From Storybooks to Stardom: How Fairy Tales Led Actress Klara Landrat to the Spotlight

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER_03]: The storytelling and the magical part of the world that we all really want to know when

[00:00:05] [SPEAKER_03]: we are children. We want to know about the characters that are in there. So, that's where

[00:00:09] [SPEAKER_03]: it really started. It was a beautiful world of magic and fairy tales. I mean, that

[00:00:16] [SPEAKER_03]: was sort of what really got me into the drama. I was 12 years old. I can't really

[00:00:21] [SPEAKER_03]: recall clearly to be quite honest. They came to school, they were looking for

[00:00:24] [SPEAKER_03]: a particular sort of voice actually for a girl. There was a selection. I mean,

[00:00:28] [SPEAKER_03]: the selection was enormous. I mean, I'm talking about thousands.

[00:00:34] [SPEAKER_03]: It was like a Bollywood casting.

[00:00:38] [SPEAKER_00]: When you were called upon for this big project, which was supposed to be a

[00:00:42] [SPEAKER_00]: nine-film project over a decade, you were called that, hey Tara, we are looking

[00:00:47] [SPEAKER_00]: for you to get you a character in this epic saga and there's a character

[00:00:53] [SPEAKER_00]: named Asariya and we'd like you to play that. So what was your reaction?

[00:00:57] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know how you knew that, but it's funny. That's how it happened exactly.

[00:01:01] [SPEAKER_03]: And it happened on my birthday. I would say two things. It's your craft, but

[00:01:05] [SPEAKER_03]: you also have to learn the business aspect of it. So, you know, you have to

[00:01:11] [SPEAKER_03]: be prepared for a lot of rejection and so on and so forth. So, developing a

[00:01:15] [SPEAKER_03]: thick skin and your skills set, then you're good to go.

[00:01:25] [SPEAKER_00]: Hey everyone, I am Ajay Tambe, the host and producer of Creative Audio

[00:01:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and today I have with me a very talented artist. She is an actress, model, writer,

[00:01:34] [SPEAKER_00]: producer, and she's also in the fashion industry. More importantly, she is now

[00:01:39] [SPEAKER_00]: into production business. She is actually a co-producer of Legendary Film

[00:01:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Production, which is an international film project. So they get

[00:01:47] [SPEAKER_00]: international films, a project which is done over the globe.

[00:01:51] [SPEAKER_00]: So she is from New York. She speaks a lot of different languages.

[00:01:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Importantly, she was born and brought up in New York and now she is doing a lot of

[00:02:02] [SPEAKER_00]: projects in Israel, which is really strange and really scary at this moment,

[00:02:07] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, considering the global situation going on. I was lucky to have

[00:02:11] [SPEAKER_00]: a conversation with her, kind of a mail, and then she responded back.

[00:02:15] [SPEAKER_00]: And I thought what is happening? Clara responded and I was like, okay,

[00:02:20] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't have to miss this. So I figured out a date, we figured out a

[00:02:27] [SPEAKER_00]: She is working in this industry as a model, as an actress, now as a writer for

[00:02:33] [SPEAKER_00]: a book that she is going to make a movie on. And then now she is into

[00:02:37] [SPEAKER_00]: co-production business where she is in production business, where she is

[00:02:40] [SPEAKER_00]: co-producer and she's looking out for a project which can go on board as

[00:02:45] [SPEAKER_00]: international film where people around the globe can watch that movie.

[00:02:49] [SPEAKER_00]: It is really great to have someone like her and her experience and the

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER_00]: way she goes for every single project on board with us and explore her journey.

[00:02:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome, welcome to the show, Clara.

[00:03:00] [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you. Welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me.

[00:03:04] [SPEAKER_00]: It's yeah.

[00:03:05] [SPEAKER_03]: No, go ahead.

[00:03:06] [SPEAKER_00]: No, no, it's good to have you here. So yeah, go on.

[00:03:09] [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you. First of all, it's great. I was a little bit surprised about the

[00:03:14] [SPEAKER_03]: invitation for the postcard at podcast. So I'm really happy to be here.

[00:03:18] [SPEAKER_03]: So thank you so much.

[00:03:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm also glad to have you. Important thing is the way your career

[00:03:25] [SPEAKER_00]: has been throughout these years till 2024, the projects that you're

[00:03:28] [SPEAKER_00]: involved in currently in this saga, which is fantasy fiction, mythology,

[00:03:34] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of series, three movie series. And at the same time, you're

[00:03:38] [SPEAKER_00]: working now in Israel on the project. It's kind of exciting for me to,

[00:03:43] [SPEAKER_00]: okay, what is this? She is kind of doing something really great there.

[00:03:46] [SPEAKER_00]: And most often is like someone who's working so hard in this business

[00:03:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and is taking out time to make sure that, okay, everything is kind of

[00:03:56] [SPEAKER_00]: scheduled accordingly. So I can, you know, make sure that everything

[00:04:00] [SPEAKER_00]: runs properly because you are now a producer also.

[00:04:03] [SPEAKER_00]: So I think this thing for me at this moment, one hour, how many

[00:04:08] [SPEAKER_00]: minutes we're going to go making sure that your journey comes out

[00:04:11] [SPEAKER_00]: to the audience in really good way.

[00:04:13] [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you. Thank you so much.

[00:04:15] [SPEAKER_00]: So first of all, tell me what's the schedule for Clara in 2024?

[00:04:20] [SPEAKER_00]: What's it look like?

[00:04:22] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, it is a really big year for me. It's pretty much started

[00:04:26] [SPEAKER_03]: last year. But let's just say that it takes a lot of time to

[00:04:30] [SPEAKER_03]: not just develop the projects, but also, you know, sort of have

[00:04:33] [SPEAKER_03]: them the green light or, you know, have them come to fruition

[00:04:36] [SPEAKER_03]: and sort of more professional way. And so that started last year

[00:04:41] [SPEAKER_03]: when, you know, my production company actually started

[00:04:46] [SPEAKER_03]: during COVID. So and it's along with my husband.

[00:04:50] [SPEAKER_03]: So we started, you know, that was the time when we really

[00:04:53] [SPEAKER_03]: took off in terms of writing and producing and, you know,

[00:04:58] [SPEAKER_03]: creating content for our platform.

[00:05:02] [SPEAKER_03]: So however, yes, and the 2024 is the year when all of

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_03]: this is kind of coming out. So we have a huge project come in

[00:05:13] [SPEAKER_03]: probably the end of this year or the next. It really depends.

[00:05:17] [SPEAKER_03]: So this is going to be TV series based on a super

[00:05:23] [SPEAKER_03]: interesting idea that is based in high renaissance about

[00:05:28] [SPEAKER_03]: this incredible Italian polymath who has discovered an

[00:05:35] [SPEAKER_03]: amazing theory that basically changes the history of the

[00:05:39] [SPEAKER_03]: world. I cannot reveal too much and I cannot give you too

[00:05:42] [SPEAKER_03]: many spoilers because we're super, super private about,

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, what this is. Yeah, so yeah, so this is one

[00:05:50] [SPEAKER_03]: of the things that is happening this year.

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_03]: And the others are, you know, as you heard from

[00:05:59] [SPEAKER_03]: the Braille of the waterfall, which is a series of films

[00:06:02] [SPEAKER_03]: connected as a fantasy franchise produced by Ascendant

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_03]: Group, which is also a production company and a

[00:06:10] [SPEAKER_03]: management. Yeah, so these are the few things that

[00:06:14] [SPEAKER_03]: are coming this year. Yes.

[00:06:16] [SPEAKER_00]: Got it. Thank you. So tell me now what's the day for

[00:06:19] [SPEAKER_00]: you looks like in 2024? Like what's the schedule for

[00:06:22] [SPEAKER_00]: you? Like get up and what do you work on as an artist?

[00:06:26] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, I work on several things. So one of the

[00:06:29] [SPEAKER_03]: obviously writing, you know, the process of producing a film

[00:06:35] [SPEAKER_03]: or a TV series is super complex. So it's a lot of back

[00:06:40] [SPEAKER_03]: and forth talking with the editors or script editors with

[00:06:45] [SPEAKER_03]: a development crew. And a lot of it is about, you know,

[00:06:50] [SPEAKER_03]: what you want to implement, but also, you know, what's

[00:06:53] [SPEAKER_03]: the best for the commercial outcome of the project?

[00:06:55] [SPEAKER_03]: So there was a lot of conversations about that and a

[00:06:59] [SPEAKER_03]: lot of writing in the script. So sometimes we have to

[00:07:04] [SPEAKER_03]: change the story or adjust the story according to, let's

[00:07:07] [SPEAKER_03]: say, you know, if a market, a particular market is

[00:07:12] [SPEAKER_03]: interested in a certain story, then you want to adjust

[00:07:16] [SPEAKER_00]: that in the script. Yeah, just to appeal that

[00:07:18] [SPEAKER_03]: audience. Yes. So there's a lot of that. And so

[00:07:22] [SPEAKER_03]: basically this year was a lot about Zoom calls.

[00:07:26] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, a lot, a lot, a lot. And meetings like that because

[00:07:30] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of people are working in a completely different

[00:07:33] [SPEAKER_03]: geographic area. So thank God for the Zoom.

[00:07:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Zoom, yeah, because you guys started, I guess, when

[00:07:40] [SPEAKER_00]: the COVID happened and that's where you actually

[00:07:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and that's where the Zoom was the only option to

[00:07:45] [SPEAKER_00]: communicate. And you took on this huge responsibility

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_00]: of generating movies, creating all the series and

[00:07:52] [SPEAKER_00]: suddenly the world stops. That's really great that

[00:07:56] [SPEAKER_00]: you guys really try to figure out what's the best

[00:07:59] [SPEAKER_00]: way possible to carry this forward. So I guess

[00:08:01] [SPEAKER_00]: that's a poster of the book, right?

[00:08:03] [SPEAKER_03]: That you have on. Yeah, well, wow, you have a

[00:08:05] [SPEAKER_03]: really good eye. Yes. Well, actually it is.

[00:08:10] [SPEAKER_03]: So this is actually taken from the book of this

[00:08:13] [SPEAKER_03]: particular artist and from the 1586 to be

[00:08:18] [SPEAKER_03]: correct. So this is the time where the story

[00:08:20] [SPEAKER_03]: starts. However, it will be not just a historical

[00:08:25] [SPEAKER_03]: adventure feature or TV series. We haven't yet

[00:08:29] [SPEAKER_03]: decided what we might want to do with it.

[00:08:33] [SPEAKER_03]: But it's also time travel. So there is a lot of

[00:08:38] [SPEAKER_03]: yes, there's a lot of stories that happen

[00:08:42] [SPEAKER_03]: in the Renaissance or let's say High Renaissance,

[00:08:44] [SPEAKER_03]: early Baroque, they transcend into presence. So

[00:08:48] [SPEAKER_03]: there is a lot of kind of correlations between

[00:08:51] [SPEAKER_00]: past. Hold on, hold on, hold on to that thought.

[00:08:53] [SPEAKER_00]: We are going to come back on that thought.

[00:08:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess you started off, I was just looking for

[00:08:58] [SPEAKER_00]: the poster and it sounds really interesting,

[00:09:00] [SPEAKER_00]: but this is going to come after we have

[00:09:02] [SPEAKER_00]: proper scheduled question for this. But before

[00:09:05] [SPEAKER_00]: we start that, before we start that, because

[00:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to highlight that book in very good

[00:09:09] [SPEAKER_00]: way. I don't want you to just jumble up

[00:09:11] [SPEAKER_00]: thoughts and now come up with that book.

[00:09:14] [SPEAKER_00]: I was just looking to, I was just curious

[00:09:16] [SPEAKER_00]: someone who's hanging the poster of their

[00:09:18] [SPEAKER_00]: book on the wall, you know, and wow, that

[00:09:20] [SPEAKER_00]: looks good. So that was the only thought.

[00:09:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. So before we go on, I'd like to know

[00:09:26] [SPEAKER_00]: about your childhood because you are the

[00:09:28] [SPEAKER_00]: one what I read on IMDB and all the

[00:09:30] [SPEAKER_00]: official websites that you have your bio on

[00:09:33] [SPEAKER_00]: is to New York. You were raised in New

[00:09:35] [SPEAKER_00]: York and your father was diplomat. That

[00:09:40] [SPEAKER_00]: made you travel to a lot of different

[00:09:41] [SPEAKER_00]: countries. I guess that's where you learn

[00:09:43] [SPEAKER_00]: a lot of languages. Am I right?

[00:09:45] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, correct. It's been a journey to be

[00:09:50] [SPEAKER_03]: honest. A hell of a journey as we say.

[00:09:55] [SPEAKER_03]: One of the things that was the most

[00:09:57] [SPEAKER_03]: sort of interesting to me was that I

[00:09:59] [SPEAKER_03]: never really sort of felt home anywhere.

[00:10:03] [SPEAKER_03]: So I kind of had to find it by myself

[00:10:05] [SPEAKER_03]: later on in life because from the age

[00:10:08] [SPEAKER_03]: of two till I think about 11, I lived

[00:10:10] [SPEAKER_03]: in like seven different countries and

[00:10:14] [SPEAKER_00]: two to 11, seven different countries. Yes.

[00:10:17] [SPEAKER_03]: And they were quite interesting

[00:10:18] [SPEAKER_03]: countries as well. So because my father

[00:10:20] [SPEAKER_03]: was stationed in as a diplomat in

[00:10:24] [SPEAKER_03]: Africa, you know, so that's kind of

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_03]: where I have sort of a sense of home

[00:10:29] [SPEAKER_03]: and out of all places it was North

[00:10:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Africa. So Libya, Tunisia and Algeria

[00:10:33] [SPEAKER_03]: and then we also lived in Malta and

[00:10:36] [SPEAKER_03]: then France and former Yugoslavia,

[00:10:38] [SPEAKER_03]: which so this is called countries.

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, the good thing about it was

[00:10:44] [SPEAKER_03]: that I grew up speaking English and

[00:10:46] [SPEAKER_03]: that was super important to me

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_03]: later on in life because I kind of

[00:10:53] [SPEAKER_03]: was looking for this sort of a

[00:10:55] [SPEAKER_03]: language basis. I think that's

[00:10:56] [SPEAKER_03]: kind of like what makes you feel

[00:10:58] [SPEAKER_00]: home. So you never settled down

[00:11:01] [SPEAKER_00]: as a human any place? You were just

[00:11:04] [SPEAKER_00]: traveling like one year, two years,

[00:11:05] [SPEAKER_00]: like 300 days at one place and then

[00:11:08] [SPEAKER_00]: so what led you, your interest,

[00:11:13] [SPEAKER_00]: you jumping into acting or related to

[00:11:15] [SPEAKER_00]: art or music or design or modeling.

[00:11:18] [SPEAKER_00]: So throughout the year, what was that

[00:11:21] [SPEAKER_00]: period where you found your interest

[00:11:23] [SPEAKER_00]: in acting more or was not getting,

[00:11:25] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, feeling of home or

[00:11:27] [SPEAKER_00]: friends around you, you know,

[00:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: that involvement of enjoying the life

[00:11:30] [SPEAKER_00]: in the childhood was not even there

[00:11:32] [SPEAKER_00]: and there you found out, okay,

[00:11:34] [SPEAKER_00]: there was kind of loneliness,

[00:11:36] [SPEAKER_00]: incompleteness inside your heart where

[00:11:38] [SPEAKER_00]: you felt you need to get that out.

[00:11:40] [SPEAKER_00]: And how did you find acting or arts

[00:11:43] [SPEAKER_00]: in your life early on?

[00:11:46] [SPEAKER_03]: That's a great question.

[00:11:48] [SPEAKER_03]: So basically, you know, sort of

[00:11:51] [SPEAKER_03]: whatever life throw me in,

[00:11:54] [SPEAKER_03]: the sort of the necessity of moving

[00:11:56] [SPEAKER_03]: around in different places in the

[00:11:57] [SPEAKER_03]: world sort of. I think the idea was

[00:12:00] [SPEAKER_03]: the process of adaptability.

[00:12:02] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that was super interesting

[00:12:04] [SPEAKER_03]: to me as a child because the child

[00:12:06] [SPEAKER_03]: really adapts to the new environment

[00:12:07] [SPEAKER_03]: super quickly.

[00:12:08] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, there is no thoughts involved.

[00:12:09] [SPEAKER_03]: It's sort of an emotional connection.

