SAMARA WEAVING Is From "Radelaide"

Summary

Podcast Summary: Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Episode: SAMARA WEAVING Is From "Radelaide"

Release Date: March 31, 2026
Hosts: Seth Meyers & Josh Meyers
Guest: Samara Weaving

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the Meyers Brothers welcome Australian actress Samara Weaving to relive her freewheeling, globe-trotting childhood and the memorable, sometimes chaotic family adventures that shaped her. With candid and comedic energy, they explore Samara’s unique upbringing across multiple continents, tales of family injuries in exotic locales, and what it means to come from “Radelaide.” Samara also reflects on her acting career, famous family quirks, and how her international childhood influences her today.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Meyers Brothers on Handiness and Family (00:00–11:32)

• Seth and Josh open with a relatable discussion about home repairs, admitting their lack of “Handy Dad” skills and poking fun at tool stores and their own “helpless” personas at home.
• They touch on generational differences (their father’s attempts at handyman projects), and Seth’s awe at people who can fix things easily.
• A running joke is the Home Depot “apron people” who are supposedly elusive (“The apron people are maybe playing a little hide and seek…” – Seth, 04:30).
• Seth shares a personal story about playing the Hamilton soundtrack with his sons and getting unexpectedly emotional (“I told Ash. I tried to tell this to Ash in the car and I could not stop crying to a part that was like disturbing. Disturbing for the kids. They didn’t enjoy it.” – Seth, 07:19).
• Both reminisce about growing up listening to Broadway soundtracks, especially Cats.

2. Introduction to Samara Weaving (11:32–14:40)

• Seth notes Samara’s recent very pregnant red carpet appearance—her openness about pregnancy sets a fun, real tone.
• Josh mentions seeing her film Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, discussing its family-game premise and “rules-based” narrative, which the Meyers brothers, as rule-followers, deeply enjoyed.
• Casual chat about mutual connections (Jorma Taccone, Scott Speedman, etc.).

3. Samara’s “Radelaide” Origins & Global Childhood (14:40–21:21)

• Samara is from Adelaide, which she amusingly calls “Radelaide” (“That name. Rattleade… Oh my God. I never even thought to call her that.” – Seth, 13:56).
• She grew up moving around: Fiji (where her sister was born), Indonesia, Singapore, Italy, and various parts of Australia.
• Samara’s father’s mysterious career (“He says he was a business consultant… Now he’s a lecturer. I’m sus. I’m real sus.” – Samara, 15:05–16:26) leads to jokes about him being a spy.
• She and her sister were close, but like many siblings, had periods of rivalry (“…teenage years and your nemesis, aren’t you?” – Samara, 16:52).

4. Kids on the Move: International Schools & Acting Start (21:22–25:19)

• The practical realities of moving: Samara was often taking buses to auditions between Canberra and Sydney, sometimes driven by her dad, other times on her own.
• Australia’s laid-back work culture amuses her U.S. agents who are flummoxed by 10-week holidays.

5. Childhood Adventures, Family Dynamic, and Injuries Abroad (25:19–44:32)

• Samara’s family valued cultural immersion, not tourism: trips to Angkor Wat, Vietnam, Nepal, and local rituals were “just normal” to her (“…with a child's brain, so there was no sort of, I didn’t know any different.” – Samara, 25:19–26:00).
• Her parents’ spirit of curiosity led to some, in hindsight, questionable safety practices:
  • Stories of injuries on trips, especially suffered by her fearless younger sister.
  • Bali pool mishap: Sister split her chin open—only local help was available: “Finally, we Find this dentist…he gets the needle ready to numb the chin, …Mum faints on him, and he injects his own hand. So then he can’t stitch her up.” (42:35)
  • Indonesia batik injury: Sister burned by hot wax, cured by villagers with toothpaste.
  • Both incidents highlight both the resourcefulness and chaos of their travels.
• Samara credits her dad for knowing how to engage her shyness and love for acting: “He’d interview me at, you know, a certain ruin or in a gallery…like a pseudo David Attenborough style…” (31:41).

6. The “Devil Granny” in Malta (32:12–35:04)

• Family history with a great-grandmother in Malta who refused to meet them because they weren’t baptized (“…she was like their devil children.” – Samara, 33:07).
• Eventually, a meeting occurs, but it is awkward (“…forcibly polite and I was just a bit afraid.” – Samara, 34:53).
• The brothers share similar awkward grandparent meeting stories.

7. Extended Family, Global Gatherings, and More Travels (37:10–40:03)

• Family scattered across Australia, England, Scotland.
• Scottish roots are celebrated with a tartan and a drunken family reunion.
• Reflections on filming in Finland (for a Jorma Taccone movie meant to be set in upstate New York), the harshness of Nordic winters, and the cultural differences abroad.

8. Cultural Learnings & Childhood Realizations (44:32–50:18)

• Samara recalls realizing Santa Claus wasn’t real because her gifts were always from wherever they traveled.
  • (“…Why is everything Cambodian when I’m in Cambodia?” – Samara, 45:09)
• She and her sister were close and “raised on the go,” so grandparent visits were rare but special.

9. Sibling Contrasts & Early Acting Career (50:18–54:55)

• Sister is now a researcher at Stanford, Samara jokes about being “the lazy one who didn’t go to university.”
• Her acting career began young, with soap opera Home and Away, “the cooler” as it’s set on a beach.
• Seth & Josh recount their exposure to Aussie TV (Neighbors, Home and Away) while working in Amsterdam.
• Funny commentary on Australian accents: “It is the hardest accent to get.” – Samara (54:41)
  • The brothers and Samara joke about their (bad) attempts at the Australian accent and how Aussies hate it.

10. Acting in America – Accents, Pilots, and Life as an Outsider (54:55–56:36)

• Samara describes working on her American accent to fit U.S. roles and the awkwardness of staying in character on set.
• Commentary on the difference between being an “inside” vs. “outside” person—her husband is an “air-conditioned boy” who struggles in Australia’s beach culture.

11. Life in Italy & Homeschooling (60:36–64:05)

• The family spent six months in Florence (Samara age 12), homeschooling in a “creative sweatshop” led by their artist-curator mother (“just do me a painting a day and we'll say that's good.” – Samara, 63:20).
• The sisters relished the freedom, lack of peer pressure, and pre-social-media innocence before returning to Australia and “mean girls.”

12. Reflections on Career & Next Steps (64:08–67:09)

• Samara discusses the forthcoming Ready or Not 2, a more comedic, less spooky sequel.
• Admits to being easily frightened by scary movies, which she now stars in (“I had to really train myself. Cause doesn’t come naturally.” – Samara, 65:23).

13. Speed Round Q&A (66:13–68:09)

A fun closing rapid-fire round:

• Ideal vacation: Relaxing
• Favorite transportation: Car
• Dream family to vacation with: "Devil granny" (callback to Maltese anecdote)
• Desert island pick: Sister, Morgan (“the smart one”)
• Ultimate family destination: Florence
• Current hometown: Los Angeles (“It’s not a family destination!” – Samara, 67:27)
• Would she visit the Grand Canyon? "Sure." (Seth jokes it now sounds like a real offer.)

