Ka malihini ma luna e ulu ana i loko o ka'Aukekulelia outback, Ua akamai ke keiki a Jennifer hale papaa o, and his next role on American hewa Moʻolelo.
Ma muli o Peace Nicholson ka 1997 maikai-kuai puke o ka ia inoa, Brendan a Emmett Malloys 'noi Seminā kakou kamailio ana hiʻona, Nāʻohana o Palos Verdes-with Karen Croner ka hiki ia oe kōmi'ōkuhi i ua panai aku kekahi mau alakaʻi 'mau lima iloko o kona, kokoke elua makahiki ma ka ulu-o ka moʻolelo o ka' ohana i ka hoʻoponopono ulia, i ku ei ka nui backdrop o Hawaiian Kaleponi Hema.
The Masons just relocated to an affluent Palos Verdes, planting roots in an idyllic clifftop residence overlooking the Pacific surf. But as our teenage protagonist Medina (Maika Monroe) informs us in voiceover, there was trouble brewing long before the family arrived in this paradise. At 16, she’s an outcast who relies entirely too much on her effortlessly charismatic twin brother Jim (Cody Fern). Medina and Jim take to the waves every chance they get—their mastery of the surfboard a reprieve from their doomy lives at home. Consider their manic depressive mother Sandy (Jennifer Garner), who grows pathologically dependent on Jim when her follow-your-bliss husband Phil (Justin Kirk) extricates himself from her “black hole moods” to be with their young, bubbly real estate agent (Alicia Silverstone). In fact, Medina and Sandy are so thrown off-balance by this adjustment from heartland Michigan to a rigid and superficial world that keeping them on an even keel takes precedence for Jim, even as he slips deeper into his own drug abuse—a seismic disaster-in-wait.
Anthem sat down with Fern, a newcomer who makes his debut performance in an American feature with Nāʻohana o Palos Verdes, to discuss his past life growing up in the small mining town of Southern Cross in the outback of Western Australia, winning the Heath Ledger Scholarship, and how Cate Blanchett rerouted his path from finance to chasing his acting ambitions in Hollywood.
Nāʻohana o Palos Verdes is in select theaters on December 1.
It must be wild looking back to where you came from now. Southern Cross sounds tiny.
Yeah, it’s tiny. When I was growing up, it was less then 300 kanaka. It ke ano o ka paʻakikī, e hahao i loko o hua'ōlelo. Au i ka olelo ana i ka mea e pili ana i kēia i ka 'ē aʻe lā: Au makemake e kiʻi i kahiko kapuahi waiho i loko o, akā, laila, pehea e oe i loaaʻi ka laau? Ua i mai iaʻu noonoo i hele mai i loko o ka aina i ka hooilo, a loaa na laau a me ka hana ho'āla kaua ia i. A pehea oe nae malama mehana. It Ka hoʻomaopopo, "E kuʻu Akua. Ke ola e aʻu Laki ola nei, mai ke ola aʻu i noho mea ai unrelatable. "Ua 'oe i laila, vastly okoa. It Ka hihiu! I au ai appreciative o kahi aʻu i kupu ae la, a au nui i ana a me ka hoao ana i ka mea aʻu e hulina i. O He Aloha Hawaii pono loa okoa e neʻe ana i L.A. me Film, a ua pilikia Kauai.
Pehea i oe i pakele o ka mea makau kuhohonu ana no ka ho film?
Ua ua paakiki, yeah! Akā, ke manaʻo nei au he pono kuleana, a me ka apana ina e huli hele mai iʻaneʻi, e hana aku, a hana i loko o ka States. Oe maikaʻi i ka hoohewaia oia maikai 'Amelika makau kuhohonu ana. Ua lawe i ka hailona o ka hana, maopopo iā 'oe? O ke akamai loa okoa. O ka loa okoaʻaoʻao o ka neʻe kou waha. Oe i ka hana i kela la i keia mea, kuhi wau. Mea uaua, akā, e ka leʻaleʻa. I aloha mai ia hana ana me ka makau kuhohonu ana.
Jim maopopo leʻa hoʻohana heʻe nalu me ke kopinaʻano papa hana no nā mea a pau i nā mea a pau e hele hewa i loko o kona hale ola. Anei oe i ike i ka ka hailonaʻana o ka wai e ulu ana i loko o Australia?
