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The Assembly - Australia Season 3 Episode 2
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00:16How are you feeling about Claudia today? I'm really excited to meet her. Yeah. Yeah. Testing, testing, one, two, three.
00:22Do you know what my son told me I look like this morning? What? A bag of uncooked Singapore noodles.
00:28I've seen those packets in the shops before. Do you think he's right? Yeah, he's right. Yeah, I think he
00:33is right.
00:36Oh my gosh, he's here. Hello. Hello you. Hi. How are you doing? You look beautiful. Thank you. Thanks for
00:44having me.
00:45Come through. Everyone, this is Claudia. Hi. How are you? Good. How are you? Tiny bit nervous.
00:53I mean, sort of nervous excitement. Excited. Excited. My name's Mitch. Mitch. Hi, Mitch.
01:00I'm Abby. Mitch, Abby. Savannah. Savannah. I'm Finn. Finn. Yeah. I'm Molly. Molly, I'm going to remember because I did
01:10a film called Molly the Singing Dog when I was ten years old, so I'll never forget that.
01:14All right.
01:20Straight down the barrel of the camera, okay? Everyone good? Okay, in three.
01:28Tonight, the assembly returns. And graduates from past series are back.
01:34Prep day one. Prep day one. Hey, guys. And Lee Sales is mentoring us.
01:41Hi, everybody. The students have graduated from the Journalism Foundations course and they're ready for the next step.
01:47Taking us on the road. Wow. Let's keep going. Wow. And behind the scenes.
01:52This is really awesome. To level up our media skills.
01:57Hey, Abby, we're about to record a song. Okay, I'm ready to go.
02:01On both sides of the camera. Square up to the camera.
02:04Some of Australia's most celebrated names are taking the hot seat.
02:08No making me cry, okay? For interviews like you've never seen before.
02:12Are you dating anyone right now? Sorry. I'm not going to ask that. Come on.
02:17When is a stranger no longer a stranger? Oh.
02:22You've got this, Jess. Sorry.
02:26Tissue girl is back again. Wow. What an extraordinary question. That's beautiful.
02:30We are the Assembly.
02:53Hey, guys. Hey, Molly. I made bracelets for everyone. Would you like to choose one? Oh, my God. Yes, please.
02:58From being on the Assembly, I definitely feel like I've improved as a journalist by getting better at writing questions
03:04and definitely with the help of Lee Sales with all our cool advice.
03:10Good morning, everybody. Morning, please.
03:12Hello. Good. How are you, Lee? Good to see you. Good to see you, too. How are we all today?
03:17Good. Really well. Excellent. Very good. Let me tell you who our next guest is going to be.
03:21Yes, please. Yes, please. Please do tell.
03:23Our next guest is a very well-known Australian actor and producer, very popular with the public.
03:28In fact, she's been entertaining audiences here for decades now.
03:32You might have seen her in Bump, in The Secret Life of Us, in Love My Way. It is Claudia
03:38Carvin.
03:41Oh, my God. Oh, I love Claudia Carvin. You a fan, Abby?
03:46Oh, yes. I watched her on Bump, and I really loved watching Bump.
03:50She had Dylan Olcott, who was in a wheelchair, as part of the cast, and I thought that was really
03:57good.
03:58Great. She's the best.
04:00I am so happy to share this suburb with my beautiful constituent. Will I?
04:08I saw her in Desert Stars, so I know her from Desert Stars.
04:14Well, I know that Claudia was originally a child actor. Her first film was Molly, and I think, was it
04:201983, is that far back?
04:22I really liked how she didn't limit herself to just acting. Claudia has had a lot of success in a
04:30lot of different hats, and has had a really kind of interesting, eclectic career.
04:35My name is Claudia, and this is Kaya. Hi.
04:39What I want to talk to you all about is something that we're going to do this season that we
04:45haven't done before.
04:45So, something that journalists often do is we go into the field, either to do research or to interview people
04:52and so on, or to just get a better insight into somebody's world.
04:57Oh, my God!
04:58Let's go.
04:58Let's go, everybody.
04:59Let's go.
05:00Let's play.
05:02Today we're visiting the set of Play School.
05:05Oh, my goodness.
05:07And the goal is to allow the students to get an insight into Claudia's world as an actor and producer,
05:13and all the kinds of different roles that exist in a media environment.
05:17Sound, camera, lighting, everything in between.
05:20Okay.
05:21Today I'm excited to get a flavour, a bit of a taste of how filming in the background works.
05:26Oh!
05:26You see that, Willow?
05:27Yeah.
05:28I'm very excited.
05:29I know how to pose the camera properly.
05:32I can do this.
05:34I can do this.
05:35You can do this, Willow.
05:38I'm going to run, get the first rehearsal started in just a moment, and then Savannah will take over and
05:43have a bit of a go after me.
05:45The role is actually called the floor manager.
05:47I didn't know that.
05:48A floor manager.
