{"id":46969,"date":"2025-08-06T04:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46969\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T04:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T04:32:12","slug":"the-twelve-full-circle-for-danielle-cormack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/46969\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve full circle for Danielle Cormack"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\tHaving played a prosecutor in 2010, Danielle Cormack is back in the robes -and determined to get it right this time.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Danielle Cormack, who spent several years behind the bars at Wentworth, is back to the long arm of the law, this time in Foxtel \/ Binge drama The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer.<\/p>\n

Playing Prosecutor Gabe Nicholls, a rival to Sam Neill\u2019s defence Brett Colby, it\u2019s not the first time she has undertaken such a role.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it was a really lovely opportunity to step into that world again and have another chance to play scenes out in a courtroom. I guess I didn\u2019t feel like it did a great job the first time around. This is with (producers) Easy Tiger again, so I don\u2019t know if they see me that way. They keep casting me as a prosecutor!<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first show over here was Rake. If it wasn\u2019t for Rake, I wouldn\u2019t have landed the role in Underbelly. So I\u2019m really thankful for that, because that was the show that actually brought me over from New Zealand to Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

Underbelly: Razor\u2018s crime queen Kate Leigh was her first Australian principal role, but it would lead to many more.<\/p>\n

In The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer she is determined to put a man charged with murder behind bars, and defeat Colby, with whom Gabe Nicholls has her own history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the opportunity of speaking to a defence lawyer, even though she wasn\u2019t prosecution, she was defence. It was great to speak to a female barrister who enlightened me a lot about the trajectory of her career, starting out as a solicitor, and making her way through what, ostensibly for many years has been the boys club, really,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was aligned a lot, I felt, with what Nicholls \u2018journey would have been as well, and because Nicholls started off as a solicitor with with Colby. So their relationship has a lot of history there, and then she jumps over to the dark side and becomes a prosecutor.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, there was a really rich history, not only of their relationship but also her journey within being a barrister, that was wonderful to be able to play. Especially because for her, becoming a mum, was the turning point for her where she actually had a eureka moment of \u2018I don\u2019t want to be defending people who are being put out into the world where I\u2019m bringing a child into this world.\u2019 That really spoke to the character of Nicholls for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the series unfolds, we get to see that storyline becomes more evident in the way that Nicholls and Colby are relating to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the previous series, there\u2019s been, I guess, a frisson with Colby\u2019s character. But for Gabe, it was very different for her. I feel Colby is more of father figure to to Gabe and and she does have something to prove to him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Group<\/a><\/p>\n

The Twelve\u2018s third season also features Eryn Jean Norvill, Sarah Peirse, William Zappa, Ewen Leslie, Phoenix Raei, Hanah Tayeb, Nathalie Morris, Catherine Moore, Bolude Watson, Bessie Holland, Stuart Daulman, Paul Tassone, Charles Napoleon An, Libby Stone and newcomer Claire Leach.<\/p>\n

Storylines span two time periods and the narrative shifts between accused, lawyers and jurors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes it more enjoyable viewing when you\u2019re watching a show and your alliances are compromised halfway through,\u201d she suggests.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuddenly you\u2019re following a person or a character that you didn\u2019t expect. It\u2019s a great tribute to the writers, the actors and the creators who have embodied the characters and created the characters. More so in this show, because we\u2019re following two different mysteries this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not one crime, there\u2019s actually two that are unfolding in different timelines. I think it makes it extra rich.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Courtroom<\/a><\/p>\n

Yet while Cormack has never been on a jury herself, she\u2019s not keen to start anytime soon. The intensity of the courtroom drama was enough for now, thanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must say, after spending all that time in the courtroom shooting these scenes, I don\u2019t know if it would really be my cup of jarrah,\u201d she admits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re very long days, lots of words. I mean, I know that we\u2019re shooting scenes for actors who are playing the jurors, and there\u2019s some fantastic storylines this season, great characters. But I didn\u2019t envy them, having to sit there all day listening to Sam and I questioning and cross-examining people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that in the end, it was akin to the experience of being a juror. Or being on a long haul flight that never ends.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for Nicholls she\u2019s got something to prove where she\u2019s adamant that she wants to put the killer away but she\u2019s also very set on not coming second.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Twelve screens 8:30pm Mondays on Showcase \/ Binge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having played a prosecutor in 2010, Danielle Cormack is back in the robes -and determined to get it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-46969","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}