[00:12:12] [SPEAKER_03]: So I did have, yeah.

[00:12:13] [SPEAKER_03]: So I did have a lot of emotional

[00:12:15] [SPEAKER_03]: connections with the places I lived in,

[00:12:17] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, whether some more or less,

[00:12:18] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, and I think that

[00:12:21] [SPEAKER_03]: the changing the factor in my life

[00:12:24] [SPEAKER_03]: was the one that really sort of

[00:12:27] [SPEAKER_03]: inspired me to go on and explore acting.

[00:12:31] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I actually started reciting

[00:12:34] [SPEAKER_03]: poetry when I was a kid.

[00:12:36] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was sort of my first thing

[00:12:37] [SPEAKER_03]: that I was very interested in

[00:12:39] [SPEAKER_03]: and being in a theater class

[00:12:42] [SPEAKER_03]: and all kinds of things like that.

[00:12:44] [SPEAKER_00]: So how old were you then?

[00:12:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Like six, seven?

[00:12:47] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, actually the first,

[00:12:49] [SPEAKER_03]: I actually started reciting poetry

[00:12:51] [SPEAKER_03]: when I was four years old.

[00:12:52] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was four years.

[00:12:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. And theater?

[00:12:55] [SPEAKER_03]: I really loved the sort of,

[00:12:58] [SPEAKER_03]: I love telling the story.

[00:12:59] [SPEAKER_03]: So every time, you know,

[00:13:01] [SPEAKER_03]: when you are an actor, you tell a story.

[00:13:03] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's a story of someone else's life,

[00:13:06] [SPEAKER_03]: but it comes to you.

[00:13:07] [SPEAKER_03]: So, you know, that kind of

[00:13:09] [SPEAKER_03]: really what sprouted me to do.

[00:13:11] [SPEAKER_03]: It was that idea of exploration

[00:13:13] [SPEAKER_03]: and the surroundings that kept on changing

[00:13:16] [SPEAKER_03]: kind of motivated that as well.

[00:13:19] [SPEAKER_03]: If that makes sense.

[00:13:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. Okay.

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay. Got it.

[00:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Got it.

[00:13:22] [SPEAKER_00]: So I guess it was opposite for you.

[00:13:24] [SPEAKER_00]: You were enjoying every time

[00:13:25] [SPEAKER_00]: you were traveling,

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: your travel baby.

[00:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's where you kind of got into acting.

[00:13:30] [SPEAKER_00]: And maybe that is the reason

[00:13:31] [SPEAKER_00]: that's where you got connected

[00:13:32] [SPEAKER_00]: with every story differently,

[00:13:34] [SPEAKER_00]: where you can connect with every character.

[00:13:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's where it started.

[00:13:38] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me one thing

[00:13:39] [SPEAKER_00]: when you were moving all around,

[00:13:41] [SPEAKER_00]: when were you finding out time for acting?

[00:13:44] [SPEAKER_00]: And because, you know, like every time,

[00:13:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess schools were also changing for you.

[00:13:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So how were you connecting back to acting?

[00:13:50] [SPEAKER_00]: What was that like going to drama

[00:13:51] [SPEAKER_00]: or joining drama clubs or doing plays?

[00:13:53] [SPEAKER_00]: What was that?

[00:13:54] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it was the drama.

[00:13:57] [SPEAKER_03]: And actually, you know,

[00:13:59] [SPEAKER_03]: it all started with reading

[00:14:01] [SPEAKER_03]: and listening to a lot of fairy tales.

[00:14:03] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that kind of was...

[00:14:05] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah. My father...

[00:14:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Is that coming true for you now?

[00:14:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I guess.

[00:14:09] [SPEAKER_00]: You're the sad ass constantly.

[00:14:11] [SPEAKER_03]: So, you know,

[00:14:13] [SPEAKER_03]: the storytelling and the sort of

[00:14:14] [SPEAKER_03]: the magical part of the world

[00:14:17] [SPEAKER_03]: that we all really want to know about

[00:14:20] [SPEAKER_03]: when we are children.

[00:14:22] [SPEAKER_03]: We really want to explore that.

[00:14:23] [SPEAKER_03]: We want to know about the characters

[00:14:25] [SPEAKER_03]: that are in there.

[00:14:26] [SPEAKER_03]: So I think that's where it really started.

[00:14:28] [SPEAKER_03]: It was that beautiful,

[00:14:31] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, world of magic and fairy tales.

[00:14:36] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that was sort of what

[00:14:37] [SPEAKER_03]: really got me into the drama

[00:14:39] [SPEAKER_03]: and later on, you know,

[00:14:41] [SPEAKER_03]: exploring that idea.

[00:14:44] Yeah.

[00:14:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Got it.

[00:14:44] [SPEAKER_00]: That illusion,

[00:14:45] [SPEAKER_00]: that visualization of that world,

[00:14:47] [SPEAKER_00]: seeing that world in front of your eyes,

[00:14:49] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, that fairies

[00:14:50] [SPEAKER_00]: and all the world coming in front of you.

[00:14:52] [SPEAKER_00]: That was the real motivation

[00:14:54] [SPEAKER_00]: to go back to the drama

[00:14:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and be the part of that play

[00:14:56] [SPEAKER_00]: and be the part of that world.

[00:14:58] [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess that is still going on with you

[00:15:00] [SPEAKER_00]: because you are now in Israel

[00:15:02] [SPEAKER_00]: and working on a lot of projects

[00:15:03] [SPEAKER_00]: and you are still healthy and fit and fine

[00:15:06] [SPEAKER_00]: and making sure that everything is proper

[00:15:07] [SPEAKER_00]: because I guess that spark from childhood

[00:15:10] [SPEAKER_00]: related to fairy tales

[00:15:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and that world that was in front of you,

[00:15:14] [SPEAKER_00]: you always want to go towards that

[00:15:16] [SPEAKER_00]: every single day.

[00:15:18] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's the real thing

[00:15:19] [SPEAKER_00]: that you became an actress

[00:15:20] [SPEAKER_00]: and you're part of something

[00:15:21] [SPEAKER_00]: which is related to mythology

[00:15:23] [SPEAKER_00]: or fantasy or fiction, you know,

[00:15:25] [SPEAKER_00]: that really excites you.

[00:15:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Right.

[00:15:27] [SPEAKER_00]: So now, first of all,

[00:15:31] [SPEAKER_00]: tell me what was the period

[00:15:34] [SPEAKER_00]: where you thought, okay,

[00:15:35] [SPEAKER_00]: acting or modeling

[00:15:37] [SPEAKER_00]: or something related to art

[00:15:38] [SPEAKER_00]: is the thing I really want to pursue

[00:15:41] [SPEAKER_00]: from now on

[00:15:42] [SPEAKER_00]: because once you started getting mature enough

[00:15:44] [SPEAKER_00]: to realize that you want to be something in life,

[00:15:47] [SPEAKER_00]: that's where,

[00:15:48] [SPEAKER_00]: what was that beautiful moment?

[00:15:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Like were there mentors who taught you

[00:15:51] [SPEAKER_00]: certain things or what's that your own decision

[00:15:55] [SPEAKER_00]: to get in and take a jump?

[00:15:56] [SPEAKER_00]: What was that period that you took the decision

[00:15:58] [SPEAKER_00]: of becoming an actor or model

[00:16:00] [SPEAKER_00]: or jumping into this field?

[00:16:02] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, surprisingly,

[00:16:04] [SPEAKER_03]: I haven't figured this out

[00:16:06] [SPEAKER_03]: until maybe when I was 21.

[00:16:09] [SPEAKER_03]: So it was a long process.

[00:16:12] [SPEAKER_03]: I haven't really thought about

[00:16:13] [SPEAKER_03]: who I wanted to become.

[00:16:14] [SPEAKER_03]: And kind of, I kind of let it slide

[00:16:17] [SPEAKER_03]: and I let it sort of come to me.

[00:16:20] [SPEAKER_03]: So when I was much younger,

[00:16:24] [SPEAKER_03]: I started, I got a pretty big job at that time.

[00:16:29] [SPEAKER_03]: That was a big movie for BBC

[00:16:32] [SPEAKER_03]: where I played the main part.

[00:16:34] [SPEAKER_03]: It was a project that was really huge.

[00:16:37] [SPEAKER_03]: But however, after that,

[00:16:39] [SPEAKER_03]: I sort of didn't pursue acting right away.

[00:16:41] [SPEAKER_03]: I was very focused on school

[00:16:43] [SPEAKER_03]: and therefore, I didn't want the career

[00:16:46] [SPEAKER_03]: to interfere with my education.

[00:16:47] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, at least from the standpoint of my parents,

[00:16:50] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that was sort of the most important.

[00:16:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, again, again.

[00:16:55] [SPEAKER_03]: And then I started modeling

[00:16:58] [SPEAKER_03]: and that was kind of like the first career I had.

[00:17:01] [SPEAKER_03]: And then that point on, yes.

[00:17:04] [SPEAKER_03]: So as a sort of like when I was about 19, 20 years old,

[00:17:08] [SPEAKER_03]: I started auditioning in New York for a lot of things.

[00:17:11] [SPEAKER_03]: And one of the mentors that really sort of changed it

[00:17:16] [SPEAKER_03]: kind of made me feel at home was a director that I work with

[00:17:20] [SPEAKER_03]: who unfortunately passed away two years ago.

[00:17:24] [SPEAKER_03]: It was Eric Werthman who was an absolutely incredible person.

[00:17:29] [SPEAKER_03]: He was a film director but also a clinical psychiatrist.

[00:17:34] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was a very interesting combination.

[00:17:36] [SPEAKER_03]: He directed pretty interesting movies

[00:17:39] [SPEAKER_03]: always regarding psychology.

[00:17:41] [SPEAKER_03]: So the first one was going on there

[00:17:44] [SPEAKER_03]: and then later on he directed the movie called

[00:17:47] [SPEAKER_03]: with Danny Glover about effects on PTSD and soldiers.

[00:17:53] [SPEAKER_03]: Anyway, it's not so short.

[00:17:54] [SPEAKER_03]: He was the one who sort of sprouted that flame in me.

[00:18:00] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's a good question because I think that

[00:18:03] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of people underestimate the role of a mentor in your life.

[00:18:09] [SPEAKER_03]: And not necessarily even in a career

[00:18:11] [SPEAKER_03]: but even someone that you can look up to.

[00:18:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Someone who's guiding you.

[00:18:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Someone who just shows you the path.

[00:18:16] [SPEAKER_00]: You can be that person.

[00:18:18] [SPEAKER_00]: You can be that guy and you can be that one

[00:18:20] [SPEAKER_00]: that you were dreaming of, I guess.

[00:18:22] [SPEAKER_00]: And being a psychiatrist, I guess he kind of figured

[00:18:24] [SPEAKER_00]: your pre-nurse and he kind of figured

[00:18:26] [SPEAKER_00]: where you should be going.

[00:18:28] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's one thing as a psychiatrist

[00:18:30] [SPEAKER_00]: that was a plus for you having

[00:18:32] [SPEAKER_00]: because maybe directors cannot figure that out

[00:18:35] [SPEAKER_00]: but having a psychiatrist in the combo

[00:18:38] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of figured a big deal for you.

[00:18:41] [SPEAKER_00]: You kind of jumped out.

[00:18:42] [SPEAKER_00]: I didn't know about this BBC thing

[00:18:44] [SPEAKER_00]: where you were the main lead role.

[00:18:45] [SPEAKER_00]: Can you tell us about that project?

[00:18:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, well it was...

[00:18:47] [SPEAKER_00]: How old were you?

[00:18:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Like when you were in school?

[00:18:48] [SPEAKER_03]: I was 12 years old and it was I think 12 or 11.

[00:18:56] [SPEAKER_03]: I can't really recall that.

[00:18:58] [SPEAKER_03]: Quite to be quite honest.

[00:19:00] [SPEAKER_03]: However, while they came to school

[00:19:02] [SPEAKER_03]: they were looking for a particular sort of voice

[00:19:05] [SPEAKER_03]: actually for a girl.

[00:19:08] [SPEAKER_03]: And there was a selection.

[00:19:10] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, the selection was enormous.

[00:19:11] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm talking about thousands.

[00:19:14] [SPEAKER_03]: Even, you know, I'm not going to say the number.

[00:19:16] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to say it wrong.

[00:19:18] [SPEAKER_03]: It was that kind of like a Bollywood casting.

[00:19:25] [SPEAKER_02]: Just making a reference.

[00:19:26] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh yeah, that's right.

[00:19:28] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, that kind of process.

[00:19:30] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, exactly.

[00:19:32] [SPEAKER_03]: And honestly I wasn't really giving much thought.

[00:19:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I didn't think I would ever get it

[00:19:39] [SPEAKER_03]: or anything like that.

[00:19:40] [SPEAKER_03]: So I just tried it out and that was the top

[00:19:44] [SPEAKER_03]: and top and top until it was between me and another girl.

[00:19:47] [SPEAKER_03]: And I got the part and it was just a huge success.

[00:19:52] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, the funny part was since I was 11

[00:19:56] [SPEAKER_03]: I didn't feel like I was super lucky or anything like that.

[00:20:00] [SPEAKER_03]: I felt like I got the part.

[00:20:02] [SPEAKER_03]: I didn't realize how exciting it was

[00:20:06] [SPEAKER_03]: until I saw the reaction from my colleagues, my friends,

[00:20:10] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, teachers and my parents.

[00:20:14] [SPEAKER_00]: It's BBC and then you're playing a lead role.

[00:20:17] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess maybe.

[00:20:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, yeah, I get it.

[00:20:19] [SPEAKER_00]: It happens with the age, you know?

[00:20:21] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a 12 year old.

[00:20:23] [SPEAKER_00]: You kind of watching some fairy tales or cartoons

[00:20:25] [SPEAKER_00]: and maybe it's just in your world.

[00:20:28] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's where things happen for you.

[00:20:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's where you took, I guess a good decision,

[00:20:33] [SPEAKER_00]: not to take a jump at that moment

[00:20:36] [SPEAKER_00]: rather than giving yourself time

[00:20:37] [SPEAKER_00]: to figure out the whole big career in the field.

[00:20:41] [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess that's good, but this is really good to know.

[00:20:43] [SPEAKER_00]: You should have this on your vibe as 12 year old.

[00:20:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Exactly, yeah.

[00:20:47] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, it's just like, I always feel like

[00:20:48] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, when I will put this,

[00:20:51] [SPEAKER_03]: I always wanted to tell a story.

[00:20:52] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, that's the suggestion.

[00:20:55] [SPEAKER_00]: It's good to know that.

[00:20:57] [SPEAKER_00]: And starting to modeling first

[00:20:59] [SPEAKER_00]: and then you jumped into acting with time

[00:21:01] [SPEAKER_00]: as things happen with you, with every artist, I guess.

[00:21:06] [SPEAKER_00]: So when you got into acting,

[00:21:08] [SPEAKER_00]: how you started preparing for the character

[00:21:10] [SPEAKER_00]: because modeling is something

[00:21:12] [SPEAKER_00]: which does not involve acting.

[00:21:13] [SPEAKER_00]: It is separate training for models.

[00:21:15] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, that's whole different career

[00:21:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and whole different industry and the journey.

[00:21:19] [SPEAKER_00]: But when you're tapping into acting,

[00:21:21] [SPEAKER_00]: how you started, because now you had an experience

[00:21:24] [SPEAKER_00]: of being in theater plays.

[00:21:25] [SPEAKER_00]: You did a movie with BBC

[00:21:26] [SPEAKER_00]: and that was a good experience that you had from childhood.

[00:21:29] [SPEAKER_00]: How you got started with your first movie

[00:21:33] [SPEAKER_00]: and how were you preparing,

[00:21:35] [SPEAKER_00]: considering you doing modeling at the same time?

[00:21:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes. Well, first of all, yeah,

[00:21:39] [SPEAKER_03]: it's a total opposite profession.

[00:21:41] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's, you know, being a model,

[00:21:43] [SPEAKER_03]: especially during that time,

[00:21:45] [SPEAKER_03]: it was completely being emotionless

[00:21:47] [SPEAKER_03]: and you know, very much involved emotionally.

[00:21:50] [SPEAKER_00]: It's just food, health, exercises,

[00:21:52] [SPEAKER_00]: avoid sugar.

[00:21:53] [SPEAKER_03]: It just reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld.

[00:21:56] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know if you're familiar with the show.