05:49As a floor manager, I thought you'd, like, bend down and lift up all the grass, like, tidying up the
05:55floor.
05:55It's actually, you yell out, like, you use your voice.
05:58Stand by, everyone.
06:00Hi, this is Dan on camera one.
06:01Can you hear me?
06:02Uh, camera one reading you.
06:06It's really fascinating being in the control room because it's a side of production that we rarely get to see.
06:13It's just really interesting.
06:15We're getting into recording and action.
06:19Hello, I'm Abby.
06:21Oh, and I'm Anastasia.
06:22Hello.
06:23We are making pigs out of socks on Play School today.
06:27I wonder how many we can make in a minute.
06:30One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
06:37That's pretty good!
06:38That's amazing!
06:39Cuts!
06:40Yeah!
06:44I definitely think my questions, uh, will be getting a bit better after what I have seen here today.
06:54Hey guys, I'm Molly.
06:56Welcome to my bear cave.
06:58Come on in.
07:02I love making films.
07:04I love watching films.
07:06I got this beautiful trophy here.
07:10I won it for my filmmaking.
07:12It's really cool that this is actually the first trophy I ever won.
07:16I want to be a filmmaker to help tell stories and express not only myself, but I guess other people
07:23in the world.
07:24I think it is important to make sure that everyone's voice is heard.
07:27Good deal.
07:28Yeah.
07:33All right, ready?
07:35All right, Molly, tell me what you're thinking about for Claudia.
07:38I'm not feeling 100% confident with these questions.
07:40Oh, that's what I'm here for.
07:42If you were 100% confident, I'd be out of a job.
07:45Interviewing Claudia is such a big deal because it's not every day you get to meet such a very famous
07:50and also amazing film person.
07:52How are we all?
07:54Yeah, good.
07:56I got this notebook for $1.
07:57Wow, that's a pretty good deal.
07:59Yeah, yeah.
07:59Very good.
08:01How are we feeling generally about Claudia?
08:03I think I feel okay.
08:04Yeah?
08:04I feel okay about it.
08:05Well, I'm most interested about Claudia.
08:07She said she doesn't really like kissing on camera and I'm like, oh, that's interesting because she's done it so
08:15many times.
08:18Like, how on earth does she do that?
08:23My mum said, in the scene in Love My Way, it's the saddest death scene ever.
08:29Oh, totally.
08:29Do those kind of scenes affect you when you go home after work?
08:34Fletcher, that's a great question because every person that's ever seen that show, the second you mention it, everyone will
08:40just go, oh, that was the worst.
08:42It was so sad.
08:44All right, what do you think?
08:45Okay, so I'll be candid, I actually drew a blank for a long time.
08:50I've just come up with some last minute impromptu questions.
08:54That's all right.
08:54Sometimes they're the best ones to come up with, not to overthink it.
08:57Very true, just light bulb moments.
09:00Yeah.
09:00I really admire Claudia Carvin.
09:03Number one, because she's very grounded, but mostly because of her rapport with her brother who has schizophrenia.
09:09I've been really close to people with schizophrenia.
09:12When people are mentally ill, be very meet, very underappreciated, underserviced, and so I really admire her for staying strong
09:24and helping him.
09:25Yeah, it's good to have vulnerable questions like that.
09:28Like I was apprehensive about perhaps, you know, digging too deep.
09:33It's good sometimes if you've got that point of connection, like the relatability because of the relatives with schizophrenia, that
09:39can help sometimes open up a line of questioning because you kind of know the area, so it helps you
09:44out a bit.
09:44That's one of the reasons we're going to do those field trips because sometimes I reckon being immersed in that
09:49world can help spark, you know, ideas that wouldn't otherwise come to you.
09:53With Claudia, what I'm a little bit worried about is that actors are inherently used to playing somebody else.
09:59So getting to the real person is a challenge.
10:02Claudia is also a producer, so she's used to being in control and running a situation, and we want to
10:08break that.
10:08We want them to be running the situation.
10:19Okay, hold it out in front of you.
10:21Hold it out in front of you.
10:22Okay, and mark it.
10:27Hello, Leigh.
10:28Hey, how are you all doing?
10:30I love what you're wearing today.
10:31What's your name, Molly?
10:31Oh, thank you.
10:32How are you feeling about Claudia, Savvy?
10:35Good.
10:35I don't know much about her, so I'm not sure what's to come.
10:38Well, that's good.
10:39We'll learn about her today.
10:44All right, she's on the way, guys.
10:47Hello, you.
10:48Hi.
10:48How are you doing?
10:50You look beautiful.
10:51So good for having me.
10:52Come through.
10:54Everyone, this is Claudia.
10:56Hi.
10:57How are you?
10:58Yeah, there she is.
11:00The top is very, um, very nice.
11:05Hi.
11:06Hello.
11:06How are you?
11:07Claudia, nice to meet you.
11:09Hi, Fletcher.
11:10Hello.
11:10Fletcher, Savannah, Molly, Finn.
