Leighton is the fallen rising star of New Zealand Foreign Affairs. He’s handsome and charming and usually the epitome of clinical, logical diplomacy. He is struggling with new-found doubt and the possibility that he may have an irrational, emotional core – especially when it comes to falling for the wrong woman.
Ambitious and urbane, up-and-coming political animal Leighton Mills was well on the way to a promising career as an aspiring diplomat. Then an unfortunate incident involving too much bubbly; an extremely randy daughter of some minor British Royal; the backseat of the Queen’s limo and a particularly vigilant member of the paparazzi, saw this fledgling career nipped in the bud.
It is after this fall from grace that Leighton finds himself in a new posting, as far away from the centre of power he so craves. Leighton Mills has been shipped north from Wellington to Auckland, as a diplomatic attaché, attached to the consulate of The Most Royal Kingdom of Fe’ausi.
Craig Parker is one of New Zealand’s best-known actors having become a household name for his role as Guy Warner in the popular long-running drama series Shortland Street. He is also internationally recognized from the Lord of the Rings in which he played the character of Haldir.
Craig’s other television and film credits include a core cast role in the TV One drama series Mercy Peak as well as roles in No One Can Hear You; Xena; The Great TV3 Comedy Debates; Young Hercules; and Mother Tongue.
In 2002 and 2003, he was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category of the New Zealand Television Awards for his role in Mercy Peak.
Craig is also an accomplished theatre actor having worked with the Auckland Theatre Company in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; The Judas Kiss; Amy’s View, The Seagull; Arcadia and The Wind in the Willows.
