In this gripping drama, real-life couple Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm portray estranged exes grappling with past hurts, community secrets, and the complexities of truth.
In After the Party, real-life couple Peter Mullan and Robyn Malcolm play two bitterly estranged exes. They talk middle-aged baggage, Scottish independence and ‘aspirational casting’, the Glaswegian actor and firebrand. “So we yapped a lot. Actors we admire. Art we admire. Politics, life, love, death, all the usual stuff.” Mullan is telling me how he and Robyn Malcolm , the New Zealand actor and firebrand, first got together. “So we did a lot of yap,” he goes on.
“And we’re nice enough to give the other one time to yap.” Malcolm, seated by his side, sweetly interjects: “And we still do.”, which Malcolm co-wrote with screenwriter Dianne Taylor. Malcolm co-stars with Mullan – although absolutely not in a “lovey-dovey way”. They play exes whose mutual distrust is fathomless. They actually have some previous in this. “We met during Top of the Lake,” says Malcolm, referring to the 2013 mystery drama. “His character was an arsehole to mine. You can do smoochy scenes with an actor you just abhor. And you can do brutal stuff with an actor you adore. We had a ball.”Malcolm plays Penny in the six-parter, a straight-talking, unabashed, funny, morally robust schoolteacher, the sort of person who’s good at telling people how to get their acts together. Mullan is Phil, her ex-husband, with whom some appalling falling out has occurred. It unfolds pretty fast that something happened between him and a drunk minor at a party, and that’s why he’s spent five years exiled from the tightknit community in Wellington, New Zealand. Except, did it? And why do people tread so delicately around the question of Penny’s credibility? If this were any ordinary drama, Penny would be the clear heroine, risking ostracism because her courage won’t have it any other way. But it’s not ordinary at all. Malcolm embarked on After the Party after an experience with a film Taylor had written. “It was meant for a couple in their mid 50s,” says Malcolm, who is 59. “I’d been pegged to be the wif
After The Party Drama Peter Mullan Robyn Malcolm Exes Relationships Secrets
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership electionConservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members
Read more »
Middle East crisis live: Iranian military chief warns Israel of ‘bitter consequences’ over weekend’s airstrikesComments from commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps come as country mulls response to attacks
Read more »
The state with a bitter history for Democrats isn’t being taken for granted nowWisconsin has only voted Republican once in 40 years - for Donald Trump. But the way Democrats lost it in 2016 ensured it is top destination for Kamala Harris.
Read more »
The state with a bitter history for Democrats isn’t being taken for granted nowWisconsin has only voted Republican once in 40 years - for Donald Trump. But the way Democrats lost it in 2016 ensured it is top destination for Kamala Harris.
Read more »
Major cricket tournament thrown into disarray amid bitter rivals’ power struggleCricket: Bangladesh spinner Mahedi Hasan has produced one of the worst deliveries ever to net a wicket.
Read more »
Bitter war of words erupts after Allan govt’s controversial lake renamingA bitter war of words has broken out following the Allan government's controversial decision to rename a Melbourne lake after a religious leader from the 15th century.
Read more »