14. Niagara Falls in Costume (68:09–69:11)

• Samara shares a memorable moment: visiting Niagara Falls – still covered in fake blood from the Ready or Not set, unintentionally scaring tourists.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On her father’s mysterious jobs:
  “He says he was a business consultant… Now he’s a lecturer. I’m sus. I’m real sus.”
  – Samara Weaving, 15:05–16:26
• On childhood travel:
  “We were in the wild. We were the Wild Thornberrys.”
  – Samara, 29:47
• On improvisational parenting:
  “If you do, just do me a painting a day and we’ll say that’s good.”
  – Samara describing her mother’s homeschooling in Florence, 63:20
• On realizing Santa isn’t real:
  “Why is everything Cambodian when I’m in Cambodia?”
  – Samara, 45:09
• On sibling rivalry vs. adventure:
  “My sister’s really adventurous… I was a big scaredy cat shy kid and I didn’t want to leave my little house…”
  – Samara, 30:43
• On Australian accents:
  “It is the hardest accent to get.”
  – Samara, 54:41
• On being in horror movies:
  “I had to really train myself. Cause doesn’t come naturally.”
  – Samara, 65:23
• On open windows in the U.S.:
  “There was this trend … called burping the house. Essentially meant, just open your windows. … This is just how we live everywhere.”
  – Samara, 60:02

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Handyman Banter & Opening Stories: 00:00–11:32
• Samara’s Introduction & Family Origins: 14:40–21:21
• Childhood Stories, International Upbringing: 25:19–44:32
• Malta, “Devil Granny” anecdote: 32:12–35:04
• Travel, Art, and Homeschooling in Florence: 60:36–64:05
• Speed Round & Q&A: 66:13–68:09
• Niagara Falls Story (in Costume): 68:09–69:11

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Tone and Style

The episode sparkles with playful sibling rapport, wry humor about family roles, and Samara’s signature blend of Australian candidness and warmth. Her descriptions of wild travels, sibling mishaps, and cultural oddities are vivid and funny. The hosts celebrate her unique perspective and connect over the universal, sometimes messy truths of family travel.

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Takeaways

• Samara’s peripatetic childhood fostered curiosity, resilience, and a healthy dose of skepticism (especially about family cover stories!).
• Family “disasters” abroad are, in hindsight, rich fodder for laughter and nostalgia.
• The best family trips embrace adventure, mishaps, and improvisation—with plenty of love and humor mixed in.

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Recommended For:
Fans of travel tales, family stories, and those who love hearing about the quirks and chaos that shape creative, global lives. This episode delivers both laughs and heart.

Transcript

[A]

Hi, Buzzy.

[B]

Hey, Sufi.

[A]

How's it going, buddy?

[B]

Good. Mackenzie's away and I got a lot. I'm trying to do a bunch of stuff around the house and I'm just running into roadblocks, man. It's just.

[A]

Oh, stuff's getting in the way. Life's getting in the way.

[B]

Not life's getting in the way. I think that I'm good at being a Mr. Fix it, and I'm not.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because like, some jobs, I'm like, all right, so I gotta. I'm putting up these new curtains. That'll be easy enough. But then you look and the old curtain rod's like, ripping out of the wall. So it's like, oh, that has to be replaced.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So then you gotta take the old rod down, you gotta patch and spackle and fill those holes. Then you gotta repaint. Then you gotta re drill. And like the repainting. The old white paint is much brighter than the white on the wall. So now it's like, do I have to paint everything? Like, I just wanted to put up new curtains. And it's a series of things like that. That's.

[A]

So a couple things. Obviously, you know, I would never even attempt any of this. No. Yeah.

[B]

Absolutely no one.

[A]

Mostly because I am in constant. To me, the modern day David Copperfields. Are any craftspeople who can come to your home and do anything right? Yeah. Like, I have put no time in my life into understanding, for example, how electricity works and how you can change a lamp fixture. I think, you know, that if given my druthers, nothing would change in my home due to the fact that I cannot perceive that there's a better version of anything.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I'm amazed when people come over, you know, people who. Who have built these skills. It's not that I think that I'm like, too good for them or anything. It's more that I just feel like I'm incapable of them. And. And there's a little bit. I catch a little bit of grief every now and then for being the kind of man who doesn't know how to do shit. But I don't. And I don't want to learn.

[B]

Yeah, no, you shouldn't. Like, you shouldn't learn. But I feel like I'm sort of right on the cusp of being good. And then I get deep into something and it's like, oh, I'm not that good. And I've spent all this time and someone else could have done it probably for not that much money, and I could have had all that time to go, who knows?

[A]

Live your life.

[B]

Live my life.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Also, you know, we've established on this podcast, one, my father in law, incredibly handy. My brother in law, incredibly handy. And again, I walk in sometimes. The man has a tool belt on. He's, you know, on a little, one of them little ladders. I wouldn't even know where that. I would. If you told me to go buy a little ladder, I'd look for a smaller, like a little ladder store. Like, there would be a tiny little parking lot. You'd have to have a Mini Cooper or smaller to park there. And, you know, he's going about his business and I'm just in awe of it. And you know what I mean? Like, what am I supposed to do? Stand there and ask him questions so the next time I can, you know, attempt and fail and then have to go get him?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But again, I'm just, I'm so jealous of it. While also realizing, like, that time has passed. And again, not to burn him because he's probably, you know, although, you know, mom and dad, they're very social right now. I feel like they're very behind on our podcast. So it can be months until he hears this.

[B]

Well, what do you want to say? What's your burn?

[A]

Or. Well, I think a lot of my hesitance to becoming a handyman was how dad, how dad reacted to his own efforts to be a handyman. Yeah. I never, While we were watching dad, for example, you know, hang a curtain rod, I never thought there's a man who's finding peace by working with his hands.

[B]

Yeah. My father in law as well also, like, incredibly handy.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So, yeah, I don't know, I just, I see it working in other situations and I'm like, I want this to happen. Also, I don't think they're ever gonna try to be a sponsor, especially now. But I live so close to a Home Depot and I'll be like, I just need these, like wall anchors or something. And I, I go down there and in the commercials, there's always someone in that little orange apron super helpful. It's got their name written on the front. To find one of those people who actually knows anything is not real. It's not a real thing.

[A]

The apron people are maybe playing a little bit of hide and seek with Pachi. Is that what we're getting at?

[B]

Inevitably, when I'm in Home Depot, I just like stand in the middle of an aisle and start yelling.

[A]

So that's.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

It doesn't sound like sponsorship is a fit.

[B]

I mean, it would be if they were there for you.

[A]

It would be if they would show up. But, you know, they got to do their part. We're not just hanging it out. Yeah. Also, I feel like me being handy would. I don't know, would run in direct conflict with the Persona that I've worked so hard to craft in my home, which is off brand, that I'm a worthless piece of shit. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I feel like that's the one thing my wife and kids kind of, you know, that's what they rally around. And so if I were to actually add value, I feel like they'd be like, who's this guy? Who's this interloper?

[B]

Right. It's off brand.

[A]

Yeah. Soft brand. But again, it's not like, you know, again, somebody comes over the other day like a water issue than just some genius. I mean, it were Aquaman himself to walk in the door, I'd be less impressed than these guys who come in and just like, then they're like, the water's back. And I'm like, God bless you, one and all.

[B]

Yeah. You didn't even know that those people are called plumbers.

[A]

No, he's Mr. He's a water guy. Hey, what a man I got. By the time. Well, I don't know. By the time this airs, it's very likely that I'll have a 10 year old. Oh, yeah. And cannot believe it. Yeah, Cannot believe it. I also. When Ash was born so weirdly, again, I was driving the boys the other day, and I was like, what do you want to listen to? And Axl, of all people, said, the Hamilton soundtrack. I wasn't even aware that Axl knew that Hamilton was a thing or an existing soundtrack. And Ash has done enough colony work in his school as a fourth grader that he had a lot of thoughts after each song talking about who it was.

