{"id":30764,"date":"2016-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:00:00","slug":"how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Director Scott Hicks has told Leon Byner how he plucked Geoffrey Rush from obscurity for the role of a lifetime in his celebrated film \u2018Shine\u2019 \u2013 which turns 20 this month.<\/h3>\n<p>In the years since its release, Shine has changed many lives \u2026 but perhaps none more than Rush\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s made this amazing career,\u201d Hicks said on Thursday. \u201cHe\u2019s made I think more than 40 films since Shine, and of course Shine was his first full role in a movie \u2026 but came off the base of an amazing theatre career \u2026 a lot of it here in Adelaide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where I saw him and just came to the idea that he would be perfect for this role of David Helfgott,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/278736891&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hicks said the film\u2019s Oscar win \u2013 Best Actor in 1997 for Rush \u2013 was a life-changing moment for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like a trumpet sounded and all the walls fell down,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiterally I just found myself in the room with the great filmmakers that I\u2019d long admired and just accepted into their company as a peer \u2026 which was an incredible feeling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a life-changing experience \u2026 and pretty much overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR TODAY<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/ambos-furious-over-dangerous-driving-charge\"><strong>AMBOS FURIOUS OVER CHARGE FOR ROLLOVER MEDIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/graham-cornes-appears-to-know-more-than-he-s-letting-on-about-charlie-dixon\"><strong>OOPS \u2013 CORNESY KNOWS MORE ABOUT CHARLIE DIXON THAN HE\u2019S LETTING ON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Scott Hicks has told Leon Byner how he plucked Geoffrey Rush from obscurity for the role of a lifetime in his celebrated film \u2018Shine\u2019 \u2013 which turns 20 this month. In the years since its release, Shine has changed many lives \u2026 but perhaps none more than Rush\u2019s. \u201cHe\u2019s made this amazing career,\u201d Hicks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon-byner","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Director Scott Hicks has told Leon Byner how he plucked Geoffrey Rush from obscurity for the role of a lifetime in his celebrated film \u2018Shine\u2019 \u2013 which turns 20 this month. In the years since its release, Shine has changed many lives \u2026 but perhaps none more than Rush\u2019s. \u201cHe\u2019s made this amazing career,\u201d Hicks [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/shine.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Leon Byner\",\"Show\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/\",\"name\":\"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/shine.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/shine.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/shine.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/author\\\/tashdown\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime","og_description":"Director Scott Hicks has told Leon Byner how he plucked Geoffrey Rush from obscurity for the role of a lifetime in his celebrated film \u2018Shine\u2019 \u2013 which turns 20 this month. In the years since its release, Shine has changed many lives \u2026 but perhaps none more than Rush\u2019s. \u201cHe\u2019s made this amazing career,\u201d Hicks [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Ashdown","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"headline":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime","datePublished":"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/"},"wordCount":228,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","articleSection":["Leon Byner","Show"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/","name":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","datePublished":"2016-08-18T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/how-scott-hicks-plucked-rush-for-the-role-of-a-lifetime\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Scott Hicks plucked Rush for the role of a lifetime"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/shine.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30764"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=30764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}