Writing between the lines: Ron Hutchinson's new RTÉ series is one of his easier roles
N LATE 1995 Ron Hutchinson found himself marooned in remote northern Australia,
staring at Marlon Brando dozing in a hammock. Hutchinson, an Irish-born screenwriter who had become one of Hollywood’s most in demand “script doctors”, had been flown into Queensland to help rescue a $40m adaptation of HG Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau.
