Deluge swamps Eureka Towers
Sunday Herald Sun
July 14, 2002 p017
Byline: FIONA BYRNE

MELBOURNE'S yet to be completed residential building, Southbank's Eureka Tower, will feature in a new Australian mini-series.

Filming on After the Deluge, a four-hour Channel Ten drama featuring former SeaChange star David Wenham, began in the partially built structure this week.

While cast and crew set up a location base in the bowels of the tower, cameras were rolling in the third floor offices of architectural firm Fender Katsalidis.

After the Deluge boasts a stellar cast of Australian actors including David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Aden Young, Catherine McClements, Samuel Johnson, Vince Colosimo, Simon Burke, Marta Dusseldorp, Kate Beahan, Marco Chiappi and Tara Morice. It tells the story of three brothers and their father's battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Producers Andrew Wiseman and Richard Keddie from Apollo Films said casting After the Deluge was an exhaustive process that took several months.

"It took time to find the right balance. We needed to find the right people to tell the story really well,'' Mr Wiseman said.

"We set our sights high and yes, we absolutely got exactly who we wanted.''

Mr Wiseman the production chose to film at Eureka Tower because the Fender Katsalidis office was an "interesting space''.

"It is visually engaging. It is a long, deep office and gives great depth and background to the scenes,'' he said.

"We needed to find an office to film in because this whole shoot is being done on location. There are no studio scenes.

"It is amazingly complex. There are something like 62 locations to be filmed in 55 days, so it is a real challenge.''

After the Deluge is expected to air on Channel Ten next year.