The casting note called for tough men with a gangster look, a drug dealer with an exotic dancer for a girlfriend and a tired, overworked businessman.

Cameras were rolling on the latest music video for one of Australian hip-hop's most popular acts, Bliss n Eso, when it all went horribly wrong.

Johann Ofner, a 28-year-old Gold Coast stuntman whose tattoos and physically imposing body had him fitting the tough-looking bill perfectly, was shot dead in underground Brisbane bar Brooklyn Standard as several guns were fired.

Shocked friends and the wider Queensland acting community were left reeling from the shock something like this could happen.