Simon Baker on High Ground and Why Hes Never Seen The Devil Wears Prada

With director Stephen Maxwell Johnson’s High Ground arriving in America via Digital and On Demand this weekend, I recently spoke with Simon Baker about starring in the Australian film about the massacre of an Aboriginal Australian tribe in 1919. Written by Chris Anastassiades, Baker plays Travis, an ex-sniper from WWI that’s now a policeman in northern Australia. When a mission to talk with a local Aboriginal tribe ends in tragedy, Travis leaves in disgust, only to be forced back twelve years later to help hunt down an Aboriginal warrior attacking local settlers. But as the truth of what happened all those years ago comes to life, Travis becomes the hunted. High Ground also stars Callan Mulvey, Aaron Pedersen, Ryan Corr, Caren Pistorius, Jack Thompson, and introduces Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Witiyana Marika and Esmerelda Marimowa. During the interview, Baker talked about why he wanted to be part of this film, why it’s okay to feel uncomfortable while watching, the importance of talking about our history