1 00:00:06,693 --> 00:00:10,093 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons 2 00:00:10,133 --> 00:00:12,133 Speaker 1: podcast from News Talks EDB. 3 00:00:12,893 --> 00:00:15,133 Speaker 2: News Talks hed B. Tamiwe To Morrison is one of 4 00:00:15,133 --> 00:00:17,973 Speaker 2: this country's most successful and I might say beloved actors. 5 00:00:18,013 --> 00:00:20,373 Speaker 2: He garnered critical acclaim, of course, for his role as 6 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:23,133 Speaker 2: Jake the Musshecke in Once We're Worries in nineteen ninety 7 00:00:23,133 --> 00:00:25,093 Speaker 2: four to thirty years ago. He's since gone on to 8 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:26,933 Speaker 2: work with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. He 9 00:00:27,013 --> 00:00:30,053 Speaker 2: starred in Aquaman, The Green Lantern River Queen. He's become 10 00:00:30,053 --> 00:00:32,453 Speaker 2: a critical part of the Star Wars Empire, playing the 11 00:00:32,653 --> 00:00:36,213 Speaker 2: iconic character Boba Fett. He's starring in a new Kiwi film, 12 00:00:36,413 --> 00:00:40,413 Speaker 2: Carfar Pai Tonu, alongside Cliff Curtis and Jason Fleming, which 13 00:00:40,413 --> 00:00:42,133 Speaker 2: tells the story of a pivotal battle in the New 14 00:00:42,213 --> 00:00:44,853 Speaker 2: Zealand Land Wars in the White Cutsal region. The film 15 00:00:44,973 --> 00:00:47,093 Speaker 2: was out June twenty seven, count Waste. It is a 16 00:00:47,093 --> 00:00:49,533 Speaker 2: pleasure to welcome Tammyweird to Morrison on for six in 17 00:00:49,573 --> 00:00:50,213 Speaker 2: a song. 18 00:00:51,213 --> 00:00:53,773 Speaker 3: Kyota, Kyota, thank you very much. What an introduction? 19 00:00:54,253 --> 00:00:58,133 Speaker 2: Thirty years say all of that, You're most deserving of 20 00:00:58,173 --> 00:01:01,133 Speaker 2: that introduction. When that rolls off the tongue thirty years ago, 21 00:01:01,413 --> 00:01:03,253 Speaker 2: I wonder is it ever a bug bear? I mean 22 00:01:03,373 --> 00:01:06,493 Speaker 2: the rolling stones always get seen as the satisfaction and 23 00:01:06,653 --> 00:01:09,413 Speaker 2: Russell Crowe will forever be the gladiator in a way, 24 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:11,733 Speaker 2: Tim you will always be Jake the mass. Is that 25 00:01:11,933 --> 00:01:13,333 Speaker 2: a problem or is it wonderful? 26 00:01:14,413 --> 00:01:18,173 Speaker 3: I guess it's iconic and away. I was also pretty 27 00:01:18,213 --> 00:01:21,733 Speaker 3: famous as doctor Rapata the week before taking the mask. Yeah, 28 00:01:22,733 --> 00:01:26,813 Speaker 3: Guatemala now, and then there was not in Guatemala too? 29 00:01:27,013 --> 00:01:30,773 Speaker 3: Can you cook them in some eggs? And then some 30 00:01:30,813 --> 00:01:34,533 Speaker 3: of these things become a T shirt? So yes, I'll 31 00:01:34,573 --> 00:01:37,933 Speaker 3: speak aller Once We're Warriors for me, coming switching from 32 00:01:38,013 --> 00:01:41,373 Speaker 3: Doctor Opata, took the doctor's coat of Friday night, had 33 00:01:41,413 --> 00:01:44,493 Speaker 3: a haircut for Jake. Heck Saturday. I was rolling on 34 00:01:44,613 --> 00:01:49,253 Speaker 3: Monday on Once We're Warriors Wow for five weeks Street 35 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:53,493 Speaker 3: the week after week six and I couldn't stop swearing 36 00:01:53,533 --> 00:01:54,453 Speaker 3: at everybody. 37 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:56,413 Speaker 4: How did you start acting? 