{"id":417736,"date":"2022-03-18T02:09:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/anna-torvs-award-winning-role-in-the-newsreader-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T02:09:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T23:09:29","slug":"anna-torvs-award-winning-role-in-the-newsreader-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anna-torvs-award-winning-role-in-the-newsreader-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"#Anna Torv&#8217;s award-winning role in &#8216;The Newsreader&#8217;: what to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bd71650ec1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bd71650ec1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/anna-torvs-award-winning-role-in-the-newsreader-what-to-know\/#%E2%80%9CAnna_Torvs_award-winning_role_in_%E2%80%98The_Newsreader_what_to_know%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Anna Torv&#8217;s award-winning role in &#8216;The Newsreader&#8217;: what to know&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAnna_Torvs_award-winning_role_in_%E2%80%98The_Newsreader_what_to_know%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Anna Torv&#8217;s award-winning role in &#8216;The Newsreader&#8217;: what to know&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Starr\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s a hint of the 1987 movie \u201cBroadcast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u201d in \u201cThe Newsreader,\u201d a new six-episode drama premiering Friday (March 18) on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roku.com\/\">Roku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, set in 1986 Australia, stars <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anna_torv_\/?hl=en\">Anna Torv <\/a>(\u201cFringe,\u201d \u201cMindhunter\u201d) as Helen Norville, the tempestuous co-anchor of the \u201cNews at Six\u201d in Melbourne alongside her aging, jealous colleague, Geoff Walters (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.looper.com\/491586\/the-untold-truth-of-robert-taylor\/\">Robert Taylor<\/a>), who\u2019s turning 60 and clings to his days as a Vietnam War correspondent to assert his relevance. He knows (but won\u2019t admit it) that viewers are tuning in to the newscast for Helen; their on-camera smiles disguise the icy off-camera friction between.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cNews at Six\u201d team also includes young, fresh-faced producer\/reporter Dale Jennings (Sam Reid), who\u2019s hoping for his big break as a newsreader and snaring that all-important morning \u201cupdate\u201d segment  \u2014 but muffs it, big-time, when he fills in for Helen after she storms out of the station following a loud fight with her boss, news chief Lindsay Cunningham (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/tv-and-radio\/see-change-it-s-william-mcinnes-like-you-ve-never-seen-him-before-20210805-p58g8b.html\">William McInnes<\/a>) \u2014 after he calls her \u201ca war zone on two legs\u201d and says she has \u201ca face like a sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed a\u2013.\u201d He knows that Helen is the network news division\u2019s bread-and-butter and he tells her as much \u2026 in his own un-PC way. Such was life in the go-go newsrooms of the mid-\u201980s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP106_Anna_Torv_Sam_Reid_00112-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Anna Torv and Sam Reid as Helen Norville and Dale Jennings in a scene from  &quot;The Newsreader.&quot; They're striding side-by-side down a hallway in their TV station and looking straight ahead.\" class=\"wp-image-21566391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP106_Anna_Torv_Sam_Reid_00112-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP106_Anna_Torv_Sam_Reid_00112-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP106_Anna_Torv_Sam_Reid_00112-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP106_Anna_Torv_Sam_Reid_00112-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Anna Torv and Sam Reid as Helen Norville and Dale Jennings in a scene from \u201cThe Newsreader.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP102_Sam_Reid_Chai_Hansen_01059.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Sam Reid and Chai Hansen as Dale and Tim, a &quot;News at Six&quot; cameraman. Dale is sitting in the station's news van and Tim is standing next to him.\" class=\"wp-image-21566434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP102_Sam_Reid_Chai_Hansen_01059.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP102_Sam_Reid_Chai_Hansen_01059.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP102_Sam_Reid_Chai_Hansen_01059.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/NEWSREADER_EP102_Sam_Reid_Chai_Hansen_01059.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sam Reid and Chai Hansen as Dale and Tim, a \u201cNews at Six\u201d cameraman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Newsreader\u201d opens in January 1986 and constructs its narrative around two real-life, major news events: the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which killed all seven crew members (including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe), and the arrival of Halley\u2019s Comet, making its once-every-75-years appearance. <\/p>\n<p>As the series progresses, so does the relationship between Helen and Dale \u2014 she believes in his talent and he becomes her producer after she returns to \u201cNews at Six.\u201d Dale is in awe of Helen while she struggles for the respect she deserves \u2014 and is so often denied \u2014 and is able to remarkably pull it together for the camera seconds after emotional meltdowns. They venture into a romance, while he finds himself attracted to cameraman Tim Ahern (Chai Hansen) amidst rumblings, as one of his co-workers says, that he\u2019s \u201ca poof.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Helen\u2019s testy relationship with her older co-anchor Geoff (and his wife, who\u2019s not a fan) is tested when he makes an unexpected announcement at his 60th birthday party \u2014 and counts on Dale as an ally in the newsroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Newsreader,\u201d which premiered last summer on Australia\u2019s ABC Network, snared five <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aacta.org\/aacta-awards\/winners-and-nominees\/\">AACTA Awards<\/a> (the country\u2019s version of the Emmys and Oscars combined), including Torv as Best Lead Actress in a Drama and McInnes as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. They\u2019re all well-deserved. Torv plays Helen as a whirlwind of emotions, ambition and empathy who won\u2019t give in to the sexism of her colleagues and bosses, however obvious or subtle, while McInnes adds subtle shading to his role as the demanding, demeaning, cajoling, understanding and intuitive news chief. <\/p>\n<p>Kudos, too, for Reid, Taylor and Hansen \u2014 who all turn in strong performances \u2014 and to series creator\/co-writer Michael Lucas for recapturing the tenor of the times. <\/p>\n<p>While \u201cThe Newsreader\u201d is set in Australia, the behavior and mores of the \u201cNews at Six\u201d newsroom was universal and commonplace for its time.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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