Hollywood actor Rupert Everett has traded London for Brisbane, joining the cast of the ABC\u2019s new locally filmed crime thriller Fortitude Valley.<\/p>\n
The My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding star has been filming across Brisbane for the six-part drama, with production taking in the CBD, Fortitude Valley and surrounding inner-city suburbs.<\/p>\n
Everett said he was loving his time in the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am thrilled to be here in Brisbane working with so many brilliant actors who are upping my game, on a wonderful show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience has been great. Hard work but very productive. The crew are fantastic. The city is beautiful. I feel very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Everett will play James Demming, a former Londoner who arrived in Brisbane in the 1980s and built a fortune as a property developer.<\/p>\n
Now one of the city\u2019s most powerful figures, Demming\u2019s wealth and political influence have made him a kingmaker, but also brought him under the scrutiny of a dogged police detective.<\/p>\n
Backed by Screen Queensland, the series is another boost for the state\u2019s growing screen industry, with filming and post-production staying local and Brisbane positioned as a key part of the story, not just the setting.<\/p>\n
Everett joins First Nations actor Hunter Page-Lochard, who also co-created and co-wrote the series, and Offspring favourite Kat Stewart.<\/p>\n
Fortitude Valley is a suspenseful crime thriller set in the sunshine and shadows of Queensland\u2019s capital, exploring family secrets, power and the truths behind lies.<\/p>\n
It is written and created by Moving Floor Entertainment\u2019s Stephen M Irwin and Leigh McGrath, alongside Page-Lochard.<\/p>\n
The series will air on ABC TV and ABC iview in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood actor Rupert Everett has traded London for Brisbane, joining the cast of the ABC\u2019s new locally filmed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23,133,24571,99,3374,24580,24573,24572,24581,24578,120,24582,24576,3865,212,24575,24570,24574,24579,24577],"class_list":["post-26438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brisbane","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brilliant-actors","tag-brisbane","tag-crime-thriller","tag-dogged-police-detective","tag-growing-screen-industry","tag-james-demming","tag-kat-stewart","tag-leigh-mcgrath","tag-oceania","tag-political-influence","tag-post-production-staying","tag-property-developer","tag-queensland","tag-rupert-everett","tag-supplied-image","tag-surrounding-inner-city-suburbs","tag-suspenseful-crime-thriller","tag-thriller-fortitude-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}