38 00:01:56,933 --> 00:01:59,413 Speaker 3: I was an extra in movies. There was a TV 39 00:01:59,493 --> 00:02:02,333 Speaker 3: show called Mortimers Patch way back in the day. Yeah, yeah, 40 00:02:02,693 --> 00:02:05,773 Speaker 3: there's a very older actors. Back in the day, there 41 00:02:05,853 --> 00:02:08,813 Speaker 3: was dance. I went around. I was used as an 42 00:02:08,853 --> 00:02:12,493 Speaker 3: extra crossing the Road, and then I did a couple 43 00:02:12,493 --> 00:02:15,733 Speaker 3: of little movies, a couple of other TV shows, just 44 00:02:15,813 --> 00:02:18,933 Speaker 3: sort of running around having smaller roles, and then I 45 00:02:19,053 --> 00:02:21,773 Speaker 3: ended up working on the production side as well on 46 00:02:21,813 --> 00:02:24,413 Speaker 3: a movie like The Piano here. But I was an extra. 47 00:02:24,813 --> 00:02:27,733 Speaker 2: Tim you're obviously being involved with some I mean some 48 00:02:27,893 --> 00:02:31,973 Speaker 2: massive operations working with Disney in the Star Wars universe. 49 00:02:32,413 --> 00:02:35,173 Speaker 2: Is Disney a different beast to work for than pet 50 00:02:35,253 --> 00:02:36,293 Speaker 2: some of your other roles. 51 00:02:36,533 --> 00:02:45,293 Speaker 3: Big lunches have choices of chicken, fish, sell buffet goes 52 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:49,213 Speaker 3: on for miles. There's Mexican cooks going on. They started 53 00:02:49,213 --> 00:02:51,893 Speaker 3: at eleven and finished it about a quarter to three, 54 00:02:51,973 --> 00:02:54,733 Speaker 3: So you're gonna have three lunches if you're clever like me, 55 00:02:55,293 --> 00:02:59,013 Speaker 3: going for the first cut, sneak off from to the set. 56 00:02:59,333 --> 00:03:01,293 Speaker 3: You're always waiting around doing something. They always got a 57 00:03:01,333 --> 00:03:03,493 Speaker 3: light that was to take a half an hour for something. Yeah, 58 00:03:03,533 --> 00:03:06,733 Speaker 3: So big, huge lunches, big huge productions. Now, even the 59 00:03:06,773 --> 00:03:09,693 Speaker 3: technology that they don't call them studios or they call 60 00:03:09,773 --> 00:03:13,333 Speaker 3: them the volume now where you can create the sets 61 00:03:13,693 --> 00:03:16,173 Speaker 3: on the wall all around you. You're surrounded in the 62 00:03:16,213 --> 00:03:20,173 Speaker 3: set itself. It's not so much blue or green screens anymore. So, right, Yeah, 63 00:03:20,293 --> 00:03:22,373 Speaker 3: But at the end of the day, someone's got a camera, 64 00:03:22,453 --> 00:03:25,213 Speaker 3: there's lights, and then someone says action and it's all quiet. 65 00:03:25,573 --> 00:03:28,213 Speaker 3: That's my time to shine. And that's what I chose. 66 00:03:28,253 --> 00:03:30,053 Speaker 3: I chose to be in front of the camera, and 67 00:03:30,133 --> 00:03:32,533 Speaker 3: I chose to go to Hollywood. I wanted to go 68 00:03:32,533 --> 00:03:34,533 Speaker 3: over there and see if I could get one movie. 69 00:03:34,813 --> 00:03:37,173 Speaker 3: That's all I wanted, just to show that because he 70 00:03:37,213 --> 00:03:40,493 Speaker 3: brows at home, see we can do it, we can 71 00:03:40,573 --> 00:03:40,853 Speaker 3: do it. 72 00:03:41,093 --> 00:03:41,413 Speaker 2: Okay. 73 00:03:41,493 --> 00:03:44,693 Speaker 4: So that takes you to this new movie car Fi 74 00:03:44,893 --> 00:03:48,133 Speaker 4: Tornu and the brutality of the invasion of Wykat or 75 00:03:48,173 --> 00:03:50,653 Speaker 4: can you tell us a little bit about the movie? 76 00:03:50,693 --> 00:03:50,733 Speaker 3: What? 77 00:03:50,973 --> 00:03:52,213 Speaker 4: What is the storyline. 