11:14Oh, I'm not going to remember everyone's names now.
11:16I'm Willow.
11:17Sorry.
11:17I'm Willow.
11:18Willow.
11:19I love your dress and your shoes.
11:21Happy shoes.
11:22I'm still listening.
11:22I'm just doing my sense of talk to help me keep me calm.
11:24Be calm.
11:25Yes, do it.
11:26Go for it.
11:27We all want to be calm.
11:29Calm is good.
11:32Are we starting, are we?
11:34Um, yeah.
11:34Just, this is our inclusion, this is our inclusion statement.
11:38Um.
11:39Oh, yes.
11:39This is a safe space.
11:40Everyone can relax and be themselves.
11:42There will be no judgement.
11:44Please do what you need to join in.
11:46For example, fidget, move, take a break.
11:49Ask if you need anything to help you be included.
11:53I love that.
11:54Great.
11:55Yep.
11:56All right.
11:58Hello, Claudia.
11:59Hello.
12:00We are a collective of autistic journalists and we are so happy that you took the time
12:05and come and have fun with us today.
12:06Our rules are, no subject is out of bounds.
12:09No question is off the table and anything can happen.
12:12So please have fun, be yourself and welcome to the assembly.
12:17Thanks Anastasia.
12:18Thanks for having me.
12:19Mitch, do you want to kick us off?
12:21I am a huge Star Wars fan.
12:24You have filmed for Star Wars 2, Attack of the Clones, but your scenes got cut.
12:29Which is unfortunate.
12:31Were you upset with George for that?
12:35Not at all.
12:36It was awkward though because I was doing a TV show and I think it was live or something
12:39and they asked me, oh, what was it like being on Star Wars?
12:42And I just found out that day that it was a deleted scene.
12:45It was still on the DVD, but it was a deleted scene.
12:47Yeah.
12:47And I had to sort of go, oh, it was a deleted scene.
12:50But I did experience being on that set.
12:53It was fascinating.
12:54Like the costumes were incredible, all the detail, the fabrics.
12:57I played Natalie Portman's sister.
13:00Yeah.
13:00So it was lovely to meet her.
13:02She's an extraordinary actress.
13:03But I must admit, the scene that I was in was sort of like a suburban family dinner.
13:11And even when I was sitting in I was like, this doesn't feel very much like Star Wars.
13:15Feels a bit like a family TV show.
13:19So I'm not surprised it was a deleted scene.
13:22Yeah.
13:22To be honest, I think Star Wars number two isn't the best animal.
13:26I agree.
13:28I agree.
13:28It's probably the worst.
13:30One of the worst.
13:31One of the worst.
13:32One of the worst.
13:32So not only was I deleted, but I was in one of the worst.
13:37It's just getting, it's going from bad to worse.
13:40I'm sure your acting would have made it better though if you weren't cut.
13:44Thanks Claudia.
13:45Thanks Mitch.
13:47Hello Claudia.
13:48Hi Bethany.
13:48I'm Bethany.
13:49Um, you split up with your partner who you were with for 22 years.
13:53Now, what do you look for in a partner?
13:58Um, someone who I feel calm and secure with.
14:03Nice, nice.
14:04Are you looking for a partner at the moment?
14:06No, I have found a beautiful man who I feel calm and secure with.
14:10Very in love.
14:11Thank you Claudia.
14:13Thank you Bethany.
14:14Um, Molly?
14:17Um, I heard you had a bit of trouble getting along with your dog co-star in the movie Molly.
14:22My name is Molly.
14:24Has this affected the way you like and perceive other people named Molly?
14:28No, I love the name Molly.
14:30It's a beautiful name.
14:31Um, it's really cheerful.
14:33That dog, it's, it could sing but it, yeah, just wasn't very friendly.
14:39Um, I, the owner probably is a bit upset about me saying that.
14:43Anyway, no, I love Molly.
14:45It's a great name.
14:48Thanks Molly.
14:48Um, Anastasia.
14:50Yes.
14:51Uh, hello Claudia.
14:52Hi Anastasia.
14:54I heard you don't like kissing while acting.
14:56And I agree.
14:58It's awkward.
14:59But I, but you still do it so many times.
15:02How do you have your mindset on kissing someone?
15:05Hmm.
15:07Cheeky question.
15:13Well, yeah, it is, it's a very odd part of the job.
15:17For sure.
15:18Um, when I was younger, we didn't have these, um, people that we now have on set called intimacy coordinators.
15:25Have you heard of them?
15:26No, I actually haven't.
15:28Oh, you've heard of them?
15:29They're, it's a really fantastic new addition to a crew.
15:32So, since hashtag me too, there was a lot of issues around, um, protecting people on set and in the
15:41wider world.
15:42So the intimacy coordinator was introduced on sets to make sure the actors felt safe.
15:48Because, for instance, when we do a stunt, like a fight sequence, we have.
15:53Oh, like, like stunts?
15:54Like.
