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.
Shortland Street cliffhanger 2020: Chris Warner fights for his life
17 Dec, 2020 06:55 AM
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Shortland Street icon Chris Warner shot in the 2020 season final. Video / TVNZ
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Spoilers for the season finale of Shortland Street for 2020
Given what a year 2020 has been, you would think the last thing anyone on Shortland Street needs is their annual Christmas curse to rear its ugly head once again.
But Covid be damned, not even a pandemic is going to get in the way of the chance to torment Chris Warner.
It s a sign of how dramatic life is in Ferndale that a global health crisis only got one mention amongst the host of other problems the hospital s staff contended with in this year s Christmas cliffhanger.