I was bemused to see a television news report last night on the film 48 Shades, adapted from a Nick Earls novel. The report said the film couldn't be "more Queensland". I haven't seen 48 Shades but I do know that, while it was filmed in Brisbane, many of the principal cast are not Queenslanders. In fact, I recognised only one local name in the cast list on imdb.com. We have many excellent actors here, why couldn't they get a break in a Brisbane story?