15:54We have a stunt coordinator who says, you know, don't kick that person, you might get them in the balls.
15:59Oh.
15:59You know.
16:00Oh, that's cool.
16:00They coordinate everything.
16:01But then when it came to doing a sex scene or an intimacy scene or a kissing scene, there were
16:08no, there's no choreography.
16:10You were just on your own.
16:11Oh.
16:11So things have really improved.
16:13But it's still awkward because you are there with an intimacy coordinator.
16:16It is awkward because you're still kissing someone's lips.
16:18Like, ugh.
16:19But they ask you all these questions like, are you going to do an open mouth kiss?
16:22Are you comfortable with tongues?
16:24Like, you have to go there and talk about very awkward things.
16:28Oh, hell no.
16:29But at least you talk about it and it's not something that's sort of buried and you're like, I don't
16:35know what that person's thinking.
16:36Oh, my God.
16:37Wow.
16:38So it's a really, a great improvement in our industry.
16:41That's great.
16:42All right.
16:43Thank you, Claudia.
16:44Thanks.
16:45Thomas.
16:47Hi, Claudia.
16:48Hello, hi.
16:48My name is Thomas.
16:49Hi, Thomas.
16:50The nightclub you were raised in was one of the first ever had Pac-Man and Space Invaders.
16:55Did you ever play any of those games at the nightclub?
16:58And if you did, what was your score?
17:00Oh, my score.
17:02I don't remember my score, but I did get like number one a lot because I got to play it
17:07for hours and hours and hours and hours.
17:09We had the stand-up Space Invader.
17:12Then we had the sit-down one where you had like four different games you could choose from.
17:17Pac-Man, Galaga.
17:19Um, Toot and Carmen was one of my favourites.
17:22Um, I don't remember my score, but I do remember we used to be able to tip the machine upside
17:28down and get a knife and get fake credits.
17:32Pack the scores.
17:34Yep.
17:35You're just like I'm getting a jackpot.
17:37Yes.
17:37Yep.
17:38So we didn't have to put the 20 cents in.
17:40Bit naughty.
17:43Thanks, Thomas.
17:48Hello, I'm Silas.
17:49Hi, Silas.
17:50How are you?
17:51Um, how has growing up around nightclubs shaped your opinion on recreational drug use?
17:56Ooh.
18:00That's a nice one.
18:02Very good.
18:08Um, I, I, I, I'm law abiding.
18:12I believe the law is good.
18:15Um, hmm.
18:25I'm just, this is a, I'm just.
18:30Wow.
18:31I've got score to this.
18:33It's great.
18:34I've got, there's an instrumentation going on here.
18:36Yeah.
18:37Yeah.
18:38Okay.
18:39So I like the way you've contextualized the question because from my childhood observing
18:46that sort of environment, I would say moderation is the key and it's the key to everything.
18:55Daniel, you're up.
18:56All right.
18:58Oh.
18:58Daniel.
18:59Hi Claudia, how are you?
19:00Hi Daniel.
19:00Good to see you.
19:01Yeah.
19:01Good to see you too.
19:02I know you tried working in Hollywood and you said it was a stressful and lonely experience
19:07and there were a lot of people who were literally killed against Hollywood.
19:12So I was, can you explain what were the moments you experienced in Hollywood that made
19:19you realize it was not for you?
19:21Yeah.
19:21I mean, I was quite young.
19:23I went, the first time I went, which was the time that I'm referring to probably,
19:27was when I was 19.
19:29Yeah.
19:29So I possibly went too young and there was this REM song, do you know the REM song called
19:38Everybody Hurts?
19:39Of course.
19:40Yeah.
19:40Yeah.
19:41Yeah.
19:42I just played it all the time and cried a lot.
19:46And I think, I was like, this is not the place for me.
19:48I'm feeling sad here.
19:49It's as simple as that.
19:52I just, yeah, I think I just missed my family and my friends and I didn't have a lot of
19:59confidence.
20:00And you really have to be very confident in that landscape and that industry.
20:05It's quite tough.
20:06And it's a big city.
20:07You have to drive everywhere.
20:08So it's sort of, I like walking.
20:11Oh, so do I.
20:11There's not even many footpaths.
20:14I'm a fitness fanatic, so I walk around all the time.
20:17Yeah.
20:18I love, I love walking.
20:19Mm.
20:22Thank you, Daniel.
20:23Hello, Claudia.
20:24I'm Dale.
20:25Hello.
20:25Hi, Dale.
20:26You once said you deliberately wanted to invite chaos into your life through motherhood.
20:30How has motherhood shifted not just what stories you tell, but how you tell them and where
20:34you find meaning?
20:36Wow.
20:36What an extraordinary question.
20:38That's beautiful.
20:39Um, I did invite chaos into my life.
20:42That's for sure.
20:43Um, and it's changed everything.
20:45Yeah, most definitely.
20:47It's, it's, um, it's, uh, from then on a lot of stories like Bump is, um, very much a
20:55mother daughter and my mother son as well.