[00:21:58] [SPEAKER_00]: We have it now on Netflix.

[00:22:00] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, really? Fantastic.

[00:22:01] [SPEAKER_03]: So one time when George says

[00:22:03] [SPEAKER_03]: that he wants to do the opposite.

[00:22:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So I sort of subconsciously,

[00:22:08] [SPEAKER_03]: I figured, you know, that's one thing

[00:22:11] [SPEAKER_03]: and being an actor,

[00:22:12] [SPEAKER_03]: it's completely opposite when you really have

[00:22:14] [SPEAKER_03]: to be emotionally available and observe.

[00:22:18] [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that, you know,

[00:22:20] [SPEAKER_03]: the biggest thing for me was getting classes.

[00:22:25] [SPEAKER_03]: Acting classes was the first step for me

[00:22:27] [SPEAKER_03]: because, you know, you really need

[00:22:30] [SPEAKER_03]: an advice from the structure

[00:22:34] [SPEAKER_03]: of the professionals in the industry.

[00:22:37] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's so important to get

[00:22:39] [SPEAKER_03]: into the right classes as well.

[00:22:40] [SPEAKER_03]: So I started in a theater sort of kind of a theater.

[00:22:44] [SPEAKER_00]: So you just reconnected back

[00:22:45] [SPEAKER_00]: to your old school days

[00:22:47] [SPEAKER_00]: and that's where you got.

[00:22:49] [SPEAKER_00]: That was your training period?

[00:22:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes. So, but you know what they always say,

[00:22:55] [SPEAKER_03]: the best teacher is your job.

[00:22:57] [SPEAKER_03]: That's where you really learn.

[00:22:59] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, just be on the field.

[00:23:02] [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly. So whatever you do in life

[00:23:04] [SPEAKER_03]: it's always about really doing the job

[00:23:07] [SPEAKER_03]: when you are actually getting jobs.

[00:23:09] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's the hardest part

[00:23:10] [SPEAKER_03]: because when you are an actor,

[00:23:11] [SPEAKER_03]: when you're starting out especially,

[00:23:13] [SPEAKER_03]: you really have to be,

[00:23:16] [SPEAKER_03]: you have to be in the moment

[00:23:18] [SPEAKER_03]: and you really have to be also

[00:23:21] [SPEAKER_03]: a sort of a psychologist at the same time.

[00:23:23] [SPEAKER_03]: And that is not an easy task to learn.

[00:23:27] [SPEAKER_03]: Because people think, oh, you know,

[00:23:28] [SPEAKER_03]: you can just be yourself.

[00:23:30] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, there was actors that play themselves,

[00:23:32] [SPEAKER_03]: but I don't call it acting.

[00:23:34] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, to me an actor is someone

[00:23:35] [SPEAKER_03]: who can portray variety of characters,

[00:23:38] [SPEAKER_03]: like Meryl Streep, I mean, incredible.

[00:23:43] [SPEAKER_03]: So to me that was an energy.

[00:23:46] [SPEAKER_00]: You like that process?

[00:23:49] [SPEAKER_00]: You even being in the modeling industry

[00:23:51] [SPEAKER_00]: when you jumped into acting

[00:23:52] [SPEAKER_00]: you always like the process of going all in

[00:23:54] [SPEAKER_00]: and making sure that you learn every single bit.

[00:23:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So when you perform that character,

[00:23:59] [SPEAKER_00]: you want to go deep and learn the psychology,

[00:24:01] [SPEAKER_00]: read the mind of the character

[00:24:03] [SPEAKER_00]: and perform in a way

[00:24:04] [SPEAKER_00]: that it looks different from Clara

[00:24:06] [SPEAKER_00]: and it looks different from who she is

[00:24:08] [SPEAKER_00]: and what the character is

[00:24:09] [SPEAKER_00]: that should be the one that should be portrayed.

[00:24:11] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's the one that you really focus as an actor.

[00:24:15] [SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely. Very good observation.

[00:24:17] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, it's sort of, you know,

[00:24:20] [SPEAKER_03]: it's a great way of exploring sort of someone else's life,

[00:24:24] [SPEAKER_03]: living someone else's life in a while

[00:24:26] [SPEAKER_03]: and then, you know, go back to being yourself.

[00:24:29] [SPEAKER_03]: Go back to it.

[00:24:30] [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess this is the best you've told me,

[00:24:35] [SPEAKER_00]: like it's the best way to approach anything

[00:24:37] [SPEAKER_00]: because being a model and then getting into,

[00:24:39] [SPEAKER_00]: it's kind of breaking the ego,

[00:24:41] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, it's kind of breaking the personality.

[00:24:43] [SPEAKER_00]: And when you are told that you are beautiful,

[00:24:46] [SPEAKER_00]: you are gorgeous in that way

[00:24:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and then breaking suddenly into a place

[00:24:49] [SPEAKER_00]: where you have no idea who you are and what you're doing,

[00:24:52] [SPEAKER_00]: kind of, it's kind of breaking the ego there

[00:24:55] [SPEAKER_00]: and just understanding the depth of the situation.

[00:24:58] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's the best part of you as a human.

[00:25:01] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, you know where to, you know,

[00:25:04] [SPEAKER_00]: to take your shoes off

[00:25:05] [SPEAKER_00]: and then enter into a new room

[00:25:07] [SPEAKER_00]: and then make sure that you come out with the pride.

[00:25:09] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess this is the thing that you follow.

[00:25:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, yeah, this is,

[00:25:13] [SPEAKER_03]: it's an excellent observation, Ajay, by the way.

[00:25:15] [SPEAKER_03]: Fantastic.

[00:25:16] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, just sort of jump into the subject

[00:25:18] [SPEAKER_03]: that I always was kind of tried to talk to people,

[00:25:21] [SPEAKER_03]: but no one ever asked me that.

[00:25:22] [SPEAKER_03]: But it is so interesting because yes,

[00:25:25] [SPEAKER_03]: being a model is basically you sort of have to pretend

[00:25:29] [SPEAKER_03]: to be someone else and it's,

[00:25:30] [SPEAKER_03]: there's a lot of ego involved

[00:25:31] [SPEAKER_03]: because it's fashion industry

[00:25:33] [SPEAKER_03]: and, you know, it's all about sort of,

[00:25:35] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, a superficial appearance.

[00:25:37] [SPEAKER_03]: It's all about appearances, you know, all of that.

[00:25:39] [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, yeah.

[00:25:39] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, maybe now it's changing that thing up,

[00:25:44] [SPEAKER_03]: but, you know, especially 20 years ago,

[00:25:46] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, whenever it was very different, you know.

[00:25:49] [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that, you know,

[00:25:51] [SPEAKER_03]: what really interested me the most about being an actor

[00:25:53] [SPEAKER_03]: is like, oh, wait a minute, I can be myself,

[00:25:56] [SPEAKER_03]: but it can also be someone else.

[00:25:57] [SPEAKER_03]: I can, you know, I can be an ugly person.

[00:26:01] [SPEAKER_03]: I can be this, I can be super intelligent person.

[00:26:04] [SPEAKER_03]: I can be a beggar.

[00:26:05] [SPEAKER_03]: I can be all of these things.

[00:26:07] [SPEAKER_03]: And I think that, you know,

[00:26:09] [SPEAKER_03]: the exploration of the characters

[00:26:10] [SPEAKER_03]: is sort of similar to exploring your own character

[00:26:13] [SPEAKER_03]: within you.

[00:26:14] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's, I think what acting is really,

[00:26:16] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, it's getting really interesting

[00:26:19] [SPEAKER_03]: when you're sort of exploring that within yourself.

[00:26:23] [SPEAKER_03]: And that is a really cool thing in my opinion.

[00:26:27] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, comparing to, let's say, being a model and,

[00:26:29] [SPEAKER_05]: you know, yeah.

[00:26:30] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, enjoy.

[00:26:32] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a great profession,

[00:26:33] [SPEAKER_03]: but, you know, it's just very different.

[00:26:35] [SPEAKER_03]: Very, very different.

[00:26:37] [SPEAKER_00]: I can, I mean, like it's an enjoyment.

[00:26:39] [SPEAKER_00]: It's living the life for you,

[00:26:41] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, being, playing all this part.

[00:26:42] [SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of where your mind is kind of settled

[00:26:45] [SPEAKER_00]: by what you want in life.

[00:26:47] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's where you settle down things for you, I guess.

[00:26:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Now jumping onto the part where you getting into,

[00:26:53] [SPEAKER_00]: and you were very clear

[00:26:54] [SPEAKER_00]: whenever you were entering into acting

[00:26:57] [SPEAKER_00]: while doing modeling is.

[00:26:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So you know what it needs to become an actor

[00:27:01] [SPEAKER_00]: or be a part of that project.

[00:27:04] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me how you used to prepare for an audition

[00:27:06] [SPEAKER_00]: or, you know, where there was screen testing,

[00:27:09] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, they're just looking

[00:27:09] [SPEAKER_00]: how you're going to realize.

[00:27:10] [SPEAKER_00]: What was your prep when they used to pitch you a character?

[00:27:14] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.

[00:27:14] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, first of all, it really depends on the part,

[00:27:16] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, but let's just say

[00:27:18] [SPEAKER_03]: I try to generalize how I prepare.

[00:27:21] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, the most important obviously it's your lines.

[00:27:24] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's kind of how I start.

[00:27:27] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I sort of read what the project is about.

[00:27:30] [SPEAKER_03]: I sort of understand more or less what it's about.

[00:27:32] [SPEAKER_03]: And then I delve into memorization of lines.

[00:27:35] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that's number one for me.

[00:27:37] [SPEAKER_03]: So that's how I do it.

[00:27:38] [SPEAKER_03]: Maybe, you know, there's actors that would be opposite way.

[00:27:41] [SPEAKER_03]: There is no way of doing it.

[00:27:43] [SPEAKER_03]: It's just whatever works for you.

[00:27:45] [SPEAKER_05]: Exactly.

[00:27:46] [SPEAKER_03]: So what works for me is the line memorization process,

[00:27:50] [SPEAKER_03]: which I start usually by writing everything down.

[00:27:54] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's, you know, I have a photographic memory.

[00:27:57] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's just how it works for me.

[00:28:00] [SPEAKER_03]: And then I either listen to it

[00:28:03] [SPEAKER_03]: if it's a foreign language and an accent

[00:28:04] [SPEAKER_03]: I have to, you know, sort of get attuned to or familiar with.

[00:28:10] [SPEAKER_03]: And then I start to, you know, sort of getting into a character.

[00:28:15] [SPEAKER_03]: And yeah, so that's kind of my process.

[00:28:18] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the basic process for you approaching.

[00:28:21] [SPEAKER_00]: She kind of generalized to everyone who's listening and watching.

[00:28:23] [SPEAKER_00]: She kind of generalized the whole way

[00:28:25] [SPEAKER_00]: of how she prepared for an audition.

[00:28:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Importantly, she can speak different languages.

[00:28:29] [SPEAKER_00]: So the dialect also changes.

[00:28:31] [SPEAKER_00]: So that's a plus for her.

[00:28:32] [SPEAKER_00]: How do you approach when the country is different,

[00:28:38] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, the dialect changes or the region changes?

[00:28:40] [SPEAKER_00]: So you use that as an advantage for you

[00:28:43] [SPEAKER_00]: when you approach for the films you used to, I mean,

[00:28:45] [SPEAKER_00]: like before for any kind of project that you used to do?

[00:28:49] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes.

[00:28:50] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, I think yes.

[00:28:51] [SPEAKER_03]: And the thing is, you know,

[00:28:52] [SPEAKER_03]: when the country changes and the language changes,

[00:28:55] [SPEAKER_03]: it's sort of you already are a different sort of character.

[00:28:58] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's, you know,

[00:29:00] [SPEAKER_00]: The way it speaks and all.

[00:29:01] [SPEAKER_03]: There is a way of expressing it in Italian.

[00:29:03] [SPEAKER_03]: It's entirely different that you would say it in French

[00:29:05] [SPEAKER_03]: or in English or any other.

[00:29:09] [SPEAKER_03]: But it's sort of, I think the language itself,

[00:29:13] [SPEAKER_03]: it's such an amazing tool

[00:29:14] [SPEAKER_03]: because every language has a very different melody

[00:29:16] [SPEAKER_03]: and there are different frequency.

[00:29:19] [SPEAKER_03]: And so I kind of first pick up on that,

[00:29:21] [SPEAKER_03]: you know, that melody of the language itself.

[00:29:24] [SPEAKER_03]: And then with it, I start to explore the character.

[00:29:29] [SPEAKER_03]: That's really great.

[00:29:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, like having that as an advantage

[00:29:33] [SPEAKER_00]: and something that built inside you without you knowing

[00:29:35] [SPEAKER_00]: and then knowing subconsciously,

[00:29:38] [SPEAKER_00]: you know, having that in the back that,

[00:29:39] [SPEAKER_00]: okay, I can do this.

[00:29:40] [SPEAKER_00]: I have something like I can actually learn languages

[00:29:43] [SPEAKER_00]: and then I can learn the dialects

[00:29:45] [SPEAKER_00]: and I can use that to get into acting

[00:29:47] [SPEAKER_00]: and having different kinds of rules.

[00:29:49] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, that's really cool to have this kind of tool

[00:29:53] [SPEAKER_00]: because we can call it as X factor for you as an actor.

[00:29:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Where you can switch up

[00:29:58] [SPEAKER_00]: and just cut the thousands of people into three or four

[00:30:01] [SPEAKER_00]: and then have just two or three people in your competition

[00:30:04] [SPEAKER_00]: just because if you have a good hold over your dialect,

[00:30:07] [SPEAKER_00]: that's good to know.

[00:30:08] [SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, I mean, like the way you used to prepare

[00:30:10] [SPEAKER_00]: for an audition is writing down

[00:30:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and having a photographic memory

[00:30:13] [SPEAKER_00]: is really a kind of way where whenever you're kind of

[00:30:18] [SPEAKER_00]: forgetting, you can remember the page

[00:30:19] [SPEAKER_00]: and that line just appears in front of you.

[00:30:22] [SPEAKER_00]: And it really helps you, I guess, in today also in 2024

[00:30:25] [SPEAKER_00]: where kind of more pro version has been developed inside you

[00:30:31] [SPEAKER_00]: related to the photographic memory.

[00:30:33] [SPEAKER_00]: But yeah, it's good.

[00:30:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess now we jump on once I know about you preparing,

[00:30:38] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess this is the best way to go ahead for any character.

[00:30:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, I like to know more on your character

[00:30:45] [SPEAKER_00]: which is in the movie Indigo.

[00:30:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, so that's where I was really stunned watching you.

[00:30:52] [SPEAKER_00]: It's on IMDB.

[00:30:53] [SPEAKER_00]: People can check that particular clip on IMDB.

[00:30:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess there are three or four clips from the movie Indigo.

[00:30:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So before we jump on your upcoming projects,

[00:31:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I'd like to know more about because that's virtual

[00:31:03] [SPEAKER_00]: and that's available now to watch anyone

[00:31:05] [SPEAKER_00]: who's going to search about Clara Landward.

[00:31:08] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell us about the film and the role Helena

[00:31:13] [SPEAKER_00]: in the movie Indigo.

[00:31:17] [SPEAKER_00]: The prep also, I'd like to know the prep.

[00:31:18] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, sure, of course.

[00:31:21] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, first of all, I really fell in love

[00:31:23] [SPEAKER_03]: with the story when I first auditioned for it.

[00:31:27] [SPEAKER_03]: And it was, I love historical movies.

[00:31:32] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm a big fan of-

[00:31:33] [SPEAKER_00]: That's how you grew up.

[00:31:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, and so I just love historical figures.

[00:31:38] [SPEAKER_03]: I love the complexity of their circumstances,

[00:31:42] [SPEAKER_03]: so different from the modern world we live in right now.

[00:31:46] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's sort of what really,

[00:31:49] [SPEAKER_03]: that was the first impression I got.

[00:31:51] [SPEAKER_03]: I was like, okay, I really want to know

[00:31:52] [SPEAKER_03]: who this Helena is, who is this person.

[00:31:56] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh, okay.

[00:31:56] [SPEAKER_03]: So basically the story takes place in Czech Republic.

[00:32:03] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a story of an old sort of,

[00:32:07] [SPEAKER_03]: it's sort of like a fantasy story,

[00:32:09] [SPEAKER_03]: but it's a historical fantasy.

