Tammy bags a movie role

Tammy MacIntosh is set to star in her first movie in September. The Flying Doctors nurse has the female lead in the Los Trios Ringbarkus film Garbo. The $4.5 million comedy, about garbage-truck drivers, was written by and stars Steve Kearney and Neill Gladwin.

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Tammy will work on the film, to be shot in Melbourne, during a (?) break between series of The Flying Doctors.

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"I have just one weekend off (?) finishing The Flying Doctors before I start the film, and then I go straight back into it. Not much of a holiday!" she says with a laugh. "I auditioned for the part in Sydney with Steve Kearney and liked him immediately. I've heard so many great things about Los Trios, I can't wait to get started. I read a story in TV WEEK about how the search was on for the leading lady. I tore it out and stuck it up in my dressing-room, saying, 'that's me!' I'm really excited about it."

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Tammy's character, the daughter of a policeman, is the love interest for Steve Kearney, whose film debut was in Rikky and Pete.

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"Garbo is the story of garbage-truck drivers, their (?) vehicle, and their adventures as they cruise through Fitzroy (?) surrounding Melbourne location," Steve says.

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Tammy says people assume the film is about Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, which is partly correct. One of the drivers names their truck, Garbo, in honor of his (?)

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* 'Garbo' is Australian slang for garbage collectors

* I believe the story to be by Chrissie Camp - however cannot confirm this with certainty. I found the magazine in question on ebay, and the seller had cut the preview picture - badly removing the edges of the article as well as the writer's full name - on looking at other articles in the same magazine the only other Chrissie I could see was 'Chrissie Camp', so I'm hoping I'm crediting the correct lady

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