June 29, 2008
The Sunday Mail

TV Week Logie Award winner Dustin Clare has joined the cast of Satisfaction.

He will star alongside the ensemble of Diana Glenn, Kestie Morassi, Bojana Novakovic, Peta Sergeant, Madeleine West and Alison Whyte.

Clare will be introduced as a new character, Sean, the brother of Mel, played by Madeleine West.

Clare is best known for his role as Riley Ward on the long-running series McLeod’s Daughters and won the TV Week Logie Award in 2007 for Most Popular New Male Talent.

Since graduating from the WA Academy of Performing Arts in 2004, he has appeared in guest roles in All Saints and Headland and played the role of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith in the ABC docu-drama Air Australia.

Clare starred in the 30-minute short film Iron Bird and recently wrote, directed and starred in the short film Cane Cutter, which will premiere at the Palm Springs International ShortFest Film Festival in August.

For the last 12 months he has been living in the US after being signed by a manager, and he returns to Australia to take up the role in Satisfaction.

Speaking about joining Satisfaction, Dustin says,” This is the kind of role that you don’t get many opportunities to play so I am very excited about it. Joining such an amazing cast is a fantastic opportunity for me to learn, and be part of something which takes risks and produces great results.”

Set in and around 232, an up-market city brothel, Satisfaction reveals the world of five high class escorts and their manager as they juggle the pressures of their private lives with their secret profession.

Unlike anything seen on Australian television, season one of the show received nominations for five ASTRA Awards including Most Popular Program, and three TV Week Logie Awards with Alison Whyte winning the Silver Logie Best Actress for her role as Lauren.