gellar, as well as many iconic Australian films and television series.

With a number of costumier credits in both film and television, some of Sandi’s stand-out projects include the films Anaconda II, the multi- award winning and Academy Award nominated The Thin Red Line starring George Clooney, Sean Penn and John Cusack, Hammers Over the Anvil, Spotswood, Until The End Of The World, Evil Angels starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill, The Slim Dusty Movie and Squizzy Taylor.

In theatre, Sandi has worked in various capacities on productions including Hinterland, The Goat, Cloud 9, Sweet Bird of Youth, Phantom Of The Opera and Porgy And Bess.

Deborah Lanser Hair & Makeup Award winning Deborah Lanser has over thirty years experience in the craft of film and television makeup, prosthetic and hair design both in Australia and internationally.

Along with her many Australian make up industry awards for her work on feature films and television, including Jessica and Mary Bryant, Deborah is also an Emmy Award nominated make up artist for her many brilliant looks on Deborah Messing in the US series The Starter Wife. Throughout her career Deborah has designed make up for many great actors including Denzel Washington, Emma Thompson, Glenn Close, Simon Baker, Rose Byrne, Rebecca Gibney, Harry Connick Jr. and Melanie Griffith to name a few.

She has also designed make up and hair for over twenty-five high profile Australian television series, telemovies and feature films and has made up most of the familiar faces we see on screen today. Most recently, Deborah was the make up and hair designer on the highly anticipated telemovie Carlotta for ABC TV and for Australia’s highest rating and multiple TV Week Logie Award winning television series Packed to the Rafters.

Some of Deborah’s other credits include the feature films The Night we Called It a Day, The Oyster Farmer, Garage Days and Illustrated Family Doctor, as well as the telemovie of the musical South Pacific for Hallmark USA.