[00:32:11] [SPEAKER_03]: It's about an evil character, Helena,

[00:32:15] [SPEAKER_03]: who is basically stealing a lot of gold

[00:32:20] [SPEAKER_03]: and riches from the palace.

[00:32:24] [SPEAKER_03]: And she has a daughter, and basically,

[00:32:28] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't want to put too many spoilers,

[00:32:30] [SPEAKER_03]: but she's quite a vicious character.

[00:32:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Good, good.

[00:32:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, so what really interested me was

[00:32:40] [SPEAKER_03]: exploring that negative aspect of the character.

[00:32:43] [SPEAKER_03]: And since she was so predominantly evil,

[00:32:47] [SPEAKER_03]: I really tried to find something good

[00:32:50] [SPEAKER_03]: in the character itself,

[00:32:51] [SPEAKER_03]: because you may dislike the character,

[00:32:54] [SPEAKER_03]: but it's really important for an actor

[00:32:56] [SPEAKER_03]: to find something that you can connect with.

[00:33:00] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was something that really drew me in when

[00:33:05] [SPEAKER_03]: I told the director that this is how

[00:33:08] [SPEAKER_03]: I wanted to kind of explore the role.

[00:33:10] [SPEAKER_03]: And he said, yeah, that's totally cool with that.

[00:33:13] [SPEAKER_03]: Kind of started working on this.

[00:33:17] [SPEAKER_03]: And the other thing about this film was that

[00:33:22] [SPEAKER_03]: I had to do it in a British accent,

[00:33:25] [SPEAKER_03]: which is not something that I speak every day.

[00:33:27] [SPEAKER_03]: And he's a pro and everything, so that was fun.

[00:33:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, entirely.

[00:33:34] [SPEAKER_03]: And we had people from all over the world,

[00:33:37] [SPEAKER_03]: so everybody had kind of different accents.

[00:33:40] [SPEAKER_03]: It really worked with the story,

[00:33:41] [SPEAKER_03]: and it's sort of, you know,

[00:33:45] [SPEAKER_00]: and I'm playing.

[00:33:46] [SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of fun, exciting fun.

[00:33:48] [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.

[00:33:51] [SPEAKER_03]: And I really loved being in this character.

[00:33:57] [SPEAKER_03]: To me, this role was very interesting

[00:33:59] [SPEAKER_03]: because I normally don't involve myself

[00:34:02] [SPEAKER_03]: in method acting.

[00:34:04] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I don't really stay in the character

[00:34:07] [SPEAKER_03]: for too long, you know.

[00:34:09] [SPEAKER_03]: However, this one was the one

[00:34:10] [SPEAKER_03]: that kind of required me to do this role.

[00:34:13] [SPEAKER_03]: So I stayed, you know, I kind of became Helena

[00:34:17] [SPEAKER_03]: for the amount of time.

[00:34:19] [SPEAKER_00]: It looks like that's why I got you.

[00:34:22] [SPEAKER_00]: How you got this character?

[00:34:24] [SPEAKER_00]: It was like you were completely tapped

[00:34:26] [SPEAKER_00]: or how many, I don't know.

[00:34:28] [SPEAKER_00]: That's why I was looking for what's your process.

[00:34:30] [SPEAKER_00]: How long were you in that process?

[00:34:32] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, this was pretty long.

[00:34:34] [SPEAKER_03]: It was different than all the other parts.

[00:34:37] [SPEAKER_03]: But you know, this is the thing.

[00:34:40] [SPEAKER_03]: I think it really depends on the project.

[00:34:43] [SPEAKER_03]: Like I said, it really is.

[00:34:45] [SPEAKER_03]: You kind of also as a person, as an actor,

[00:34:47] [SPEAKER_03]: you really have to kind of know yourself enough

[00:34:49] [SPEAKER_03]: to understand which method would be the best for you

[00:34:52] [SPEAKER_03]: because there are so many different ways

[00:34:54] [SPEAKER_03]: of approaching a character.

[00:34:57] [SPEAKER_03]: So whatever works for you.

[00:34:59] [SPEAKER_03]: And in this instance that worked for me,

[00:35:02] [SPEAKER_03]: perhaps if I had done it in a different way,

[00:35:04] [SPEAKER_03]: it would have been a different Helena.

[00:35:07] [SPEAKER_00]: That's true.

[00:35:09] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's you knowing you,

[00:35:13] [SPEAKER_00]: first thing is the basic of starting out

[00:35:15] [SPEAKER_00]: approaching for any character.

[00:35:17] [SPEAKER_00]: It's like once you know yourself,

[00:35:19] [SPEAKER_00]: then you know which kind of method is suitable

[00:35:21] [SPEAKER_00]: for you to reach towards that character

[00:35:23] [SPEAKER_00]: and then be that character, I guess.

[00:35:26] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the process of firstly knowing yourself,

[00:35:28] [SPEAKER_00]: who you are as a person

[00:35:30] [SPEAKER_00]: and how quickly can you reach to that character

[00:35:32] [SPEAKER_00]: and become that character.

[00:35:34] [SPEAKER_00]: And when I see that clip,

[00:35:35] [SPEAKER_00]: it's like now when I'm talking to you,

[00:35:37] [SPEAKER_00]: I can see that in subconscious mind in front of me

[00:35:40] [SPEAKER_00]: because it's that powerful.

[00:35:43] [SPEAKER_00]: It is that powerful, you know?

[00:35:45] [SPEAKER_00]: And I can see she moving around

[00:35:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way she's approaching

[00:35:49] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way she's talking to another character

[00:35:51] [SPEAKER_00]: and she's sad and she is everything

[00:35:54] [SPEAKER_00]: that character should be.

[00:35:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And I guess that's where you know

[00:35:57] [SPEAKER_00]: the responsibility at the same time.

[00:35:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Like, okay, this character has a responsibility

[00:36:01] [SPEAKER_00]: and she should look like this.

[00:36:03] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's great to know that you guys

[00:36:05] [SPEAKER_00]: really had a good fun and exciting those days

[00:36:08] [SPEAKER_00]: that you shot.

[00:36:10] [SPEAKER_03]: Thank you for sharing that.

[00:36:11] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, thank you.

[00:36:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it was great.

[00:36:12] [SPEAKER_03]: You know, it's really kind of forced

[00:36:16] [SPEAKER_03]: into this character also

[00:36:17] [SPEAKER_03]: because of the dresses and the costumes.

[00:36:20] [SPEAKER_05]: And yeah, oh yeah.

[00:36:21] [SPEAKER_03]: So it kind of makes you be,

[00:36:24] [SPEAKER_03]: it's a bit easier to get into a character

[00:36:26] [SPEAKER_03]: because it kind of the environment

[00:36:29] [SPEAKER_03]: forces you to be in it.

[00:36:30] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's an interesting aspect of that.

[00:36:33] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, I found it.

[00:36:36] [SPEAKER_03]: Super easy to get into a character

[00:36:38] [SPEAKER_03]: because of the costumes also.

[00:36:40] [SPEAKER_03]: And the fact that we really did shoot

[00:36:42] [SPEAKER_03]: in the real locations of castles

[00:36:44] [SPEAKER_03]: and stuff like that.

[00:36:45] [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah.

[00:36:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, like it's kind of feel

[00:36:48] [SPEAKER_00]: that whole period for you.

[00:36:50] [SPEAKER_00]: It's like enjoy that, get into that moment

[00:36:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and also have having things realistically

[00:36:54] [SPEAKER_00]: in front of you kind of gives you

[00:36:56] [SPEAKER_00]: a vibe of being in that period.

[00:37:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, now so we are now to everyone

[00:37:03] [SPEAKER_00]: we are now jumping in our upcoming projects,

[00:37:06] [SPEAKER_00]: which is a three movie project.

[00:37:08] [SPEAKER_00]: We can say Realm of the Waterfall

[00:37:10] [SPEAKER_00]: then it's sorry.

[00:37:13] [SPEAKER_00]: So it's okay.

[00:37:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's a missed out.

[00:37:17] [SPEAKER_00]: Where is it?

[00:37:18] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, so it's real.

[00:37:19] [SPEAKER_03]: I can help you out.

[00:37:20] [SPEAKER_03]: It's real.

[00:37:21] [SPEAKER_03]: It's actually a franchise of I think

[00:37:23] [SPEAKER_03]: seven or nine films together.

[00:37:25] [SPEAKER_03]: So it would be sort of, you know,

[00:37:28] [SPEAKER_03]: in a sort of a tradition of TV series,

[00:37:29] [SPEAKER_03]: but it would be films

[00:37:30] [SPEAKER_03]: and they're all, you know, fantasy adventure.

[00:37:34] [SPEAKER_03]: So you have first one is the Realm of the Waterfall.

[00:37:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Then you have, let's see,

[00:37:40] [SPEAKER_03]: you have the Ice Chronicles,

[00:37:41] [SPEAKER_03]: which is the key of the ice

[00:37:45] [SPEAKER_03]: and then Chronicles of the Icarine,

[00:37:48] [SPEAKER_03]: which is also the one.

[00:37:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes.

[00:37:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for helping me.

[00:37:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, you're very welcome.

[00:37:53] [SPEAKER_03]: And there is many, many, many more if, you know.

[00:37:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, that's it.

[00:37:57] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh yeah, it's just, you know,

[00:37:58] [SPEAKER_03]: since it's just getting started with these,

[00:38:02] [SPEAKER_03]: then that's probably how, you know,

[00:38:04] [SPEAKER_03]: the producer will decide.

[00:38:05] [SPEAKER_00]: They are moving forward.

[00:38:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, okay.

[00:38:07] [SPEAKER_00]: So you're saying nine movies,

[00:38:10] [SPEAKER_00]: nine fantasy fiction movies

[00:38:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and first three are going to come

[00:38:13] [SPEAKER_00]: in like next three years, I guess.

[00:38:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Three to four years.

[00:38:17] [SPEAKER_00]: When you were called upon for this big project

[00:38:21] [SPEAKER_00]: and which was supposed to be a nine film projects

[00:38:24] [SPEAKER_00]: over a decade, we can see

[00:38:25] [SPEAKER_00]: a decade of projects that you have

[00:38:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and you were called that,

[00:38:31] [SPEAKER_00]: hey, Clara, we are looking for you

[00:38:33] [SPEAKER_00]: to get you a character in this epic saga

[00:38:36] [SPEAKER_00]: and there's a character named Azaria

[00:38:38] [SPEAKER_00]: and we'd like you to play that.

[00:38:40] [SPEAKER_00]: So what was your reaction?

[00:38:42] [SPEAKER_00]: How, what was going on?

[00:38:44] [SPEAKER_03]: First of all, it's really interesting.

[00:38:46] [SPEAKER_03]: I thought you mentioned that.

[00:38:47] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know how you knew that,

[00:38:48] [SPEAKER_03]: but it's funny.

[00:38:49] [SPEAKER_03]: But that's how it happened exactly.

[00:38:50] [SPEAKER_03]: And it happened on my birthday.

[00:38:53] [SPEAKER_03]: So, so.

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_00]: Wow.

[00:38:55] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, it was amazing.

[00:38:57] [SPEAKER_03]: I was approached by the main producer

[00:38:59] [SPEAKER_03]: and he told me exactly about

[00:39:01] [SPEAKER_03]: this TV series he's working on.

[00:39:04] [SPEAKER_03]: And then later on,

[00:39:06] [SPEAKER_03]: it was revealed that these projects

[00:39:07] [SPEAKER_03]: are absolutely huge,

[00:39:08] [SPEAKER_03]: which obviously I didn't know at first.

[00:39:11] [SPEAKER_03]: It was like, okay, there was,

[00:39:12] [SPEAKER_03]: I always get like a screen.

[00:39:15] [SPEAKER_03]: I never give it a second thought,

[00:39:18] [SPEAKER_03]: obviously I always want to read something.

[00:39:20] [SPEAKER_03]: I am very interested.

[00:39:22] [SPEAKER_03]: And so it was kind of like that.

[00:39:23] [SPEAKER_03]: And then at some point,

[00:39:26] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, it just became bigger

[00:39:27] [SPEAKER_03]: and bigger and bigger and bigger.

[00:39:29] [SPEAKER_03]: And then the publicity started coming in

[00:39:31] [SPEAKER_03]: and these people are

[00:39:34] [SPEAKER_03]: and who is behind it

[00:39:35] [SPEAKER_03]: and who's going to be in it.

[00:39:37] [SPEAKER_03]: And then the medium article came out

[00:39:40] [SPEAKER_03]: and I started to get to know everyone.

[00:39:42] [SPEAKER_03]: So it was a sort of,

[00:39:44] [SPEAKER_03]: first it was a huge surprise, obviously.

[00:39:46] [SPEAKER_03]: To me with this projects are like,

[00:39:49] [SPEAKER_03]: every day is a surprise

[00:39:50] [SPEAKER_03]: because I always get news

[00:39:52] [SPEAKER_03]: new information and

[00:39:54] [SPEAKER_03]: real much because we're signed all NDA.

[00:39:58] [SPEAKER_00]: So yeah, and I mean like that.

[00:40:01] [SPEAKER_00]: That one thing we can catch up once it's out.

[00:40:06] [SPEAKER_03]: So I was just absolutely surprised

[00:40:09] [SPEAKER_03]: and absolutely happy.

[00:40:12] [SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of a surprise on your birthday.

[00:40:15] [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.

[00:40:17] [SPEAKER_03]: I was absolutely flabbergasted.

[00:40:20] [SPEAKER_03]: It was one of those moments

[00:40:23] [SPEAKER_03]: where you're like kind of pinching yourself.

[00:40:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, yeah.

[00:40:28] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, okay.

[00:40:29] [SPEAKER_00]: And it was kind of slow burning for you.

[00:40:32] [SPEAKER_00]: You never realized how big it was.

[00:40:34] [SPEAKER_00]: But once you start, oh my God, what is happening?

[00:40:36] [SPEAKER_00]: And like it is kind of, yeah.

[00:40:39] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess you really started realizing

[00:40:41] [SPEAKER_00]: how big it is after a year

[00:40:44] [SPEAKER_00]: of one or two months.

[00:40:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know, but once the news started coming out.

[00:40:48] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, and still I cannot tell you

[00:40:50] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of things are not revealed to us entirely about them.

[00:40:53] [SPEAKER_03]: But there was a lot of major stars in it.

[00:40:55] [SPEAKER_03]: And obviously I'll be updating.

[00:40:57] [SPEAKER_03]: And there will be more.

[00:41:00] [SPEAKER_00]: It's a big project, I guess.

[00:41:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe the million dollar thing in the investment process.

[00:41:07] [SPEAKER_00]: Million nuts.

[00:41:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So now tell me once your role as a warrior goddess Azaria

[00:41:17] [SPEAKER_00]: in Realm of the Waterfall.

[00:41:19] [SPEAKER_00]: That whole period requires a proper physical presence

[00:41:22] [SPEAKER_00]: at the same time, the depth that you went for someone in

[00:41:28] [SPEAKER_00]: which movie it was Indigo.

[00:41:30] [SPEAKER_00]: The way that you prepare for Indigo.

[00:41:31] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess it's more than that for this film.

[00:41:34] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, the prep process,

[00:41:35] [SPEAKER_00]: the way the people are going to feature you.

[00:41:37] [SPEAKER_00]: The physical presence I guess is more important

[00:41:39] [SPEAKER_00]: because the way this is going to show you

[00:41:42] [SPEAKER_00]: is more of the way they see you as Azaria first of all.

[00:41:46] [SPEAKER_04]: Yes, exactly.

[00:41:47] [SPEAKER_00]: The world and the feelings inside

[00:41:49] [SPEAKER_00]: and the world of Princess Azaria.

[00:41:52] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me what is your prep process now for this film?

[00:41:57] [SPEAKER_00]: How are you working on the research part, R&D part

[00:41:59] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way that you're looking over your fitness

[00:42:02] [SPEAKER_00]: and also the psychological part, what's going on?

[00:42:06] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, well first of all, I'm already sort of preparing for it.

[00:42:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay.

[00:42:14] [SPEAKER_03]: A lot of mythology reading, a lot of also watching.

[00:42:19] [SPEAKER_03]: That's an interesting part as well that actors should do

[00:42:21] [SPEAKER_03]: is that always look at similar genre of the projects

[00:42:26] [SPEAKER_03]: and just watch them as an actor.

[00:42:29] [SPEAKER_03]: See what characters, what's happening in the story.

