An iconic Kiwi actor is back in the country. 

Craig Parker mostly lives in the United States these days, but has been back in New Zealand for a while, filming a mystery project before he guests at Auckland’s Armageddon Expo.  

The last time he was back on this side of the world was a couple of Christmases ago, but he told Mike Hosking that he likes to try visit every couple of years, escaping the milder LA January.  

Guesting at conventions like Armageddon is an industry of its own, and Parker says that while it’s easy to be cynical, he loves the con scene. 

“They’re a place where, for all different reasons, people who love a show or a genre of shows come together.”  

“When you make a show, it’s about the making of the show,” he told Hosking. 

“And sometimes you forget that other people out in the world watch it.” 

“But these events, you get to meet people who really love the stuff you've done, and it's not an ego thing where you're going, I'm amazing, these people want to meet me, they want to meet you because you are part of some world they love.” 

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