ScreenTalk: Pio Terei
16 February 2011
Pio Terei is an actor, singer and comedian, who has been been involved in a wide range of TV shows such as: Issues, Pete and Pio, Big Night In and Tangaroa with Pio. He also had a small role in the feature film No. 2 and a dramatic role in Mataku. In 2009 Terei began hosting iconic quiz show It’s in the Bag for Maori Television.
In this ScreenTalk interview, Terei talks about:
- Being a little scared joining legends of comedy on Issues
- Adopting an arrogant persona to impersonate Winston Peters on the show
- Working with mentor Peter Rowley on the comedy show Pete and Pio
- How ‘taking the piss’ out of Pakeha in The Life and Times of Te Tutu raised hackles
- Being inspired by his co-stars in the feature film No. 2
- Loving the unique sense of New Zealand in game show It’s in the Bag
- How winning a booby prize meant so much to one contestant
This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.
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