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* TheCameo:
** Composer Tama Renata is Jake's resident guitar-playing mate.
** Popular Maori singer Charlie Tumahai pops up as the guy singing karaoke in the pub.
** Screenwriter Riwia Brown is one of Bully's girls.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/TemueraMorrison.

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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/TemueraMorrison.Creator/TemueraMorrison, who was already a star in New Zealand but virtually unknown internationally.
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* TheCameo:
** Composer Tama Renata is Jake's resident guitar-playing mate.
** Popular Maori singer Charlie Tumahai pops up as the guy singing karaoke in the pub.
** Screenwriter Riwia Brown is one of Bully's girls.


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* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/TemueraMorrison, who had trouble getting into character, told Rena Owen to yell at him before takes in order to get him in the right mood. It worked.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Alan Duff wrote the first draft of the script, which was a more direct adaptation of the book and kept the original ending.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TemeuraMorrison was used to playing calm characters and good guys.

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TemeuraMorrison Creator/TemueraMorrison was used to playing calm characters and good guys.
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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Creator/TemeuraMorrison would get challenged to fight all the time by local thugs after seeing him play Jake Heke.

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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Creator/TemeuraMorrison Creator/TemueraMorrison would get challenged to fight all the time by local thugs after seeing him play Jake Heke.



* StarMakingRole: For Creator/TemeuraMorrison.

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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/TemeuraMorrison.Creator/TemueraMorrison.
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* ButIPlayOneOnTV: Creator/TemeuraMorrison would get challenged to fight all the time by local thugs after seeing him play Jake Heke.
* DyeingForYourArt: There were concerns that Creator/TemueraMorrison was too small for Jake the Muss. He spent weeks in the gym training under the supervision of fight coordinator Robert Bruce, and he consumed whole chickens in order to beef up for the role.
* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/TemeuraMorrison was used to playing calm characters and good guys.
* StarMakingRole: For Creator/TemeuraMorrison.
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