20:59Um, a lot of stories.
21:00Um, it's changed all of the relationships I build, I think around creativity that they're
21:08collaborative and, um, and long lasting.
21:12Awesome.
21:13Thank you, Dale.
21:14Um, Abby, you're up.
21:16Hello, Claudia.
21:17Hi, Abby.
21:18I love Bump so much and I've watched all the episodes.
21:23What was it like having Dylan Olcott as part of the cast and how do you think he went
21:28with his first acting job?
21:30Oh, he was so fantastic.
21:32So we met with him really early on and we said, look, you've got your own brand of humour
21:36and he loves making jokes about, you know, like being in a wheelchair.
21:41So he, he offered us up lots of great ideas and we put them in the film, in the show.
21:47Um, and he was such a great spirit on set.
21:50He's a very busy man though.
21:52So it was sometimes hard to schedule him on.
21:56Um, but he was great.
21:58Well, I thought Dylan was very good and I liked how there was someone in a wheelchair.
22:03Good.
22:04Oh, I'm glad about that.
22:05Thank you very much, Claudia.
22:07Thanks, Abby.
22:08Fletcher, you're okay.
22:11Spoiler alert.
22:12The scene in Love My Way where your character's child dies and this is the saddest death scene
22:18ever.
22:19And my mom still cries thinking about it.
22:22Why do you kill this character?
22:25I know, I know.
22:28Um, I remember the day when we went, we were in the writer's room and we had developed up
22:35to about episode five and we were still working out what was going to happen in the series.
22:40And Jacqueline Persky, who was one of the co-creators, she came into the room and she said,
22:46I think Lou has to die.
22:48And the reason why Lou has to die is because we have created this family and she is the
22:52linchpin and asked as writers, we have to pull that linchpin out to see if the family
22:57will still stay together.
23:00And we were all bawling our eyes out and I said, sure, but secretly I was like, the network
23:07are never going to let us do this.
23:09It's fine.
23:10I won't have to do this.
23:11I'll just support her, but really I won't have to do it.
23:14Then the network came in and she pitched it to the network and they said, yeah.
23:18I'm like, oh, no.
23:21I know.
23:22That was awful.
23:25Thank you so much.
23:26That's cool.
23:27Yeah.
23:27Thank you so much.
23:28Thank you, Fletcher.
23:29It's nearly making me cry just thinking about watching that.
23:33I know.
23:34All the noms.
23:35Yeah, it's awful.
23:35Finn, your go.
23:37Hey, Claudia.
23:38Hi.
23:39So you've had a prolific career spanning decades acting, directing and producing.
23:44I'm knackered by the early afternoon, so how do you avoid burnout?
23:49Yes, that's a big one.
23:52When I'm not working, I nap all the time.
23:58Even after being here today, I will go home and have a nap.
24:01I love naps.
24:02I call them nana naps.
24:04Even when I'm on set and there's lots of people around, I find that I can just sit in a
24:09chair and I'll just go and just power down.
24:13Alrighty.
24:14So find your relationship with your brother heartwarming.
24:18I have two people close to me who are schizophrenic as well.
24:22It can be difficult to interact due to volatility.
24:26How are you able to maintain such a good relationship?
24:28What's your advice to other people?
24:31Thank you for that.
24:32That's a beautiful question.
24:33I did see my brother on the weekend.
24:35We went shopping and he rang.
24:37He doesn't often take initiative, like come up with things that he really wants to do.
24:42But he rang me and said, I really want a radio.
24:45I want to be able to listen to the radio and listen to some music.
24:48So we went to a shopping mall and bought a radio.
24:51I think the key with my brother I learnt sort of quite late in life.
24:57I think I was always trying to help him.
25:00So I would go, here, I bought you yoga, tickets to a yoga class.
25:05You've got to do this yoga course.
25:06It will help you.
25:07Or when you're walking, Rupert, don't look at the ground.
25:09Look up at the sky.
25:10It will help you, you know, stop being so internalised.
25:15But when I learnt to stop giving him advice and just accept him however he was,
25:20if he was in a sad mood or a bit manic or just meet him basically.
25:30I'm an ambassador at the Wayside Chapel and their motto there is
25:35visitors are people to be met, not problems to be fixed.
25:40So the minute I stopped treating my brother like he had a problem
25:45and he was just someone to be met, it was so much easier as well.
25:49That's the weird thing.
25:50It was just so easy to just give him a hug and tell him I love him and chat.
25:58I think that's perfect.
26:00Yeah, it's really easy.
26:01And he responds to me differently too.
26:04Um, so that's, it's just lovely.
26:07So before having children were you worried about the strong, the genetic component at all?
26:14Uh, yes.
26:15Yeah.
26:16I never did any genetic testing, but I think since I've had the experience, um, hopefully
26:25I would have dealt with it, um, as well as I could have.
26:30Wonderful.
26:31Thanks so much.
26:32Thank you Finn.
26:33No worries.