[B]

Fun has done enough colony work, like,

[A]

learning about the colonies, like, the 13 original colonies.

[B]

Gotcha.

[A]

Sorry. Ash colonized. Ash has colonized a small corner of Soho. So, you know, we're listening to Hamilton, and when Hamilton. Sorry, When Ash was born. Pete Campbellton, obviously we're talking about, like, you know, whatever, 2016, maybe even a little bit late for Pete Campbelton. But I re. I told him, I was like, oh, the Skyler sister song. You know, look around, look around. How lucky we are to be alive right now. New York, greatest city in the world. I held Ash up when he was a day old, and I sang that to him looking out the window.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I told Ash. I tried to tell this to Ash in the car and I could not stop crying to a part that was like disturbing. Disturbing for the kids. They didn't enjoy it.

[B]

Yeah. And then when you see it in your eyes right now.

[A]

Well, I think I'm actually doing it. And then when the song was actually playing, I was like just wheezing like, but like trying to keep it from. Because they're not like, oh, dad. Right. Look at you feeling your feelings. But I can. Then I'm really just excited realizing, oh, soon the day will come where I'll take them to see that show.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, such an enduring show that.

[A]

Such an enduring show. You were a little anti. Cause I feel like I played it too much right when it came out. We saw it and then I overplayed it.

[B]

I loved that. I mean, loved seeing it.

[A]

Just we're a little over soundtracked out.

[B]

Yeah, it was just a little.

[A]

I was listening to a podcast about Evita, like Evita Perron. Like a history podcast. The rest is history and love it. That was a. We listened to that soundtrack all the time. Mom and dad really did like blow out Broadway soundtracks. That was a big part of our upbringing.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, we did. I mean, Cats. Cats was big.

[A]

Cats was big. We listened to a lot of Cats. Yeah. Didn't care to get them as.

[B]

Yeah, no.

[A]

Can we say something real quick about our. Samara Weaving is our guest today.

[B]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[A]

Who. Who tells us at some point during the podcast interview that she's very pregnant and she, she's like, I won't stand up because it's like, you know, her words some. It's like she was obscenely pregnant.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

She was on a red carpet this week with like wearing a dress with like a cut out belly. Oh, wow. And she, she was not. She was not lying, by the way. She's still like, you know, she's. It's like a stunning portrait of motherhood.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And she. Because she's like beaming and glowing, but it is like I was like, oh my God. Thank God this was not. This podcast did not require standing for an hour.

[B]

Yeah, I did. Since speaking to her. I went. Her movie came out, ready or not, here I come. And went to go see it with our friend Jill and her kids. Really fun theater going experience. Also, it's a movie that. It's a movie about a game, like games that this family makes you play. And there's so much stuff that happens in the movie that's so like, wait, what? But it's all rules based on, like, there are rules. And you and I, I feel like we're so. We like rules.

[A]

A game with rules is kind of essential.

[B]

Yeah. Otherwise, what are you doing?

[A]

What's the deal?

[B]

And I really enjoyed the sort of the rules based nature of Ready or not, here I come.

[A]

We had Sean Hadassey on our show from the Pit, who's also in that movie. He's Sarah Michelle Gellar's brother.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Who also worked with our buddy. Your buddy more than mine, but Speedman.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

On the show Animal Kingdom.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And it was really funny to talk to him about Speedman backstage. Oh, I bet. Because like a lot of people, he is both love Speedman and think he's one of the craziest people.

[B]

Same. Yeah, same here.

[A]

It's like how I know a person's a normal person when they're like. He worked with my buddy Speedman. He's like, oh, man, Speedman. He's like, great.

[B]

R.J. decker.

[A]

R.J. decker's what, his name?

[B]

No, that's Spieven's new show on abc.

[A]

Oh, that's right.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I didn't know it was called R.J. decker. And I see a big old billboard of it. He plays a private detective on abc, right? Yeah, I think it's an ABC show.

[B]

Yeah, I think so.

[A]

Yeah. So this is a wonderful conversation with Samara Weaving, who is about to add to her family, as you will hear over the course of this podcast. And she's just a great chat.

[B]

Yeah, she really is.

[A]

I feel like that's how an Australian would say it. Great chat. Just a good chat. Good chat, good talk. All right, let's take a listen.

[C]

Family chips with the Mice Brothers. Family chips with the Myers Brothers.

[A]

Here we go. Hello.

[B]

Hello. Hi.

[A]

How are you?

[C]

Oh, better now that I'm seeing two angels.

[B]

We'll take it.

[A]

Samaro. I have a. This is. I have two podcasts. And you get talked about a lot on my other podcasts because I do it with Jorma Taccone.

[C]

Oh, that's great. Let's have a little podcast.

[A]

Yeah. Most of my friendships are via pod.

[C]

It's a good way to just have a gas bag with your friends, isn't it?

[A]

It really is a good way to connect with your friends. But I'm very excited. I know. Ready or not, two here I Come will be in theaters a lot sooner, but the trailer for over your Dead Body is fantastic and I can't wait to see that.

[C]

So fun. How's Yorma doing?

[A]

He's doing well. Oh, Samara is referring to the fact that my friend Yorma fell off a ladder. He's actually doing great.

[C]

He's doing okay. His, like, attitude is, like, inspiring.

[A]

All we talk about is how of the four of us, I mean, I know this is a terrible thing to say. The right guy fell off the ladder. As far as, like, as. As far as, like, how he bounced back. Like, none of us. I mean, Andy would have just fallen into his own grave.

[C]

Yeah, well, he didn't exactly bounce, did he? He sort of brought it.

[A]

No, that was. That was maybe the issue. That was the issue.

[C]

But you're not, like, he was sending me videos from the hospital being like, they'll never.

[A]

He's good vibes.

[C]

Joke and giggle about it is amazing. His, like, mother in the corner crying, I'm going, what are you doing?

[A]

He was immediately good vibes. He was just immediately good vibes. First of all, I'm very excited. You are from Adelaide.

[C]

Yeah, I was born there. Yeah. For sure.

[A]

Which is also my daughter's name. So let's just get that.

[C]

Right.

[A]

That name.

[C]

Rattleade.

[A]

Yeah, Rattleade. Oh, my God. I never even thought to call her that.

[B]

And first. First it was our grandmother's name, and then.

[C]

You never heard of Rattleid.

[A]

Do you guys call it Rattleid?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God. That makes a lot of sense now that I hear it. But I'm so excited to call her that.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

We're from right near Manchester, New Hampshire, and people call it Manch Vegas, which is not.

[A]

Not as natural.

[B]

Yeah. A natural.

[C]

That seems a bit forced.

[B]

Yeah. Does it?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Is it legacy or. No.

[B]

Nope.

[A]

Nope.

[B]

Not at all. I mean, but that's kind of a joke.

[A]

Yeah. I think it's a very ironic name.

[C]

Oh, they're not fun at all.

[A]

Is Adelaide rad at all?

[C]

It can be. I actually, you know what? I was born there and then, like, whisked away pretty quick.

[A]

Where'd you get whisked to?

[C]

Oh, just all of other.

[A]

It does. I will say your bio makes it seem like you've lived an incredible upbringing of Singapore, Fiji, Indonesia. Are these all true?

