Michael plays the magician's "deliciously sleazy agent" (NZ Herald) Trevor Norton in the indie digital film, The Last Magic Show, filmed in New Zealand in 2005.  The film was written by, directed by, and stars Andy Conlan as "'a young stage illusionist whose career has hit rock bottom.  He's offered one shot at a comeback but only if he performs the death defying escape that nearly killed him last time he attempted it . . . '" (OnFilm, December 2004).

OnFilm magazine published a long interview with Andy Conlan in their July 2005 issue.  Here is an excerpt: 

"Casting's something that I had very strong ideas about, and still do.  What I was determined about was that 'The Magic Movie' would have a key cast that was cinematic, could hold the frame theatrically, didn't 'act" and who instantly looked like movie actors, not television soap opera actors. 

I was also very adamant that I wanted an international looking cast.  A small handful of roles were cast before I'd even written the script. . . . The main name we had in the cast was one of the first actors to come on board.  Michael Hurst had read an early version of the screenplay and was enthusiastic from that moment on.  His scenes are some of the funniest in the film and he really performed them with a very rare kind of relish." 

Click here to read the complete interview.