Sam Worthington’s Drift will employ 70 WA locals

Due to begin shooting next week, surf drama Drift, depicting the 1960s and ’70s surf communities that helped to create an international youth lifestyle will employ over 70 WA cast and crew.

Directed by Morgan O’Neill and Ben Nott, the film will star Myles Pollard (Wolverine, McLeod’s Daughters) and Zavier Samuel (Twilight Eclipse, The Loved Ones) as the Kelly Brothers alongside Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation) as a travelling surf photographer and filmmaker.

Other cast include Ann Brandt (Memphis Beat), Robyn Malcolm (Outrageous Fortune), Steve Bastoni (Underbelly) and Aaron Glenane (The Black Balloon).

In a statement, co-directors O’Neill and Nott said “The story is about the birth of the relationship between Australian surf culture and global youth culture that still resonates around the globe today. The wandering surf lifestyle is now the mystical ‘dream life’ for many, but in the early days the quest for freedom was a perilous and uncertain journey.”