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SHANE CONNOR ON DIRT GAME

Dirt Game, which premiers on ABC1 on Sunday 19 April at 8.30pm is a dramatic and strong new drama series set in the world of Mining. The series follows the fortunes of the staff of mining company Cockatoo Creek Resources which is on the verge of collapse. The company is owned by a UK outfit, Albion Energy who send out a top exec to try and turn the company around. The all star cast includes Joel Edgerton, Shane Connor, Freya Stafford, Katie Wall and Gerald Lepkowski. We recently chatted to Shane Connor about the making of the show.

So tell us about Dirt Game and the character you play?
DG is set in the mining industry and the world of corporate take overs. I play Max Mees, a crusty, old school mining engineer who is finding it difficult to make the adjustment from the days of just digging up the “good stuff” to the new age of environmental concerns.

How does Max compare to other character's you've played?
Max is (as I am) older than any character I have played before and with that comes another way of viewing the world that was quite a different experience for me.

This is quite an unusual premise for a series isn't it, is that one of the things that attracted you to it?
It is unusual and rarely, if at all visited in this country which given the size and importance of the industry to both our economy and our history is quite amazing. And yes, the fact that is was set in somewhere other than a hospital or police station was very attractive to me.

The world of mining is a dangerous but lucrative industry, is it something you could see yourself involved in and did you have to undergo special training before filming?
We did some limited training and safety procedures on all of the “live” locations. I actually was involved for a while in the oil industry when I was younger, working on the oil rigs in the North Sea off the Shetland Islands for a time.

How was the camaraderie of cast and crew during filming, conditions would have been quite harsh at times wouldn't they?
Tough or extreme conditions always bring out either the best or worst in people. We were lucky on DG, it brought out the best in both the cast and crew. It can all so easily go the other way.

After some trying times in the mid 200's you are now strongly back on track with recent guest appearances in the likes of City Homicide and Mark Loves Sharon, do you see Dirt Game as a chance to get back to doing what you do best?
Yeah, I guess so.

There finally seems to be something of a resurgence in drama over the last 18 months or so, do you think the Australian public are finally growing tired of reality TV?
I’ve been doing this for over twenty years now and in that time there has been a few “cycles” of sorts but the one constant through all of them is that at the end of the day Australians have always responded to (and demanded) quality Australian drama. I think, no matter what fads come and go, they always will.

And what do you think that Aussie Public will make of the show?
Well ….. I hope they bloody love it.

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