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	Shaun Micallef The star of The Honourable Wally Norman on the perils of working with meat and HG Nelson. From Empire Magazine Online Author Unknown There are a lot of top comedy performers in Wally Norman. Was shooting the film a competative experience? You'd have thought it would be but it wasn't at all. I actually don't have any scenes with Greg so we never had the opportunity to bash heads. But working with Kevin Harrington was a delight. The other great thing that came out of the experience was the day the three of us together assembling thepress kit. Out of that came an idea for making a film in the style of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World starring a who's who of Aussies comedians. HG said it was great to be in a film with so much meat in it. Do you share his enthusiasm? (Laughs) Not at all. It really put me off meat, actually - filming in that packing plant. The smell was one of the most offensive odours I've ever encountered. I think if HG had filmed in that plant he'd be far less rhapsodic about the experience. As you mentioned you've worked with Kevin Harrington before. Has his recent success changed him? (Laughs) Oh yes, he's Mr Film Star now - complaining endlessly about everything. We all had units in Adelaide but he insisted on having a villa. No, Kevin's a lovely bloke - we've been working together off and on for ages - and he remains unchanged by his well-deserved success. He's also to be applauded for juggling his career with his family, which is a very hard thing to do. How did the experience of making Wally Norman compare to shooting Bad Eggs? I actually went straight from making Wally Norman to making Bad Eggs - I finished the one on the Friday and started the other on the Monday. Wally Norman's budget was $3m and Bad Eggs was made for $6m. But the only noticeable difference was the food - the catering on Bad Eggs was much better organised. I actually don't remember eating a thing on the Wally Norman set. Then again, after those hours in the meat packing plant, my appetite wasn't the best. And do you think your two scumbag politicans, Bad Eggs's Lionel Cray and Wally Norman's Ken Oats, would get along? Well, I think it's safe to assume that they went to the same school. And I'm sure they'd share the same mobile phone conversation, provided it didn't compromise them too much. This article was found at http://www.empireonline.com.au/new/html/inter/content.html