A high-profile cast has been announced for the upcoming ABC TV series The Slap, based on Christos Tsiolkas’ novel, including Golden Globe Award-nominee Melissa George and NCIS star Jonathan LaPaglia.
Oscar-nominated Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Dirty Pretty Things) will play Aisha, and Tony Award nominee Essie Davis (Australia, Girl With A Pearl Earring) will play the role of Anouk.
Head of Fiction at ABC TV, Carole Sklan, told Neos Kosmos that the rest of the cast, which will be announced next week, includes several other Greek Australian actors.
She said it was important for the ABC to tell stories about a multicultural Australia.
“ABC policy to reflect multicultural Australia is very important to us because this is simply the reality of contemporary Australia,” she said.
“We are a culturally diverse society. As a public broadcaster, it’s vital that the ABC is inclusive and realistic in its portrayal of our world and our lives.”
The Slap will be an eight-part series, in which each episode is told from the perspective of a different character, will begin shooting in Melbourne on January 19.
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