[C]

Yeah. Many lives.

[A]

So who. What was the purposes of this travel? Was it a parental work?

[C]

It was parental work. Listen, I don't know. I don't know. I think the. Okay. I'll just tell you what my dad tells me.

[A]

Great.

[C]

And you decide.

[A]

I think it's very true that a lot of our parents tell us lies and it's not our job to go check Whether or not they were true

[C]

or not, me and my sister, as we get older, are going, what? Wait a minute. Okay. He says he was a business consultant.

[A]

Yeah. We got one of those as a dad. Yeah.

[C]

Okay. We're traveling to all these places that are, like, have had some history in the Commonwealth. He's British.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then we end up in the capital of Australia.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then now they quickly had to rush to another country. They had to go to China really quick.

[A]

When was that? When did they last rush?

[C]

A year ago.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

So.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah. Okay. Yeah.

[B]

So they had to bounce. They had to bounce from Australia to China for some. For some reason, unspecified reason.

[C]

Well, now he's a lecturer.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

Yeah. Nervous. This is every. These are all the COVID jobs from, like, a John le Carre novel.

[C]

Okay. This is. I'm sus. I'm real sus.

[A]

But very Susan.

[C]

It's good that I'm talking about it publicly. I'm sure you'll love that.

[A]

Because your therapist. You won't even talk to your therapist about it. And they're like, samara, it's time to talk about what your dad did. And you're like, I'll do it on a podcast with a couple guys I barely know.

[C]

I think I'll just. Yeah. Out him.

[A]

Were you somebody? And do you have one sibling?

[C]

I do. I have a younger sister.

[A]

Are you guys close?

[C]

Really close. I mean, we sort of were, you know, two girls or you get to, like, teenage years and your nemesis, aren't you? Yeah, well, we were.

[A]

That's what we hear. Yeah.

[C]

We were stealing clothes and. Yeah, the boys are fine.

[A]

Yeah. We've never had a hiccup.

[C]

Yeah. We've always been fine. You just bash each other and then you're right.

[A]

You right. That's physical. It's physical assault. Nothing mental.

[C]

Yeah, we play, you know, mind games.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

More dangerous, some would say.

[A]

What's the age? What's the age gap?

[C]

Like, nearly two years.

[A]

Okay, so just like us.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

And so the. Where was the first place you were whisked to?

[C]

Fiji, where my sister was born.

[A]

Okay, gotcha.

[C]

She was nearly called Suva, which is pretty cool. I would have been called Adelaide and she would have been called Suva.

[A]

Oh, yeah. If they were. Based on the places she seems like, maybe. I don't know. I mean, I don't want to say bullet dodged, but if you had one Adelaide and one Suva, you'd be like, what's going on here?

[C]

No. Who would win the rattle aid?

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. Rattle a winner. Yeah, but so wait, and then how long were you in Fiji?

[C]

I think like two or three, two or three years. Then we went over to Indonesia and then Singapore and then back to Indonesia and then we went to Italy for a spell.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

And then, and then Sydney and then Canberra and then I could make my own decisions and left.

[A]

When you got to make your first decision, was it, was Sydney your destination? Is that where you got. Yeah, okay. Gotch.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And that's where your career started, was in Sydney.

[C]

Yeah, but I was still living in Canberra when I was working.

[A]

Got it.

[B]

And how far away are those two?

[C]

Like two hours on the bus.

[B]

Oh, that's not bad.

[A]

Would you take. Were you an actor who was taking the bus to work?

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

Were you really?

[C]

Well, yeah, I would get an audition and my dad would obviously, like, they were so supportive and sweet and he would drive me a lot. But sometimes I think as a 16 year old I'm like, I'll do it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he's like, I have a lecture anyways.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[A]

And if I don't lecture these people, I'm going to be in a lot of trouble. Daddy owes these people a lot of lecture.

[C]

The world depends on this lecture. Okay, so yeah, I'd get the Murray's bus from Canberra down to Sydney, took two hours, would learn my lines on the bus and then. Yeah, go do an audition or go to work. Yeah, it was fun.

[A]

That's fantastic. When was your first full time job? How old were you or your first job? Not full time. There's no full time jobs in acting.

[C]

No, there's no full time jobs in Australia. I don't think

[B]

that's why you guys travel for months at a time.

[C]

Yeah, no, truly. I remember my American agent being so annoyed at my Aussie agent because they'll just take 10 weeks off. You know, they're like, why can't we get a hang of them? I'm like, yeah, they don't. They have holidays, man. They're like, it's a Saturday, we can't get them on the phone. I'm like, yeah, I got bad news

[A]

about Monday too, my friend.

[C]

I started working, I think I was like 13 or 14.

[A]

And was it a soap opera? Was that your first thing?

[C]

My first one wasn't a soap that came after this. The first one was like a crime. Okay, crime show. And I played like essentially myself, just like a bratty teenager who was like,

[A]

dad, was your dad like, was it, Were you like the, was the dad the detective who had a big case and he had also juggle that. He had a bratty kid.

[C]

Yeah, he was. Electra,

[A]

you were really playing yourself.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, it's based off my life. No, the dad. It was like the. The dad. We were sort of a side storyline. The. The. Our dad was the boyfriend of one of the suspects.

[A]

Oh, got it, Got it. Very fun.

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[C]

Yeah, I mean there are just so many and I think the older I get, the more grateful I am for having this like quite unique upbringing. Just in terms of we were just surrounded by incredibly different cultures and just so immersed in it but in a way where with like a child's brain. So there was no sort of, I didn't know any different. Does that make sense? So like going to all these multicultural schools and going to Angkor Wat and Vietnam and going to Nepal, it just all felt Very normal.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And now I'm realizing, no, that's not normal at all. That's actually incredible. But I like that they have a sort of nostalgia for that as an adult. I. Yeah, I love that.

[A]

Well, yeah, it's, like, impossible to replicate, like, just even, like, on a financial level. You can never take trips like that before.

[C]

No. No, not at all. And we were just right there. So everything, you know, you could go to Bali for the weekend or you could. Everything was just accessible in Asia. It was, like, so, so much fun.

[A]

And did your. And it seems like your parents took advantage of where you were based to see everything around.

[C]

Yeah. They travel so much, and they're really. I. It just. Their lives seem so exhausting. I'm like, why are you always running around? Like, they just went to some Russian ice festival. And I'm like, why, though? And they're like, we just wanted to check it out. And they're like, in minus 40 degrees, looking at these, like, ice artwork going, mum nearly, like, froze her fingers off. I'm going, okay.

[B]

I.

[C]

It takes me a lot to get out the house, but sure.

[A]

It's so funny because you. I think, like, historically, you think of, like, the actor who, like, leaves home as being the wild one, but it turns out, like, you just wanted to get into acting because it had some stability to it, comparatively. You're like, the nice thing about acting is, like, if it's under 40, they don't work that day.

[C]

It was the most stable job I could think of.

[A]

What. And so were they always. They're just both wired that way. Are they? Are your parents the same kind of travelers, or are they just like, come on, girls, we're going, like, adventure ahead?

[C]

Yeah, they're very. They're both really curious and love adventure and would just. And I think, incredible. They're not fearful or put off by the news or what? Like, they don't have any preconceived notions of a certain place. They'll just go, check it out and have a great time.

[A]

My wife and I have never once traveled out of the country without her mom finding the most troubling news article to send us.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Literally. You know, you're like. It's just like, the minute you book a trip, it's like, oh, she's gonna find something about Zika.

