Phoebe Tonkin Chats To Us About Everything From Mango Weis Bars To The Dangers Of Method Acting

“There are a lot of American movies about soldiers that have come back from the war and we do forget that there are a lot of Australians that also came back and are dealing with the effects of PTSD,” Phoebe Tonkin tells me of her new Stan Original Film Transfusion

BloomSam Worthington Matt NableLara WorthingtonHey Phoebe! So great to chat to you again. Transfusion is such a heavy movie, what drew you to this project?Matt Nable

What is your process like when selecting roles? What do you look out for in a script?Boy Swallows UniverseTransfusionI feel like you’re going to love this: I was recently watching Safe Harbour with a friend and she said “Is that Phoebe Tonkin!?” and I said “Yep!”Mission accomplished there. I really like what you said earlier about how we don’t often see these kinds of emotional tales told from a male’s perspective. And you could chalk it up to a lot of things, you could say maybe it’s a toxic masculinity thing in that some men might not want to see another man’s emotional journey. So I do like that it’s being told from this angle because a lot of men who go to war come back with some kind of trauma and that’s not explored very much.

Phoebe Tonkin (left) and Sam Worthington, who plays her on-screen hubby. (Credit: Stan)

The themes in this film are so heavy and full-on, is there anything you do on set to lighten the mood and extract yourself from those emotions?Nils FrahmI feel like in the last few years we’ve started to look at method acting and think “Is that really healthy?” There are some method actors, I won’t name names, who tend to take it too far and it’s a little alarming.And you don’t want those feelings to override your own, right?Filming took place locally in Maroubra, NSW. What was that like for you?Lara Worthington

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Oh amazing, that must have been a great distraction from the abject chaos happening in the world at the time.Do you prefer filming projects in Australia or overseas? I recently interviewed Chris Hemsworth and he was saying how nowadays he likes to select projects that are close to home. What are your thoughts on that?Absolutely! Thank you so much for the chat Phoebe, it’s always a pleasure.Stan Original Film Transfusion lands on Stan on January 20.

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