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Growing up, I was always adamant that I would never do ‘Home and Away’ or ‘Neighbours,’ because as an actor you want to set your path as that serious kind of actor.
I haven’t had the whole ‘famous’ thing happen to me yet, and I hope I never will. I like to sneak away in the corners and hide a lot.
I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo and Juliet.’
In Australia, we cling on to whatever culture we have. We’re such a multicultural country.
My first job on the screen was ‘Sea Patrol,’ and that was quite intense, but I guess my first big break was ‘SLiDE.’
I almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
I was on ‘Home and Away’ for about three or four months. I loved it.
When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in ‘Romeo and Juliet.’
When I’m not acting, I’m at the beach. I like to spend a lot of time in the water, surfing.
In ‘The Giver,’ I play a character called Jonas who is a member of this community called Changeless. In this community, everyone is kept at bay emotionally and physically. They receive an injection every morning to control them from feeling things like love and pain and all natural emotions.
Hugh Jackman really inspired me as a kid. He’s a cool Aussie guy who works very hard, and he’s a fantastic actor. Obviously, he keeps really fit. He seems like he’s happy acting. Who knows if he really is, but he gives you that impression.
It’s weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don’t want to know that you’re beating someone to the role.
I guess my break in America came a little too early. It would’ve been nice to have a few more years to find out what I’m like as an actor without a camera on my face.
I studied drama at the Queensland University of Technology, which was amazing. I can’t speak highly enough of that school.
