”I wanna play this cheeky, rambunctious asshole”: An Interview with Alex Kaan

Alex Kaan is a QUT alum who has just landed a role in Season Two of controversial crime series Last King of the Cross.  

The show is an Australian-original production on Paramount+ inspired by Sydney nightclub boss John Ibrahim’s memoir of the same name. It’s a dramatic retelling of John’s rise to power in the red-light district of Kings Cross and his many famed tussles with the law over alleged criminal activity in his businesses.  

Alex will be playing John’s younger brother Fadi, and joining a killer cast including Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour and Tim Roth. Hailing from the Gold Coast, Alex graduated from QUT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) in 2020. Since finishing his degree, Alex has worked on a myriad of projects ranging from theatre to film, many of which he said came out of connections in his QUT cohort.  

Filming for this project has just started in and around Sydney and Alex sat down with Ben Steele to chat what getting such a role means to him and his journey from QUT to Paramount+.