The brand new Australian drama sequence Boy Swallows Universe has taken it is lead actors on an emotional journey.
The seven-episode restricted sequence, primarily based on a e book of the identical identify, tells the story of two younger boys as they navigate life with a mum battling drug habit, their drug-dealing step-dad and alcoholic father, whereas evading Queensland underworld figures.
Simon Baker, who performs the alcoholic father of Eli and Gus, tells 9honey Movie star he drew on his personal life as a dad-of-three throughout a number of the extra intense scenes.
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“I am a fairly private type of actor,” Baker says.
“When I’ve children, it isn’t very exhausting to type of faucet into that stuff. It is simply very exhausting sustaining it and ensuring that it isn’t Simon that is tapping into that, it is really a Robert character.”
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The Satan Wears Prada star admits the storyline did make him hug his children – who he shares with ex-wife actress Rebecca Rigg – a bit tighter.
“My children are a bit older however yeah, I nonetheless maintain them very tight,” Baker tells 9honey Movie star.
These scenes had been performed reverse newcomer Felix Cameron, who steals the present as lead star Eli Bell, and Lee Tiger Halley who performs Eli’s mute brother, Gus Bell.
Veteran actor Bryan Brown tells 9honey Movie star that he was in awe of the younger actors.
Brown performs Slim, a convicted killer-turned-babysitter to the boys, that means all of his scenes had been with the children.
“I simply had an unlimited quantity of enjoyable working with him [Cameron] – he is a lifeforce, he is cheeky and he brings that to the half,” Brown says.
“He was he was pretty to me, contemplating he saved calling me Brynosaurus on a regular basis and commenting on my age each probability he obtained however I did get pleasure from being with him.
“And I used to be fascinated by simply the power he needed to ship on this present. It is a huge job that he had and let’s get all the way down to practicalities – [it’s] a number of strains, simply merely that to start out with, after which these strains need to be actual. After which there must be all of the emotion that’s beneath [and bring that] to the floor, all these issues that he needed to do.
“I feel he did a superb job and he was an exquisite younger fella to work with.”
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Whereas Travis Fimmel – the previous Calvin Klein mannequin turned Vikings star – joked that the younger forged who play his step-kids ”stole each scene from me”.
“He is [Felix] an incredible younger child, his expertise simply blew me away and identical as Lee, who performs his brother.”
“It was on their shoulders, the sequence, and so they took it approach past what any of us may suppose they may have,” Fimmel mentioned.
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The sequence is ready in Eighties Brisbane and focuses on the underbelly of that point however for Victorian boy Fimmel, life regarded very completely different within the Eighties.
“[I was] in all probability watching The Goodies or Monkey Magic,” Fimmel laughs.
“Nah simply being a farm boy engaged on a farm having fun with nation life and every thing it has to deliver.”
Whereas for Brown, he was simply getting onto the worldwide stage – together with his Hollywood breakthrough function reverse Tom Cruise within the 1988 movie Cocktail.
“The early 80s noticed me beginning to work internationally, throughout the place as a result of I had a few issues that I did within the 80s that simply took off and opened up alternatives for me to mainly movie in some 20-odd international locations,” he remembers.
“So, I am very appreciative of the 80s… Oh, and I obtained married! That was a fairly large factor – I higher get that in, Jesus.”
The actor married Australian actress Rachel Ward in 1983 and so they have three kids collectively.
Boy Swallows Universe premieres on Netflix at 7pm AEDT.
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