The newcomer on growing up in the Australian outback, playing Jennifer Garner’s son, and his next role on American Umbanda Nkhani.
Based on Joy Nicholson’s 1997 best-selling novel of the same name, Brendan and Emmett Malloys’ sophomore narrative feature, The Tribes of Palos Verdes—with Karen Croner’s capable script that exchanged several directors’ hands during its nearly two decades in development—is the story of a family in crisis, set against the spectacular backdrop of coastal Southern California.
Anthu osema miyala basi akusamukira lolemera Palos Verdes, chodzala mizu mu yabata clifftop zogona choyang'ana Pacific mafunde. Koma ngati protagonist wathu achinyamata Medina (Maika Monroe) imatiuza mu voiceover, panali vuto akamayamba Pasanapite nthawi banja anafika ku paradaiso. pa 16, iye ndi wothamangitsidwa amene amadalira kotheratu kwambiri pa effortlessly wachikoka anabadwa mapasa ake Jim (Cody Fern). Medina ndi Jim kuti mafunde mwayi uliwonse umene iwo apeze awo katswiri wa thabwa losewerera m'madzi la reprieve ku doomy miyoyo yawo kunyumba. Taganizirani maganizo awo amakhala wosangalala monyanyira mayi Sandy (Jennifer nkhokwe), amene amalima pathologically amadalira Jim pamene iye otsatira anu-yamtendere mwamuna Phil (Justin Kirk) extricates yekha kwa iye "lokhala wosasangalala wakuda dzenje" kukhala ndi ana awo, bubbly wothandizila malo (Alicia Silverstone). Pamenepo, Medina ndi Sandy ndi choncho anaponyedwa kuchokera-bwino ndi kusintha kwa chimake Michigan ku dziko okhwima ndi kungotengeka kuti kusunga malamulowa pa ngakhale muyezo amatenga kuwalepheretse kwa Jim, ngakhale pamene amazembera chozama osokoneza-mankhwala ake zivomerezi tsoka-mu-kudikira.
Anthem sat down with Fern, a newcomer who makes his debut performance in an American feature with The Tribes of Palos Verdes, kukambirana moyo wake m'mbuyomu kukula m'tauni migodi yaing'ono ya Southern Cross mu MIDZI ya Australia Western, athana Heath kaundula Akatswiri, ndi momwe Cate Blanchett rerouted mayendedwe ake kwa zachuma ndi kuthamangitsa machitidwe ake zokhumba mu Hollywood.
The Tribes of Palos Verdes is in select theaters on December 1.
Izo ziyenera kukhala zakutchire kuyang'ana mmbuyo kumene inu anabwera kuchokera pano. Kumwera Cross zikumveka ting'onoting'ono.
Eya, it’s ting'onoting'ono. Pamene ndinali kukula, zinali zochepa kenako 300 anthu. Ndi mtundu zovuta kulongosola. Ine ndinali kuyankhula kwa munthu za tsiku lina: Ndikufuna kupeza moto akale anaika, koma ndiye kodi inu ngakhale kupeza matabwa? Zinandipangitsa ine kusonyeza potuluka m'dziko pa dzinja ndi kupeza mitengo ndi akuigwiritsa iwo. Umo ndi momwe inu kwenikweni kufunda. Izo pozindikira, "Oo Mulungu wanga. Moyo umene ine ndikukhala tsopano ku moyo ndinali kukhala ndi unrelatable. "Iwo ali wosiyana. Ndi kuthengo! Ndine woyamikira kumene ndinakulira komanso mmene ndinakulira komanso zomwe ine ndakhala nawo. Ndi chabe moyo chosiyana kusamukira L.A. mafilimu ndi maulendo atolankhani.
Kodi kuchotsa ka kuti filimu?
Zinali zovuta, eya! Koma ine ndikuganiza izo zangokhala mbali yomweyi ngati inu mukubwera kunja kuno kuchita zinthu ndi ntchito States. Inu bwino ndi kwambiri wabwino American ka. Pamafunika kwambiri ntchito, mukudziwa? Ndi luso chosiyana. Ndi njira chosiyana kusamukira pakamwa pako. Inu muyenera kugwira ntchito pa tsiku lililonse, ndikuganiza. Ndizovuta, koma n'zosangalatsa. Ndimakonda ntchito ndi Chitaliyana.
Jim ndithudi amagwiritsa kukasambira monga limagwirira akuvutika chifukwa cha zinthu zonse kuti akupita cholakwika mu moyo wake kunyumba. Kodi inu mukuona madzi ambiri amakula ku Australia?
