Talking on the Worldwide Movie Competition of India in Goa, Hugo Weaving revealed he’ll reprise his position as Frank Harkness in Season 5 of “Gradual Horses,” returning to London in January for a two-and-a-half month shoot.

“Every season typically is a e-book, but additionally every season departs a bit of bit from these books,” Weaving mentioned. “We’re attending to the purpose with ‘Gradual Horses’ the place the seasons are catching as much as the quantity of books that [Mick] Herron has written.”

The actor additionally supplied an replace on the creating sequel to 1994’s “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” “I used to be texting the director [Stephan Elliott] this morning. I’ve bought one other script to learn. I’ve examine 5 drafts,” Weaving mentioned. “It’s slowly getting nearer to maybe taking place subsequent yr. Nonetheless a lot of issues to finalize, nevertheless it’s wanting promising.”

Whereas Weaving is globally acknowledged for “The Matrix” franchise, in India he stays extensively recognized for his portrayal of England cricket captain Douglas Jardine within the 1984 tv sequence “Bodyline.” “I understand how huge ‘Bodyline’ was. It was large in Australia, too,” Weaving mentioned. “It was on the time the place you can put one thing on tv, and 50-60% of the nation would really watch that one program. And that doesn’t occur anymore.” He added with humor about his position because the controversial cricket determine, “He’s in all probability one of many best villains in world sporting historical past.”

Weaving was in Goa to current “The Rooster,” an Australian thriller directed by Mark Leonard Winter, through which he performs a hermit who could maintain solutions a few buried physique found by a small-town cop.

Winter wrote the position particularly for the veteran performer. “After I thought, ‘I’m going to try to write a script,’ I began writing the position for Hugo, as a result of that might have been my dream to work with him,” Winter mentioned. “Having having the ability to say to people who Hugo was going to return and act in it legitimized our mission.”

Of his choice to hitch the mission, Weaving mentioned it was “a really fantastic character written, and I liked the concept of the movie as effectively. It was actually Mark, the person, and Mark’s writing introduced me to the movie.”

The movie was shot at Winter’s home in Victoria, Australia. Australia is the nation of focus at this yr’s IFFI. Whereas at IFFI, each Winter and Weaving expressed curiosity in potential future collaborations with Indian filmmakers, and Weaving revealed ongoing discussions with Anand Gandhi. As for Winter, he mentioned he has accomplished a primary draft of a vampire movie as his subsequent directorial mission.