[C]

I know. It's quite funny, isn't it, when you're like, yeah, but you live in America. The news is crazy.

[A]

That's what I should do. I should just. Every time she does that, I'll Email her back the front page of the New York Times.

[C]

Yeah, right.

[A]

I'll be like, be careful while we're go. It seems like a real shit show.

[C]

Exactly.

[B]

Were you, when you would travel, would you do very sort of adventurous things? Would you be, you know, pushing the envelope of what was sort of maybe recommended for children of a certain age?

[C]

Dude, I was thinking about this podcast going. There's so many burns, so many injuries. What were we doing? What were we doing? Like, not suitable for children, I don't think. I think I have. I don't have any memories of other kids being there. Do you know what I mean? Like, we were in these places, like these huts in the wilderness of Laos, and we'd. We'd often have another family with us with kids our age, so we would sort of have something to do because it was, you know, before Game Boys and that. But yeah, we just were like in the wild. We're in the wild. We were the wild Thornberries.

[B]

That's fantastic. And what were you, like, what kind of things were you doing? Were you hiking? Were you ziplining? Were you rafting or spearfishing?

[C]

Yeah, we would definitely some boats. I think we would just. My mum's an art curator for children's programs, so we'd go and she loves art, so we'd go to a lot of galleries and such and sort of then just like wander around the villages and go and see the temples and sort of do touristy things. But I think because it was the mid to late 90s, it's not as curated to tourists as it is now.

[A]

And were you. I mean, again, it's all you knew, it sounds like. But were you guys, Were you and your sister, like, gung ho, do you think, looking back, that you were. You were the right kids for your parents to have for these trips?

[C]

My sister was.

[A]

Okay. Gotcha.

[C]

My sister's really adventurous, like, way more extroverted and carefree. And so she would be taking full force and be putting herself into whatever it was we were doing. I was a big scaredy cat shy kid and I didn't want to leave my little house, so it took a lot of, like, convincing for me to get out. But my dad, I think very cleverly clever. Clever was clever and would sort of because he knew I liked to act and play make believe. So he'd interview me at, you know, a certain ruin or in a gallery and ask me what my sort of. We'd do like a pseudo David Attenborough style, you know, like, would he shoot those?

[B]

Would he be filming those?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, he'd be filming them. We've got them. They're quite, they're sweet.

[B]

Yeah, I bet.

[A]

It is so funny when you, I mean, I think that says a lot about being a good parent when you see, realize your kids need two different things and you're like, one of them is adventurous and the other one is, I mean, don't take this wrong. Vain. I'm gonna interview you on vacation and

[C]

one of them makes it all about themselves. Okay.

[B]

Your mother is from Malta?

[C]

Yeah, she's. Well her, her dad was first generation Australian, so he immigrated over when he was like 14 and then.

[A]

Gotcha.

[B]

So did you, did you have family in Malta or. No, not at that point.

[C]

We did. We went to Malta when we were in Italy and I had a great grandmother who was still alive there and my mom.

[A]

You are telling this like it's the beginning of a horror story. Just FYI. Your tone is completely shifted.

[C]

No, because we're two young kids. We were cute, man. We were like little blonde, blue eyed, little cuties. My sister was so small, short ass. Anyway, she, the grandmother didn't want to meet us because we weren't baptized. She was like their devil children.

[A]

Oh my God. Really? How?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And so did you not meet her?

[C]

My mom had to like convince her that we were not spawn of the

[A]

devil and was the grandmother. Did your mother have a relationship with the grandmother from Malta? Like did, did she know her enough to be like, I can vouch for these kids.

[C]

I don't know if she was like close. I don't think they. I don't think. No, I don't think so because mum can't speak Maltese and the granny couldn't speak English. But I think somehow got across like you, they're here and you should. They're children and it should be fine. And I don't know, maybe a passing nun was like, you should see the children. I don't know. But yeah, I do. Yeah, we did. I do.

[A]

I remember like being the thing where you're like, you could tell when you're little. Like when old people aren't bad, are bad with kids. Right? Like you're just like, totally. But this seems way worse. I don't think I ever met an old person who I was like, I think they might think I'm the devil. Was it then, I mean, did you know this before you met her? Was it like, hey, we're on the fence whether or not you're going to meet your great grandmother?

[C]

No, I think dad Was probably interviewing us. We probably weren't. Probably weren't aware. Yeah. But granny, I mean, she probably would really hate my movies, considering there's a lot.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, by the way, if she saw your movies, I think she'd be like, knew it.

[C]

Knew me. If I called it.

[A]

Called it.

[C]

Told ya.

[B]

I can't imagine when you finally did meet that it was a highlight for anyone.

[C]

Yeah. I think we were both forcibly, say, being polite and I. I was just a bit afraid.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

What are we doing here?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Because a great. It was a great grandmother or just a grandmother.

[C]

Great.

[B]

So my mom that much older.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Scary old lady in a bed. I remember.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Like, yeah, I was going to say so for whatever reason. And I know I'm stereotyping. When I heard a great grandmother in Malta, I wasn't thinking smoke show.

[C]

Yeah. Nice.

[A]

And then we met her and she was so damn beautiful.

[C]

And now she's my stepmom.

[A]

I feel like we met. Cause our grandmother remarried and our step grandfather was our grandfather. We only met our maternal grandfather once. Do you remember anything about it?

[B]

Posh. Nope.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, we went down to Florida. Like, I think our mom felt it was like important they did not have a good relationship and she. But she thought it was important that we met. Like, was. I felt like it was like a little bit like just bringing you to Malta to meet an old lady in a bed. But that was. My memory is like, I don't remember what he looks like or anything, but I do remember, like, the vibe was like he wasn't that psyched we were there.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. We were checking a box.

[A]

And we were pretty cute too, back in the day.

[C]

I mean, come on.

[A]

We had a lot going for us.

[B]

Yeah, we had real bowl cuts that were.

[A]

Bowl cuts.

[B]

Crushing bowl cuts.

[A]

Just teeth going everywhere. Big old teeth zigging and zagging.

[B]

People being like, are these girls or boys?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what you want. That's what you want for the ladies.

[A]

Little tweed coats. And then did you have. Did you have grandparents in. I mean, I guess you traveled around so much. Like, did you actually see your regular grandparents ever?

[C]

Yeah, my. They would come to us. They would. Oh, I guess that for holidays. So not that often, you know, we didn't have a childhood where it's like you see your grandparents every weekend, but it was like once or twice a year they would stay for a while and it was really exciting, you know,

[A]

and they would come to the exotic locations you were currently living in.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

And my parents would, like, force them to be like, you want to go trek Nepal with us?

[A]

But, hey, I mean, that is that thing about Australians. Right? Like, you were. I don't feel like anyone in Australia is hesitant to travel, because if you don't, you never see anything.

[C]

Absolutely. Yeah.

[A]

So even, like. I mean, I would imagine even grandparents in Australia are like, yeah, we'll get on a plane for nine hours.

[C]

Mm. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Because anywhere is so far away.

[B]

Did you have family in England that you would ever go visit?

[C]

Yeah, I still. We still have a lot of family over there. Lots of cousins and second cousins, and we would go. We have a big. We had, like, a Scottish family reunion. We have, like a. A. A tartan, a weaving. My grandma's name was Wallace, and so there was a. I remember being in Scotland and a lot of drunk people dancing around. Yeah.

[B]

So you're little for that.

