WEBVTT - Danielle MacDonald - THE TOURIST - Actor 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:06.800 Well, hello and welcome to twenty twenty four, another year 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:09.680 of TV Ringload. I want to thank you for downloading. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.960 On today's episode of TV Reload with Daniel McDonald, we 0:00:13.039 --> 0:00:15.880 will be talking about The Tourist Season two, which is 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:17.320 now out on STAN Australia. 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:18.439 You can binge the whole thing. 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:20.520 For the second series, we will be picking up with 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:24.400 Jamie Doran's character Elliott, who is now in Ireland where 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:27.400 he is discovering his real family to get some answers 0:00:27.440 --> 0:00:30.520 on who he really is after that Australian ordeal which 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.200 we saw in season one. Of course, Elliott gets caught 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.320 up in all kinds of craziness with people trying to 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.159 kill him, and Daniel's character is also back along for 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.840 the ride. While Danielle is an Australian actress, her work 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:46.040 overseas is what has made her a household name, starring 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.120 in films like Dumplin with Jennifer Aniston, bird Box with 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.320 Sandra Bullock and The French Exit with Michelle Pfeifer. We 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.400 have plenty to catch up with today because I love 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.680 all of those actresses. We will unpack her return to 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.240 the populist Stan original seat. There is the tourist, of course, 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.680 including why she came back to the role, what it 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.200 was like to work alongside Jamie Joran, who's obviously really cute, 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.520 and how she may have influenced the story's location change 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:13.800 from Australia to Ireland. Maybe I will ask about how 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.920 she stays cool working along a listers like Bullock, Aniston, 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:18.080 and Feiffer, and if. 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:19.280 She has their mobile numbers. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.400 We will also get a fist full of stories from 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.760 her successful career thus far. And I'm really excited to 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:27.800 give you guys this episode. Anyway, let's bring Dannielle into 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:30.920 the podcast. So sit back and relax as we dive 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.919 just that little bit deeper into the world of television. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:35.240 Hi, how you doing. 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:36.600 I'm doing really well. 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:38.920 You know what's really funny is that whenever I do 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.760 these interviews, I just become obsessed with who I'm going 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.040 to talk to, so they go down these rabbit holes 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.520 of watching watching interviews. I think I've now watched you 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.480 do interviews with Jimmy kim everyone, anyone that you've ever 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:52.200 been on a talk show that's on YouTube. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.120 Oh that's terrifying because I don't know what I've said 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.880 my whole life So what do you know about You 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.920 probably know more about me than I even realized. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.520 I just love this story of you because, like, I 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:03.840 know what it's like to sort of you know, you 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.040 get used to working in the industry and talking to people, 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:07.680 but then all of a sudden, you see someone that 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:08.639 resonates with you. 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:10.959 So your story about Harry Potter. 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.079 With Emma Watson was really funny. 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.960 Oh my god, I do remember that. That was Oh 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:18.799 I forgot that moment happened. That was one of the 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.240 coolest moments that's ever happened to me. 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:23.480 And then she's sitting there with her Natalie Portman, who's 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:24.240 doing these at you. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:26.800 And then it's like, can we get a photo? And 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.240 I'm like, can you get a photo with me? 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:31.840 Yeah? But I still don't have that photo. I don't 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:33.480 know who has that photo. I want that photo. 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.000 I know, well, she's probably got it on her phone. Anyway, 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.040 we're rolling, So how are you anyway? 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.160 Yeah? Sorry, Hi, I'm good. How are you? 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.120 I'm very excited to be talking to you because I 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.840 am a big fan, Like, ever since we discovered you, 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.560 my partner and I we've watched everything you've been in 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.200 and I'm just excited to have this chat with you. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:54.280 I'm so glad. 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:58.040 Yeah, how exciting to come back to this character of 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:01.880 Helen Chambers. That must be so exciting because with television 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.800 these days, we're telling stories and longer formats and you 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.600 get to really seep into the characters. What were some 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.320 of the questions that you had though, that you still 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.560 had after making series one that you wanted to explore 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:14.360 with series two? 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:15.240 Oh wow. 