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Go Pluck Yourself: The Actor’s Pursuit

Chris Gun

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Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 23

Go Pluck Yourself! Because the Hollywood cavalry is not on its way to pluck you from obscurity like the proverbial claws of a claw machine. Only you are responsible for your little dent in this industry. No one is coming to pluck you out of the crowd — You have to pluck yourself.

Join actor Chris Gun as he chats to his creative pals about life as an actor navigating this wonderful industry.

These are the conversations that actors and filmmakers have between takes, between shoot dates, whilst waiting for their next gig. An insight into what life is really like for a creative on their way “up”.

This is Go Pluck Yourself - The Actor’s Pursuit

Presented by Chris Gun

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Performing Arts
24/05/2026
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Ep 21 Madeleine Wighton: Maintaining Your Mental Health As An Actor

Season 3 · Episode 21

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 • Duration 59:28

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Sydney-based actor, director, and coach Madeline Whiton stops by the studio while in Adelaide for the Fringe to talk about maintaining your mental health as a creative. We get into rejection, self-doubt, the fear that blocks you in auditions, why playfulness makes you a better actor, and why putting the human before the actor is the foundation of a lasting career.

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Ep 19 Chrissie Page: Trusting Your Gut & Embracing Your Quirks As An Actor

Friday, April 3, 2026 • Duration 01:26:05

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Chrissie Page is an Adelaide-based actor whose work spans Australian television, independent film, theatre, and award-winning short films on the international festival circuit. This is a long, honest conversation about a life spent in the craft.

We get into how she first discovered performing, why she detoured into running an actors agency, and the moment she came back to acting for good. We go deep into the craft. The inner critic (Parrot), what it feels like to truly be in the zone, why technique can sometimes get in the way of instinct, and how she approaches a new script. We also talk self-tapes, including the one she shot in a creek that ended up taking her to LA, and a one-word audition she turned into a full scene just because she was bored.

Ep 18 Brad McCarthy: What Actors Should Do When The Work Dries Up

Season 2 · Episode 18

Friday, March 20, 2026 • Duration 01:08:37

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Waiting for the industry to tap you on the shoulder can quietly wreck your confidence, your health, and your creativity. I’m joined by actor and producer Brad McCarthy for a laid-back but brutally useful chat about what actually moves an acting career forward when the work feels thin and the “rules” keep changing across the Australian film and theatre scene.

We get into Brad’s producing path and the momentum behind Penrose, a supernatural horror project inspired by modern genre hits and powered by young filmmakers who refuse to wait until someone says they’re ready. We talk indie filmmaking as career insurance, why staying connected matters more than perfect timing, and how a single relationship or Instagram touchpoint can circle back years later with real work attached.

Ep 17 Sasha Simic: Embracing Flexibility in Your Acting Career

Season 2 · Episode 17

Friday, February 27, 2026 • Duration 01:07:31

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Sasha Simic has toured the world doing what he loves. Musical theatre, stunt work at Universal Studios Japan, cruise ships, theme parks, Jersey Boys in Alaska, even playing a pirate in the Bahamas.

And he was gonna be a doctor.

In this episode of Go Pluck Yourself: The Actor’s Pursuit, I sit down with Sasha for a proper chat about building a career in the performing arts without really knowing what you’re doing at the start. We talk about saying yes before you feel ready, learning under pressure, getting humbled, killing your ego, and figuring things out in real time.

We get into musical theatre versus film and TV, auditioning with no clue how auditions work, working internationally as a performer, the reality of theatre in Australia, social media for actors, and being the antithesis of impostor syndrome. He shares what it was like growing up in a refugee family after the Yugoslav war, how a high school drama teacher changed the direction of his life, and why staying open to everything has probably been his biggest strength.

Ep 16 Erik Thomson: Life Lessons From a Career in Film & TV

Season 2 · Episode 16

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 • Duration 01:19:56

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What does it really look like to keep going as an actor when the industry keeps shifting under your feet?

This week I had the enormous honour of sitting down with one of Australia’s most respected and recognisable actors, Erik Thomson.

Erik’s been a constant on Australian screens for decades. You’ll know him from All Saints, Packed to the Rafters, 800 Words, Aftertaste, and from way back as Hades in Xena: Warrior Princess. His film work includes The Black Balloon, Somersault, The Boys Are Back, and more recently Kangaroo Island. It’s a seriously impressive body of work, but he talks about it all with zero ego.