26:36Hello Claudia.
26:37Hi Andrew, how are you?
26:38Welcome, I'm Andrew.
26:39Nice to meet you.
26:41I live on the south coast and I love plants.
26:43I can't imagine my life without nature.
26:46You live in the middle of the city, do you miss nature?
26:50I actually, um, made contact with a beautiful, um, landscape gardener and he designed a beautiful
26:57urban garden for me.
26:59So I have, um, a grape vine, I have passion fruit vine, I have a big, I have herbs and
27:06I have a compost.
27:07Oh wow.
27:07And that's one of my favourite things.
27:09My favourite things in the world is to go into the compost and turn it and look at all
27:13the worms.
27:14That's right.
27:15It's one of my favourite things.
27:16Especially if I'm having a bit of a flat day or I'm feeling a bit sort of, a bit melancholy
27:21or something.
27:21If I turn that compost, I don't know, everything just seems to make sense.
27:26That's amazing.
27:27Thank you Andrew.
27:28Andrew's an amazing gardener.
27:30Yes, thank you.
27:30Any tips you need?
27:31Oh, I will.
27:32I do have a beautiful black elephant leaf plant that I need, yeah, struggling.
27:38Do you want to pass to Savannah?
27:42Hi Savannah.
27:43Hello.
27:45Hugh Jackman was the main character in the movie Flushed Away.
27:48His character is a good looking rat.
27:51Is he a good looking rat in real life?
27:54Oh my god, yes, yes, yes, yes.
27:58Is he a good looking rat, did you say?
28:01Yeah, as in a squeak squeak rat.
28:02Oh yeah, yeah, right.
28:04He, I'm so glad you asked me about Hugh Jackman because I can honestly say, you know, as you get
28:10older sometimes there's a bit of a difference between perception and reality.
28:15Oh yeah.
28:15Like something, you perceive something to be one way and then you discover the reality, it's something quite different.
28:20Mm-hm.
28:21With Hugh Jackman, he is exactly as you think he would be.
28:25He is a genuinely beautiful human being.
28:28I adore him and I loved working with him.
28:31And yeah, he's a good looking rat.
28:35100% agree with you.
28:37Thank you very much, Claudia.
28:38Thanks, Savannah.
28:39Thank you, Savannah.
28:40Mitch, will you pass the mic to Willow?
28:48Hi, Willow.
28:49Hi.
28:50Hi.
28:50You had a lot of on screen kissers with some very handsome artist who was the best kisser.
29:01Sorry.
29:03Stop it.
29:03Give me a kisser.
29:04I love it.
29:06Well, as much as I love Hugh Jackman, it wasn't Hugh Jackman.
29:13Imagine if Hugh Jackman watches this right now.
29:16He'd be sitting on the couch having popcorn and be like, what the hell, Claudia?
29:22He won't mind.
29:24He won't mind because we actually had to reshoot it about three times.
29:28So he knew, he knew we had problems.
29:31Okay.
29:32Who was the best?
29:34Oh, dear.
29:36Oh, actually, I'm just going to be really honest.
29:40Yeah?
29:40I did a film, a telemovie called Never Tell Me Never.
29:46About, um, Janine Shepard, who was a cross-country skier.
29:51Um, and we were in the ski, in the snow, and they said, we need a cutaway of you kissing
29:56your boyfriend.
29:57But the actor who played my boyfriend wasn't there.
30:01No.
30:01So they said, oh, can we?
30:03They just pointed to some random person from the crew and said, so can you kiss him?
30:07And I was like, um, no.
30:11I said, I was like, um, because it was a wide shot, so you couldn't really tell.
30:16So I was like, um, no, um, I think I need to kiss an actor because only another actor is
30:21going to understand that it's not a real kiss.
30:23It's a performed kiss.
30:25And Joel Edgerton happened to be there.
30:28So I was like, Joel, can you kiss me for this?
30:31Um, and I think he was the best kisser.
30:38And he's a lovely, lovely guy.
30:40He's a, he's a lovely, he's a good friend.
30:42You received, um, an order of Australia from your work.
30:47Do you put O-A-M after your name when you signed documents or cards?
30:54Um, if I'm trying to impress someone and trying to get their attention, I will.
30:59So, um, I haven't done it very often.
31:01But maybe when I'm like 90 years old, if I get to live to 90, I will introduce myself as,
31:09I love it.
31:10It's called O-A-M.
31:14O-A-M.
31:15I'll be telling everyone when I'm 90 and they'll be like, everyone will be like,
31:22Boring.
31:23You'll never be boring, even at 90.
31:25Oh, thanks.
31:26No, you will be, you'll be lovely.
31:27I love you any way you are.
31:28Thank you, I love you too.
31:30And thank you.
31:32Hi, I'm Oliver.
31:33Hi Oliver.
31:34Um.
31:35I love your shirt.
31:36Oh, thank you very much.
31:37Um, the arts are full of rejection.
