![]() ![]() “Some people were more open than others because it still is very traumatic to talk about and it was difficult trying to gauge that without triggering anybody,” she says. ![]() To prepare for her role, Scanlen talked to firefighters “from captains to volunteers” to try to get an idea of why they willingly undertake the potentially dangerous work, as well as taking part in a boot camp to teach her the basics of what equipment to use and how to use it. ![]() Young people are trying to use their voice to raise awareness for the most part because it’s going to be their lives who are disadvantaged by climate change.” “To me, Tash and Mott (played by Hunter Page-Lochard) symbolise a stolen youth. “It was very clear for us that our role was to represent the young people of Australia who are very concerned about the future and how climate change might affect their future,” she says. But she hopes it will once again bring to the fore the role that climate change played in the extreme conditions that fuelled the fires, a conversation she says was sidelined as the coronavirus pandemic took hold.Įliza Scanlen says her and Hunter Page-Lochard’s characters in Fires represent the young people of Australia. Scanlen acknowledges that the six-part series might be too raw and intense of the many Australians adversely affected by the catastrophic bushfires. ![]() “That’s what I hope this TV series will be and that’s what I felt reading it, that it was an opportunity to bring those personal experiences of loss and community and contribution into a TV drama format.” That feeling of helplessness was horrible, not being able to do anything about it and this felt like in, some small fraction of a way we were (able to do something about it).” “We have all seen Australia really suffer as a result of it and it was really frightening to watch what happened. “Even though I wasn’t directly affected by the fires, everyone had a very emotional response to it,” she says. Not only was her role of young volunteer firefighter Tash one of two characters who ties together the six separate stories of desperation, resilience and survival, she felt it would also give her a chance to contribute – even if only in a small way – to an issue and a cause she had missed while working overseas. She knew right away it was exactly the kind of project she wanted to be associated with. Picture: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI The answer was to tell the stories of some of the people who lived through this global catastrophe, so that we never forget what they went through, and always remember our responsibility for change.”īelinda Chayko added, “So many people were affected by the fires of 2019/2020 and we wanted to honour their experiences and the losses they suffered – to ensure that their stories were not forgotten. Fires is a series about ordinary people, caught in the unimaginable, and the ways they came together in the face of a devastating natural disaster.Eliza Scanlen accepts the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress during the 2020 AACTA Awards presented in Sydney last November. I wondered “how can we respond as artists?”. Michael Rymer ( Hannibal), Ana Kokkinos ( The Hunting) and Kim Mordaunt ( Wakefield) are also confirmed as directors on the series and filming has officially commenced in Melbourne and regional Victoria.Īyres said, “Like the rest of the world, I watched the devastation caused by the recent Australian mega-fires in horror. It is produced by NBCU-backed Tony Ayres Productions and written by showrunner Chayko, Jacquelin Perske, Mirrah Foulkes, Steven McGregor and Anya Beyersdorf.Įxecutive Producers include Tony Ayres, Andrea Denholm and Liz Watts. The Game Awards Nominations: 'Baldur's Gate 3,' 'Alan Wake 2' And Nintendo Reign Supreme ![]()
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