78 00:03:52,373 --> 00:03:56,853 Speaker 3: It's a beautiful story that my friend Mike Jonathan, the director, 79 00:03:56,933 --> 00:03:59,493 Speaker 3: came up with. It's really a payback time. He wanted 80 00:03:59,493 --> 00:04:01,293 Speaker 3: me to be in this film and he supported me 81 00:04:01,373 --> 00:04:04,693 Speaker 3: so much. So it's a well. The eighteen sixty four 82 00:04:04,773 --> 00:04:07,293 Speaker 3: Battle of Raco was a real They only got to 83 00:04:07,373 --> 00:04:09,173 Speaker 3: drive down the Ork the motorway to see all the 84 00:04:09,213 --> 00:04:14,093 Speaker 3: signs of Redoubt Road ranged all the Great South Road 85 00:04:14,173 --> 00:04:16,693 Speaker 3: was all formed from those battles. That took place in 86 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:19,293 Speaker 3: those early eighteen sixties, and this is the second to 87 00:04:19,373 --> 00:04:22,693 Speaker 3: last one that General Cameron had seventeen hundred troops. It's 88 00:04:22,733 --> 00:04:25,693 Speaker 3: our three hundred story, the story of three hundred women 89 00:04:25,773 --> 00:04:30,013 Speaker 3: and children included. Fighteen seventeen hundred soldiers didn't last very long. 90 00:04:30,013 --> 00:04:31,333 Speaker 3: It is only a three day affair. There was a 91 00:04:31,373 --> 00:04:33,893 Speaker 3: whole lot of politics going on, Baldi politics, a whole 92 00:04:33,893 --> 00:04:36,893 Speaker 3: lot of Christian fighting under Christian rule a rule. So 93 00:04:36,933 --> 00:04:41,493 Speaker 3: it's a fictitional story within a real live event, the 94 00:04:41,533 --> 00:04:44,453 Speaker 3: eighteen sixty four Battle of Aracos from that part of 95 00:04:44,493 --> 00:04:47,213 Speaker 3: the world, the rolling hills of the king Country. My mum, 96 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,173 Speaker 3: we've got a couple of farms over there still where 97 00:04:49,173 --> 00:04:54,133 Speaker 3: the Staffords, the Omohungers, the Nikoras, the Bahettants, got a 98 00:04:54,213 --> 00:04:57,213 Speaker 3: rich history over there. That's my mom's side. We buried 99 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:59,333 Speaker 3: her over there a few couple of years ago, just 100 00:04:59,373 --> 00:05:02,213 Speaker 3: to remind ourselves that we're from that area. That cup 101 00:05:02,213 --> 00:05:03,613 Speaker 3: of mutty money Apoto. 102 00:05:03,533 --> 00:05:07,293 Speaker 4: Yeah, there was very maniapoto and you have a link 103 00:05:07,333 --> 00:05:08,933 Speaker 4: to there be money a portal. 104 00:05:09,373 --> 00:05:11,933 Speaker 3: Yes, I tie in through pop up to you there to 105 00:05:12,013 --> 00:05:14,333 Speaker 3: put mysel was very much an honor those people were 106 00:05:14,373 --> 00:05:17,573 Speaker 3: special people, you know they could They just abilities were 107 00:05:17,613 --> 00:05:21,773 Speaker 3: just incredible to run a tribe a hapu far no uh, 108 00:05:22,573 --> 00:05:25,973 Speaker 3: you know it's plant food. Even their ability to be 109 00:05:26,013 --> 00:05:28,933 Speaker 3: in touch with the cosmos. There were warfare they were warriors. 110 00:05:28,973 --> 00:05:32,933 Speaker 3: There were poets and agriculturalists, so amazing people. 111 00:05:33,893 --> 00:05:36,973 Speaker 2: Tim, I wonder how you feel about watching yourself on 112 00:05:37,053 --> 00:05:39,693 Speaker 2: screen now. I read a story in Vanity Fear from 113 00:05:39,773 --> 00:05:42,093 Speaker 2: Jamie Lee Curtis and she just won't watch yourself now. 114 00:05:42,093 --> 00:05:44,653 Speaker 2: She said, it's too torrid. Do you watch yourself? Do 115 00:05:44,653 --> 00:05:46,573 Speaker 2: you enjoy seeing yourself on screen? 