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:19.960 Obviously season one ends quite on a cliffhanger a little bit, 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.200 you know what I mean. So I think there were 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:25.280 a lot of things left unanswered, honestly, a lot of things, 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:28.200 I think for Elliott and for Helen. Elliott was obviously 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.679 going through hell to kind of have that kind of 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.880 an ending, and Helen was obviously feeling really up in 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.760 the air about everything, and you know, sent the burrito 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.040 emoji as a form of like reaching out. But that 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:45.560 doesn't just solve everything obviously, So coming into season two, 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:50.680 I think that there's a lot of unanswered kind of questions. 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.880 There's a lot of things that haven't really been addressed. Yeah, 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:55.920 and we kind of get to go through that, you know. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.760 I think, very very early on, we see that they've. 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.000 Been living life they've been living life. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.600 If they're together, they're happy, which is great, but they 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.440 haven't actually like really dealt with anything. We saved that 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.120 for the series for everyone else to see. So I 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:09.960 think there's a lot to kind of unpack there, and 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.800 there's a lot that they're both still going on this journey. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.720 The Tourist is a really good example as well as 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:19.839 how television now has become like the ultimate format in 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.240 telling a good story because, as I said, we could 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.359 do long form. What is it about long form that 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.600 appeals to you as an actress when it comes to 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:28.599 taking on a role like this? 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:32.800 Yeah, I mean, I this is my first time ever 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:36.240 bringing a character back for anything. Honestly, I've only ever 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:39.760 done film, and I've never done a sequel or a 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.560 mini series. So this is and I mean this was 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:45.279 meant to be a mini series, but this is my 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.040 first time ever bringing a character back, so it was 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:50.800 an entirely new experience for me. I love watching television. 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:55.080 I love staying with characters for years. I absolutely adore that. 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.160 I don't know why I haven't done that in my 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.560 career yet or this is the first time I'm doing that. 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.279 I should You want me to list all the films 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.640 and characters that you've played that io because we could 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:06.960 do that. 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:09.520 We can do that, We can definitely do that. 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:11.680 But you know, I think it is just one of 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.240 those things where there is some kind of beauty as 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.359 an actor of just escaping into this world, telling this 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.520 person's story and then letting it go, Whereas I think 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.760 when you do an ongoing character from a lot of 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.120 actors I've spoken to, it's like it almost becomes. 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:27.360 A part of you at the end of the day. 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:29.680 And I just hadn't hadn't really like I don't know 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.800 or had that experience yet or necessarily. I love being 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.320 able to travel and do all these things, so I've 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:39.640 kind of just always been drawn to the shorter, shorter form, honestly. 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.000 And then doing Season one of The Tourists, it was 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.160 the longest I'd ever done one production, you know what 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.280 I mean. It was the longest time I'd ever been 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.080 on a set, and it was incredible. I was like, 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.359 oh my god, these people are my family. I love this, 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.719 and it was incredible. It was really really incredible to 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.040 actually have the long form and really tell like an 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.120 entire story of a character, then really delve into it 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.160 more because you have the time. So you're right, I 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.200 guess i'd been. I don't know, I just I just 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.279 hadn't really done it before. And I absolutely loved it 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:08.880 when I did, and so when there was a talk 0:06:08.920 --> 0:06:12.040 of a season two, I was like, absolutely, without a doubt. 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.080 It wasn't even kind of like a question in my mind, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:19.320 because I loved everyone involved in this project and I 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:20.160 loved the character. 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.599 So I remember watching Michael Keaton talking about returning to 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.280 Batman like he was in the nineteen eighty nine Batman 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.920 film and then came back to doing Batman returns with 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.159 Michelle Fiffer, who you've worked with just a name drops 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:31.599 of people. 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:32.880 Yeah, that's true. 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.960 And he went back and watched the film and then 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:37.880 he was like, you can't do that. Like he was 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.000 like he realized immediately when he was trying to get 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.560 back into the character, watching the movie wasn't the right 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.000 entry point, you know, because then he was like, Oh, 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.760 now I feel like I'm impersonating myself. You know, when 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:51.039 it came to you slipping back into that character, were 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.880 there ways in which you could do that without going 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.839 to the source material and watching it as a viewer. 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.040 Oh my gosh, it was actually really hard I did. 