Former Shortland Street star Harry McNaughton’s 10
Actor Harry McNaughton discusses the challenges of balancing new parenthood with his professional life while filming the second season of the series 'Happiness'. He reflects on the physical and emotional toll of sleep deprivation and the surrogacy process.
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Koro Dickinson, Harry McNaughton and their daughter Huia.
Harry McNaughton, the star of Happiness , tells Bridget Jones about the joy – and guilt – that came with having his daughter via surrogacy.
When Harry McNaughton appears on screen in the second season of Happiness , he’s curled up on a couch, tired and stuffing his face with lamingtons. He looks, quite honestly, like s***.
To get there was like method acting. Like how Jeremy Strong became “f***ing annoying” as Kendall Roy on the set of Succession . Or Daniel Day-Lewis making My Left Foot crew spoon-feed him. Or how Jamie Foxx glued his eyes shut to play Ray Charles. McNaughton’s modus operandi: sleep deprivation.
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