116 00:05:46,893 --> 00:05:48,973 Speaker 3: Not? Really? Kind of shy away, look the other way 117 00:05:48,973 --> 00:05:51,293 Speaker 3: where every time I'm on screen, it's like listening to 118 00:05:51,413 --> 00:05:53,573 Speaker 3: my voice the wing on. You're doing a recording. But 119 00:05:53,613 --> 00:05:55,133 Speaker 3: now you've got to put up with your ugly face 120 00:05:55,173 --> 00:05:58,133 Speaker 3: as well. A lot going on, and I remember it 121 00:05:58,133 --> 00:06:00,413 Speaker 3: puts me on because I just remember the day. Do 122 00:06:00,453 --> 00:06:06,853 Speaker 3: you remember that day? There's so many ones and you 123 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:11,453 Speaker 3: James Cowen went about and spoke to a lot of 124 00:06:11,453 --> 00:06:14,613 Speaker 3: the surviving members and wrote a lot of their accounts 125 00:06:14,653 --> 00:06:17,013 Speaker 3: of the battle. It was quite a fascinating time. It'll 126 00:06:17,053 --> 00:06:20,573 Speaker 3: wokened me to how how we settled this place. You 127 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:22,733 Speaker 3: know it wasn't just turn up and have a cup 128 00:06:22,773 --> 00:06:25,293 Speaker 3: of tea in Scans. Okay, you fellows can start farming 129 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:27,893 Speaker 3: and milking your cows over there, and we'll carry on 130 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:32,013 Speaker 3: running our stuff over here. No no bit of Scottish, 131 00:06:32,213 --> 00:06:37,373 Speaker 3: Irish English, Maudi all mixed up with Christianity. Man, it 132 00:06:37,413 --> 00:06:39,333 Speaker 3: must have been a weird time for Topona. But I 133 00:06:39,373 --> 00:06:43,373 Speaker 3: just think that people like there. We and t remember 134 00:06:43,413 --> 00:06:45,813 Speaker 3: they were all running New Zealand. It was a border. 135 00:06:45,973 --> 00:06:47,733 Speaker 3: You had to ask permission to go through any of 136 00:06:47,733 --> 00:06:51,293 Speaker 3: their tribal lands or if you didn't pay the toll, 137 00:06:51,373 --> 00:06:55,013 Speaker 3: well sometimes that could be met with some very severe circumstances. 138 00:06:55,453 --> 00:06:57,453 Speaker 3: And what happened was they crossed the river one with 139 00:06:57,813 --> 00:07:02,373 Speaker 3: dy river all blew the trump and the Battle of 140 00:07:02,573 --> 00:07:04,973 Speaker 3: Raco is all part of that. So amazing just to 141 00:07:04,973 --> 00:07:07,733 Speaker 3: have this film made amazing. I'm very proud of my 142 00:07:07,773 --> 00:07:09,373 Speaker 3: friend Michael Jonathan. 143 00:07:09,173 --> 00:07:12,213 Speaker 2: Tim Is speaking of Hollywood. Is it a treadmill? Do we, 144 00:07:12,613 --> 00:07:15,293 Speaker 2: you know, just Kiwis have any idea of how exhaustive 145 00:07:15,293 --> 00:07:18,293 Speaker 2: it is and or is it? Is it just you 146 00:07:18,373 --> 00:07:21,013 Speaker 2: get a sense that you know you're either in the 147 00:07:21,053 --> 00:07:23,093 Speaker 2: crowd or you're not in the crowd. In Hollywood. 148 00:07:23,133 --> 00:07:28,733 Speaker 3: Is it like that temperature, You're either simmering, cold or hot. 149 00:07:29,213 --> 00:07:32,493 Speaker 3: It's got to be hot. Sometimes you slip back to simmering. 150 00:07:33,213 --> 00:07:36,173 Speaker 3: But it's about temperature. It's about There was a time 151 00:07:36,213 --> 00:07:38,653 Speaker 3: when the Australian were getting quite a bit of notice. 