Ine surfed pamene ndinali kukula kotero ndinaona zimene nazo. Jim amakonda kukasambira. Ine ndikuganiza kukasambira akukhala moyo wake. Kamakupatsani iye yopuma kuchokera ku chenicheni. Koma iye alibe kaonedwe pa kukasambira kapena moyo-konse. Chinthu chimene anali kumubweretsera chimwemwe chachikulu tsopano chinachake amachita ikugwirizana. Nfumu asamenyana na maganizo lolemera ndithu. Ine ndikuganiza vuto lalikulu kwa Jim ndi, mu chochitika kuti, chimene iye anatikonda iye alibe ngakhale monga panonso chifukwa palibe watanthauzo. koma eya, ndi Malloys anali ife pa madzi. Tinachita zambiri kukasambira zathu, amene anali zosangalatsa. Koma ife komanso kujambula pa Santa Anita mphepo, kotero panali kwambiri, kwambiri kufufuma. Zinali dicey! [chosekedwa]
Kodi izo kusewera mwana Jennifer nkhokwe za? Kodi kuzipenya kodi inu kupanga za iye?
Jen ndi consummate ovomereza. Iye ali wina yemwe amasonyeza kuti ntchito wokonzeka kupita. Iye chotero kuwala. Uwu unali wosiyana udindo wothandiza iye. Ine ndikuganiza anthu ntchito powona Jen ngati wokondeka, okondeka ndi amenable mkazi pa zenera, ndipo ili si udindo. Iye sanali mantha kupita kumeneko. Iye anali nthawizonse akukankha yekha ndi otsutsana yekha kupita mwakuya, ndi kuchotsa chophimba cha kukhala relatable kapena ankakonda omvera. Iye ndithudi anaponya yekha mu. Chinthu za Jen ndi, pamene iye akufika pa akonzedwa, iye chokometsetsa ndi pansi ndi dziko lapansi munthu ndakomana. Iye amapanga aliyense amaona kunyumba ndipo palibe kanthu "diva" za iye. Sakufuna madzi enieni. Iye sanasamale ngolo. Iye anali kulondola mu pakatikati pa izo ndi ife tonse. Tonse kuwombera mu nyumba ino kakang'ono Palos Verdes ndi ife titangomutengera kuti izo. Iye anali trooper weniweni. Iye amatikonda za ntchito mwakhama ake. Ine ndikuganiza aliyense angakhoze kulemekeza kuti.
[chosekedwa] Ndi nkhani yochitika, eya.
Ndicho chopambana!
Ndinali kwambiri wamng'ono ndiye, ndikuganiza. Izi abwelela Jim mu filimu. Ndikutanthauza, Ine ndinali chabe anafika mu moyo wanga pamene inu zosiya kuda nkhawa zimene anthu ena kuganiza ndi zimene mukuganiza kuti anthu ena amaganiza, lingaliro la bwino ndi zimene bwino, ndi chimene kukhala upstanding nzika njira. Ine ndinali wovutika wokhalapo pamene ndinali kugwira ntchito zachuma. Ine ndinadana ndi moyo wanga. Ndinkadana kumene ndinali kupita. I hated every part of it and knew that I had to do something radical—and kudya. Ine ndinali kuyang'ana pansi pa miyoyo ya anthu ndi kuwaganizira, "Oo. Izi si zimene ndikufuna moyo wanga kukhala. But I’m here and I’m doing it and I’m trying to fit in.” I had seen Elizabeth, woyamba ndi Cate Blanchett, ndipo anandipatsa mukufuna kukhala wosewera ndi. Then when I had gone to see The Age Golden, icho chinali chizindikiro chachilendo ichi kuti ndidakali ukuphwethuka chifukwa kuti anadza 10 Patapita zaka. Iwo harkened ku chirichonse chimene ndinkaganiza, ndinalota, ndikukhumba, ndi kufunafuna pamene ndinali wamng'ono. Zinali mphindi weniweni wa akuwuka. Osati kuti dziko kapena whatnot za izo, koma afufuze ndi nokha ndi momwe inu mukumverera za moyo wanu ndi kumene iyo ikupita, ine ndinaganiza, "Ine kudana ndekha pa mphindi." Kuchitanso anali zimene ine nthawizonse ndinkafuna kuchita. Ngati ndinu adza kuchita izo, inu muli nawo mwayi wina kupita kutali ndi achite izo pakali pano. Ndipo ine ndinatero. Ndinatuluka pa nkhomaliro ndi Ine chabe konse mmbuyo.
