TV
by James Wigney
19th May 2021 6:02 AM
When Scott Ryan won a Logie and an AACTA award in 2019 for his comedy-drama Mr Inbetween, it was a vindication and a validation of a very long journey.
He'd already been living with the character of Ray Shoesmith - a suburban dad and hitman - for nearly 20 years, first conceiving, writing, directing and starring in the micro-budget 2005 film The Magician and then for another decade trying to get a TV adaptation made in the face of some fierce resistance.
"One of the reasons we couldn't get the show made for so many years was because nobody wanted me to be in it," he reflects, as he prepares to finally farewell Ray when the third season of Mr Inbetween airs next week. "And now the fact that I am winning awards for doing a thing that people didn't want me to do is kind of hilarious."