152 00:07:38,653 --> 00:07:41,653 Speaker 3: Australian actresses and my agent I've been through. I had 153 00:07:41,693 --> 00:07:43,373 Speaker 3: an agent over there that always used to keep me 154 00:07:43,413 --> 00:07:46,493 Speaker 3: in tune with what's going on over there. A lot 155 00:07:46,533 --> 00:07:50,573 Speaker 3: of I remember, Kevin Smith, Cliff Curtis, all of us 156 00:07:50,573 --> 00:07:52,773 Speaker 3: were over there at the same time looking on a door. 157 00:07:52,933 --> 00:07:57,733 Speaker 3: Kevin or sleeping on people's couches, waited five years before 158 00:07:57,733 --> 00:08:00,013 Speaker 3: you've probably got a move and then tragically passed away 159 00:08:00,013 --> 00:08:02,373 Speaker 3: before you're supposed to do his big Hollywood movie. But 160 00:08:02,413 --> 00:08:06,213 Speaker 3: he spent his time sleeping on friends couches. Martin Henderson 161 00:08:06,293 --> 00:08:08,653 Speaker 3: or all of them, Carloban, they're all over there. You 162 00:08:08,693 --> 00:08:10,373 Speaker 3: can actually have a meeting of some of the key 163 00:08:10,413 --> 00:08:13,293 Speaker 3: We actors, all the unemployed key We actors all living out. 164 00:08:13,413 --> 00:08:14,893 Speaker 3: You've got to have friends over there so you can 165 00:08:14,933 --> 00:08:17,413 Speaker 3: stay and then just go to meetings, go to audition 166 00:08:17,613 --> 00:08:19,813 Speaker 3: and give it a nudge. That's all I did. I 167 00:08:19,853 --> 00:08:21,893 Speaker 3: only wanted to go see one. I remember doing the piano, 168 00:08:21,893 --> 00:08:25,373 Speaker 3: annoying people like Sam Nilko Bro, what's my chance come 169 00:08:25,413 --> 00:08:27,613 Speaker 3: over there? Do you think I should go? I feel 170 00:08:27,653 --> 00:08:29,173 Speaker 3: so stupid now even asking us. 171 00:08:29,853 --> 00:08:32,493 Speaker 2: No, it's brilliant. We are loving chatting with you, Tim, 172 00:08:33,173 --> 00:08:36,293 Speaker 2: really really interesting news talks. It'd be our special guest 173 00:08:36,373 --> 00:08:39,533 Speaker 2: is Timuita Morrison, one of New Zealand's finest and most 174 00:08:39,533 --> 00:08:42,293 Speaker 2: successful actors. Thank you again, mate, very much for your time. 175 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:45,093 Speaker 3: Tim, Tim very much for having me. Thank you very 176 00:08:45,173 --> 00:08:47,053 Speaker 3: much for having me. Thank you for plugging this movie. 177 00:08:47,173 --> 00:08:49,533 Speaker 3: It's one of those movies that it gets you thinking about, 178 00:08:49,653 --> 00:08:52,053 Speaker 3: you know, how you and I brother came to be 179 00:08:52,133 --> 00:08:56,413 Speaker 3: in this land. So so peace go support it. We 180 00:08:56,493 --> 00:08:59,893 Speaker 3: do things pretty tight budget. Why so Loda Love was 181 00:08:59,933 --> 00:09:01,853 Speaker 3: involved and it's got a lot of spirits. So cut 182 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:04,093 Speaker 3: puff fight on opening the twenty seven. 183 00:09:04,293 --> 00:09:09,333 Speaker 4: Yes, some quick fire questions, Tim Wita, What's what? What's 184 00:09:09,413 --> 00:09:11,173 Speaker 4: one place you can never get tired of? 185 00:09:11,613 --> 00:09:11,773 Speaker 1: All? 186 00:09:11,853 --> 00:09:16,173 Speaker 3: Definitely at Broadbeach. There's two places. Yeah, probably it's just fantastic, 187 00:09:16,253 --> 00:09:19,853 Speaker 3: nice but a little bit warmer all my everyone seems 188 00:09:19,853 --> 00:09:21,493 Speaker 3: to be fit over there, so you kind of get 189 00:09:21,493 --> 00:09:24,293 Speaker 3: on that treadmill and uh yeah, just great for you. 190 00:09:24,413 --> 00:09:26,213 Speaker 3: Great restaurants, love the place. 191 00:09:26,253 --> 00:09:29,293 Speaker 2: Given yours such a famous actor. Now do friends and 192 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:30,613 Speaker 2: family ask you for money? 