It’s been a decade since Gemma Ward last stepped onto a film set in Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby back in 2013, so the star was understandably a little hesitant about taking on a new acting project. But when she got the call from director – and good friend – Elissa Down to play a supporting role in SBS’s new historical drama, While the Men are Away, Ward knew she couldn’t turn it down.
“Because I haven’t done acting in a while, [Down] was really keen to kind of help me find my way back into it – with someone I was familiar with and with a role that was not