Au ka heʻe nalu ma ka wā aʻu i ulu mai ai au i ka hoao ana me ka mea. Jim i aloha ai i ka heʻenalu. I manaʻo heʻe nalu i kona ola. Ua haawi mai la ia ia i ka mokuāhana, mai ka lanakila. Akā,ʻo ia ka mea i kuanaʻike ma ka heʻe nalu-ole ke ola-i nā mea a pau. Ka mea i i ka lawe ana mai ia oukou i kaʻu mea e olioli nei, e kekahi mea ana i hana i ka pono ma. He aumeume me ka nani kaumaha kaumaha. I manaʻo i ka papa kuhikuhiE hihia no ka Jim mea, i loko o ia 'ole ke', keia mea ana i aloha aiʻo ia, aole ia i hiki e like hou, no ka mea, aole mea ka manaʻoi. akā, yeah, ka Malloys i iā mākou mai ma luna o ka wai. Mākou i hana ai i ka hailonaʻana o ko mākou mau heʻe nalu, a ua pīhoihoi. Akā mākou i kekahi filming i ka Santa Anita makani, no laila, ua he loa, kiʻekiʻe loa pehu. It ua dicey! [kaʻaka]
Aha i ka mea makemake i ka pāʻani ke keiki a Jennifer hale papaa o? He aha loina i oe e pili ana i kona?
¶ He He hoopau e kākoʻo ana. She’s somebody who shows up to work ready to go. She’s such a bright light. This was such a different role to play for her. I think people are used to seeing Jen as the likable, lovely and amenable woman on screen, and this is certainly not that role. She was never afraid to go there. She was always pushing herself and challenging herself to go deeper, and remove that veil of being relatable or being liked by the audience. She certainly threw herself into that. The thing about Jen is that, when she arrives on set, ka mea, 'o ka mea loveliest, a me ka loa i lalo-i-honua kanaka oe hulina loa halawai. I hana i na haha aku ma kona wahi, a laila ka mea "diva" e pili ana ia. ʻO ia, aole ia i makemake kekahi wai. Ua i i mālama i ka trailer. Ua ua pono i loko o ka mānoanoa o ia me mākou a pau. Mākou i nā mea a pau pana i loko o kēia hale moku ma Palos Verdes, a ua makemake e kiʻi ia mea. He ua he maoli trooper. Ua maoli manaʻo e pili ana i kona hana ethic. I manaʻo paha e hiki mahalo mai paha i ka.
[kaʻaka] He He moʻolelo oiaio, yeah.
A weliweli!
Au ua he hailona kaikaina laila, kuhi wau. Ua hele mai hoʻi iā Jim ma ka ho film. o koʻu manaʻo, Au ua e hiki i kekahi wahi i loko o koʻu ola ana, kahi au i worrying e pili ana i nā mea 'ē aʻe poʻe manaʻo e hooki aku a me ka mea' ē aʻe kanaka manaʻo mea e manaʻo, keia manaʻo o ka pomaikai a me ka pomaikai o, a me ka aha i ka upstanding kupa ano. I was just a miserable human being when I was working in finance. I hated my life. I hated where I was going. I hated every part of it and knew that I had to do something radical—and fast. I was looking down at people’s lives and thinking, “Wow. This is not what I want my life to be. But I’m here and I’m doing it and I’m trying to fit in.” I had seen Elizabeth, the first one with Cate Blanchett, and it really made me want to become an actor. Then when I had gone to see The Golden Age, ka mea, ua i kēia hoailona'ē mea aʻu i nō unraveling no ka mea, i hele mai 10 makahiki hope. Ua hoolohe aku hoʻi i ka mea a pau i aʻu i manaʻo, moe, makemake, a me ka manaʻolana no ka wā aʻu i ua kaikaina. Ua ua he maoli no minute o ke hoala mai la. Not e kiʻi cosmic paha whatnot e pili ana ia, akā, kéu ana me oe ia oe iho, a haha aku oe pehea e pili ana i kou ola, a me ka wahi i Ka hele, ua manaʻo wau, "Ua nui koʻu inaina nei au iaʻu iho i ka manawa." Ua hanaʻiʻo akula ua mea aʻu mau makemake, e hana. Inā 'oe makemake e hiki ke hana ia, oe he paena loaa i kekahi manawa, e hele aku, a hana ia pono manawa. A me au i hana ai. Aʻu i hele mai ma ka 'aina awakea a me ka au wale aole hele hoʻi.
Oe la kou hoʻomaka 'i loko o ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni. You got a lot of acclaim for War Holo Malie. Then you were the recipient of the Heath Ledger Hoʻonaʻauao in 2014. Anei oe manaʻo e like mea ia oe i ka nui hoʻonui?
