QUT (a long-standing BCM client) has won plenty of awards in its time, but who would’ve thought it could lay claims to a Logie. Its well-known branding line, A University For The Real World, strutted its stuff on the red carpet at Melbourne’s Crown Casino last Sunday.
To fill you in, Gyton Grantley, the star of the first Underbelly series, is a QUT drama graduate. He won the Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Melbourne gangster Carl Williams (the best Aussie crime character since Eric Bana’s Chopper). He even thanked QUT in his acceptance speech:
Some of us spotted the talents of Gyton Grantley early. He appeared in early QUT TV commercials while still a student (OK, so he was cheap). But we’ll claim his discovery anyway. Keep a close eye out for the man in the sharp suit in the elevator towards the end of the ad:
Whatever your opinion of the Logies, Underbelly was a groundbreaking series and Grantley is a quality actor. His success is a great testament to QUT and its promise of success in the real world. If you don’t agree, we’ll send Carl around to your house.
Update: Turns out Gyton featured in a couple of other advertisements we did for Queensland Transport some years ago. You can see him towards the end of both of these ads. They’re both hard-hitting and emotional ads, but they do give an insight into Gyton’s ability for his future role in Aussie dramas:
Queensland Transport “Negatives”
Queensland Transport “Slow Down”
F***king great little Blog post Jeffrey, as Carl Williams would say. Underbelly Season 1 rules. Season 2 was a very poor cousin.
Kate
Gyton also feature in an ad done by Junior for Jupiter’s casino a year or two ago, if I’m not mistaken