Wentworth’s final season doesn’t sacrifice drama despite the challenges of COVID
Anticipation is high ahead of Wentworth’s new season and actor Bernard Curry says it is still as drama packed as ever despite COVID-19 restrictions. Here’s why.
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Wentworth star Bernard Curry says he is proud of how well the cast and crew have adapted to filming during COVID-19.
Production on season eight Part B resumed last month after a three-month shut down.
“We had lots of meetings about under what conditions we would return,’’ Curry said.
“We were all unanimous that we didn’t want to sanitise or compromise the drama.
“We have protocols in place to protect people but we also need to protect the drama and it was a great collaborative process to get back into production.
“We’ve been back four weeks now and we’re really happy with how we’ve been able to adhere to guidelines and still create drama. It’s an amazing outcome for us.”
Curry said the new season of Wentworth would start with a bang.
Marta Dusseldorp joins the stellar cast, with other guest stars including Peter O’Brien, Kevin Harrington and Tom Wren.
“People are gagging for the new content and fingers crossed we’ll be able to continue working,’’ Curry said.
“We’re in a privileged position compared to other productions.
“We wrap the final season in September some time and it’ll be a sad day. Speaking for myself and maybe the rest of the cast and crew … it’s been the best professional experience of my life. It’s magical.”
During lockdown the first time Curry and his two brothers, Stephen and Andrew, spent time at their country property creating music as a group called Humdinger.
“It was a nice creative outlet,” Bernard said.
“It’s fun to work on something positive and we did some funny videos which people all over the world have been watching.”
Wentworth S8 premieres July 28 at 8.30pm on FOX SHOWCASE.
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