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.320 I did watch a few clips from season one. I 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.159 was like, I need to remember exactly what happened first 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.279 of all, or like at least where the headspace was 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.239 leaving off. So I think I watched the last couple 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.559 of episodes again and I watched the whole thing because 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.920 I struggle with that. But I did watch the last 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.880 couple of episodes again just to like remind as a 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:20.040 reminder almost, and it was totally see. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.440 I think this is the difference. Like people go. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.600 Back onto a set, they're with the same crew, they're 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:27.320 with the same cast, and they're like telling the same 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.720 story sometimes as even you know they might be filming 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:31.400 it a year later or six months later, but. 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.800 It's moments after the last episode. 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.800 This was such a different experience in the sense that 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.400 I'm playing the same character, but my first day on set, 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.680 because my first day on set wasn't with Jamie and 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:44.600 the writers aren't on set, so I was like, I 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.640 have an entirely new cast, an entirely new director, and 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.720 an entirely new crew in a foreign country. Not one 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.360 thing is familiar that reminds me of Helen or like brings. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:56.720 That back and it was wild. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.720 It was a really trippy experience the first few days, 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.560 or really until I filmed with Jamie, Like my first 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:05.960 scene with Jamie, we were both like. 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:07.320 Oh, oh that's fair. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.120 Oh there it is, there it is, and. 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:10.760 We're both like, oh my god, because we've both been 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.440 doing that, Like we were filming separately for like a 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:15.600 few weeks before we ever even had a scene together, 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:17.280 and so it was kind of crazy. 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.120 We're like, oh, wow, this feels so so different. 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.680 So that is almost like harder in another way because 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:24.760 then you're the character is also going through that she's 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.360 in a place she's never been, with people she's never 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.160 been around. So I'm like I just kind of leant 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.280 into it, and I was like, she's in a very 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.160 different headspace than she was in Season one anyway. So 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:36.040 you just kind of go with the flow. You do 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:37.200 what you can, you know. 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.160 You know, what I find is really funny about you 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:42.280 as well, is that you take ownership over these characters 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.720 so much so that it's funny for me that whatever 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:47.400 role I've last seen you in, I refer to you 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.800 as that character, not Dannielle. You know, like some actors, 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.760 you're like, you know, it's a Sandra Bullock movie and 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:55.800 you always call it Sandra Bullock. But with you, I 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.080 don't know what it is. But I walked away after 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.000 watching dumplin and was like that that's how we referred 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.080 to you for the you know, until we saw you with. 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:04.000 A lot of people that do. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.880 I'm telling you on the street a lot of the 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.040 time dumplanted and I'm like, oh, right, this is one 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:09.679 of my names. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:13.480 I filmed that ten years twenty seventeen. We've moved on. 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.000 It was quite funny. It wasn't even that long ago 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.960 anything about it. It was, but it fills forever ago. 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:20.880 Yeah, But is it strange to hear that though, that 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.440 you know for a viewer that I connect to you 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:25.280 as these characters so much? So? 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.520 No, I think that's it. I mean, I think that's 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:29.719 what every actor hopes, like, that's what you want, right, 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.920 It's really happy. Absolutely, I don't want you to see me. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:36.040 I feel like people don't necessarily know that much about 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:36.800 me as a person. 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:38.480 I enjoy that. 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.240 I'm okay with that I'm an actor. I love being 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.520 able to like slip into other characters. I don't want 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:46.960 to really be known for me. I like being you know, 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.440 known for characters. That's kind of the best thing gives 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:50.199 you freedom. 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:53.080 The show moving to Ireland as well, I thought it 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:55.960 really works, like it's it's great that that's what the 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.840 decision was and the evolution of these characters going there. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.480 Did Jamie have a hand and wanting to sort of 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:04.240 flip the whole narrative because he'd been here in Australia 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:08.680 being a tourist to Australia. Now you're all tourists in Ireland. 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.200 You know what's really funny is before I think it 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:12.600 was me. 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.320 Actually I don't even think. I mean, I think Jamie 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:17.480 was overjoyed. 