Article - Sunday Mail (South Australia), Sunday 15th June, 2008

McInnes has great tail to tell

* WILLIAM McInnes is so full of energy and excitement, it's hard
to keep up with him as he goes from talking about his new movie Unfinished
Sky, which opens on Thursday, to cracking jokes about dogs.

McInnes - who plays the part of John, a farmer living alone on an
isolated property whose wife has died in suspicious circumstances
- is still in awe of a four-legged cast-mate.

``He was an amazing hound,'' McInnes, pictured, says. ``He could do
things that if I could do I would be a rich man.

``I wouldn't be in the nicest roles or showing in your nicest cinemas,
but I would be a rich man.''

He didn't need much convincing to join the project, which was shot
in Queensland - it was ``nice to be going back home'' - and gave
the accomplished character actor ``a chance to do something a bit
different''.

While many actors go to extremes to prepare themselves for roles,
McInnes - best known in rorles for TV's Blue Heelers and SeaChange
- emphatically doesn't.

``You just have to have a crack,'' he says. ``You need to think about
your role and share yourself with other people on screen and
turn up on time.''