Filthy Rich's cast includes John jnr (Josh McKenzie), Savannah (Emma Fenton), Brady (Miriama Smith), Vader (Taylor Hall) and Joe (Alex Tarrant).
Filming has begun on the country's most expensive television series, appropriately titled Filthy Rich, set to screen on TV2 next year.
The multi-night drama will star Miriama Smith opposite a cast of up-and-comers, including Josh McKenzie, Alex Tarrant, Taylor Hall and Emma Fenton.
They'll be joined by familiar faces, including
Elizabeth Hawthorne and Jodie Rimmer.
The series, produced by Shortland Street's Steven Zanoski, received $8.25 million of funding from New Zealand on Air, the most money ever handed out to a single drama series.
But that money will go further than most productions, with TVNZ commissioning 20 episodes of the drama, to run twice-weekly over 10 weeks.