[C]

Little for that. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

But I went back. I go back to. I go to the UK a lot for, like, work and stuff, and it's always fun to see you.

[A]

I know you shot your Jorma movie in Finland.

[C]

That was wild. Yeah.

[A]

And it's so funny to me because it takes place in upstate New York.

[C]

I know.

[A]

But it was actually cheaper to shoot in Finland, which is.

[C]

I don't understand.

[A]

So funny to me. Although I will say, because it's Yarma, I'm like, are you sure?

[C]

I agree. I think he just wanted to go to Finland.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Did you enjoy. Did you enjoy Finland?

[C]

I did. I really did. But do you know what? I've been to Estonia and Finland and all these places in, like, Eastern Europe. Wait, is that right?

[A]

Yeah, I mean, northern Eastern, but Estonia's Eastern.

[C]

Eastern, yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, Estonia.

[A]

I would say. I would. Finland, Scandinavia. Estonia would be Balkans. I don't know.

[B]

Yeah, Balkans, but old school. Eastern Bloc, I feel like.

[C]

But I've only been in winter where it's quite miserable. The sun is around for four hours, and then you have to go inside because you'll die.

[A]

That's right. It was winter that you were in Finland.

[C]

I want to go back in summer because it just looks stunning.

[A]

We were in. We were in Helsinki in the summer, Josh and I, once, and it was outstanding. But you really booze because, like, the sun stays up so late.

[C]

Yeah. What do you mean? Like, you.

[A]

You, like, you can, like, day drink till midnight.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

So it's a real, like, I would say, like, my Finland hangover was, like, one of the worst hangovers I'd ever had.

[C]

Did you sauna? That'll. That'll be good for it.

[B]

We didn't sauna. Seth ran a marathon. That's why we were there.

[C]

Yeah, he boozed and then run a marathon.

[A]

No, I boozed after the marathon. And then that's. Maybe I woke up, like, super hungover, and also, my legs were on fire.

[C]

Do you know what my husband did? The Paris marathon?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

He boozed the day before.

[A]

It's hard. I mean, I will.

[C]

Why would you do that? You trained. You ran from Runyon to Beverly Hills and back every day. And then you just drink French wine until they.

[B]

Yeah, but he also wrote Cocaine Bear, didn't he?

[A]

So, I mean, who are we gonna. What are we gonna do? Tell this guy how to live. You want Cocaine Bear in theaters? Just don't tell this guy how to live.

[C]

You're absolutely right. You're correct.

[B]

I will.

[A]

But even Josh and I, like, we made a trip of it. And, like, I remember the front of the trip was most of our travels. So we were in Copenhagen, and then we're in Stockholm, and then it was. You know, we ended in Finland. And if I had just. If I had run a marathon in the States, I wouldn't have had a drink for seven days. But, like, you're. All of a sudden, you're in a cafe in Copenhagen. You're not gonna have, like, a beer outside.

[C]

You gotta.

[A]

It's hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. So, I mean, that's why I think it was not. I didn't hit my target time.

[C]

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

I'm gonna pin it on there.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. That's why. Yeah.

[B]

Any standout trips that you can recall from growing up, either weekends away or sort of big trips that you guys took as a family.

[C]

I mean, really, I was thinking, like, what would we do? It was just the amount of injuries we would get.

[A]

Yeah. You said burns. How did you burn yourself?

[C]

And it was always my sister. Oh.

[A]

Josh was always the one who got her.

[C]

Like, once we were. We were jumping off a pool at some resort in Bali, and my sister whacked her chin on the side of the. Oh, the edge of the pool. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's awful.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And the thing is, we're in these countries that you're not thinking, where. Where? The hospital? They don't really have hospitals. They're just. We're sort of winging it. Like, you know, we're in the wild, and mum's trying to find any sort of doctor. Like, her child is just gushing blood everywhere, and she's running. Finally, we Find this dentist, I think. And the dentist is like, oh, okay, I'll numb the chin and then put stitches. It's not that bad. And mum. So he's got. He gets the needle ready to numb the chin.

[A]

He's like, I am gonna stitch it up with floss.

[C]

Yeah. By the way. Yeah.

[A]

It's the only thing we have.

[C]

Yeah. This is all trying to be translated through someone. It's all really confusing and strange, but he's got this needle and this screaming child in his hand. And then Mum faints on him, and he injects his own hand. So then he can't stitch her up.

[B]

He can't feel his fingers.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[C]

Just absolutely absolute disaster. Just things like that. Yeah. We were doing a batiking in Indonesia, which is this art form they use where they put hot wax on fabric and then dye it, and then they take the wax off, and it's got this cool effect. And mum was like, let's get all the kids to do it.

[B]

Kids love hot wax.

[C]

We've got this, like, vat of hot wax, and it just goes all over my sister. And we're in this little village, and we don't know what to do. So all these, like, old ladies start putting toothpaste on to try if they think that's what's gonna help the burn. I don't know.

[A]

I like that. Everything. The amount of oral care that came to your rescue.

[C]

Yeah. Everyone has really great teeth, by the way.

[A]

I had a lot of. I was like, oh, my God, your parents are so great, and it's so adventurous. But, like, I'm not okay with your mom fainting. I know, because I'm like, look, you got to be. Have a stronger resolve. You're bringing your kids into the. You know, into the wild. Got to be made of sterner stuff.

[C]

Come on, look sharp.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Our mom would have been the same.

[A]

Our mom wouldn't. But mom would never have, like, she. You know, she wouldn't have gotten off the plane.

[C]

Right, right.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

I mean, I think traveling around to all these amazing places is. I realized Santa Claus wasn't real because all our Christmas gifts were from the place we would go.

[A]

That's a very funny way to put it together.

[C]

I would be like, wait, but if Santa, like, is in the North Pole and knows what I want, he could get them from anywhere. Why are they from such a specific.

[A]

I asked for a Barbie, and I got a woven doll.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Why is everything Cambodian when I'm in Cambodia? Why is every. You know.

[A]

Yeah. It's like Amazon warehouses. Like Santa has stuff like he can't bring it. He like he flies in and he grabs stuff locally. He shops locally.

[C]

Yeah. He has his constituents that find everything.

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[A]

Here we go. When you moved to. When you were finally old enough to go out on your own and you moved to Sydney, would you like family come and visit you there?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

That's great.

[C]

Well, and my family, my close family lives in Sydney, so we were all sort of together a lot, which was nice.

[A]

That's great.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Your sister is still in Australia full time?

[C]

No, she's actually, strangely, in San Francisco. She's the smart one. And she went to be a researcher at Stanford.

[A]

Wow. Those are some very divergent paths.

[C]

I know. Yeah.

[A]

Did you know at what age did you know your words? She was the smart one.

[C]

Do you know what I think it wasn't that I knew she was the smart one. I knew that I would be the one that didn't go to university because

[A]

you were like, I'm lazy.

[C]

I'm gonna go be on a soap opera.

[A]

Do you think that's what it is? Do you think on your first day on a soap opera, you're like, oh, I'm not the smart one?

[C]

Yeah, that's when it dawned on me.

[A]

I think you were looking around. I'm like, I don't think any of us.

[C]

Yeah, I'll be the rich one. You can be the smart one.

[A]

You know what? In the end. And in the end, that's when you realize you were the smart.

[C]

Did you.

[A]

How many years did you do on. On a soap, Barbara?

[C]

Like, three. Three years.