Yeah, loa! Ua i kekahi o na kumu nui o ko au ua hiki ke hele mai i Los Angeles. It Ka loa paʻakikī me ka malihini e hele mai i loko o kēia aupuni-ole e loaa he Anati-pu e pili ana ia i ka manawa, eia nae au loa, ua Anati-pu-pakahi aku la ia me ka Mea Keaka. Oe i ke tick aku ai na pahu. Oe i ke i i kekahi dala o ke acclaim. Oe i ka ia i ka luna o kou kahua, etcetera, etcetera. E lanakila ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao propelled iaʻu i loko o ka mahinaʻai, a i ka mea e hiki no iaʻu ke hana iʻaneʻi. ole ia, i ka manawa paha e i hele mai hou no ka mau o ka makahiki. A ia anei hana me ka holo aku pale ai iaʻu e kiʻi mai nei i Los Angeles, a hoʻomaka ke anaina kanaka, a keehi mai i na mea i loko o kapa. Ua ua he Initiative nui. I Ka Nani loa mahalo no ka mea.
Like ka nui me ia hoʻonaʻauao mea he hookahi i loko o ka wa e ola mea no oe, mea pono e ai Uku no ka Ledger ohana, oi aku. Heath ka 'oihana iʻoki pōkole, akā, e hiki nurture i hou hanauna.
O ia ka pīhoihoi Initiative, a ua ike au ia ia hoʻi, he hailona ia Kim [Ledger] a me kona ohana.
Anei oe nō e noho i loko o nano me Kim?
It Ka Ua he ana, i aʻu Fashion, ua manao hewa e pili ana i. [kaʻaka] Au, he oiaio, e hiki mai no ia ia. Heath ua mea he inspirational Mea Keaka a me kanaka. Ua ua ia he lono kaumaha lilo. He maoli ua he beacon o ka manaolana ma ka Australia i ka olelo o ka hana. E huli mau nana ae la iluna i ka kanaka e like me ia, Cate Blanchett a Jeffrey naholo kiki mai ai, a me ka mea e huli hana. Ua hana oe kahaha, "Pehea no au hiki ke loaa mai malaila, a hana kupaianaha hana a me ka hoʻomau [Heath ka] inoa a ua lawe ma luna o kona hoʻoilina?"
Oe oe ma ano nui i crossroads pono kēia manawa, no 'oe makemake e momoku ahi hou, a me ka slate mea maemae. Ka mea mua a me ke kapuai e dictate mea a pau e hahai. Pehea oe i haha aku i keia he huina?
I manaʻo maoli hauʻoli loa! I Ka Nani loa passionate e pili ana i ka hana ana o kekahi hana naʻaupō a me ke ano o ka hopena e hiki nae i. I aloha aku i ke kaʻina hana o ka laulima. I ka wa aʻu i hiki mai ai i ka Hui Pūʻia, Au i ka manao ole, a no ko ianei manao, a kali i e ka Mea Keaka, akā,ʻano o ka mahi ', a hoʻomaka kākau. Au i hele aku ai e e mana ana ma luna koʻu mua hiʻona ho film ka wā [Nāʻohana o Palos Verdes] hele mai ma no iaʻu. I kēia manawa, loaʻa nā mea a pau au e hele i 'ae' ia e pili ana i kamailio. Au i kekahi mau o nā papahana e hele mai ana i, a e kau mai iaʻu mai ka auditioning hou no kekahi manawa. I manao loa Pomaikai. I Ka pīhoihoi e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai.
Au e i makemake e kau oe i ka wahi, but can you talk about American hewa Moʻolelo?
Yeah! Au makemake ole, ua hiki no ina ia he ole no ka trailer mea i pono, kuu. On January 17th, I’ll be in Ryan Murphy’s American hewa Moʻolelo and the Gianni Versace world. paani au i kekahi kūlana 'ano nui i loko o ia moʻo. Au hiki ole aku nei au i au e pāʻani a me nā mea e iho, akā, i ka hiki mai ana no iaʻu.
