
Actor Mark Lee interviewed by Alice Ansara.
In this clip Mark talks about his first major feature film role as Archy Hamilton in Peter Weir’s Gallipoli (1981).
Mark describes his inexperience at the time and being helped in the role by the generosity of co-star Mel Gibson and camera operator John Seale.
A musician and actor, Mark has also appeared in the TV mini-series Vietnam (Kennedy Miller, 1988), the cult film The Everlasting Secret Family (Michael Thornhill, 1988) and numerous stage roles.
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