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Michael Glavin looks back on his years as
Shortland Street’s Doctor Love, Chris Warner.
I remember the first scene I shot, we shot in the studio. It was a converted warehouse and we couldn’t shoot if it was raining too hard because of the tin roof. And then, at the end of the scene, they had to check the tapes for what they called drop-outs because we were using second-hand videotapes. That’s how on the fly everything was.
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Michael Galvin . fainted on set when he returned to the show.
I was absolutely terrified before shooting the first scene. It was Chris and Michael McKenna (Paul Gittins). He was telling me off and I was absolutely terrified. I thought if I can just do the first scene, I’ll be OK for the rest of them. Everyone was watching each other’s first scene to see if they were going to mess them up, and I didn’t, thank God. Paul Gittins got me through it. He was terrific and a lot more experienced than me. I was just so relieved that I’d done it.
Michael Galvin is New Zealand’s longest-serving soap actor but is his charmed run on
Shortland Street about to end? The 2020 season cliffhanger ended with Chris Warner – the character he has played, with only one short break, since 1992 – shot in the heart by rogue cop Brady Nash (Bede Skinner), who is seeking vengeance on Chris’ son Frank (Luke Patrick).
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Michael Galvin says “You read a line and it says Chris has been shot, blood is pouring from his heart and you’re like, ‘OK, this is not looking good’. Galvin admits his own heart rate dropped when he read the script for the episode.