Actor Ian Hughes made a big impact on our screens playing the ‘sad clown’ Ant in the acclaimed TV series and movie Topless Women Talk About Their Lives.

Actor Ian Hughes made a big impact on our screens playing the ‘sad clown’ Ant in the acclaimed TV series and movie Topless Women Talk About Their Lives.

From there, he went on to play a number of roles on television shows such as Shortland Street, Hercules, Xena, and Doves of War. He has also appeared in feature films including The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and directed his own short film The Waiting Room.

In this ScreenTalk, Hughes talks about:

• Having no idea of the plot on Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
• Loving playing the ‘sad clown’ Ant on the show
• Watching in awe as Lucy Lawless kept things going on the set of Xena
• How being involved with Shortland Street became all consuming
• Realising being in The Lord of the Rings was a once in a lifetime opportunity
• Making the short film Bogans for $800
• How they got Peter Jackson to do a cameo in the film
• Making sure the character of George in the TV movie Bliss was not a ‘victim’

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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