[A]

Is it like the one, all of us? It wasn't. What was your. I feel like I've heard of it, but it's not Neighbors.

[C]

Yeah, there's Neighbors and then there's Home and Away. And I was like, home and Away and Home and Away is cooler. Okay. Because it's on the beach. Neighbors is just on the side of the street.

[A]

Yeah. How many years as Home and Away, though? That show's been around forever, right?

[C]

I think, like 30 years now.

[B]

Still going.

[C]

Still going. Yeah. Ray Ma, who plays alf, I think he's still on it. He was on Day Dot.

[A]

We. We. Josh and I lived abroad. We both worked for a theater in Amsterdam right out of college. And so, like, the only English language channel was the BBC. And the BBC had Neighbors on probably Home and Away at the time. Maybe not, but.

[B]

Yeah, it was very EastEnders as well. Was a big. Yeah, a big one, but not a small one.

[A]

Yeah. We spend a lot of time doing derisive impressions of people and neighbors.

[C]

Can you do one for us, Josh?

[A]

Probably can.

[B]

Oh, yeah, there's something out in the backyard. I don't even know what it is. I think Graham probably dropped it off about five hours ago. It's disgusting. It's such a funny way to get

[A]

a look into a culture.

[C]

No, it's really correct. What is with our voices, though? We sound so. So silly. Like, have you ever watched an Australian, like, dramatic movie? It's quite hard to get past.

[A]

I just saw a great one.

[C]

Yeah, that's.

[A]

You know, what I just saw, because I just. I literally then just ran into him and I never met him. I saw this movie called Limbo with Simon Baker. Sure. And it's great. Highly recommend it.

[C]

Did it take you a minute to adjust when they're like, hey, how are you? We found the body. And you're like, okay, all right, maybe

[A]

double check, because you all sound great.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It might not be a body check to see if it's dead. Cause you guys all are.

[B]

Turns out it's a surfboard.

[C]

Yeah. Who. Damn it.

[A]

I will say I can't. Every time I even do a joking Australian accent on my show, the YouTube comments are littered with Australian people begging me to stop.

[B]

Oh, yeah, we have a dear friend, Josie O'Reilly, who has left us and a lot of other people that we worked with in Amsterdam. A long voicemail imploring us to never do an Australian accent again. Because they're not good and we think they're good and we sort of get.

[A]

But here's what I think she sounds like, oh, hey, guys, it's Josie here. Can you all please stop doing your Australian accents on television? It's just. It's unbearable. Yeah.

[C]

They're all so bad. Like, everyone's just so bad at it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It is the hardest accent to get.

[A]

But you. So what was the first time? Because again, everybody from Australia, England, we've established great as at American accents. Do you just write that off as. That was what you guys watched growing up. You had a lot of American culture.

[C]

Yeah, I think that. And then also when you know you're going to be the dumb one and you're going to have to act, you. When you realize that, you know, if we're going to be successful or, like, that's the wrong word. But if you want to work in the States, you should maybe learn an American accent.

[A]

Yeah. So what was the first time you had to do one?

[C]

I think, for an audition. I came out here, I think, when I was, like, 19, and for when pilot season was still a thing.

[A]

Oh, yeah, that home.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That whole rigmarole.

[C]

Yeah. And I would go and do these auditions and do an American accent. I thought it was good. It probably wasn't very good.

[A]

Did you ever think, like, I'm gonna pretend. Like, I assume you walk into the audition and you're using your regular voice. Would you ever pretend to be American the whole way to just kind of hope they thought?

[C]

I did once, but. And I. People do that on sets, and I really. I admire that when I work with actors who just stay in the accent the whole time.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I get so self conscious. I just feel like a dick.

[A]

I get it. You feel like you're acting in a regular.

[B]

Or like you're lying to the people that you're working with. Because if you're just talking as yourself and it's like, but this isn't me. Unless you preface it with, I'm doing this because it'll help me.

[C]

Yeah. It makes me feel like I'm attention seeking and being weird. But you're not. Like, if that's how you need to get your job done, then go for it. I just. It, like, makes it worse for me.

[A]

Not me. Every time. Every time I see Daniel Day Lewis, which is often, I'll be like, you're not Abraham Lincoln.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Stop acting like it.

[C]

Can you tell? Someone should tell him.

[A]

Does your. How. How often has your husband gone to Australia?

[C]

When we first started dating, he had to pretend that. That he liked it. We would go a lot and.

[A]

What's a lot? Like, so you're dating now and you're like, hey, you should come. Because again, that's like, I've never been and I love traveling and.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You've never been to.

[A]

No. And I would love to go, but, you know, like, it's. Where does it fit in when you're busy, you know?

[C]

Right. Yeah. You have, I reckon, go for Christmas.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Because it's so hot and so nice.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

There's surfing, Santas. It's the best. You have a barbecue on the beach. It's excellent. So we'd go for Christmases and then maybe once more that you would go like twice a year. We haven't gone in a long time actually. But yeah, he's like, allergic to the outside.

[A]

Oh, wow. But I guess that is. You are. You're sort of. I guess a. A bit of a outsider Australian in that you like to be inside.

[C]

We love. No, I like to be outside.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I want to be in the sun and with, like, I open all the windows in our house. And Jimmy's like, but I'm so allergic to the wind.

[A]

He's like, truly allergic.

[C]

I think, like, just pollen. He's so pale. He'll get. He'll burn in an instant. And I was like. We'd go to Australia and he'd be like, what are we doing today? And I'd be like, you're looking at it. We're sitting on the beach, friends will come through, get a good book, sunscreen. And he's like, I hate sand. Like, we had to lie. He was trying to convince me he was cool. And so he'd be like, no, this is totally chill. He's sand everywhere and everything. He hates when.

[A]

I love that the entire courtship was a lie. When did he. When did he own up? Or could you sense it at all? Were you like. I don't think he really. Cause there is something sweet about, like, he doesn't like this, but he likes me. And that's kind of cool that he's doing this.

[C]

Yeah. I think by, like, hour six on the beach of the first day, and he's red and he just started going like, is there anything else we should be doing? You know, like, in this really sweet way being like, can we please do anything other than this? And yeah, that's when I clocked on. He's an air conditioned boy.

[A]

That's all right. They're allowed. I'm one of those, too.

[C]

He's an inside boy.

[A]

Yeah. A lot of inside boys like me meet beautiful outdoor ladies, and we're living a very full life.

[C]

It's wild, though, because there was, like a trend in, I think in the States, there's a lot of inside boys and inside girls. Because there was this trend that was happening in the States of people saying, oh, you've got a. They call it burping the house. Which essentially meant, just open your windows.

[A]

Right.

[C]

And all the European countries and Australians and everyone else was like, this is just how we live every. What do you mean? Yeah, we just have our windows open. It's not. People don't. I don't have an open window here.

[A]

No, it's true.

[B]

I mean, I like to.

[C]

Okay, we got one.

[B]

Yeah. But, yeah, I don't know.

[A]

I mean, as in New York City. I think opening windows is just like turning on the loudest speaker in your house.

[C]

You're not wrong.

[B]

You said you lived in Italy?

[C]

Yeah, we spent six sweet months over there.

[A]

Where were you? Where in Italy?

[C]

In Florence.

[A]

Is that a great. I've never been to Florence. Is it amazing?

[C]

It's so good. You should go quickly now, I think.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's on our sort of honeymoon list. I got married about a year and A half ago, and we still haven't got on our honeymoon. But my wife. Thank you. My wife studied abroad in Florence and hasn't been back since then. And so that's one of the places we're hoping to hit when we get our act together. But for your experience, what's Florence like?

