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Leper
colony sojourn a career highlight
SPENDING
a month living and working in a leper colony may not be everyone's idea of a
good time, but David Wenham lists it as a highlight of his career so far.
With
a smile on his face Wenham recalled the time he spent living on the little
Hawaiian
``It's
such a fabulous little community, "Wenham said.
``There
were 60 people living there who refer to themselves as patients as opposed to
lepers because lepers has a stigma to it.''
Wenham
said he was honoured to have had the opportunity to
work on the film and to play the role of Father Damian who committed himself to
looking after the patients at the colony.
For
Wenham and Cox the release of
Cox
finished filming the movie four years ago but it was kept from the screens
after producers sacked him in post-production and cut their version of the
film.
A
landmark decision in a European court saw the rights to the film returned to
Cox and his version was finally released to the market this year.
``I've
just done a play, True West, in
With
four weeks filming left on the mini-series in Melbourne Wenham said he was
looking forward to taking a break and spending time at home in Sydney.
``This
year's been pretty full on. I actually haven't had a week off since the
beginning of the year.''