Harry Greenwood. (Image: Peter Brew-Bevan)

From ‘Carnifex’ to ‘The Clearing’: Harry Greenwood on the joy of playing instinctive characters

For Harry Greenwood, the best screen projects to act in and watch have darkness backed up against humour, just like in life.

It’s a philosophy that has led him to roles such as the cheeky but troubled Trevor in ABC drama Wakefield, a gun-wielding loner that upends the lives of a family in Netflix series Pieces of Her, and fl...