[00:42:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Let's say I'm just going to give some examples.

[00:42:36] [SPEAKER_03]: Lord of the Rings, I mean that was many years ago

[00:42:38] [SPEAKER_03]: but that's kind of the same genre

[00:42:40] [SPEAKER_03]: as Lord of the Rings as-

[00:42:44] [SPEAKER_04]: The realm.

[00:42:46] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, exactly as the realm of the waterfall

[00:42:47] [SPEAKER_03]: but there is also Avatar.

[00:42:51] [SPEAKER_03]: There's a lot of films of the similar genre.

[00:42:55] [SPEAKER_03]: So you got to look into this.

[00:42:57] [SPEAKER_03]: And then there was the Vikings obviously.

[00:43:02] [SPEAKER_03]: From then, since I'm really an average reader,

[00:43:06] [SPEAKER_03]: I really love mythology and history.

[00:43:10] [SPEAKER_03]: So that's sort of what I'm exploring right now.

[00:43:14] [SPEAKER_03]: Even Irish mythology or Norse mythology,

[00:43:18] [SPEAKER_03]: they're all kind of related.

[00:43:21] [SPEAKER_03]: That's kind of like how I approach this character.

[00:43:24] [SPEAKER_03]: I haven't really tackled on it yet

[00:43:25] [SPEAKER_03]: because I haven't read the script.

[00:43:27] [SPEAKER_03]: I got to have the proper tools

[00:43:28] [SPEAKER_03]: but I have sort of prepped the ground for this.

[00:43:33] [SPEAKER_03]: And then in terms of physical demands,

[00:43:36] [SPEAKER_03]: obviously this is a warrior.

[00:43:39] [SPEAKER_03]: Therefore, physical aspect has to be tipped off.

[00:43:44] [SPEAKER_03]: I started really engaging in light weights

[00:43:48] [SPEAKER_03]: and also I run seven kilometers every day.

[00:43:53] [SPEAKER_03]: What would be a warrior do?

[00:43:56] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean a warrior has to have an impeccable physique.

[00:44:00] [SPEAKER_03]: So that's where I'm at at this point.

[00:44:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Karik, I guess fitness is not an issue for you.

[00:44:08] [SPEAKER_00]: That's you even before starting acting

[00:44:10] [SPEAKER_00]: because you were into modeling

[00:44:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and it was a lot of good fitness, body fitness.

[00:44:15] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess that's covered for you

[00:44:16] [SPEAKER_00]: if we take that into note as your periods.

[00:44:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe once you get the script,

[00:44:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess creating a world inside you for that character

[00:44:26] [SPEAKER_00]: and just being in that emotion for a very long time,

[00:44:29] [SPEAKER_00]: that's going to be a challenge for you

[00:44:30] [SPEAKER_00]: because it's going to be a very long time

[00:44:33] [SPEAKER_00]: for you to just be in that situation.

[00:44:36] [SPEAKER_00]: Also maybe there is physical,

[00:44:39] [SPEAKER_00]: there's some battles, I guess,

[00:44:41] [SPEAKER_00]: some related to swords or something

[00:44:44] [SPEAKER_00]: related to horse riding

[00:44:45] [SPEAKER_00]: and that may be the thing with you in incoming times.

[00:44:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Totally.

[00:44:51] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean the stance aspect,

[00:44:53] [SPEAKER_03]: this is super important

[00:44:54] [SPEAKER_03]: and I have done some stunt classes

[00:44:56] [SPEAKER_03]: but not extensively to be honest.

[00:44:59] [SPEAKER_03]: I've been training right now with sticks mostly

[00:45:02] [SPEAKER_03]: and not using real swords or anything like that.

[00:45:06] [SPEAKER_03]: So that is a very cool exploration of me

[00:45:13] [SPEAKER_03]: which I didn't know because I'm not a stunt person.

[00:45:15] [SPEAKER_03]: There's a lot of actors that are stunt actors

[00:45:17] [SPEAKER_03]: and I'm not a stunt person.

[00:45:19] [SPEAKER_03]: So this is a new for me.

[00:45:21] [SPEAKER_00]: You can catch up really fast

[00:45:23] [SPEAKER_00]: because that's you, you get towards things

[00:45:26] [SPEAKER_00]: and then you catch up really quickly

[00:45:28] [SPEAKER_00]: the way you catch up dialects.

[00:45:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It's just a matter of time once you get into.

[00:45:33] [SPEAKER_03]: I would love to see one day with God's help

[00:45:37] [SPEAKER_03]: if I get a Bollywood movie,

[00:45:39] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean if I can learn Hindi,

[00:45:40] [SPEAKER_03]: that would be something.

[00:45:42] [SPEAKER_00]: These guys are really looking for.

[00:45:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You will get one.

[00:45:45] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess you did one,

[00:45:46] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess I read a Times of India article of you

[00:45:51] [SPEAKER_00]: where a reporter actually finalized you.

[00:45:55] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean like yeah,

[00:45:55] [SPEAKER_00]: you will get something if it involves a movie

[00:45:59] [SPEAKER_00]: which needs an international actor just doing that.

[00:46:03] [SPEAKER_00]: That would be great to have.

[00:46:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we shift on you.

[00:46:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we discussed about this film

[00:46:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and how the project is going on.

[00:46:13] [SPEAKER_00]: There's an NDA signed non-disclosure agreement

[00:46:16] [SPEAKER_00]: so we can't talk too much on what the story is

[00:46:18] [SPEAKER_00]: or what is going to happen in the story.

[00:46:21] [SPEAKER_00]: It's good to know the way she's preparing

[00:46:23] [SPEAKER_00]: for the film and three projects at this moment

[00:46:25] [SPEAKER_00]: is going to be a decade of journey for her

[00:46:27] [SPEAKER_00]: if the characters goes on for nine series

[00:46:29] [SPEAKER_00]: and nine movies.

[00:46:31] [SPEAKER_00]: That's why we discussed how she's preparing

[00:46:33] [SPEAKER_00]: and how she's approaching towards the character.

[00:46:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Now tell me one thing,

[00:46:38] [SPEAKER_00]: you've played a lot of different role in the movies.

[00:46:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Your favorite is mythology.

[00:46:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Your favorite is being in the part

[00:46:44] [SPEAKER_00]: of film related to history or mythology

[00:46:47] [SPEAKER_00]: or back back thousand years.

[00:46:49] [SPEAKER_00]: You like that period.

[00:46:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Tell me about how you transition,

[00:46:53] [SPEAKER_00]: what's your transition from cutting down

[00:46:57] [SPEAKER_00]: from history to the modern world

[00:46:58] [SPEAKER_00]: where you are some doctor or some psychotherapist

[00:47:01] [SPEAKER_00]: or playing a lawyer or any character

[00:47:03] [SPEAKER_00]: that is related to modern world.

[00:47:05] [SPEAKER_00]: So how do you transition?

[00:47:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Is there a transition process?

[00:47:08] [SPEAKER_00]: Because I'm not talking about the prep

[00:47:09] [SPEAKER_00]: of the character from your mind

[00:47:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and just reading the word.

[00:47:12] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm talking about how you filter out

[00:47:14] [SPEAKER_00]: the procedures of approach towards a character

[00:47:18] [SPEAKER_00]: because once you get into,

[00:47:21] [SPEAKER_00]: is there anything that you do approaching

[00:47:24] [SPEAKER_00]: towards the mythology and then is there some exercises

[00:47:26] [SPEAKER_00]: that you do to approach towards a modern character?

[00:47:30] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, I think overall it gets easier as you get older

[00:47:35] [SPEAKER_03]: because as a person, you get to know yourself better.

[00:47:39] [SPEAKER_03]: So I think the aspects of being in a modern world

[00:47:41] [SPEAKER_03]: it's more familiar as you get to know yourself.

[00:47:47] [SPEAKER_03]: And to me, the process is just really about the script.

[00:47:53] [SPEAKER_03]: You really have to read the script really well.

[00:47:55] [SPEAKER_03]: And I'm not talking about just your part

[00:47:56] [SPEAKER_03]: but really entire script.

[00:47:58] [SPEAKER_03]: And you should really breathe it back and forth

[00:48:01] [SPEAKER_03]: at least two times to understand the story

[00:48:03] [SPEAKER_03]: and make notes.

[00:48:04] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that's super important.

[00:48:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So what I usually do, I start with the notes

[00:48:09] [SPEAKER_03]: and I kind of discovered myself

[00:48:14] [SPEAKER_03]: what is discovered to motivation.

[00:48:15] [SPEAKER_03]: However, I don't really necessarily have like a switch

[00:48:18] [SPEAKER_03]: or anything like that.

[00:48:19] [SPEAKER_03]: Like if this character is different

[00:48:22] [SPEAKER_03]: or to me it's all part of my job.

[00:48:26] [SPEAKER_03]: So I've been kind of intuitively finding ways

[00:48:28] [SPEAKER_03]: of how to figure it out.

[00:48:30] [SPEAKER_03]: So like I told you about Indigo film

[00:48:32] [SPEAKER_03]: where that was kind of more of a method acting.

[00:48:36] [SPEAKER_03]: But some roles when you play, I don't know

[00:48:39] [SPEAKER_03]: the Spothic mother in New York City, whatever

[00:48:42] [SPEAKER_03]: but different.

[00:48:45] [SPEAKER_03]: I might go to a community

[00:48:48] [SPEAKER_03]: in the neighborhood where the script is based

[00:48:50] [SPEAKER_03]: and see how people are

[00:48:51] [SPEAKER_03]: or watch movies of the similar genre.

[00:48:54] [SPEAKER_03]: And I mean, it's part of your job

[00:48:56] [SPEAKER_03]: as an actor kind of do this.

[00:49:00] [SPEAKER_00]: I get it.

[00:49:01] [SPEAKER_00]: I get it.

[00:49:02] [SPEAKER_00]: I get it.

[00:49:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Where it's not a different thing for you.

[00:49:06] [SPEAKER_00]: There's no exercise involved where you...

[00:49:08] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, there is not superstitions or something

[00:49:10] [SPEAKER_00]: which is where you follow for a particular character

[00:49:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and then you change the genre.

[00:49:14] [SPEAKER_00]: It's kind of same for you.

[00:49:15] [SPEAKER_00]: You follow the motivation of the character

[00:49:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and then you figure out how the world looks like.

[00:49:20] [SPEAKER_00]: The process is same.

[00:49:21] [SPEAKER_00]: You just figure the world of the character

[00:49:22] [SPEAKER_00]: and the motivation and that's the switch for you.

[00:49:25] [SPEAKER_00]: There's nothing else different for you.

[00:49:29] [SPEAKER_03]: Right, exactly.

[00:49:29] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't have like a particular...

[00:49:32] [SPEAKER_03]: Because they're so different.

[00:49:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Like I said, you kind of have to approach

[00:49:37] [SPEAKER_03]: every role and every project intuitively.

[00:49:39] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, that's kind of what the wonderful thing

[00:49:42] [SPEAKER_03]: about being an actor is.

[00:49:44] [SPEAKER_03]: You really have to use your intuition

[00:49:48] [SPEAKER_03]: but also your psychology.

[00:49:50] [SPEAKER_03]: You have to kind of relate to the story in some way

[00:49:56] [SPEAKER_03]: so you could play that part.

[00:49:57] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, there is probably parts

[00:49:59] [SPEAKER_03]: that I wouldn't be playing or ever would never play.

[00:50:02] [SPEAKER_03]: I never thought about it yet

[00:50:03] [SPEAKER_03]: but I'm sure it will happen.

[00:50:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So that kind of is my method.

[00:50:10] [SPEAKER_03]: It's really about approaching the script and so on.

[00:50:15] [SPEAKER_00]: Can talk about a specific director if there is

[00:50:18] [SPEAKER_00]: that you worked with who had a significant impact

[00:50:21] [SPEAKER_00]: on your approach to acting where any director...

[00:50:25] [SPEAKER_00]: You told me about that psychiatrist

[00:50:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and the director who told you,

[00:50:29] [SPEAKER_00]: okay, this is your direction

[00:50:30] [SPEAKER_00]: and you should go for it.

[00:50:32] [SPEAKER_00]: But is there someone who had an impact

[00:50:35] [SPEAKER_00]: on your career in acting?

[00:50:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Is this the same guy?

[00:50:38] [SPEAKER_00]: Can you talk more on that?

[00:50:39] [SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely.

[00:50:40] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, actually it is the same guy

[00:50:41] [SPEAKER_03]: because first of all, we started

[00:50:45] [SPEAKER_03]: as a professional relationship

[00:50:48] [SPEAKER_03]: and then we became very good friends

[00:50:49] [SPEAKER_03]: and I also became friends with his family

[00:50:51] [SPEAKER_03]: and his wife and he lived in Brooklyn

[00:50:55] [SPEAKER_03]: and I always stayed in his house.

[00:50:58] [SPEAKER_03]: So it sort of was an ongoing process.

[00:51:01] [SPEAKER_03]: It wasn't like an overnight thing

[00:51:02] [SPEAKER_03]: but the fact that he ignited in me that spark

[00:51:06] [SPEAKER_03]: and the idea that he was so much older than me

[00:51:10] [SPEAKER_03]: and then I always thought about myself

[00:51:12] [SPEAKER_03]: in my early 20s at the time or late teens,

[00:51:15] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't remember.

[00:51:16] [SPEAKER_03]: Anyways, long story short,

[00:51:17] [SPEAKER_03]: I always thought about him as a sort of look at him.

[00:51:20] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, he's in his whatever 60s or 70s

[00:51:23] [SPEAKER_03]: and he's always creating new movies,

[00:51:25] [SPEAKER_03]: always making new stories.

[00:51:27] [SPEAKER_03]: So that kind of inspired me

[00:51:28] [SPEAKER_03]: in the sense of the ages

[00:51:30] [SPEAKER_03]: and the differences in the generations.

[00:51:35] [SPEAKER_03]: That was sort of what really kind of made me interested.

[00:51:38] [SPEAKER_00]: That was, yes.

[00:51:41] [SPEAKER_00]: That's how we got.

[00:51:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Great, thank you.

[00:51:43] [SPEAKER_00]: Now, what draws you to a particular role?

[00:51:48] [SPEAKER_00]: Is it the character, the script,

[00:51:50] [SPEAKER_00]: the director or something else?

[00:51:54] [SPEAKER_03]: That's an excellent question.

[00:52:00] [SPEAKER_03]: I think it's the script first

[00:52:05] [SPEAKER_03]: because I have to know what is the vision of the director.

[00:52:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously they're all interconnected.

[00:52:15] [SPEAKER_03]: However, yes, but I see the script first

[00:52:18] [SPEAKER_03]: because it's the story that tells me all the details

[00:52:22] [SPEAKER_03]: that I need to find out about the character.

[00:52:24] [SPEAKER_03]: Even in the scenes that I'm not in,

[00:52:28] [SPEAKER_03]: you see that is the world that I'm entering.

[00:52:31] [SPEAKER_03]: So that is, I think, the first thing that I see

[00:52:33] [SPEAKER_03]: is the script and the vision of the director comes later

[00:52:36] [SPEAKER_03]: when we start talking

[00:52:37] [SPEAKER_03]: and discovering this thing together.

[00:52:41] [SPEAKER_03]: Character is obviously very, very important as well.

[00:52:46] [SPEAKER_03]: So yes, that's correct.

[00:52:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Got it, got it, good.

[00:52:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, thank you so much.

[00:52:51] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, what you approach for is the impact of the character

[00:52:56] [SPEAKER_00]: and the story, what's the story is all about

[00:52:58] [SPEAKER_00]: and then where the director is heading with the story.

[00:53:02] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we focus on you are now in this big series

[00:53:07] [SPEAKER_00]: which also involves Nathan Jones,

[00:53:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Cybill Tanning and Oba Babatunde.

[00:53:12] [SPEAKER_00]: So when you're collaborating with these

[00:53:15] [SPEAKER_00]: biggest stars in one project,

[00:53:17] [SPEAKER_00]: how is the feeling?

[00:53:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Have you met them at this moment?

[00:53:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Is there a meeting that the cold reading,

[00:53:23] [SPEAKER_00]: is there anything that kind of process happened?

[00:53:25] [SPEAKER_02]: Not yet.

[00:53:28] [SPEAKER_00]: How's the feeling now?

[00:53:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess it just got announced.

