Patrick McGoohan in New Zealand film

Press, 1 March 1984, Page 16

Patrick McGoohan in New Zealand film

Former Dangerman and Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan, can be seen at the Regent tomorrow in “Trespasses” — of the Lord’s Prayer type; not unwelcome guests. McGoohan was in New Zealand last year to make this film, which has been described as “intense psychological drama” and a “story of love and vengeance.” He plays an over-protec-tive father who has kept his daughter (Emma Piper) secluded from the outside world in a small coastal town all her life.

In her early 20s, she decides to break away, joining a free-living community where she is eventually raped and abused. “When I first read the script of ‘Trespasses,’ I was attracted to the idea of conflict between father and daughter; each desperately alone and trying to find a bridge between the generations,” McGoohan said. “Her need to break away from a puritanical upbringing, his need to keep her love and respect, without which he would cease to exist, were the ingredients of a powerful story.

“The challenge of playing the father, the sort of complex character I’d never had the opportunity to show on screen before, was too much to resist,” McGoohan said. His response to Maurice Gee’s script of “Trespasses” was immediate; his commitment total. In 12 years of living and working in Hollywood, he had rarely been so instantly attracted to a screen role and in spite of commitments in England and America — so determined to play it.

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