Melanie Lynskey: From Heavenly Creatures to Hollywood…2014

Melanie Lynskey – where she was in 2014 – she talks about:  – Being bitten by the acting bug at the age of six – Missing the school assembly at which the Heavenly Creatures audition was announced

Working with actor-director Miranda Harcourt to prepare for her second Heavenly Creatures audition – The responsibility of playing a real-life murderer on screen – How her off-screen friendship with Kate Winslet mirrored their on-screen relationship

Why Snakeskin was her greatest acting experience to date – The secret behind how Craig Hall would prepare for his scenes in Show of Hands – Why her experience on her younger sister’s short film A Kiwi Legend was better than most of her Hollywood acting jobs

Why she turned down the chance to be “a millionaire” on Two and a Half Men –  What sets A-list actors apart from their acting peers

…I just thought the whole time that it would be a good thing to put on my resume when I tried to get into drama school — that I auditioned for a ‘real movie’.

Interview and Editing – Gemma Gracewood. Camera – Brett Stanley

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