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Former NRL<\/a> forward and cult hero Willie Mason<\/a> has revealed an acting debut ‘fell in his lap’.<\/p>\n The now 45-year-old who played almost 300 NRL<\/a> games for the Sydney Roosters<\/a>, Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a>, North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>, Newcastle Knights<\/a> and Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> throughout a career spanning more than a decade and a half is set to make his acting debut in the upcoming action comedy Sunny Nights.<\/p>\n The TV series, which will launch on Boxing Day on Stan also features Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden.<\/p>\n Mason, speaking to News.com.au, said he never had aspirations to be an actor, but said director Trent O’Donnell vouched for him.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn’t have any aspirations to be an actor until this landed in my lap. But it’s not a small part, and I was touched by Trent having this vote of confidence in me \u2013 he really went out on a limb for me, and had to vouch for me over in the US,\u201d Mason told the publication.<\/p>\n Mason, who is one of the NRL’s great cult heroes and played 13 State of Origins for New South Wales, 24 Tests for Australia<\/a> and another 3 for Tonga<\/a>, will play a character in Sydney’s criminal underworld throughout the series.<\/p>\n
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