MeToo means fairness: McCune
LISA McCune has a simple response to the MeToo movement: fairness for both men and women.
“I just want to support my colleagues and make sure it’s a great place to go to work,” the veteran actor said.
“It is just about fairness for everybody really, I really believe that. I know so many males and females who I adore working with and fortunately I’ve never been in that situation myself. I just think we really need to look after each other more than anything – male or female.”
Audiences first fell in love with the four- time Gold Logie winner as Constable Maggie Doyle in Blue Heelers 25 years ago and again on Reef Doctors in 2013. After a stint away from mainstream television, she returned to Channel 10 last night in new TV comedy How To Stay Married.
The 47- year- old actor praised co- star Peter Helliar, who wrote the series, for tapping into subject matter audiences can relate to.
“There are lots of little things that people identify with and have a laugh at … and I think Pete really gets women. He likes women,” she said.
“I think he ( Helliar) has hit on a subject matter where there’s a huge demographic of people who have been married for that period of time.
“They’ve hit their 14, 15year marriage – there’s a lot of us in that kind of demographic with young children – just emerging from the baby bunker that you go into, and it’s kind of like, ‘ who are we?’ when you get to that point.”
As for her own personal life, McCune has always been notoriously private and the mother of three says it’s a calculated decision out of respect for her kids.
“I just think the stuff I’m doing on screen is much more interesting to talk about,” she joked. “I’ve got three gorgeous kids and they’ve got their own stories going on at the moment and I’m really respectful of letting them have their time now and letting them have their lives.” How To Stay Married airs at 9pm on Thursdays on Channel 10.