193 00:09:30,813 --> 00:09:32,933 Speaker 3: No, no, they all know not to come to uncle 194 00:09:32,933 --> 00:09:36,613 Speaker 3: because he's always been broken, given all his money away. Anyway, 195 00:09:36,933 --> 00:09:40,893 Speaker 3: it's about the koha, It's about the turn up to 196 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:44,133 Speaker 3: all the funerals, give a bit of a cor had down, Yes, lovely, 197 00:09:44,173 --> 00:09:46,053 Speaker 3: and then they remember they remember, too. 198 00:09:46,213 --> 00:09:49,013 Speaker 4: Nice, lovely. Hey, what's something you thought was important when 199 00:09:49,053 --> 00:09:51,293 Speaker 4: you were young, but as you got older you've realized 200 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:51,893 Speaker 4: it wasn't. 201 00:09:52,453 --> 00:09:54,893 Speaker 3: Well back in now day, Well, I brought up like rugby. 202 00:09:54,973 --> 00:09:58,013 Speaker 3: The boys played rugby, the girls played net ball, and 203 00:09:58,613 --> 00:10:00,453 Speaker 3: I think we susid dream too much. It was all 204 00:10:00,453 --> 00:10:03,493 Speaker 3: about how much, how many bottles you could consume and 205 00:10:03,613 --> 00:10:07,013 Speaker 3: be a man. But now I realized, man, those were 206 00:10:07,093 --> 00:10:10,773 Speaker 3: stupid who was absolutely ridiculous. Finally got to Auckland with 207 00:10:10,853 --> 00:10:14,893 Speaker 3: a head. Salads and the salad and walnuts in the salad. 208 00:10:14,933 --> 00:10:17,693 Speaker 3: I've got seen this stuff before. We were just taught 209 00:10:17,693 --> 00:10:20,213 Speaker 3: to be drunken and drink all the beer. 210 00:10:21,213 --> 00:10:23,813 Speaker 2: Walnuts of salad. That's very funny. 211 00:10:24,053 --> 00:10:27,133 Speaker 3: That's very funny quantity beer drinkers. So I'm glad we've 212 00:10:27,213 --> 00:10:30,453 Speaker 3: kind of cafes come along and closed all those public bars. 213 00:10:30,893 --> 00:10:33,453 Speaker 4: Hey, front of the nicest compliments you've ever received in 214 00:10:33,493 --> 00:10:34,053 Speaker 4: your life. 215 00:10:34,253 --> 00:10:36,813 Speaker 3: Wow. Just the other night at the Premiere, best work 216 00:10:36,813 --> 00:10:39,853 Speaker 3: I've seen you do, best workout i've seen you do. 217 00:10:40,293 --> 00:10:42,093 Speaker 2: That's really good to hear. If you had the power 218 00:10:42,093 --> 00:10:44,693 Speaker 2: to change one thing in your world, what would it be. 219 00:10:45,133 --> 00:10:47,733 Speaker 3: I've got to get better at our language, the Maori language. 220 00:10:47,733 --> 00:10:49,413 Speaker 3: It's one of these things I've always just taken for 221 00:10:49,453 --> 00:10:52,973 Speaker 3: granted personally. I need to expand and get the language 222 00:10:53,173 --> 00:10:56,373 Speaker 3: really flowing and just making it more common in my life. 223 00:10:56,533 --> 00:10:58,253 Speaker 4: You need to spend more time with my son in 224 00:10:58,333 --> 00:11:00,773 Speaker 4: law and your cousin Scottie Morrison. 225 00:11:00,853 --> 00:11:03,453 Speaker 3: Hey, I'm doing that. I saw all your pins. I 226 00:11:03,493 --> 00:11:05,493 Speaker 3: asked for a pin while I was recently there, and 227 00:11:05,533 --> 00:11:08,413 Speaker 3: there were pins with your name on it. They had 228 00:11:08,453 --> 00:11:11,133 Speaker 3: boxes full of it, yellow and silver fans. I've never 229 00:11:11,173 --> 00:11:14,733 Speaker 3: seen so many fans with James Daniels on it. I 230 00:11:14,893 --> 00:11:17,973 Speaker 3: was right there improving, doing exactly what you said. 231 00:11:18,973 --> 00:11:21,253 Speaker 4: Hey, what are you most proud of in your life? 232 00:11:21,453 --> 00:11:24,613 Speaker 3: I think I'm just proud to be I'm representing two sides. 