New Zealand Is A Pretty No-nonsense Place

I Think There's Always Pieces Of Yourself That Bleed Into Your Character. That's Inevitable. In Some Ways, We Have Similarities, But In Other Ways, We're Completely Different. It's Hard To Say Because I'm An Actor Living In A World Where We're All Pretty Privileged, And This Guy Is Fighting For His Life. They're Very Different Circumstances. Within Those Circumstances, There Are Probably Ways That We React To Certain Situations That Are Similar.

I Think I Made Some Mistakes, In Different Areas, But It's Great To Be Working In A Show Again Now, Many Years Down The Track. I Have Worked In Many Other Different Shows In Australia And I've Been Able To Learn From My Mistakes. I'm Lucky That I Made Those Mistakes Early On In Australia, And I Definitely Won't Make Them Again In The States, But You've Got To Learn That Stuff.

We Have Researchers Involved With The Show [spartacus] And They Pointed Me In A Pretty Great Direction, In Terms Of What To Read, And What To Look At Or Look For, And They Also Provided Me With Some Material.

You Always Draw Inspiration From Your Family Or Your Parents If They've Proven To Be Inspirational. My Mother Is Someone Who's Always Been Inspirational To Me.

New Zealand Is A Pretty No-nonsense Place To Work, Like Australia. I Mean It Doesn't Falter To Anyone.