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FRI 31 MAY 2002
Emotions run high
By HOLLY LLOYD-McDONALD
Actor David Wenham showed his sensitive side when quizzed about his new film
Molokai by audience members at Cinema Nova.
Wenham plays the role of Father Damien, a Belgian missionary sent to a leprosy
colony on a
Wenham became emotional as he remembered a friend in the film, who has since
died of the disease.
With tears in his eyes, he stopped, composed himself and tried to press on
several times before the subject was finally changed.
The actor thrilled the sell-out audience on Tuesday night after rushing from
tapping the boards in the MTC play True West.
The mood switched to laughter when Wenham, who has a part in The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers, described J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece as "a road trip with a
ring".
Another Aussie, singer Kate Ceberano made a
surprising cameo in