Kiwi actor Temuera Morrison is rapt he gets to play a Maori in his latest movie, Tracker, being shot near Queenstown. He co-stars with British "tough guy" star Ray Winstone.
"I've been a Pakistani and someone from outer space so it's so good to get back to my gritty character," Morrison said yesterdayat Moke Lake, on the set of the $10 million manhunt thriller.
The pair had faced off several times on set but Winstone reckoned he was the toughest: "Tem's a bit of a pussy cat," he said, grinning. Star of The Departed and Edge of Darkness, Winstone has several movies ready for release, including thriller 44 Inch Chest.
In Tracker, Winstone plays a survivor of the Boer War who lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture a Maori seafarer – played by Morrison – accused of killing a British soldier.
British director Ian Sharp, still absorbing his first trip to New Zealand, couldn't stop raving yesterday about the scenery. "The moment you step off that plane, you think, I'm in paradise here," he said.
Sharp has worked in TV and film on shows such as The Professionals, 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Goldeneye and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Morrison, a Māori, was born in the town of Rotorua in the North Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician.[1] His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland. Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and in Australia and the United States. He has a 17-year-old son, James, from a relationship in the late 1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cat's Away
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series.
"I've been a Pakistani and someone from outer space so it's so good to get back to my gritty character," Morrison said yesterdayat Moke Lake, on the set of the $10 million manhunt thriller.
The pair had faced off several times on set but Winstone reckoned he was the toughest: "Tem's a bit of a pussy cat," he said, grinning. Star of The Departed and Edge of Darkness, Winstone has several movies ready for release, including thriller 44 Inch Chest.
In Tracker, Winstone plays a survivor of the Boer War who lands in colonial New Zealand and is promised a bounty to capture a Maori seafarer – played by Morrison – accused of killing a British soldier.
British director Ian Sharp, still absorbing his first trip to New Zealand, couldn't stop raving yesterday about the scenery. "The moment you step off that plane, you think, I'm in paradise here," he said.
Sharp has worked in TV and film on shows such as The Professionals, 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Goldeneye and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Morrison, a Māori, was born in the town of Rotorua in the North Island of New Zealand, the son of Hana (née Stafford) and Laurie Morrison, a musician.[1] His sister was performer Taini Morrison and his uncle was musician Sir Howard Morrison. His secondary education took place at Wesley College, Auckland. Morrison lives in New Zealand, and divides his time filming there and in Australia and the United States. He has a 17-year-old son, James, from a relationship in the late 1980s with singer Kim Willoughby from the all-girl group When The Cat's Away
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series.
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