[00:53:31] [SPEAKER_00]: So how's the feeling now

[00:53:32] [SPEAKER_00]: you will be working alongside these guys?

[00:53:35] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, first of all, well, I'm extremely excited.

[00:53:38] [SPEAKER_03]: Obviously, it's just a dream come true

[00:53:41] [SPEAKER_03]: and it's something every actor wishes.

[00:53:46] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a stepping stone and also it's a prestige

[00:53:49] [SPEAKER_03]: all of that.

[00:53:50] [SPEAKER_03]: But also, to me, it's also I want to know who they are.

[00:53:56] [SPEAKER_03]: And so I think that as working with huge names and stuff,

[00:54:01] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of people think they're so very different.

[00:54:05] [SPEAKER_03]: Celebrities before but I'm saying,

[00:54:07] [SPEAKER_03]: oh, they're so different than whoever I am

[00:54:10] [SPEAKER_03]: because they always you're in a different,

[00:54:11] [SPEAKER_03]: let's say a stage of career life.

[00:54:15] [SPEAKER_03]: When you get to know people,

[00:54:17] [SPEAKER_03]: you won't realize, no, they aren't so different.

[00:54:21] [SPEAKER_03]: That's a fun part to realize that everyone is relatable

[00:54:26] [SPEAKER_03]: and obviously everyone is different.

[00:54:28] [SPEAKER_00]: It's just the curiosity for you.

[00:54:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It's all about exciting, hey, let's figure out

[00:54:33] [SPEAKER_00]: how these guys really look alike

[00:54:35] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way they approach for the work

[00:54:37] [SPEAKER_00]: but also how they operate in the real world

[00:54:39] [SPEAKER_00]: of themselves as human beings.

[00:54:41] [SPEAKER_00]: And that's the curiosity that you have

[00:54:43] [SPEAKER_00]: about all these guys.

[00:54:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Great.

[00:54:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Also, one more thing now I'm going to jump on

[00:54:49] [SPEAKER_00]: is you and Tomer Capone, the guy from Boys.

[00:54:56] [SPEAKER_00]: You guys are working on for a magazine shoot,

[00:54:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Cool America magazine

[00:55:00] [SPEAKER_00]: and also on the cover of the book of the poster

[00:55:03] [SPEAKER_00]: that you guys are seeing there, that book.

[00:55:06] [SPEAKER_00]: So you're kind of creating a magazine for this book

[00:55:09] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's called as the Book of Maxine,

[00:55:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Legendary Films Production from LA shooting an editorial.

[00:55:16] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me about that picture

[00:55:19] [SPEAKER_00]: because I guess that's a recent post on you

[00:55:21] [SPEAKER_00]: on Instagram now with the place that you were shooting

[00:55:24] [SPEAKER_00]: at, I guess, the hotel and you guys collaborated the post.

[00:55:28] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me about how's the experience of being around

[00:55:32] [SPEAKER_00]: and working together, I guess, on the magazine for now?

[00:55:36] [SPEAKER_00]: What's the thing?

[00:55:37] [SPEAKER_03]: Amazing, absolutely amazing experience.

[00:55:39] [SPEAKER_03]: And I'm telling you just from all aspects

[00:55:41] [SPEAKER_03]: working with Tomer, I met Tomer two years ago.

[00:55:44] [SPEAKER_03]: He's an absolutely phenomenal personality and great guy

[00:55:47] [SPEAKER_03]: and so easy to work with, so down to earth and fantastic.

[00:55:52] [SPEAKER_03]: If you ever meet him, remember that he's great.

[00:55:56] [SPEAKER_03]: So what will, I mean, my production company

[00:55:58] [SPEAKER_03]: also does photography.

[00:56:00] [SPEAKER_03]: So we sometimes collaborate with magazines

[00:56:02] [SPEAKER_03]: or shoot editorials as they say.

[00:56:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's a special project

[00:56:06] [SPEAKER_03]: because this magazine issue will be dedicated entirely

[00:56:09] [SPEAKER_03]: to Tomer and it's going to come out,

[00:56:12] [SPEAKER_03]: I don't know, in the next few weeks more or less.

[00:56:15] [SPEAKER_03]: And it was a great sort of exploration

[00:56:18] [SPEAKER_03]: because first we shot for the Cold America magazine

[00:56:20] [SPEAKER_03]: and a different area of Israel which was Ramla.

[00:56:25] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a sort of ancient Arabic Muslim city

[00:56:28] [SPEAKER_03]: that's actually strong connection to Napoleon

[00:56:30] [SPEAKER_03]: and we picked an ancient clock tower to shoot in

[00:56:36] [SPEAKER_03]: and there was also an underground tunnels.

[00:56:39] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, it's super, super interesting

[00:56:41] [SPEAKER_03]: as you know, my affinity for history.

[00:56:44] [SPEAKER_03]: So, but this time, right.

[00:56:46] [SPEAKER_03]: So this time we were shooting

[00:56:48] [SPEAKER_03]: in an extremely beautiful hotel

[00:56:51] [SPEAKER_03]: and thank you the courtesy of L'Eresens Hotel.

[00:56:55] [SPEAKER_03]: I'd like to emphasize especially the manager called Karen

[00:56:58] [SPEAKER_03]: really did all of this, made it all happen.

[00:57:01] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's a boutique hotel and we did an editorial

[00:57:04] [SPEAKER_03]: for also it's going to be a cover.

[00:57:07] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was the idea of this is more of a sort of

[00:57:12] [SPEAKER_03]: Italian fashion editorial style with exploring

[00:57:15] [SPEAKER_03]: that kind of young Michael Culverleone kind of a look.

[00:57:19] [SPEAKER_03]: So that's what we did.

[00:57:21] [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, so it was super fun.

[00:57:24] [SPEAKER_03]: The only drawback I must say about the whole experience

[00:57:27] [SPEAKER_03]: was shooting in an extreme heat.

[00:57:30] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, it's 40.

[00:57:31] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean like yeah.

[00:57:32] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's like melting you.

[00:57:34] [SPEAKER_03]: Oh my gosh.

[00:57:35] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, it's yeah, they say on the temperature

[00:57:39] [SPEAKER_03]: 35 Celsius.

[00:57:40] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm like, okay, well it feels like 45

[00:57:42] [SPEAKER_03]: because of the high humidity and then being in the sun.

[00:57:45] [SPEAKER_03]: And so it's like frequent breaks.

[00:57:48] [SPEAKER_03]: And you know, so that was a drawback.

[00:57:49] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I agree.

[00:57:51] [SPEAKER_03]: But the vision was there.

[00:57:53] [SPEAKER_03]: The mood board was there.

[00:57:54] [SPEAKER_03]: The team was great.

[00:57:55] [SPEAKER_03]: And we had a great wonderful experience.

[00:57:57] [SPEAKER_03]: Silas Yalhachbi who's a well-known Silas here

[00:58:00] [SPEAKER_03]: in Israel as well.

[00:58:01] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was phenomenal.

[00:58:02] [SPEAKER_03]: And he did an impeccable job because you know,

[00:58:05] [SPEAKER_03]: working on a photo shoot is sort of like working

[00:58:07] [SPEAKER_03]: on a small movie set.

[00:58:08] [SPEAKER_03]: You really have to know the clothes, the genre,

[00:58:12] [SPEAKER_03]: the sort of the styling.

[00:58:14] [SPEAKER_03]: We want to evoke kind of like a movie scene.

[00:58:17] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was kind of like a cinematic approach

[00:58:20] [SPEAKER_03]: of the photo shoot for the magazine.

[00:58:23] [SPEAKER_00]: It was great.

[00:58:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Great to know that experience I guess.

[00:58:28] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we focus on you.

[00:58:30] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we jump on you as a co-producer.

[00:58:32] [SPEAKER_00]: We explored you as an actor, as a model, as a writer.

[00:58:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Now we'll focus more on your production as you

[00:58:40] [SPEAKER_00]: as a co-producer for Legendary Films Productions.

[00:58:44] [SPEAKER_00]: So please tell us about what are your upcoming projects

[00:58:48] [SPEAKER_00]: for Legendary Films Production

[00:58:50] [SPEAKER_00]: and where are you heading with this production house?

[00:58:52] [SPEAKER_00]: What's your vision with this production house?

[00:58:55] [SPEAKER_00]: And what kind of products are you looking

[00:58:57] [SPEAKER_00]: to put out to the world?

[00:58:59] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, well great question.

[00:59:01] [SPEAKER_03]: So what we started actually as a company,

[00:59:04] [SPEAKER_03]: we started developing this project called The Book

[00:59:07] [SPEAKER_03]: that we briefly talked about earlier,

[00:59:09] [SPEAKER_03]: which is a historical fantasy adventure.

[00:59:15] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's a film and TV series.

[00:59:17] [SPEAKER_03]: We have two versions.

[00:59:19] [SPEAKER_03]: So that's kind of our main project

[00:59:21] [SPEAKER_03]: that we're pushing through various channels right now.

[00:59:25] [SPEAKER_03]: And it's in production development stage.

[00:59:28] [SPEAKER_03]: So we constantly have a lot of changes to make.

[00:59:30] [SPEAKER_03]: And it's a very challenging project

[00:59:35] [SPEAKER_03]: because it's our first project,

[00:59:38] [SPEAKER_03]: but it's also since it's a historical project,

[00:59:42] [SPEAKER_03]: it required a lot of research,

[00:59:44] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of background work of the characters

[00:59:47] [SPEAKER_03]: because we really wanted to keep it authentic,

[00:59:50] [SPEAKER_03]: especially regarding the main characters

[00:59:52] [SPEAKER_03]: and the sort of the historical part of the series.

[00:59:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's a lot of work.

[00:59:58] [SPEAKER_03]: Exactly.

[00:59:59] [SPEAKER_03]: So that was kind of like the biggest challenge for us.

[01:00:02] [SPEAKER_03]: But we're working on it.

[01:00:06] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a working project, right?

[01:00:09] [SPEAKER_03]: So tell me about...

[01:00:11] [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, so...

[01:00:12] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, go on, go on.

[01:00:13] [SPEAKER_02]: I cannot tell a lot because...

[01:00:16] [SPEAKER_03]: Because the minute I will reveal to you

[01:00:18] [SPEAKER_03]: what this is about,

[01:00:20] [SPEAKER_03]: then we're gonna have a conversation

[01:00:21] [SPEAKER_03]: for three hours, I guarantee it.

[01:00:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, why?

[01:00:25] [SPEAKER_00]: I mean like NDA, I guess you don't have to explain.

[01:00:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, right.

[01:00:27] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm just curious,

[01:00:29] [SPEAKER_03]: if you sign the NDA,

[01:00:31] [SPEAKER_03]: I'll be happy to send it to you

[01:00:32] [SPEAKER_03]: to have a quick peek at the pitch deck.

[01:00:35] [SPEAKER_03]: No, no, no.

[01:00:36] [SPEAKER_00]: I just want to get you talking about

[01:00:40] [SPEAKER_00]: you as a co-producer.

[01:00:41] [SPEAKER_00]: So tell me how is life of you

[01:00:43] [SPEAKER_00]: being a co-producer,

[01:00:44] [SPEAKER_00]: how is your life now

[01:00:45] [SPEAKER_00]: once you change your role completely

[01:00:47] [SPEAKER_00]: to becoming a co-producer?

[01:00:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So what it looks like?

[01:00:51] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, it's gotten a lot busier,

[01:00:55] [SPEAKER_03]: but also it gotten busier

[01:00:58] [SPEAKER_03]: with not just the creative aspects

[01:01:00] [SPEAKER_03]: and like as an actor,

[01:01:02] [SPEAKER_03]: but also a business aspect.

[01:01:04] [SPEAKER_03]: So there was a lot of meetings,

[01:01:07] [SPEAKER_03]: there was a lot of talking back and forth

[01:01:09] [SPEAKER_03]: with the co-producer potential partners.

[01:01:12] [SPEAKER_03]: There is a fundamental aspect,

[01:01:13] [SPEAKER_03]: so there was a budget

[01:01:16] [SPEAKER_03]: and approaching agents

[01:01:18] [SPEAKER_03]: or bringing actors on board

[01:01:19] [SPEAKER_03]: and stuff like that.

[01:01:21] [SPEAKER_03]: It's a full-time job 24x7, 365 days a week.

[01:01:28] [SPEAKER_03]: That's what makes it fun

[01:01:30] [SPEAKER_03]: because you have a vision

[01:01:31] [SPEAKER_03]: and once you have a vision

[01:01:32] [SPEAKER_03]: and search an idea

[01:01:33] [SPEAKER_03]: about where you want to go

[01:01:34] [SPEAKER_03]: with this project,

[01:01:35] [SPEAKER_03]: you will just do it no matter what.

[01:01:36] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean, this is how I approach it

[01:01:38] [SPEAKER_03]: and I'm a very determined person

[01:01:40] [SPEAKER_03]: and I love working as a producer,

[01:01:43] [SPEAKER_03]: co-producer rather.

[01:01:47] [SPEAKER_03]: It's very demanding,

[01:01:49] [SPEAKER_03]: but worth it.

[01:01:50] [SPEAKER_03]: The idea is that you want to produce

[01:01:53] [SPEAKER_03]: a certain project.

[01:01:57] [SPEAKER_03]: The end aspect,

[01:02:00] [SPEAKER_03]: the holy grail is what you're going for

[01:02:02] [SPEAKER_03]: and when that happens,

[01:02:05] [SPEAKER_03]: then you will understand

[01:02:06] [SPEAKER_03]: that it's all worth it.

[01:02:09] [SPEAKER_03]: But it's a very long process.

[01:02:12] [SPEAKER_03]: So you have to be super patient

[01:02:14] [SPEAKER_03]: and very adamant about a lot of things,

[01:02:16] [SPEAKER_03]: but the patience aspect

[01:02:18] [SPEAKER_03]: I think is the most important

[01:02:19] [SPEAKER_03]: and I think that

[01:02:21] [SPEAKER_03]: since I'm a very impatient person in life,

[01:02:25] [SPEAKER_03]: it sort of forces me to

[01:02:29] [SPEAKER_03]: explore that avenue

[01:02:30] [SPEAKER_03]: as a business person.

[01:02:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Now here's an important question

[01:02:39] [SPEAKER_00]: that I make sure

[01:02:40] [SPEAKER_00]: that you answer that for me.

[01:02:42] [SPEAKER_00]: Can you share insights

[01:02:43] [SPEAKER_00]: on securing financing for projects

[01:02:45] [SPEAKER_00]: and what potential investors

[01:02:47] [SPEAKER_00]: look for in a production?

[01:02:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay, well, so in terms of

[01:02:54] [SPEAKER_03]: financial aspects,

[01:02:56] [SPEAKER_03]: this is really a very good question.

[01:03:00] [SPEAKER_03]: Normally the financial aspects

[01:03:02] [SPEAKER_03]: are done in stages.

[01:03:04] [SPEAKER_03]: So let's say a pre-production stage

[01:03:05] [SPEAKER_03]: is very different than production

[01:03:07] [SPEAKER_03]: and post-production.

[01:03:08] [SPEAKER_03]: So there's various stages,

[01:03:10] [SPEAKER_03]: there's various sponsors,

[01:03:11] [SPEAKER_03]: there's various avenues

[01:03:12] [SPEAKER_03]: how to generate that kind of income

[01:03:13] [SPEAKER_03]: for the production.

[01:03:15] [SPEAKER_03]: But I would say

[01:03:16] [SPEAKER_03]: for the starting producer

[01:03:17] [SPEAKER_03]: would be going to the film markets,

[01:03:19] [SPEAKER_03]: and networking,

[01:03:21] [SPEAKER_03]: meeting new people,

[01:03:22] [SPEAKER_03]: meeting producers,

[01:03:23] [SPEAKER_03]: meeting co-producers,

[01:03:23] [SPEAKER_03]: people that do similar line of work,

[01:03:26] [SPEAKER_03]: similar genre of style

[01:03:27] [SPEAKER_03]: of your project.

[01:03:30] [SPEAKER_03]: And that's how you start.

[01:03:34] [SPEAKER_03]: And the budget thing

[01:03:35] [SPEAKER_03]: is super important.

[01:03:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I have a lot of questions

[01:03:39] [SPEAKER_03]: about that.

[01:03:40] [SPEAKER_03]: So it has to be done professionally

[01:03:42] [SPEAKER_03]: and has to be done

[01:03:42] [SPEAKER_03]: in a certain type of software.