31:40For every audition, grant, funding application you go for, you inevitably get more no's
31:45than yes's.
31:46I know for me, it so often begins to feel personal, even when I know that it isn't.
31:52How do you maintain faith in your ability when it so often feels like there's something
31:57wrong with you?
32:00That's, yes, it is a big part of the job.
32:02You're right, you just don't take it personally.
32:04Um, even though, yes, it is disappointing.
32:06So it's about sort of processing disappointment and letting yourself have a cry, letting yourself
32:13go back to bed and go, okay, today's not for me.
32:17I need to have a nap.
32:19Um, you just, like, lean into the feelings, I guess, and the sadness, and then it passes.
32:25Thank you very much.
32:27Um, Pat, you're up.
32:28All right.
32:29Hello, Claudia.
32:30Nice to meet you.
32:30Hi, Pat.
32:31Nice to meet you too.
32:32Um, so, the autistic mind tends to notice some of the most hidden things.
32:38For example, specific sounds, shapes, or even bits of history.
32:43Do you have any hidden things that you see or notice in the world?
32:48Yeah, that's a great question.
32:50I think I do notice body language.
32:52So, I'll get little clues about what people are feeling or thinking or they're sort of
32:59the true nature of someone's relationship.
33:01I think I can tune into it a bit quicker than other people.
33:06I don't know if that's because I'm an actor, so I'm a little bit more, um, reading that a lot
33:12more.
33:13You probably would need those to act, and I wish I had that ability, to be honest.
33:17Do you?
33:17Yes.
33:18Yeah, I'm pretty awful at that, actually.
33:20Well, I used to, you can buy, like, body language books.
33:23Oh, yes.
33:23Some of them are a bit basic, though, aren't they?
33:25Yes.
33:26And sometimes people's body language is just very personal to them, like,
33:30one movement with some person might mean something different to another person, but
33:35I think it's sort of staying calm, because sometimes when you get a bit agitated or nervous,
33:40you can't read anything because you're listening to the heartbeat in your own eardrums,
33:45or your breath is short, and so you're not, you can't pick up on anything.
33:49So I think the key is really, like, I sort of feel my diaphragm going,
33:56relaxing, and just trying to stay in the present moment as much as possible, so that I can absorb
34:03anything, um, yeah, I need to hear.
34:06Because acting is all about listening, and you have to be in the moment to listen, and
34:10it's hard to listen when you're nervous.
34:12Hmm.
34:13Sounds very disciplined.
34:14Thank you for that.
34:15Thanks, Pat.
34:16Thanks for the question.
34:17Ciao, it's your turn.
34:19Hi, Claudia.
34:19Hi, Ciao.
34:20Your roles have ranged from the big movies, like Star Wars, to roles that look inward,
34:25like Love My Way and Secret Life.
34:27What are your feelings on participating on roles drastically different on opposite ends
34:32of the spectrum?
34:34Ah, well, yes.
34:36Um, I really do enjoy working fast.
34:39So shows like The Secret Life of Us, Love My Way, Bump, we film like one episode of Bump
34:48in three and a half days.
34:50We filmed the Bump Christmas movie, which is 90 minutes of screen time, we shot it in
34:5615 days.
34:57Okay.
34:58So I quite like working fast, because you're sort of going on your instincts, and you don't
35:03get too bored, because there's a lot of sitting around.
35:06When you go on to the bigger projects, it's hours and days of sitting around.
35:12So that's not as enjoyable for me.
35:15Or sitting in your trailer for long, long, long periods of time, I get a bit antsy.
35:23I like being active, and I like things happening.
35:29Thanks so much, Claudia.
35:30Thanks.
35:31James, it's your turn.
35:33Hi, Claudia.
35:34Hi, James.
35:35How are you?
35:36Good, thank you.
35:37Ronald Reagan was an actor before he became president.
35:40Do you see a space for yourself in politics?
35:43Oh!
35:46Wow.
35:47Um, it's a hard job.
35:50It's a really hard job.
35:52And then you'd have to be interviewed by Lee Sales.
35:59That would be terrifying.
36:03So no, Lee Sales, Lee Sales has put me off being a politician.
36:08Fair enough.
36:12Otherwise, I could be Prime Minister.
36:18Thanks, Claudia.
36:19Thank you very much, James.
36:22Evie.
36:24Hi, Evie.
36:25Hi.
36:26Um, I hide myself all the time because I'm scared of taking space and being too much to people,
36:35to the point that they will leave me.
36:38You have stood by your brother and never left him.
36:41Why do you think people push aside those who are different?
36:46It's a really beautiful question.
36:50Well, I hope people don't push aside people who are different.
36:55I think, I think the world is changing in that regard, actually.
36:59Um, I think, I think there's been a huge evolution.
37:03And I particularly think your generation, um, are much more equipped.
37:09They have much better conversations, much better, um, emotional intelligence.
37:15And I hope that you don't feel like you have to compensate for other people's awkwardness
37:21or, or, um, inadequacies and that you never take that personally.