Inu anayambitsa anu mu zisudzo. You got a lot of acclaim for nkhondo Hatchi. Then you were the recipient of the Heath kaundula Akatswiri in 2014. Kodi mukuona ngati anakupatsani mphamvu zazikulu?
Eya, mwamtheradi! Icho chinali chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu kuti ine anatha kuti Los Angeles. N'zovuta monga mlendo kubwera ku dziko lino, osati kuti kwambiri odana ndi Lipenga pa izo mphindi, ngakhale ine mwamtheradi ndine odana Lipenga makamaka ngati wosewera ndi. Inu muyenera bango kuchokera mabokosi ambiri. You have to have a certain amount of acclaim. You have to be at the top of your field, etcetera, etcetera. Winning that scholarship propelled me into a field, which made it possible for me to work here. Without that, the opportunity might not have come up again for a couple of years. So it really acted as a launching pad for me to get out here to Los Angeles and start meeting people and kick things into gear. It was a great initiative. I’m very thankful for that.
As much as that scholarship is a once in a lifetime thing for you, izo ziyenera kukhala zosangalatsa kwa banja kaundula, kwambiri. ntchito Heath anali anafupikitsa, koma asamalire mbadwo watsopano.
Chotero ikulimbikitsa zosangalatsa ndipo ine ndikudziwa kuti ndafika Kim [kaundula] ndi banja lake.
Kodi inu yolankhulana ndi Kim?
Izo zakhala kanthawi, zomwe ine ndakhala kumverera mlandu. [chosekedwa] Ine ndithudi kulalikira kwa iye. Heath chinali wosewera yolimbikitsa ndi munthu. Iko kunali imfa yoopsya. Iye analidi chabwino cha chiyembekezo mu Australia mu mawu a makampani. Ife nthawizonse kuyang'ana kwa anthu ngati iye, Cate Blanchett ndi Jeffrey kuthamangira, ndi chimene iwo akuchita. Ndi bwino mumadabwa, "Kodi ndili kunja uko ndi kuchita ntchito zodabwitsa ndi kupitiriza [Heath a] dzina ndi kumapitiriza cholowa chake?"
Ndinu pamphambano yofunika pompano chifukwa ndinu yatsopano ndi kuiwaliratu ndi woyera. Njira yoyamba ulembedwe zonse motere. Kodi mumamva Panthawi imeneyi panopa?
Ndikumva kwenikweni okondwa! Ndine mokhudza kwambiri za luso la akuchita ndi mtundu mmene inu atha kukhala. Ndimakonda ndondomeko ya mgwirizano. Pamene ine ndinabwera kwa States, Ndimasangalala ndi kuwafunira ndi kuyembekezera kukhala wosewera ndi, koma mtundu wa osiyanasiyana ndipo anayamba kulemba. Ine ndimati kuti akutsogolera wanga Mbali yoyamba filimu pamene [The Tribes of Palos Verdes] zinadza mwa ine. Pompano, pali zinthu Ine sindiri aloledwa kulankhura za. Ndili angapo ntchito akubwera, amene ayenera anandithamangitsa auditioning kachiwiri kwa kanthawi. Ndikumva zikundiyendera kwambiri. Ndili wokondwa za m'tsogolo.
Ine sindikufuna kuti inu pa malopo, but can you talk about American Umbanda Nkhani?
Eya! Ine sindikanati akwanitsa Ngati sikudali kwa ngolo kuti anali chabe anamasulidwa. Pa January 17, I’ll be in Ryan Murphy’s American Umbanda Nkhani and the Gianni Versace world. Ndimasewera ntchito mwachilungamo kwambiri mndandanda umenewo. Ine sindingakhoze kunena amene Ndimasewera kapena zimene lilowa, koma kuti ndi wotsatira kwa ine.