[01:03:44] [SPEAKER_03]: And the budget has to be part

[01:03:46] [SPEAKER_03]: of what we call a package

[01:03:48] [SPEAKER_03]: which is a pitch deck

[01:03:50] [SPEAKER_03]: or a TV Bible,

[01:03:51] [SPEAKER_03]: whatever, depending on the genre.

[01:03:55] [SPEAKER_03]: You have to have a presentation

[01:03:57] [SPEAKER_03]: that is clear,

[01:03:58] [SPEAKER_03]: that is visual

[01:03:59] [SPEAKER_03]: and that it shows

[01:04:01] [SPEAKER_03]: what the project is about.

[01:04:02] [SPEAKER_03]: Because what you need

[01:04:03] [SPEAKER_03]: to understand is

[01:04:05] [SPEAKER_03]: producers,

[01:04:05] [SPEAKER_03]: big producers or big companies

[01:04:07] [SPEAKER_03]: don't have time

[01:04:09] [SPEAKER_03]: to read your script.

[01:04:12] [SPEAKER_03]: So sending a script

[01:04:13] [SPEAKER_03]: is like sending an empty plate.

[01:04:17] [SPEAKER_03]: It's 100, whatever, 20 pages

[01:04:20] [SPEAKER_03]: around there

[01:04:21] [SPEAKER_03]: and no one has time.

[01:04:23] [SPEAKER_03]: So the first thing

[01:04:24] [SPEAKER_03]: that gets you through the door

[01:04:25] [SPEAKER_03]: is your presentation

[01:04:27] [SPEAKER_03]: of your project,

[01:04:29] [SPEAKER_03]: your pitch deck

[01:04:30] [SPEAKER_03]: that has to be visual,

[01:04:31] [SPEAKER_03]: has to be clear,

[01:04:32] [SPEAKER_03]: that has to include characters

[01:04:36] [SPEAKER_03]: and synopsis

[01:04:37] [SPEAKER_03]: and a brief sort of idea

[01:04:39] [SPEAKER_03]: what directions and similarities

[01:04:41] [SPEAKER_03]: between which we call

[01:04:43] [SPEAKER_03]: relatable projects to it.

[01:04:45] [SPEAKER_03]: So that kind of is your selling point.

[01:04:47] [SPEAKER_03]: And then you go into a budget

[01:04:48] [SPEAKER_03]: where you really start to see

[01:04:51] [SPEAKER_03]: if it's a feature,

[01:04:53] [SPEAKER_03]: where you want to film it,

[01:04:54] [SPEAKER_03]: how you want to gather

[01:04:56] [SPEAKER_03]: finances from where,

[01:04:58] [SPEAKER_03]: from what country

[01:04:59] [SPEAKER_03]: and all different

[01:05:00] [SPEAKER_03]: in different geographical areas.

[01:05:02] [SPEAKER_03]: So you have to keep that in mind.

[01:05:05] [SPEAKER_03]: So yeah, it's a lot.

[01:05:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much

[01:05:07] [SPEAKER_00]: first of all for explaining

[01:05:08] [SPEAKER_00]: everything in parts

[01:05:09] [SPEAKER_00]: and dividing it

[01:05:11] [SPEAKER_00]: that into three parts

[01:05:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and then telling what it needs

[01:05:13] [SPEAKER_00]: and what basically sending a script

[01:05:16] [SPEAKER_00]: to a TV production

[01:05:17] [SPEAKER_00]: or a big production house means

[01:05:18] [SPEAKER_00]: and what you need to figure out

[01:05:20] [SPEAKER_00]: as a producer,

[01:05:22] [SPEAKER_00]: as an artist,

[01:05:23] [SPEAKER_00]: as an actor.

[01:05:24] [SPEAKER_00]: So I guess there's a lot of aspects

[01:05:25] [SPEAKER_00]: involved generally

[01:05:27] [SPEAKER_00]: to getting into a production house

[01:05:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's kind of a hectic job.

[01:05:30] [SPEAKER_00]: It's basically an industry

[01:05:31] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's kind of something

[01:05:33] [SPEAKER_00]: that really works

[01:05:34] [SPEAKER_00]: from ground to top

[01:05:36] [SPEAKER_00]: and gets filtered out

[01:05:37] [SPEAKER_00]: every single time

[01:05:38] [SPEAKER_00]: till it reaches to a major audience.

[01:05:40] [SPEAKER_00]: And it's a big process

[01:05:42] [SPEAKER_00]: still we have tons of cinema loading

[01:05:44] [SPEAKER_00]: and tons of movies releasing

[01:05:45] [SPEAKER_00]: every single week on Netflix,

[01:05:47] [SPEAKER_00]: Hulu, Amazon

[01:05:48] [SPEAKER_00]: and it's so real

[01:05:50] [SPEAKER_00]: that how this thing works out.

[01:05:52] [SPEAKER_00]: You know, thank you for all.

[01:05:54] [SPEAKER_00]: First of all,

[01:05:56] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess now we can jump on your project.

[01:05:58] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess the book of

[01:06:00] [SPEAKER_00]: you're developing this TV series

[01:06:02] [SPEAKER_00]: based on true story

[01:06:03] [SPEAKER_00]: from Renaissance Italy

[01:06:04] [SPEAKER_00]: called The Book Of.

[01:06:06] [SPEAKER_00]: Tell us about what this book of project is

[01:06:09] [SPEAKER_00]: and what we are going to experience

[01:06:11] [SPEAKER_00]: in this particular series

[01:06:13] [SPEAKER_00]: and how are you guys working on that

[01:06:16] [SPEAKER_00]: and when is it going to release?

[01:06:19] [SPEAKER_00]: And also for you to promote.

[01:06:21] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, absolutely.

[01:06:22] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, it's a story.

[01:06:25] [SPEAKER_03]: It's actually a real story.

[01:06:27] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.

[01:06:29] [SPEAKER_03]: It's an actual historical story

[01:06:32] [SPEAKER_03]: of a person who has written

[01:06:34] [SPEAKER_03]: a certain book

[01:06:35] [SPEAKER_03]: and that book

[01:06:37] [SPEAKER_03]: is going to change the history

[01:06:39] [SPEAKER_03]: of the world.

[01:06:39] [SPEAKER_03]: And it's something that

[01:06:43] [SPEAKER_03]: is mind-bending

[01:06:44] [SPEAKER_03]: and provocative

[01:06:45] [SPEAKER_03]: and exciting

[01:06:46] [SPEAKER_03]: and adventurous at the same time

[01:06:48] [SPEAKER_03]: because no one has ever done it before

[01:06:51] [SPEAKER_03]: and also

[01:06:52] [SPEAKER_03]: because it's such an original concept.

[01:06:56] [SPEAKER_03]: This is how we kind of gotten into.

[01:06:58] [SPEAKER_03]: It's actually my husband

[01:06:59] [SPEAKER_03]: who discovered the story

[01:07:00] [SPEAKER_03]: and he's been talking about it

[01:07:01] [SPEAKER_03]: for 10 years already.

[01:07:03] [SPEAKER_00]: 10 years.

[01:07:04] [SPEAKER_03]: So it's something that, you know,

[01:07:06] [SPEAKER_03]: certain ideas you develop

[01:07:06] [SPEAKER_03]: for a long time

[01:07:07] [SPEAKER_03]: and certain ideas not

[01:07:09] [SPEAKER_03]: but this is one of those ideas

[01:07:10] [SPEAKER_03]: that you develop, you know,

[01:07:11] [SPEAKER_03]: for a long time

[01:07:12] [SPEAKER_03]: because it has to settle in you.

[01:07:15] [SPEAKER_03]: And, you know, the story is a true story

[01:07:17] [SPEAKER_03]: of this Italian incredibly gifted polymath

[01:07:22] [SPEAKER_03]: who, you know, was an inventor

[01:07:24] [SPEAKER_03]: and an architect

[01:07:25] [SPEAKER_03]: and occultist

[01:07:27] [SPEAKER_03]: and mathematician

[01:07:28] [SPEAKER_03]: and scientist

[01:07:30] [SPEAKER_03]: and, you know, you name it.

[01:07:32] [SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely sort of a relevance

[01:07:34] [SPEAKER_03]: of Leonardo da Vinci

[01:07:35] [SPEAKER_03]: without the art aspect.

[01:07:37] [SPEAKER_03]: He was an artist

[01:07:38] [SPEAKER_03]: sort of a scientist.

[01:07:39] [SPEAKER_03]: So we're going into the world of science

[01:07:41] [SPEAKER_03]: and the world of the occult

[01:07:43] [SPEAKER_03]: and the late Lennar sons

[01:07:45] [SPEAKER_03]: early Baroque of Italy

[01:07:47] [SPEAKER_03]: and that concept goes on

[01:07:50] [SPEAKER_03]: pretty much until the modern day

[01:07:52] [SPEAKER_03]: and that is what's so interesting

[01:07:53] [SPEAKER_03]: because we wanted to find a concept

[01:07:55] [SPEAKER_03]: in this project

[01:07:56] [SPEAKER_03]: that would be relatable

[01:07:57] [SPEAKER_03]: to sort of present day

[01:07:59] [SPEAKER_03]: that has an impact

[01:08:01] [SPEAKER_03]: of subconscious impact

[01:08:02] [SPEAKER_03]: on present-day lives.

[01:08:04] [SPEAKER_03]: So this is kind of

[01:08:05] [SPEAKER_03]: what the story is about.

[01:08:06] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes, and that is as much as I can say.

[01:08:11] [SPEAKER_00]: That's the only information

[01:08:12] [SPEAKER_00]: that you can reveal till now

[01:08:14] [SPEAKER_00]: but I'd like you to have on the podcast

[01:08:17] [SPEAKER_00]: when all this project gets released

[01:08:18] [SPEAKER_00]: I'd like you to be there

[01:08:20] [SPEAKER_00]: and tell us about what's happening

[01:08:22] [SPEAKER_00]: and everything that you have on board

[01:08:25] [SPEAKER_00]: that you can share at that point.

[01:08:27] [SPEAKER_00]: So whenever this comes out

[01:08:28] [SPEAKER_00]: just hit me up with a mail

[01:08:29] [SPEAKER_00]: and I'd be happy to have you again.

[01:08:31] [SPEAKER_00]: Also the team if you have the team.

[01:08:34] [SPEAKER_02]: You know, once the pipe

[01:08:36] [SPEAKER_02]: will open it will.

[01:08:38] [SPEAKER_02]: So you will be the first one.

[01:08:39] [SPEAKER_02]: Absolutely.

[01:08:40] [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, thank you.

[01:08:41] [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you.

[01:08:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay now we are going to have

[01:08:43] [SPEAKER_00]: some rapid fire.

[01:08:44] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, you can answer in normal way

[01:08:46] [SPEAKER_00]: but this is called rapid fire.

[01:08:48] [SPEAKER_00]: So first thing we have is

[01:08:51] [SPEAKER_00]: first role what was your very

[01:08:52] [SPEAKER_00]: first acting role?

[01:08:54] [SPEAKER_03]: My very first acting role was

[01:08:57] [SPEAKER_03]: in the BBC series

[01:08:59] [SPEAKER_03]: called Sand Fairy

[01:09:01] [SPEAKER_03]: and yes I was then 11 years old.

[01:09:04] Yes.

[01:09:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Good. Which character

[01:09:06] [SPEAKER_00]: you have played is your very

[01:09:08] [SPEAKER_00]: favorite character?

[01:09:09] [SPEAKER_00]: Tell me.

[01:09:11] [SPEAKER_03]: Till now I think it was

[01:09:16] [SPEAKER_03]: Helena from Indigo.

[01:09:18] [SPEAKER_03]: Really love the character.

[01:09:20] [SPEAKER_00]: Helena and Indigo.

[01:09:21] [SPEAKER_00]: Good. Which is your dream role

[01:09:24] [SPEAKER_00]: that you haven't played yet?

[01:09:27] [SPEAKER_03]: Well, I already have it.

[01:09:29] [SPEAKER_03]: I'm playing the warrior Azaria

[01:09:31] [SPEAKER_03]: in the next franchise

[01:09:33] [SPEAKER_03]: but no to be serious yes

[01:09:34] [SPEAKER_03]: it's playing in one of the

[01:09:36] [SPEAKER_03]: similar genres as well

[01:09:37] [SPEAKER_03]: I think it would be either

[01:09:39] [SPEAKER_03]: the vikings or the game of thrones

[01:09:41] [SPEAKER_03]: one of the main characters

[01:09:42] [SPEAKER_03]: that would be my dream role.

[01:09:45] Yes.

[01:09:46] [SPEAKER_00]: Who is your favorite actor

[01:09:48] [SPEAKER_00]: of all time?

[01:09:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Actor or actress?

[01:09:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Actor.

[01:09:52] [SPEAKER_00]: Whichever you.

[01:09:54] [SPEAKER_03]: Anthony Hopkins.

[01:09:56] [SPEAKER_00]: An actress?

[01:09:58] [SPEAKER_03]: Meryl Streep.

[01:09:59] [SPEAKER_00]: Meryl Streep.

[01:10:00] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay good.

[01:10:02] [SPEAKER_00]: What was the most challenging scene

[01:10:03] [SPEAKER_00]: you have ever filmed

[01:10:05] [SPEAKER_00]: till 2024?

[01:10:10] [SPEAKER_03]: Hmm to be in as an actor

[01:10:12] [SPEAKER_03]: you mean I'm sorry I just wanted to.

[01:10:13] [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah yeah yeah I mean like you filmed it

[01:10:16] [SPEAKER_00]: and you were performing that

[01:10:17] [SPEAKER_00]: that was challenging for you.

[01:10:19] [SPEAKER_03]: The most challenging?

[01:10:21] [SPEAKER_03]: It was in the film

[01:10:24] [SPEAKER_03]: one of the first films

[01:10:25] [SPEAKER_03]: I was in by Eric Huertman.

[01:10:30] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes there is a scene in

[01:10:33] [SPEAKER_03]: in the movie I'm playing

[01:10:34] [SPEAKER_03]: and you know it required

[01:10:35] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of emotional force

[01:10:37] [SPEAKER_03]: that it was very hard for me to

[01:10:41] [SPEAKER_03]: to access because of my really young age

[01:10:43] [SPEAKER_03]: and I wasn't you know I wasn't ready

[01:10:46] [SPEAKER_03]: so that was kind of

[01:10:47] [SPEAKER_03]: yeah that was very challenging for me.

[01:10:50] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay what's your movie

[01:10:52] [SPEAKER_00]: what's your favorite movie genre to act in?

[01:10:57] [SPEAKER_00]: Come on I know that.

[01:10:59] [SPEAKER_03]: History, adventure or combination of both.

[01:11:04] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay okay.

[01:11:06] [SPEAKER_00]: What's your go-to acting

[01:11:08] [SPEAKER_00]: technical method?

[01:11:11] [SPEAKER_03]: I liked from all the acting methods

[01:11:13] [SPEAKER_03]: I've studied I think I liked

[01:11:15] [SPEAKER_03]: Werner Laflin method

[01:11:17] [SPEAKER_03]: which is a combination of many

[01:11:20] [SPEAKER_03]: however it also has that

[01:11:22] [SPEAKER_03]: psychological aspects that I really

[01:11:24] [SPEAKER_03]: appreciate.

[01:11:26] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh god do you have any

[01:11:28] [SPEAKER_00]: pre-performance rituals or routines?

[01:11:31] [SPEAKER_03]: Yes I have it's first of all

[01:11:34] [SPEAKER_03]: it's my voice and my body work

[01:11:36] [SPEAKER_03]: that's sort of what I do first yeah.

[01:11:40] [SPEAKER_00]: Good who's an actor you admire working with?

[01:11:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Next question because it's just that

[01:11:53] [SPEAKER_03]: you know I haven't yeah yeah yeah.

[01:11:58] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay okay okay okay I guess you

[01:12:00] [SPEAKER_00]: you voiced really started breaking again

[01:12:01] [SPEAKER_00]: but what's your favorite book on acting?

[01:12:05] [SPEAKER_03]: My favorite it's a

[01:12:07] [SPEAKER_03]: it's a Werner Laflin

[01:12:09] [SPEAKER_03]: on actors it's phenomenal book

[01:12:13] [SPEAKER_03]: you know just go get it it's

[01:12:16] [SPEAKER_03]: it's just mind-blowing.

[01:12:18] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay good yay or nay for improvisation?