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.480 Jamie was overjoyed at being able to shoot an island 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.720 because he loves shooting in Ireland. He's from Ireland, he 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:24.720 loves He's worked with a lot of the crew before, 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.960 he'd worked with some of the casts before. Like, I 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:31.120 think he loves that. And also it's really close to home, 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.200 you know, he was he was in less than an 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:35.920 hour flight away. He could go home every weekend, be 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.760 with his kids, not uproot his family to like halfway 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.160 around the world. So I think a it was amazing 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.720 for like his life, but also because he loves Island. 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:45.560 He's from Ireland. 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:49.000 But I remember speaking with the Riders before they ever 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:50.840 started writing a season two and they were like, yeah, 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.280 we're maybe we've definitely talked about it, but I don't know. 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.600 We were just kind of chatting and they were like, you. 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.200 Know, we kind of thought Canada for a second, and 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:01.120 I was like, did you really think about island because 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:02.520 that's just what makes sense to me. 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:03.760 I just always thought. 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:08.439 Island to do with some stamps there, right, yeah. 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:09.559 Yeah, yeah, Well I'm Italian. 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.280 I'm I'm half Italian, so I have an Italian passport. 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.079 And I was like, it depends where you're student an island. 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.000 Is it the UK, because you know practice it really 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.920 messed that up for me. Or is it like, you know, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.240 the South because then that's a part of Europe. But 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.560 it actually it was kind of it just kind of yeah. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.800 I remember mentioning it once and they were like, yeah, 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:31.120 we did think about that early on, and then you know, 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.040 we were just chatting for fun. And then a month 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.920 later they sent me the pilot of season two. I 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:37.640 shouldn't call it a pilot because its season two. They 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.720 sent me the first episode of season two, and I 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:43.199 do that was an island yeah, and I think yeah. 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.040 So I think Jamie was incredibly on board, as was I, 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.040 and the writers found it like a really great landscape 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:51.400 and into aly different story to tell. 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:53.880 So hopefully they gave you a film credit on that. 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:56.520 I mean, it definitely wasn't me. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.920 I just remember being very happy with the fact that 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:01.320 it could be Island. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:03.360 You know what, was great as well as there's really 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:07.079 good chemistry between you and Jamie, and it's very palpable 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.320 when you guys are on screen together. I mean, he's 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.559 really hot, right, But what do you do to develop 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:15.640 that kind of chemistry? Is there things that you do 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.720 as an actor or because it's Jamie it just all 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:19.680 seems to work. 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:24.840 No, Honestly, Like, I'm aware he's an attractive man. I'm 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.839 pretty sure people tell me every day, But I think 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.760 it's more trust. Honestly, for me, I don't really care 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.000 what someone looks like. It's how comfortable I am with them. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.120 Always. If I am comfortable with. 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:38.160 Someone, I feel so at ease being able to do 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.480 whatever I have to do on set, and especially if 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.720 they're comfortable around me as well. It's definitely a two 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:46.080 way street. And I trusted Jamie pretty instantly. Like he 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.800 just has something very trusting about him. And the more 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.880 I got to know him, the more impressed I am 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.720 with him as a human being. Truly, he's a really 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.240 really great human being and I trust him implicitly, honestly, 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.840 And that just increased on season two. So I think 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:04.240 I just felt so comfortable. He always had my back, 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.080 you know what I mean. Like, and I think we 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:10.000 got to know each other so well on this season, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.040 Like we knew each other from season one, obviously we 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.320 got along really really well, but on season two, it's 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:16.040 like we got to know each other so well that 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.000 it was like if I was even feeling slightly anxious, 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.080 like he could tell he's that you could. It's like 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.280 we just we always had each other's back, and it 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.719 was It was so so great because that is what 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:29.520 what keeps you on it together. It means that when 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.800 you have to be emotionally vulnerable, you can be with 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:34.000 each other because you're like, don't worry, We've got each 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.320 other's back and yeah, and that that I think is 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:38.240 really really special. 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.680 That's the stuff that helps. 