Rising Hollywood star Josh Lawson has made his return to Brisbane to star as Paul Hogan within the new Seven Community miniseries concerning the Aussie icon.
Casting for the position started in earnest final yr to seek out the proper man for the position and sources on set advised Fairfax Media they have it completely spot on with Lawson.
Born in Brisbane, Lawson went to St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace earlier than learning appearing on the Nationwide Institute of Dramatic Artwork.
He went on to seem in Blue Heelers, House and Away and Sea Patrol earlier than breakout roles in Chandon Footage and the Showtime drama Home of Lies.
In 2013 he shot to Hollywood fame reverse Will Ferrell and Steve Carell within the smash hit Anchorman 2.
The Paul Hogan miniseries, produced by Fremantle Media for the Seven Community, has begun filming in Queensland with a number of native performers anticipated to play key roles.
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Together with Queenslander Lawson in the primary position, Brisbane born producer Jo Porter, who has been behind main success tales resembling All Saints, Packed to the Rafters and Foxtel’s hit drama Wentworth, will helm the collection for Fremantle Media.
Regardless of having moved away from the world to comply with his profession, Lawson nonetheless stays an area boy at coronary heart.
In an interview with ABC’s Terri Begley to advertise Anchorman 2 he stated he was pleased with the place he comes from.
“I grew up in Nundah then Carseldine. My mum nonetheless lives in Brisbane,” he stated.
“When individuals ask the place in Australia I’m from, I all the time say Brisbane.
“I’m proud to say that, each time I journey the world and meet somebody from Brisbane there’s all the time a kinship … I’ll all the time be a Brissie boy at coronary heart.”
The collection, believed to be titled Hoges, will chart his rise from an Aussie tradie to one among our most profitable leisure exports.
The manufacturing was lured to the Sunshine State with funding from Display Queensland.
No bulletins have been made about how a lot of the collection shall be shot there, however it’s understood a lot of the principal images will happen in Brisbane.
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