[C]

It's so nostalgic now because it was such a. It was. I was like 12 and a half, like, nearly. I was, like, looking down the barrel at puberty, you know? So it was like. I still had this, like, whimsical childish wonder. And we hadn't started high school yet, and it was. We. My parents thought, oh, let's just homeschool them for six months in Florence. So it was interesting. Me and my sister talk about this. There was no influence from other kids or sort of like high school culture or school culture of, you've got to be this and fit like that and fit in. And so we could just sort of be whoever we wanted to and wear what we wanted to and do whatever we want. And there was no social media yet, so it just felt like really freeing in a sense. And we would just run around Florence looking at all these sick things and eating the best food ever. And it just was such a dream. And then. Because then you go to Australia and it's like, we only wear skirts that, like, don't touch our knees, actually, you know. And you're going, oh, shit. Okay, quick, I've got to grow up. So it was this, like, really nice time, you know, before mean girls happened.

[B]

Yeah. Could you run around? Like, when you were running around Florence with your sister, was it just you or would you always have a parent with you? Or you could do it just as young. Girls running around.

[C]

We usually. We'd have a parent with us, but, Yeah, it was just awesome.

[B]

Who was the better teacher between your mother and father? Would they hand off?

[C]

Oh, both of them were useless. They tried. And then.

[B]

Well, one's a lecturer and one's. What does your mother do again? She's an artist.

[C]

She's an art curator. But they were both in. They were also in Florence. They didn't want to sit around looking at a science book. They wanted to go out and see stuff. So Mum then got to the point where she was like, just, if you do, just do me a painting a day and we'll say, that's good.

[A]

Now a painting a day? That seems like she's running like a sweatshop.

[C]

Yeah, she sort of is she still, to this day, is like, where's My painting every time she does.

[A]

Ah. Do you still. Do you are. Do you guys have art skills, you and your sister?

[C]

Somewhat. My sister's really good. I. I do like cartoons. Really?

[A]

Thank you for your honesty.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Very excited for your movie. Congratulations. It's been a while since the first one. When did you know you were gonna do a second one?

[C]

There was sort of conversations that had been starting for the. I wanna say the past, like four years, but nothing set in stone then it was just like a series of conversations. And then one day we're all in Toronto filming it and I still don't quite know how it happened.

[A]

Congratulations. It's very cool.

[B]

I don't wanna call it a mistake, but I made the less good choice of seeing Ready or Not one just at home. And it feels to me like it's a good movie for the theater. A good movie to see that opening weekend with a packed house. Yeah. Cause I could. I could certainly sense where all the, you know, all the big laughs would have been. The sort of theater. Wide laughs and then. Yeah, some good. Some good spooks.

[C]

Some good old spooks. This one's a bit more laughy. Less spooky.

[B]

Okay. Yeah. But that's also great for an audience.

[A]

I feel like, if my memory serves from when you were on my show, you were also. You scare pretty easily.

[C]

I. Terrified. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Like, it's really great that you're making the sort of movies that would torment someone like you.

[C]

I had to really train myself. Cause doesn't come naturally.

[B]

Are you having fun when you're shooting those movies? Cause it certainly. Okay. Cause there are days where you have to go there.

[C]

I say this, though, it's not like I haven't read the script. Do you know what I mean? It's not like I get there and I'm like, what? It's cold and I'm covered in goo? What do you mean, you know? Yeah, I know what I'm getting into. So there's a level of acceptance. I sort of practice or try to practice before and then just really try and have a good silly time.

[B]

Because otherwise, well, I'm looking forward to it.

[A]

Thank you so much for joining us. Before you go though, Josh is going to ask you our speed round questions.

[C]

Okay. Hit me. Let's go.

[B]

All right, here we go. You can only pick one of these. Is your ideal vacation. Relaxing. Adventurous or educational?

[C]

Relaxing.

[B]

What is your favorite means of transportation?

[C]

A car.

[B]

If you could take a vacation with any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own Family? What family would you like to take a vacation with?

[C]

Oh, the devil. Granny.

[A]

Yeah, give her a second, second crack at it.

[B]

If you.

[A]

I was wrong about you, K. If

[B]

you had to be stranded on a desert island with one member of your family, who would it be?

[C]

Oh, my sister, Morgan. Yeah, the smart one.

[B]

What is your dream destination for a family vacation?

[A]

Oh, fuck.

[C]

Florence. Yeah. Let's do that again.

[B]

All right. What is your hometown?

[C]

Los Angeles.

[B]

Los Angeles. If you had to recommend Los Angeles to get more families to come visit, how would you pitch the city as a family destination?

[C]

It's not one.

[B]

It's not one. I live here, too. I think it's very much a family destination.

[C]

Okay. Talk to Josh then. All right.

[B]

That would be your advice. And Seth has our final questions.

[A]

Have you been to the Grand Canyon? No. Do you want to go?

[C]

Sure. Okay. You wanna go?

[B]

Yeah. Now, I will say Seth always asks these questions, and when he poses that. Do you wanna go? It does seem like an invitation.

[A]

Okay. Gotcha.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, all right. But you know what? I said it the wrong way, and now we gotta go. I'll own that.

[C]

I went to Niagara Falls, though.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But I went in between scenes shooting, Ready or Not. And I got there, got there. Realized I'm covered in blood.

[A]

Oh, wow.

[C]

And I got out of the car and Tim, the driver just left me there and said, you'll be right. And I was running around in a hood trying not to scare the sweet people at Niagara Falls because I must have looked. I have a selfie of me at Niagara Falls. Just head to toe in fake blood.

[A]

I mean, I feel like that would have been very good for the Niagara Falls tourism if a couple of, like, those, like, Bigfoot type photos got out of, like, that. Just like that, you know, There was a woman who was washed away years ago, and now she's back.

[C]

It was just such a weird feeling of. I'm scared of scaring someone else.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Anyway, so it's. No.

[A]

At a place that's also a little scary. There's a lot going on.

[C]

No Grand Canyon, but no Grand Canyon. Pretty good.

[A]

Thanks so much for being here. It's lovely to see you again.

[C]

Thank you. You, too. And nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, Josh.

[B]

Absolutely.

[A]

We'll see you soon, I hope.

[C]

I think so. Yeah.

[A]

Great. All right.

[C]

At the Grand Canyon Family chips with a Mile Brothers Family chips with My.

[B]

Samurai are Weaving. Baby Samara, born in Radley, so she's Australian, but that's not where she stayed. Went to Indonesia and Fiji six months stint living in Italy. Florence, Italy. Lust to wander, wander, wandering. And her great grandmother practically fossilized. Afraid of these children who were not baptized. Mom said, granny, we came to Malta. You're not spawn of Satan, I can promise you. Brought inside, got to see a figure on the bed. It was the devil, Granny cannot hide. Lose some sleep, she'll haunt your dreams forever. It's the devil, Granny.

[C]

Creepy.

[B]

One time in Bali, sister cut her chin. No hospital, so where to begin? Found a dentist, shot to numb the pain. Injected himself when her mom had a faint. Just had a faint

[A]

but taking his

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kids on two fabrics. Her sister got burned by the hot, hot wax. Her sister would get bumped and bruised While Samara was taping fake interviews. That's what she'd do. Just out in front of a temple. Also Cambodia and Santa didn't fool no one.