233 00:11:24,653 --> 00:11:27,013 Speaker 3: My mom came from a very humble place, hunger ticket 234 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:31,333 Speaker 3: the country and my dad was Rotorua man Morrison, so 235 00:11:31,413 --> 00:11:34,613 Speaker 3: I was just proud to get both sides of that. 236 00:11:34,853 --> 00:11:38,173 Speaker 3: Just amazing. Loss of the haystack makers from the farmland 237 00:11:38,173 --> 00:11:40,933 Speaker 3: and hung a tickey and over here in the Morrison 238 00:11:40,973 --> 00:11:44,013 Speaker 3: family and uncle how became very famous and we were 239 00:11:44,133 --> 00:11:47,733 Speaker 3: quite a famous singing cultural family. So just pleased to 240 00:11:47,813 --> 00:11:49,813 Speaker 3: have those as an upbringing. 241 00:11:50,133 --> 00:11:53,973 Speaker 2: Very nice. If you could invite one person still alive 242 00:11:54,253 --> 00:11:55,893 Speaker 2: for dinner, who would you invite? 243 00:11:56,093 --> 00:11:58,613 Speaker 3: Well, gee, probably one of those good actors now like 244 00:11:58,933 --> 00:12:01,813 Speaker 3: Daniel day Lewis, probably one of the best actors in 245 00:12:01,853 --> 00:12:03,773 Speaker 3: the world, who can just take you to a place. 246 00:12:03,973 --> 00:12:06,693 Speaker 3: Maybe that director be on the list. To Ridley's Scott, 247 00:12:06,733 --> 00:12:09,293 Speaker 3: I'd love to have dinner with Ridley Scott. Say, Ridley, 248 00:12:09,333 --> 00:12:10,613 Speaker 3: what are we working on next? 249 00:12:12,133 --> 00:12:14,053 Speaker 2: Good on you mate, We have loved chatting with you. 250 00:12:14,653 --> 00:12:17,293 Speaker 2: Just before you go. What choice of song and why this? 251 00:12:17,413 --> 00:12:20,653 Speaker 3: Please? I'd love to hear ten guitars. I hope you've 252 00:12:20,693 --> 00:12:23,853 Speaker 3: got the ingle bird humperting version we have. This takes 253 00:12:23,893 --> 00:12:25,933 Speaker 3: me back to a time of the sixties where the 254 00:12:25,933 --> 00:12:28,693 Speaker 3: summers seemed to go on and on. My dad and 255 00:12:28,733 --> 00:12:31,573 Speaker 3: then love people like Chubby Checker and all the music, 256 00:12:31,613 --> 00:12:35,893 Speaker 3: Tom Jones, Ingle Bird, Sammy Davis Junior and all that 257 00:12:36,053 --> 00:12:38,933 Speaker 3: time where they were sort of just a magical time 258 00:12:38,973 --> 00:12:41,453 Speaker 3: for me as a boy growing up in the sixties 259 00:12:41,573 --> 00:12:43,693 Speaker 3: listening to all the music. I've just come from two 260 00:12:43,693 --> 00:12:46,373 Speaker 3: big families, so very grateful and that song kind of 261 00:12:46,613 --> 00:12:49,173 Speaker 3: just came out and became our party song too. Well. 262 00:12:49,173 --> 00:12:51,333 Speaker 2: We're going to play it for you, the Engelbert version, 263 00:12:51,573 --> 00:12:54,333 Speaker 2: and just to remind that, just a reminder folks. Tim's 264 00:12:54,453 --> 00:12:57,453 Speaker 2: latest film is out June twenty seven. It's called carfar 265 00:12:57,573 --> 00:13:01,573 Speaker 2: Fyn are getting rave reviews already with advanced screenings. Tim, 266 00:13:01,653 --> 00:13:03,693 Speaker 2: all the very best with that and your career and 267 00:13:03,733 --> 00:13:05,253 Speaker 2: your life. Mate, Thank you for your time. 268 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:06,693 Speaker 3: Thank you again, Thank you. 269 00:13:06,773 --> 00:13:12,613 Speaker 2: James tell you with the Morrison and this is his 270 00:13:12,773 --> 00:13:15,093 Speaker 2: song ten Guitars and News Talk zed B. 271 00:13:16,693 --> 00:13:25,693 Speaker 3: Dance Dance, Dance to Guitar very soon, you know. 272 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:34,413 Speaker 1: Just twelve For more from Simon Barnett and James Daniels afternoons, 273 00:13:34,573 --> 00:13:37,253 Speaker 1: listen live to News Talks ed B, or follow the 274 00:13:37,293 --> 00:13:38,853 Speaker 1: podcast on iHeartRadio.