[01:12:22] [SPEAKER_00]: Yay.

[01:12:23] [SPEAKER_00]: Okay which movie inspires you the most?

[01:12:32] [SPEAKER_03]: Well there is not one movie but

[01:12:34] [SPEAKER_03]: if I had to choose

[01:12:35] [SPEAKER_00]: The most?

[01:12:39] [SPEAKER_03]: Shawshank Redemption.

[01:12:41] [SPEAKER_00]: Shawshank Redemption good okay

[01:12:44] [SPEAKER_00]: what's your favorite on set snack?

[01:12:52] [SPEAKER_03]: Hmm apples.

[01:12:54] [SPEAKER_00]: Apples cool I thought you were going to say watermelon.

[01:12:57] [SPEAKER_02]: Oh my god I was going to say watermelon.

[01:13:03] [SPEAKER_00]: Because because this is something that

[01:13:05] [SPEAKER_00]: I've been asking to a lot of actresses

[01:13:07] [SPEAKER_00]: and suddenly they say watermelon

[01:13:09] [SPEAKER_00]: so I thought I just guess it and okay okay

[01:13:13] [SPEAKER_00]: it's like go-to snack for everyone.

[01:13:16] [SPEAKER_02]: Wow yeah I was going to say that

[01:13:17] [SPEAKER_02]: but I swear I was like okay but I

[01:13:19] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm used to hear that.

[01:13:21] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm very used to hear that okay

[01:13:23] [SPEAKER_00]: now we focus on what's the best acting advice

[01:13:26] [SPEAKER_00]: you've ever received?

[01:13:30] [SPEAKER_03]: Less is more meaning yes

[01:13:33] [SPEAKER_03]: meaning less in in expressing

[01:13:36] [SPEAKER_03]: less is more yeah it's whatever more

[01:13:40] [SPEAKER_03]: is is on the inside and less on the outside.

[01:13:44] [SPEAKER_00]: What's the first thing you do

[01:13:46] [SPEAKER_00]: when you get a new role?

[01:13:50] [SPEAKER_03]: Ice cream.

[01:13:53] [SPEAKER_00]: Oh yeah you loved it wow that's good.

[01:13:58] [SPEAKER_00]: What's your favorite location

[01:13:59] [SPEAKER_00]: where you have filmed?

[01:14:02] [SPEAKER_03]: New York City.

[01:14:03] [SPEAKER_00]: New York City whoa I thought it would be Israel

[01:14:07] [SPEAKER_00]: but great to know that okay which character

[01:14:12] [SPEAKER_00]: have you related to the most?

[01:14:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Which character have you related to the most like

[01:14:17] [SPEAKER_00]: you played?

[01:14:19] [SPEAKER_03]: I haven't played yet that character actually

[01:14:23] [SPEAKER_03]: all the characters are very far from who I am

[01:14:27] [SPEAKER_03]: so I am looking forward to having a role

[01:14:31] [SPEAKER_03]: that would you know be similar to me

[01:14:35] [SPEAKER_03]: so not yet.

[01:14:37] [SPEAKER_00]: Not yet good.

[01:14:39] [SPEAKER_00]: What's the piece of advice

[01:14:41] [SPEAKER_00]: from your journey overall till 2024?

[01:14:44] [SPEAKER_00]: You've been shifting countries

[01:14:46] [SPEAKER_00]: the way you started then you shifted from modeling

[01:14:49] [SPEAKER_00]: to acting and then now into producing and writing

[01:14:53] [SPEAKER_00]: and now being a producer and co-producer

[01:14:55] [SPEAKER_00]: who knows a lot of stuff about how the movie comes on board

[01:14:58] [SPEAKER_00]: and how many things are involved

[01:15:00] [SPEAKER_00]: and what it takes to just produce a movie

[01:15:02] [SPEAKER_00]: and get it on board and then produce it

[01:15:04] [SPEAKER_00]: and release it to public.

[01:15:06] [SPEAKER_00]: As a producer's point of view not an actor

[01:15:08] [SPEAKER_00]: but producer is really important for me now

[01:15:10] [SPEAKER_00]: what advice you'd like to give to an actor

[01:15:13] [SPEAKER_00]: who is just starting out

[01:15:15] [SPEAKER_00]: and what advice you feel should actor focus on

[01:15:21] [SPEAKER_00]: when they're approaching into this industry for very long?

[01:15:25] [SPEAKER_03]: Okay great question.

[01:15:27] [SPEAKER_03]: It's your craft I mean

[01:15:29] [SPEAKER_03]: you really have to focus on perfecting your craft

[01:15:33] [SPEAKER_03]: whether you want to be a drama actor

[01:15:36] [SPEAKER_03]: or you want to do theater

[01:15:36] [SPEAKER_03]: just go in that avenue explore that

[01:15:39] [SPEAKER_03]: and learn it from the best

[01:15:41] [SPEAKER_03]: find a way from the best acting school or course

[01:15:44] [SPEAKER_03]: or you know workshop and learn from the best.

[01:15:48] [SPEAKER_03]: If you want to enter this world of acting

[01:15:51] [SPEAKER_03]: which is really an industry

[01:15:52] [SPEAKER_03]: which is the hardest one to break into

[01:15:54] [SPEAKER_03]: you also have to develop a very thick skin.

[01:15:57] [SPEAKER_03]: So I would say two things

[01:15:58] [SPEAKER_03]: it's your craft but you're also

[01:16:01] [SPEAKER_03]: have to learn the business aspect of it

[01:16:03] [SPEAKER_03]: so you know you have to be prepared

[01:16:06] [SPEAKER_03]: for a lot of rejection and so on and so forth

[01:16:08] [SPEAKER_03]: so developing a thick skin and your skills set

[01:16:12] [SPEAKER_03]: then you're good to go.

[01:16:14] [SPEAKER_00]: Good thank you thank you so much

[01:16:16] [SPEAKER_00]: for that particular advice

[01:16:17] [SPEAKER_00]: it's going to be really valuable for actors

[01:16:19] [SPEAKER_00]: who are just going to start out

[01:16:20] [SPEAKER_00]: and two actors who are starting out

[01:16:22] [SPEAKER_00]: she is a producer

[01:16:23] [SPEAKER_00]: so she is talking from the point of view

[01:16:24] [SPEAKER_00]: of a producer who is looking out

[01:16:26] [SPEAKER_00]: what she sees in an actor

[01:16:28] [SPEAKER_00]: and what an actor should do

[01:16:30] [SPEAKER_00]: importantly to have a career

[01:16:31] [SPEAKER_00]: in this industry for very long time.

[01:16:33] [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you Clara for this valuable advice

[01:16:36] [SPEAKER_00]: You're someone who started out

[01:16:39] [SPEAKER_00]: by shifting countries

[01:16:41] [SPEAKER_00]: and then finding out a space

[01:16:43] [SPEAKER_00]: where you want to be in a world

[01:16:45] [SPEAKER_00]: where all these fairy tales were developed

[01:16:48] [SPEAKER_00]: you wanted to be the part of that world

[01:16:51] [SPEAKER_00]: that's how your interest into acting got it.

[01:16:54] [SPEAKER_00]: You started being part of that drama club

[01:16:56] [SPEAKER_00]: where you thought okay

[01:16:57] [SPEAKER_00]: I want to be part of this world

[01:16:58] [SPEAKER_00]: because I enjoy what I'm imagining

[01:16:59] [SPEAKER_00]: how you started

[01:17:01] [SPEAKER_00]: then you got a role in BBC

[01:17:02] [SPEAKER_00]: but then you decided not to go all in

[01:17:04] [SPEAKER_00]: complete your education

[01:17:06] [SPEAKER_00]: suddenly you jumped into modeling

[01:17:09] [SPEAKER_00]: where you were absolutely gorgeous

[01:17:11] [SPEAKER_00]: fit fine and that what you thought

[01:17:13] [SPEAKER_00]: is the best thing for you

[01:17:15] [SPEAKER_00]: until you met a director

[01:17:16] [SPEAKER_00]: where he said hey I think

[01:17:19] [SPEAKER_00]: you should jump into this

[01:17:20] [SPEAKER_00]: because you are ready

[01:17:22] [SPEAKER_00]: and you can do this

[01:17:23] [SPEAKER_00]: that's where you jump back again

[01:17:25] [SPEAKER_00]: into acting

[01:17:26] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way you have your mind processed

[01:17:29] [SPEAKER_00]: related to approaching a character

[01:17:31] [SPEAKER_00]: preparing for a character

[01:17:33] [SPEAKER_00]: making sure that the responsibility

[01:17:35] [SPEAKER_00]: you're handling is all done from your side

[01:17:38] [SPEAKER_00]: is really commendable

[01:17:39] [SPEAKER_00]: someone like you who looks perfect

[01:17:42] [SPEAKER_00]: fine and is great model

[01:17:44] [SPEAKER_00]: also working on project

[01:17:46] [SPEAKER_00]: where you make sure that

[01:17:48] [SPEAKER_00]: whatever character I'm playing

[01:17:50] [SPEAKER_00]: I'm making sure that it looks like that

[01:17:51] [SPEAKER_00]: and not like me

[01:17:53] [SPEAKER_00]: and the way that you envision yourself

[01:17:55] [SPEAKER_00]: towards that

[01:17:56] [SPEAKER_00]: now becoming a writer and producer

[01:17:58] [SPEAKER_00]: and being a part of a project

[01:18:00] [SPEAKER_00]: that may change you into a big star

[01:18:02] [SPEAKER_00]: in coming years

[01:18:04] [SPEAKER_00]: this journey is kind of one that

[01:18:07] [SPEAKER_00]: a dreamer's journey could look like

[01:18:10] [SPEAKER_00]: it's kind of a dream

[01:18:11] [SPEAKER_00]: that you're following

[01:18:12] [SPEAKER_00]: it's kind of dream that little girl

[01:18:13] [SPEAKER_00]: is following from her childhood

[01:18:15] [SPEAKER_00]: till now and approaching things

[01:18:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and making sure that

[01:18:18] [SPEAKER_00]: everything looks perfect

[01:18:19] [SPEAKER_00]: fine also making sure

[01:18:21] [SPEAKER_00]: that everything is put

[01:18:22] [SPEAKER_00]: in the places where they belong

[01:18:23] [SPEAKER_00]: and taking care of things

[01:18:25] [SPEAKER_00]: as they have to fall in places

[01:18:28] [SPEAKER_00]: okay so for me

[01:18:31] [SPEAKER_00]: knowing your story

[01:18:32] [SPEAKER_00]: and for the people who will be listening

[01:18:34] [SPEAKER_00]: and watching your story

[01:18:35] [SPEAKER_00]: this is something that

[01:18:37] [SPEAKER_00]: everyone should look after

[01:18:38] [SPEAKER_00]: everyone should have notes

[01:18:40] [SPEAKER_00]: on this particular part where

[01:18:41] [SPEAKER_00]: where should we focus

[01:18:42] [SPEAKER_00]: and if you're focusing then

[01:18:44] [SPEAKER_00]: that's a blue tick for you

[01:18:45] [SPEAKER_00]: that's one thing that you

[01:18:47] [SPEAKER_00]: already got in but

[01:18:48] [SPEAKER_00]: your story is something that

[01:18:50] [SPEAKER_00]: really inspiring

[01:18:52] [SPEAKER_00]: and will inspire a lot of people

[01:18:53] [SPEAKER_00]: and young artists who are going to

[01:18:55] [SPEAKER_00]: listen to it and watch it

[01:18:56] [SPEAKER_00]: and how can they actually

[01:18:58] [SPEAKER_00]: structure a career

[01:18:59] [SPEAKER_00]: for very long time

[01:19:00] [SPEAKER_00]: and have a vision in their career

[01:19:02] [SPEAKER_00]: where they can also have

[01:19:04] [SPEAKER_00]: money around them

[01:19:05] [SPEAKER_00]: popular things around them

[01:19:07] [SPEAKER_00]: or at the same time

[01:19:09] [SPEAKER_00]: the thing that they envision

[01:19:10] [SPEAKER_00]: for a good life

[01:19:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and then they can filter out

[01:19:13] [SPEAKER_00]: what is bad in that

[01:19:14] [SPEAKER_00]: and then they can stay

[01:19:16] [SPEAKER_00]: towards the process

[01:19:17] [SPEAKER_00]: and also envision something big

[01:19:19] [SPEAKER_00]: every single year

[01:19:20] [SPEAKER_00]: so thank you thank you so much

[01:19:22] [SPEAKER_00]: for your valuable time

[01:19:23] [SPEAKER_00]: thank you for being on the show

[01:19:24] [SPEAKER_00]: and thank you for being guest

[01:19:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and scheduling this a month before

[01:19:29] [SPEAKER_00]: and then approaching

[01:19:30] [SPEAKER_00]: and being here on time

[01:19:31] [SPEAKER_03]: well thank you very very much

[01:19:33] [SPEAKER_03]: it was a pleasure

[01:19:34] [SPEAKER_03]: and you know there's so many things

[01:19:35] [SPEAKER_03]: I wanted to talk about that

[01:19:37] [SPEAKER_03]: you know it's maybe

[01:19:37] [SPEAKER_03]: we save it for the next time

[01:19:39] [SPEAKER_03]: when the book is out

[01:19:40] [SPEAKER_03]: yeah yeah

[01:19:41] [SPEAKER_03]: continue but I'm very happy that

[01:19:43] [SPEAKER_03]: I can give some advice to

[01:19:45] [SPEAKER_03]: a lot of starting out people

[01:19:47] [SPEAKER_03]: because it's a very tough business

[01:19:49] [SPEAKER_03]: to break into

[01:19:50] [SPEAKER_03]: but also everything is possible

[01:19:52] [SPEAKER_03]: and it's really

[01:19:53] [SPEAKER_03]: you know not just about the profession

[01:19:56] [SPEAKER_03]: and you know going after your goals

[01:19:57] [SPEAKER_03]: and your dreams

[01:19:58] [SPEAKER_03]: but also to be very persistent

[01:20:00] [SPEAKER_03]: and you know to believe in yourself

[01:20:02] [SPEAKER_03]: I mean that's kind of

[01:20:03] [SPEAKER_03]: the most important thing

[01:20:05] [SPEAKER_03]: to keep in mind yeah

[01:20:07] [SPEAKER_00]: thank you thank you so much

[01:20:09] [SPEAKER_00]: thank you thank you so much

[01:20:10] [SPEAKER_00]: Clara for your time

[01:20:11] [SPEAKER_00]: and for your advices

[01:20:12] [SPEAKER_00]: and for your journey

[01:20:13] [SPEAKER_00]: and how you got it

[01:20:14] [SPEAKER_00]: because this is something

[01:20:16] [SPEAKER_00]: that we discovered

[01:20:17] [SPEAKER_00]: was not in your bio

[01:20:18] [SPEAKER_00]: not on the websites

[01:20:19] [SPEAKER_00]: and not on the interviews

[01:20:22] [SPEAKER_00]: that you've given till the moment

[01:20:23] [SPEAKER_00]: I never knew that

[01:20:24] [SPEAKER_00]: Clara was looking for

[01:20:25] [SPEAKER_00]: fairy tales

[01:20:25] [SPEAKER_00]: and fantasy fiction dramas

[01:20:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and then approaching

[01:20:28] [SPEAKER_00]: so this was new

[01:20:30] [SPEAKER_00]: thank you so much

[01:20:31] [SPEAKER_00]: for the story that you told

[01:20:32] [SPEAKER_05]: thank you

[01:20:34] [SPEAKER_00]: okay to every listeners

[01:20:36] [SPEAKER_00]: and viewers

[01:20:37] [SPEAKER_00]: this is going to be

[01:20:38] [SPEAKER_00]: as it is a Spotify video podcast

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[01:21:14] [SPEAKER_00]: this is me Ajay Tambe

[01:21:16] [SPEAKER_00]: the host and producer

[01:21:17] [SPEAKER_00]: of Creatureo starting podcast

[01:21:19] [SPEAKER_00]: with me today was Clara Landrath

[01:21:21] [SPEAKER_00]: from New York City

[01:21:22] [SPEAKER_00]: I guess she is in Israel

[01:21:24] [SPEAKER_00]: at this moment

[01:21:24] [SPEAKER_00]: working on some project

[01:21:26] [SPEAKER_00]: but this is me

[01:21:27] [SPEAKER_00]: and now I'm signing off

[01:21:30] [SPEAKER_01]: thank you