1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda jam Nation. 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 2: Shane warn was a larger than life character on and 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 2: off the cricket pitch, A true blue Aussie icon, lived 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 2: his life in the full glare of the spotlight, with 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 2: more than his fair share of controversy. But Australia just 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: loved him. That's why there's such a lot of hype 7 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 2: around a new two part mini series about Shane called 8 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 2: Funnily Enough Warnie. The man playing Warnie is Alex Williams, 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: who joins us now Alex High. 10 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Alex, Hey, guys, I am great. 11 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 3: So how did this come about? 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: Well, you know, as an actor, the audition comes across 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,639 Speaker 1: your across your desk, and you auditioned for it and 14 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: then you know, if you're lucky enough, you get the role. 15 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,279 Speaker 1: So yeah, as soon as I saw this one come up, 16 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: I circled it pretty quick because you know, I grew 17 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: up loving Morning and idolizing him, So yeah, it was. 18 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: It was good fun. 19 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: Did you ever imagine you could be Warnie when you 20 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: grew up? Did people say you look like him? Or 21 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: would you have it? Did you have something in your 22 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: bones about him? 23 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: I had a mullet, but no I didn't, not really, 24 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: you know, We always used to play cricket in the 25 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: backyard and everyone, I think every kid tried tried leg 26 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: spin at some point, so I definitely didn't see this 27 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: one coming though. 28 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 3: Did you ever meet Warnie? 29 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: No, I didn't, sadly, a. 30 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 2: Huge charismatic character. And did you have to learn how 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 2: to do the flipper? Did you how specific did your 32 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 2: cricketing skills have to become? Yeah? 33 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: Pretty specific. I had Stephen O'Keeffe up in Sydney and 34 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: then Bryce McGain down in Melbourne really helped me out, 35 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: who trained with TJ and Warren. So basically the first 36 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: thing we needed to do was you get the stockball down, 37 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: you know, our leg break, and then we worked on 38 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: the wrong and and to be honest, the flipper is 39 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: a change up ball and really really hard. Bryce has 40 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: worked on one for about twenty years and never used 41 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: it in a game, so that knows you just just 42 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: how difficult that ball is. That pretty much no one 43 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,040 Speaker 1: else can do it. 44 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 3: And the gatting boar obviously that's going to feature in 45 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: the thing. Did you have to reenact that? 46 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, we do a great reenactment of that, so it's 47 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: sort of spliced in with archival footage so it cuts 48 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: from me with the run up, you know, the whole 49 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: kind of build up, the dramatization of it, and then 50 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: it hits to your archival footage and then back to 51 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: the dramatization. 52 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 3: There was some clickbait online that you ended up in 53 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 3: the emergency ward after a source of scene. 54 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, well that clickbait is true. Sadly we did. We 55 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: both me and Marnie who placed the moon and ended 56 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: up in hospital after a you know, a young young 57 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: love kissing thing went wrong. 58 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 2: Sadly it'd have been hospital if you're just kissing. 59 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: Oh. Look, what happened was we did the scene once 60 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: and we're supposed to fall back on the bed after 61 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: sort of going, you know, knocking our way down the hallway, 62 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: and we hit the bed. The first take fine, perfect, 63 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: but the bed was on wheels and it sort of 64 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: moved slightly, and so the second time I'm sort of 65 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: trust falling backwards onto this bed and she's on top 66 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: of me, falling on top of me, and we missed 67 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: the bed and the corner of the bedside table caught 68 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: the back of my head and she put her hand 69 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: out to brace and she ended up with a broken 70 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: wrist and I ended up with six diches in the 71 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: back of the head and they all of a concussion. 72 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: Wow, but what a great story. 73 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 3: Did you have something to share? 74 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of Claret in 75 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: the Blonde much. 76 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 3: Speaking of Simone, she has said that it was mean spirited. 77 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: Is that that must be hard when you have to 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 3: be an actor doing these real life people shows about 79 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: people that are still with us. 80 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. Look, I understand, you know, the sensitivities around the 81 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: timing for her and the family, and if they're not 82 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: ready to watch it yet, then I think that's completely 83 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: fair enough. I will say the show is not mean spirited, 84 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: and Marni Kennedy, who plays them, own it is a fantastic, 85 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: really nuanced performance that you know, when she does, if 86 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: she does get around to watching it, I think she'll 87 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 1: really enjoy it. Good. 88 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: Well, are you going to maybe you can play house? 89 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? Well that's all you're going to wear? Get a 90 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: you're going to keep any of the hairstyles? 91 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 1: No? Probably, not know yet. I don't think I'll grow 92 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: on Willett. I don't think I've got I don't think 93 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,479 Speaker 1: that's going to happen for me. 94 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 2: No, Well, most long tips don't work for everyone anymore, 95 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: do they? 96 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 3: Looking forward to you watching it? I'm watching. I'm looking 97 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 3: forward to you watching it. I'm looking forward to me 98 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: watching it. 99 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. 100 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 3: Sunday night, the twenty fifth of June. It's on Channel 101 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 3: nine and nine now and it's a two part mini 102 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 3: series that's where you say yay. 103 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, thank you, it's nice to talk to you. 104 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: I can't wait to see it.