Mark Coles Smith

2022 - 7 - 10

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Mark Coles Smith on the security of acting... | TV Tonight (TV Tonight)

He's currently starring in Mystery Road: Origin but actor Mark Coles Smith very nearly detoured into a new career, during the pandemic, with a crash course ...

So it was a really interesting pilgramage back to the place where I was born,” he says. “I spent six weeks traveling the southern coastline to get the WA with a campervan on my own. It took me three applications before I was able to get back into WA on compassionate grounds to attend funerals,” he reveals.

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A drive down Mystery Road with Mark Coles Smith is a journey back to detective Jay Swan's origins (Manning River Times)

Mark Coles Smith steps into the role of Jay Swan in ABC TV's Mystery Road Origin, which takes us back to when Swan (played by Aaron Peterson in the first two seasons), heads to the mining town of Jardine as a young detective.

The characters get space to emerge." "He came on the set and was so generous. "It was a marathon not a race. But it was also a bit of a pilgrimage. "As a performing artist, it's a strange industry. We have been touching on that struggle for Jay. I never even set foot on the campus. "My earliest memories are around a campfire telling scary stories with my mates." When Jay is driving in the open spaces it brings a level of atmosphere. To spend time out in that country, on the threshold of the desert was magic." You get more nos than yeses. "There were eight of us and it was for six months.

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A drive down Mystery Road with Mark Coles Smith is a journey back ... (South Coast Register)

Mark Coles Smith steps into the role of Jay Swan in ABC TV's Mystery Road Origin, which takes...

The characters get space to emerge." "He came on the set and was so generous. "It was a marathon not a race. But it was also a bit of a pilgrimage. "As a performing artist, it's a strange industry. We have been touching on that struggle for Jay. I never even set foot on the campus. "My earliest memories are around a campfire telling scary stories with my mates." When Jay is driving in the open spaces it brings a level of atmosphere. To spend time out in that country, on the threshold of the desert was magic." You get more nos than yeses. "There were eight of us and it was for six months.

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Image courtesy of "South Coast Register"

A drive down Mystery Road with Mark Coles Smith is a journey back ... (South Coast Register)

Mark Coles Smith steps into the role of Jay Swan in ABC TV's Mystery Road Origin, which takes...

The characters get space to emerge." "He came on the set and was so generous. "It was a marathon not a race. But it was also a bit of a pilgrimage. "As a performing artist, it's a strange industry. We have been touching on that struggle for Jay. I never even set foot on the campus. "My earliest memories are around a campfire telling scary stories with my mates." When Jay is driving in the open spaces it brings a level of atmosphere. To spend time out in that country, on the threshold of the desert was magic." You get more nos than yeses. "There were eight of us and it was for six months.

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