Keir ndi ndinakumana pa Sundance labu, kumene kuli kanthu kukhazikitsa ndi Institute Sundance. Iwo wakhala ukupitirira kwa zaka zingapo tsopano. Ndi mwayi ojambula zithunzi kutenga kuopsa ndi kupanga okhutira ndi kuphunzira kwa wina ndi mnzake. It’s run by Robert Redford and I took part in this film called Nyama American directed by Bart Leyton. Ndinakumana Keir mwa ntchito kuti ndi ife anakhala mabwenzi. Ine ndinali MOWONJEZEREKA kukhumudwa ndi kupanda udindo chidwi kuti anali kutuluka, makamaka kwa anthu amsinkhu wanga. Ine basi kwenikweni sanafune kusewera, ndipo safuna kusewera, munthu wakhomo kapena munthu kutaya zinthu kusekondale. Izo siziri basi pamene ine ndikufuna kupita. So I started writing and wrote Pisces, amene anali opangidwa ndi Nancy Grant ndi Xavier Dolan mwa kampani yawo Ana a Manual. Kuti inali ntchito-ife zodabwitsa kwambiri anawomberedwa pa 35mm filimu. Iwo unakhazikitsidwa ngati umboni wa mfundo cha nkhani imene ine ndikhala kutsogolera m'tsogolo. Kugwira ntchito ndi Keir chinali chochitika chachikulu ndipo iye ndi wosewera phenomenal. Zinali zabwino zinthu pamodzi kuti chifukwa ine ndikuganiza tonse tinali kukhumudwa. Now flash forward a year and he’s doing atypical on Netflix and I’ve done this film, and there’s American Umbanda Nkhani. Ndi zonse za ntchito kumapeto kwa tsiku-bwino ntchito. Icho chinali chachikulu pakupita mwala, kungoyankhula ndekha monga filmmaker ndi. Ndine mokhudza kwambiri za izo.
Ndinali mtundu wa kudziwa Malloy Brothers. Iwo anapanga nyimbo makanema ojambula zithunzi ngati Avril Lavigne ndi mikwapulo White kutalika kwa kutchuka kwawo. ndi anthu anyamata ngati Kodi?
Iwo anyamata zosaneneka. Iwo chotere zazikulu chidwi abale, amene anali ndi zambiri zosangalatsa kusewera ndi. Aliyense kaonedwe awo pa zimene zikuchitika mu powonekera. Iwo anali ndi maganizo osiyanasiyana, koma pa mapeto a tsiku, Iwo anali pamenepo kuti ndikuuzeni nkhani zosaneneka. Iwo anali ndi zambiri zosangalatsa. Tinakhala ngati banja limodzi lalikulu. Izi zinali mbali yanga yoyamba kunja kuno mu States. kwenikweni, zinali mbali yanga yoyamba, amasiya zonse. Inali njira yosangalatsa chifukwa ife tonse kuphunzira pamodzi.
Monga kukuzungulira kumbuyo zomwe tinakambirana za kale kucheza ndi, anali kwenikweni rattling pamene inu analowa L.A.? khalidwe lanu mu filimu udzadutsa ndi zivomerezi kusintha moyo atafika ku Palos Verdes. Kodi chinthu mukhoza mwina ntchito ngati wosewera ndi?
Ine sanaonepo ZOTERE. nthawi yanga yoyamba mu L.A. anali pamene Ine utachokapo pano chifukwa ndinali ndisanakhalepo. Ine analumpha kuchoka ndege ndipo zinali ngati, "Ine ndangokhala adza ndi kuti ntchito ili,"Lomwe ndi chinachake Ndikufuna zagwiritsidwa ntchito chifukwa ndinasamuka ku dziko mumzinda ndi mzinda kuti ku mzinda wina mu Australia, I lived in Melbourne for a little while, and Brisbane. I was so used to moving and I really like that process. I enjoy growth and change and pushing outside of my comfort zone. I think it’s something I’ll continue to do in life. I love Los Angeles and I don’t see myself leaving, but there’s a part of me that also wants to know what it’s like to live in New York or São Paulo. I love the idea of living in different places, different cultures. koma eya, it was a strange feeling coming to L.A. Kuona Hollywood chizindikiro kwa nthawi yoyamba anali kutikonda kwambiri chifukwa kukula ndi kuti. Inu ndimalota za mu Australia ndi zimene Hollywood ndi, ndipo Ndizovuta! [chosekedwa] Sindinadziwe aliyense pano, koma sanatenge ine aatali kwambiri tinakakhala. L.A. wakhala mtima kwambiri kwa ine ndipo ine ndikudziwa L.A. kungakhale mzinda ena amavutika. Ine monga anaonetsetsa kuti ndinali mu gulu la anthu osati wabwino makampani, koma ambiri. Ndimakonda aliyense yachiwiri izo. Ndine basi mowirikiza anadabwa ndipo anasangalala ndi zonse zimene zikuchitika.