Another TV series comes to Fremantle
Yet another TV series has commenced production in Fremantle, with confirmation Reckless, a BBC Studios Production for NITV and SBS, has begun filming in the port city.
Leading the cast is WA's own Tasma Walton (The Twelve) who stars alongside AACTA Award-winner Hunter Page-Lochard (The Newsreader). They play feuding siblings forced to work together to get away with a hit-and-run accident that occurs in Fremantle.
Reckless is an adaptation of the Scottish mystery thriller TV series Guilt, written by Neil Forsyth, which premiered on both BBC Two and BBC Scotland in 2019.
It is being brought to Aussie screens by WA creative, EP and writer Kodie Bedford.
'From day one, I wanted to make a bold show with audacious characters that felt unapologetically Western Australian,' she said.
'I'm so bloody happy to be home telling this yarn with a team of creatives who have all shared the vision and taken it somewhere even wilder than I ever imagined.' Reckless sports a talented supporting cast. Credit: Supplied.
Joining Walton and Lochard is a stacked cast, which includes Perth-raised stars, Jessica De Gouw (The Survivors), Steve Le Marquand (Mystery Road: Origin) and Clarence Ryan (Mystery Road: Origin).
Jane Harber (Offspring), Tracy Mann (The Twelve), and WA-based Kath and Kim star Peter Rowsthorn also star, alongside Duncan Fellows (Deadloch), Perry Mooney (Population: 11), Paul Tassone (Pokerface) and Kelton Pell (Redfern Now).
The production, which is supported by Screenwest, is one of several to take advantage of State Government investment through the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive. Oscar Redding and George Mason star in a new Binge series also currently filming in Fremantle. Credit: John Platt.
It is expected to inject more than $5 million into the WA economy, creating 250 jobs for local screen practitioners, and up to 20 WA cast speaking roles.
'This production continues a strong pipeline of television series being produced in WA showcasing the amazing creative talent we have in our State,' Screenwest Chief Executive Officer Rikki Lea Bestall said.
Also currently filming in and around Fremantle is the newly announced Binge series based on the life of notorious WA criminal Brenden Abbott, aka The Postcard Bandit.
Both projects are filming simultaneously, with crews spotted earlier this week at the Fremantle Prison and at Leighton Beach.
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