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:45.079 As an ausie who's really cracked the American market, well globally, 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.640 you know, you've cracked the market globally, Like you know, 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.520 you're playing roles everywhere. You know, what do you think 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.559 it is about international directors and auteurs that are so 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:58.000 drawn to working with our Australian talent, because we see 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.240 it more and more as time goes on, that Ozzie's 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.240 are getting a lot of work in these roles. I 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:05.800 just was fascinated because, I mean, working with Harry and Jack, 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:09.040 you know, they obviously got you in this role, and 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:11.480 I enjoyed working with you the first time around to 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.560 come back and do it again. But can you see 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.520 why so many filmmakers and content makers want to work 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:17.280 with Australians. 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.920 I absolutely can. I mean, I mean I'm biased, but 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.320 I love Australians. I am Australian. I feel comfortable around AUSI. 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:28.360 He's like, I think that there is a very relaxed 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.560 nature about a lot of Australians. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.320 I mean, obviously this is a generalization. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.880 Everyone's different, but culturally there seems to be like quite 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.560 a relaxed nature about Uzzie's. But then also there is 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:43.160 a really hard working nature too, and I think especially 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.880 with Australian actors, Like I'm working on a job right 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:47.440 now and we had the table read. 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:48.160 A few weeks ago. 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:49.800 When we were doing the table reader, I was like, 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.760 oh my god, everyone is so good. 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.160 Everyone is so on it. Like in America, a table 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.320 reader is like, yeah, we'll read the lines for. 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.360 The first time out loud and it's probably going to 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.320 be really bad, but you're not acting. This is just 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.960 kind of you know, to hear it out loud. And 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.400 I came here and I was like, oh my god, 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.080 I have so much work to do. It was like 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.680 a full fledged performance, like everyone was stage ready. 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.640 Oh my gosh. But they're really really on top of 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:15.200 it here. 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:19.360 And I think there are less opportunities here just by 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:23.160 sheer size of country obviously, like America is very large 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.600 and la is the centerpoint of the film industry, even 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.280 though a lot of stuff doesn't even film there anymore 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:30.520 and it goes elsewhere. I think there's just constantly like 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:34.080 there's just more. There's just more production in other countries. 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.040 There is a lot here. But I think that people 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.000 are just so ready for it when it comes because 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:40.840 they're like, we have to be. It doesn't come round. 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.560 There's not like fifty auditions a week like you can 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.760 get there. It's like no, when the opportunity comes up, 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.920 you got to be ready for it, and people really 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:52.480 really are and they're very very well prepared, and I think, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:53.640 I think that that's. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:54.160 A huge draw. 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:56.480 But yeah, I mean most directors I work with, if 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.120 they've worked with Uzzi's before, like yeah, I. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.080 Mean, they're just like, yeah, I just haven't been nausey. 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:03.680 I don't like And you're like, that's good. 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.280 You've worked with three of my favorite actresses of all 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.440 time with Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston and Michelle Feiff 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:12.360 are so incredible. I feel like I can't leave without 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.640 asking you a question. What did those women teach you? 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.440 And do you get to get their mobile numbers and 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.640 like stay in contact? Like what happens with that? 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:21.920 I do have their mobile numbers. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.240 I'm only stressed about this because I had I had 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:28.840 Margot Robbie's number in my phone once and I was 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.480 at a party and my friend had too much to 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.760 drink and then started texting her off the phone and 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.960 I was like, I'm I'm assuming Margo Robbi's changed her phone. 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.480 I did send an apology, to which she didn't text back. 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.480 He was just saying to her, I remember when you 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.400 were on neighbors, and I said to my friend that 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:44.960 you'd win an oscar one day. So it was a 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.480 nice message, but I just was like, there must be 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.040 some danger in having some very a list actors in 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:50.960 your mobile phone. 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.720 I don't think my friends would ever do. I hope they. 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:56.520 I'm not talking to him anymore, by the way, not 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.640 because good, No, I mean I have. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.200 A past code on my phone more importantly, which no 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:08.439 one knows. And also I don't necessarily have them in 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:09.760 my phone as their names. 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:11.359 Okay, very smut. 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.760 I think that's my that's my fallback. 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.320 I don't put people's names in my phone, like. 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:21.800 In your phone as catwoman. But yeah, you would be hilarious. 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:24.200