Keir a au halawai ma Sundance Keʻena, a mea he Initiative Kau aku la lakou ma ka Sundance Institute. Ua Ka Ua hele ma no kekahi mau makahiki e. O ka manawa no Artists e lawe ka pilikia, a e maʻiʻo, a aʻo mai kekahi i kekahi. It’s run by Robert Redford and I took part in this film called 'Amelika Animals directed by Bart Leyton. Aʻu i halawai Keir ma ia kumuhana i oleloia, a ua lilo iho la ia mau hoaaloha. Au i wale noho increasingly hookahuli i ma ka nele o ka hoihoi 'mau manamana i i hele mai, oi loa no ka poʻe i loko o koʻu mau makahiki pae. Au pono maoli i makemake ole i ka pāʻani, a me ka hoole i ka paani, ke kanaka aʻe puka a me ka throwaway kanaka i loko o ke kula kiʻekiʻe. It O pono i kahi au e makemake e hele. So I started writing and wrote Pisces, i i hua mai la e Nancy Grant a me Xavier Dolan ma ko lakou poe Sons o ka Manual. I ua he io kupaianaha papahana-mākou pana aku la ia ma luna o 35mm ho film. Ua Ua kau mai e like me ka maopopo o ka manaʻo no ka hiʻona mea aʻu e e mana ana ma luna i loko o ka wā e hiki mai. Hana me Keir ua i ka hana nui a ka mea, 'o ka' Amelika Mea Keaka. Ka mea, uaʻoluʻolu e hana pu i loko o ia no ka mea aʻu e manaʻo mākou, he elua hookahuli i. Now flash forward a year and he’s doing Atypical on Netflix and I’ve done this film, and there’s American hewa Moʻolelo. It’s all about the work at the end of the day—good work. That was a great stepping stone, just speaking for myself as a filmmaker. I’m very passionate about it.
I was sort of curious about the Malloy Brothers. They made music videos for artists like Avril Lavigne and The White Stripes at the height of their fame. What are those guys like?
They’re incredible guys. They have such an interesting dynamic as brothers, a ua he hailona o ka leʻaleʻa, e pāʻani me. Ka mea, kēlā i kā lākou mau kuanaʻike ma luna o nā mea Ka hanaia i loko o ka loa. Ka mea, heʻokoʻa nā manaʻo, akā, ma ka pau ana o ka lā, ka mea, ma laila e haʻi aku i ka moʻolelo hiki ole. Ka mea, ua i ka hailona o ka leʻaleʻa. lilo mākou e like hoʻokahi nui ohana. Kēia i koʻu hiʻona mua mai 'aneʻi ma ka States. nae, ka mea, ua koʻu mua hiʻona, piha ana,. Ua ua he pīhoihoi kaʻina no mākou i nā mea a pau ke aʻo 'ana a pau.
Pono hoopuni hoʻi i ka mea a mākou kamailio ana mamua ma ke kamailio ana, i ka mea maoli rattling wā e neʻe mai i L.A.? Kou ano i loko o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hele ma o ka hawewe Aloha Hawaii loli ma luna o hiki ana ma Palos Verdes. Mea i kekahi mea e hiki ke hiki ke hoʻohana 'ia e like me ka Mea Keaka?
Au i ike e ole ua hoano e kekahi mea e like mea. Kaʻu mua manawa ma ka L.A. i ka wā aʻu nae neʻe mai 'aneʻi no ka mea, aole loa au ua. lele au i ka pelane, a ia ua e like, "I au e hiki i ka hana i kēia hana,"I ka mea aʻu Kuahiwi O ua hoʻohana i no ka mea, au hoʻoneʻe mai aupuni a hiki i ke kulanakauhale, a ua kulanakauhale i kekahi kulanakauhale ma ka Australia, Au i noho i loko o Melbourne no ka manawa pōkole wale nō, a me Brisbane. Au i laila, hoʻohana i ka neʻeʻana a me au makemake nui e like ia kaʻina. Noʻu kahi olioli ia ka ulu a me ka loli, a hookuke mawaho o koʻu maha ai? Aie?. I manaʻo ka mea, ka mea au e hoʻomau i ka hana i loko o ke ola. Los Angeles I aloha a me au e i ike noʻu e waiho ana, akā, ma laila 'o kekahi hapa o ka mai iaʻu i kekahi makemake e ike i ka mea ka e like e noho i loko o New York a São Paulo. I aloha aku i ka manaʻo o ka noho ana ma kekahi mau wahi, kekahi mau hana 'ike loea. akā, yeah, ka mea, i ka malihini aloha e hele mai ana i ka L.A. Ka ike ana i ka Hollywood hoailona no ka manawa mua ua loa lumaʻi no ka mea, e ulu mai ai me ia. E moe ana ia ma ka Australia a me ka mea Hollywood mea, a he uaua! [kaʻaka] ʻAʻole au iʻike ōlaʻi 'aneʻi, akā, ka mea, i ole lawe mai iaʻu kona lōʻihi, e noho ana ma. L.A. Ka Ua loa ano keia ano i mai iaʻu, a ua ike au L.A. hiki ia i kekahi pilikia kulanakauhale no kekahi. Au wale iʻoiaʻiʻo mea au i loko o ka poʻe o ka maikai kanaka-i pono i loko o ka hana, akā, i loko o kekahi mau. I aloha aku kela mea keia lua o ka mea. I Ka Nani pono mau kahaha, a malia ma ka mea a pau i hanaia Ka.