In the series, he murders an American family, but one girl (Lucy Fry) gets away.

Well, you dont see that much of him.

Hes being chased so he pops up.

But this ones about a young woman whos after revenge, so shes trying to track him down.

You see me as we go along.

Im there, Im always there but not so much that you get sick of the sight of me.

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AfterWolf Creek 2was it important to you that Mick not be in every scene?

Because people would be pissed off, wouldnt they?

Its kind of like that because they expect to see me.

So no, I didnt expect to be seen less.

Do we actually see Mick on the run, out of his element?

Im not going to tell you, but Micks scared of nothing or nobody.

Hes unfazable, Ill tell you that much.

By now, when you put on the costume, does that make you feel like Mick again?

Yeah, I put on the outfit, the Super Mick outfit as we call it.

It helps me fall into the Mick character.

Not until it came out and people really took to it.

Then I thought, Well, well be making another one.

And Greg said, Well be making another one because the Weinsteins paid $8 million for it.

When I read it, I thought if this is done well, it could do all right.

It could be fairly successful.

And its the same shirt, the same hat he always wears.

Yeah, I think thats a little bit of cinematic poetry, poetic cinema or however you put it.

Cinematically, you see the outfit and you know who it is.

Has it become a problem being recognized as Mick Taylor?

Actually, I like going to a foreign country and not be stared at.

Thats kind of nice.

Have you noticed a difference each time you filmed?

Yeah, weve done that purposely because you cant win with sequels.

If it was too much the same, theyd say, It was just like the last one.

If you make it different, they say, Its nothing like the last one.

You always get a critic.

Youll never win with a sequel.

Its a good sequel.

That sequel did two things that are not supposed to happen.

Number one, getting a horror film into the Venice Film Festival.

Number two, a sequel of a horror film.

Film festivals usually put on first time films.

So it was a good sequel and we make a run at make it fresh and different.

The series is fresh and different.

Its a different take.

The trick is to find some theme within what it is to make it interesting and not repetitive.

Was the experience of filming in different styles different work for you?

No, because Mick doesnt suddenly become an elaborate human being.

Micks got the same arms, same legs, same voice, same makeup.

Hes exactly the same character no matter what theyre doing with the camera.

Greg told us there could be two different screenplays that could beWolf Creek 3.

Have you read both of them?

No, hes talked to me about them.

Hes told me a couple of the themes and Ive told him what I think of the themes.

We pretty well collaborate all the time.

Is there anything Mick does that even you cant believe, like head on a stick?

If I cant believe it, thats part of working with Greg.

If I dont believe it, I wont do it.

Well change things to make it work.

Ill give you a good for instance.

InWolf Creek 2, the screenplay, I smash my truck.

Then this guy continues on in a jeep and goes straight onto a highway and goes up the road.

Not too long afterwards Im behind him in a truck.

Thatd be impossible so we had to fix that.

Now I forget the movie, but how did you fix it?

By that time, Mick had [gotten a new truck.]

If I dont think it works, or Greg doesnt think it works, well fix it.

By the way, head on a stick is an infamous serial killer called Ivan Milat.

Thats one of the things he used to do to his victims.

So its not inconceivable.

I chopped some guys head off.

Overall, its not real.

Sometimes I look back and think, Oh my God, I actually did that scene.

It looks so real so when you see it back its kind of confronting.

What did you think of the opening scene ofWolf Creekthe series when he meets the family?

I think it was very clever.

What a heap of sh*t. So we had to verify that didnt happen.

This is as full on as anything Micks ever done.

So theyre happy and the genre is still intact.

Then it very cleverly goes into the title sequence and we go from horror to psycho thriller.

Every time Mick turns up, you go back into a little bit of horror so everyones well fed.

Well, theres not much I can do about that.

Its the same as you know Supermans going to fly.

Theres nothing you’re free to do about it but thats what they want.

Was the tension of that scene fun to see how long you could keep it going for?

I loved the way it was written.

Its just sort of out of nowhere, when you least expect it, the carnage starts.

Are you hoping to continue the series and the movies at the same time?

Thats what we intend to do.

Its looking pretty much like well do a second series.

Well probably do that first and then we want to make another movie.

Weve got a great idea for another movie.

Do you think youd alternate between a season and a movie and another season and another movie?

Oh, who knows?

Do you have to keep in really good shape to play Mick?

Thats one good thing.

Im 64 so Ive got to be very fit.

Are you really good with the rifle now?

Ive always been good with a rifle.

Im from Central Queensland.

Im from the bush, the outback.

I come from that so Ive shot kangaroos.

I know what to do.