We chat about what it actually means to stay in the work. Moving where the jobs are, adapting to self tapes and shorter runs, letting go of entitlement, and coming back again and again to the basics of the craft. There’s a lot here about auditions, perspective, mental health, identity outside of acting, and how to keep yourself steady without losing curiosity or love for the job.

Ep 15 Luca Sardelis: Building an Acting Career With Intent

Season 2 · Episode 15

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 • Duration 01:17:35

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Happy New Year! Let this chat be the creative inspiration you need to kick off your year. This week I sat down with the incredible Luca Sardelis!

Luca Sardelis is a Greek-Cypriot-Australian actor, writer, and all-around maker, working across film, TV, and theatre. You might know her from lead roles in The Hunting (SBS), Nowhere Boys (ABC), and Deadlock (ABC), or from A Perfect Pairing (Netflix), The Tourist (HBO Max), and RFDS S3 (Channel 7). She trained in Shakespeare and Jacobean theatre at LAMDA in London and has performed in sell-out shows like Parlour Games (Adelaide Fringe) and her self-devised piece The Fish Rots from the Head(CRAM Collective), which is headed for screen production in 2026 with Mercury.

In 2023, she scored a Carclew grant to write and direct her first short, Nothing Gold Can Stay (We Made A Thing), and in 2024 she wrote, produced, and performed in the video art piece Aurora at Adelaide’s Household Gallery. Her work has also been featured in BAFTA- and Academy-qualifying festivals, including SXSW () and Flickerfest (, , ).

Ep 14 Damon Herriman: Child Actor to Charlie Manson. The Iconic Career of Australia’s Most Prolific Actor

Season 2 · Episode 14

Friday, December 12, 2025 • Duration 01:08:14

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This week on the podcast, I sat down with multi-award-winning actor Damon Herriman, an Australian icon who’s managed to do the unthinkable: break Hollywood and build a career that’s lasted from childhood television all the way through to Quentin Tarantino, and some of the biggest shows and movies on the planet. Damon’s one of those rare performers who’s not only been around forever, but has somehow kept getting better, sharper, and more interesting with every decade.

We dive into the long game behind that kind of career: the patience, the timing, the doubt, the breakthroughs, the craft, and the strange little decisions that end up changing everything. From the years where nothing was landing, to the moments that opened doors in the US, to the roles that reshaped his trajectory, it’s a look at how a multi-award-winning career is actually built. Slowly, quietly, and with a ridiculous amount of persistence.

This was such an honour.

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Ep 13 Frazer Hadfield: Better Man Reflections with “Nate” & “Noel Gallagher”

Season 2 · Episode 13

Thursday, November 27, 2025 • Duration 01:35:01

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This week I sat down with fellow Better Man actor Frazer Hadfield, who played Robbie Williams’ best mate in the film, and honestly, one of the real beating hearts of the story. We get into everything from the craft, the career stuff, and what it actually feels like being on the inside of a big film like Better Man.

We talk about Michael Gracie’s rehearsal style, long-take filmmaking, iPhone run-throughs, reshoots, industry myths, self-tapes that may or may not get watched, and how to stay grounded when the work goes a bit quiet. Frazer’s got this calm, honest perspective on the industry that’s genuinely refreshing, and there’s so much actors can take from the way he approaches the job.

I loved this chat. Thanks for coming in, Frazer.

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Ep 12 Laurence Boxhall: Gollum Takes on Tennessee Williams wit

Season 2 · Episode 12

Friday, November 14, 2025 • Duration 01:29:19

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This week I sit down with the insanely talented Laurence Boxhall, an actor who has genuinely done it all. From playing Gollum in Lord of the Rings: The Musical to tackling Tennessee Williams in The Glass Menagerie, Laurence has one of the most versatile and seriously impressive CVs going around.

But what really sets him apart is the way he thinks about the work. He’s sharp, curious, funny as hell and full of the kind of hard-earned insight you only get from years of actually doing the thing theatre, TV, musicals, comedy, drama, all of it.

We talk about growing up in Adelaide, studying at NIDA, carving out your identity as an actor, refusing to take yourself too seriously, and how to hold onto play, joy and perspective in an industry that can drain all three. It’s thoughtful, chaotic, honest and full of proper wisdom.

If you’re an actor or creative of any kind, this one’s going to light you up.

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