37:26Thanks.
37:27I love dancing.
37:29It, it feels freeing and I like, and like I'm performing.
37:34What does dancing feel like to you?
37:38Oh, wow.
37:39I love dancing too.
37:40Um, I, and I came to it quite late in life.
37:43If you would have asked me that question when I was even in my twenties,
37:46I would have thought dancing just makes me feel incompetent and embarrassed.
37:51Um, cause I'm really uncoordinated.
37:54Um, but now I'm older and I've done a lot more of it.
37:58And now I, I've done like ecstatic dance.
38:00Have you done ecstatic dance?
38:02Uh, I'm a, I freestyle, so probably.
38:05It's like that.
38:06It's freestyle.
38:06It's just like, do whatever you want.
38:08Um, that's hilarious.
38:10Um, partner dancing makes you feel, um, it's, it's really great being led.
38:18So, and having to follow.
38:20So it's like you're using a whole different part of your brain.
38:23Um, so that feels, um, it's like, sometimes it's like quite disciplined
38:29and sometimes it's really just loose and you just release a lot of energy
38:33and it makes you very happy.
38:35Yeah.
38:37Thank you, Evie.
38:38All right.
38:39As it turns out, some of us love dancing too.
38:41And we would like to challenge you to a dance off.
38:44What do you think?
38:45A dance off?
38:46Do we have judges?
38:47No.
38:48No, not around.
38:49So how, how does it, should I take my shoes off?
38:51Well, all you need to do once the music starts is to copy our moves
38:55and try and keep up.
38:57Right.
38:57Okay.
38:58Yep.
38:58I'm up for it.
38:59Cue the music if you're ready.
39:01Oh.
39:02All right.
39:03Go, Abbie.
39:04Go, Abbie.
39:06Go, Abbie.
39:08Oh, yeah.
39:11Oh, yeah.
39:12Go, go, go.
39:14Go, go, go.
39:17Yeah.
39:18Yeah, right.
39:19Go.
39:19Oh, no.
39:20Oh, no.
39:21Oh, no.
39:25Oh, no.
39:27Ah, this is fast.
39:30Oh.
39:31Oh, that was fast.
39:34Go, go, go, go, go.
39:37Go, go, go, go.
39:39Oh, here we go.
39:43Oh, oh, that was fast.
39:46Yes.
39:47Yes!
39:49Five, six, seven...
39:51Whoa!
39:52Whoa!
39:55Go Evie! Go Evie!
39:57Go Evie! Go Evie!
40:02Go Evie! Go Evie!
40:04Go Evie! Go Evie!
40:06Go Evie! Go Evie!
40:07Go Evie! Go Evie!
40:09Oh my god!
40:11It's your turn! And around!
40:13Go Thomas!
40:16Go Thomas!
40:17Go Thomas!
40:18Go Thomas!
40:25Woohoo!
40:26Well done!
40:30Good job!
40:31Good job!
40:32Good job!
40:34Thank you!
40:34Thank you!
40:37Great moves! Great moves!
40:39Amazing!
40:41Thank you!
40:41I'm exhausted!
40:43Claudia, well done! Very impressive!
40:45You will definitely need an afternoon nap now!
40:50Yeah!
40:52Well, it's so good meeting you!
40:54It's lovely meeting you! Thank you for all your questions!
40:56Oh, that's all good! No worries!
40:59Sorry, they're... they're intense!
41:01Wonderful!
41:01No, intense is good!
41:02Hell yeah, man!
41:03Yeah!
41:04That was...
41:05I'm glad!
41:07Yeah, man! That was awesome!
41:08Could you sign my card real quick?
41:10Of course!
41:12Thanks so much!
41:13I want to be a director!
41:14Yeah!
41:14I'm actually studying film, so...
41:16Thank you!
41:16But yeah, hopefully I'll get to work with you one day!
41:18That would be great!
41:19Oh, selfie, selfie!
41:21Um, do you mind if I come in a selfie?
41:24Yeah!
41:24Oh, yeah!
41:26Oh, yeah!
41:27Oh, yeah!
41:28Oh, yeah!
41:31Okay, so...
41:32Everybody...
41:33Three...
41:34Two...
41:35One...
41:36We are...
41:37Yes, certainly!
41:41Thank you!
41:43That was good, wasn't it?
41:45Thanks for coming along!
41:47Our next guest used to be lead singer of a band called Cold Chisel.
41:51It's Jimmy Barnes!
41:53I know it!
41:55The one and only Jimmy Barnes!
41:57Hi, Jimmy!
41:58Don't try this at home!
42:00What makes you able to stay so functional when you're performing while intoxicated?
42:06How did that early chaos shape your voice?
42:08Not just vocally, but emotionally?
42:10What is the most bogan thing you've ever done?
42:13Oh...
42:13How long have you got?
42:15Oh...
42:16Oh...
42:17Oh...
42:18He's a working class man!
42:21You can come and join my band!
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