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I've never been like that. Mary's voice actress, Toni Collette also played the part of Muriel. "), "It really did resonate with peo ple," agrees Lee, who played Tania, the heavy in "Muriel's Wedding." So Abba lives on!". We have this body but that's not what gives us our passion or makes us get out of bed in the morning. Toni Collette, Actress: The Sixth Sense. And I leave again on Friday. She also wrote and directed the award-winning short film "Tulip. "She was recently here at the Chateau Marmont when she was working on ("Blow") with Johnny Depp.". For a famous actress, Collette is a little weird herself. "Um, I suppose so." What's the best oil for seasoning cast iron? ", "Rachel (Griffiths) comes to visit, too," says Drynan, who now lives in West Hollywood. "Now here in London on the West End there's this hit stage musical called 'Mamma Mia,' which features all Abba music. Twenty years ago, when Toni Collette was 21 years old, she got on a plane to France to watch her new film, Muriel’s Wedding, for the first time. I don't consciously choose roles in which I can make myself look really bad" [although Fiona - "Miss Granola Suicide" as Grant's character calls her in About a Boy - is hardly a glamourpuss]. (Hogan's wife, Jocelyn Moorhouse, produced "Muriel's Wedding" and co-wrote "Unconditional Love" with Hogan. A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love. And they all party, party, party and have a great life and then, in the movie, Rhonda gets this terrible disease, which he explained, in gay mythology or culture, is like your best gay friend getting AIDS. It was towards the end of the shoot, I had been living with the knowledge of that woman's story for so long and I had experiences in my life that were similar to hers, so when we were finally shooting that scene, it was almost as if the floodgates burst open - as if I didn't have control over it because it had been lingering so long. But they were very clever -- they asked for points (on the film's gross). Chances are you've seen Australian actress Toni Collette in more roles that you realize. This comes as no surprise from an actress who reduced cinema audiences to tears with her breakdown at the steering wheel in The Sixth Sense. It not only launched Hogan’s career and fortified Moorhouse’s, “Muriel’s Wedding” also changed the careers of its stars Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths. She was the anchor of Little Miss Sunshine. Muriel’s Wedding became a breakout indie drama and put Toni on the path towards one of the most varied interesting resumes in Hollywood. I really don't want to help push that. "I think if the audience loves a character it's usually because they can see themselves in the character. And her Tallaght accent in … I'm not Buddhist but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions, and the most compassionate. If I get dressed up and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous', I kinda feel funny. And the poster they use is almost exactly the same as the poster for 'Muriel's Wedding.' While she does possess a rottweiler of a publicist (Marla) and is ensconced in a central London boutique hotel, she talks frankly about the bulimia she developed after gaining 40lbs in seven weeks for Muriel's Wedding, and about her eight months of panic attacks after she split with her boyfriend (and Velvet Goldmine co-star) Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and she is disparaging of Hollywood's obsession with "skinny, beautiful women". Lee says: "I think that there is a real enthusiasm and optimism in the Australian character. She's one of Australia's biggest Hollywood exports, known for roles in big hit movies including Muriel's Wedding. Click on image to expand. In eight years, she has built an enviable career with hardly any time to catch her breath. Critics have said Collette's career took off after her performance as Muriel in Muriel's Wedding, but she reveals that she started acting long before she hit the big screen. And a lot of Muriel's likability has to do with Toni Collette," Hogan says. Now she's sharing screens with Hugh Grant and Ben Affleck. "They looked like leather but they were really some shitty vinyl," she explains. Having this place of my own is really important and knowing that the space is yours. "I've been running around the world like a crazy woman for so long, living out of suitcases and hotels and floating without any real base. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. People do it in different ways and life is one big journey. Bill dominates the conversation by bragging of his influence and political aspirations before turning on daughter Muriel (Toni Collette), contrasting her with Victor, who was a millionaire at age 19. ", Collette can next be seen onscreen in the big-budget remake of "Shaft" in the summer. Collette grins. The past few years have seen an enormous amount of talent emerge from Australia, including Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce, in addition to the "Muriel's" actors. Such is the daisy chain of relationships spawned by "Muriel's Wedding," an unlikely modern fairy tale from Australia that charmed both critics and audiences when it was released in the United States in 1995 and has since reached cult status. Well, I think we'll implode if we don't express ourselves. In Nick Hornby's book, Fiona is little more than a two- dimensional figure. I say she must get inundated with scripts and she hesitates. It's been five years since the real- life fairy tales for the film's stars, director and producer began, and despite accolades for other projects, they all look fondly back on the humble little film about the residents of the fictional town of Porpoise Spit. There's this other untouchable element and I have learnt to nurture that. Hogan, who seamlessly transferred his cheeky independent sensibilities to his American directorial debut, the 1997 Julia Roberts blockbuster "My Best Friend's Wedding.". Unlike Muriel’s Wedding, that film didn’t really find the audience it deserved, and I’m curious how you feel when that happens. In the film, Collette imbues Fiona with depth, humour and a life of her own. I'd rather not feel as if I have a seatbelt on. Toni Collette cut a stylish figure in a black jumpsuit on Friday as she attended the 25th anniversary celebration of Muriel's Wedding in Los Angeles The actress - … When I read the script, I loved that it was so real. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive" - she sniggers - "which I suppose is something I should figure out. Air travel is so weird.". ", Collette decided she wanted to be an actor at 15. ", When Toni Collette first tried acting, she had a panic attack and thought she was dying. With Collette, you quickly realise that if she was putting on a performance, you wouldn't get the unaffected, dozy and occasionally bitchy person you actually encounter. I always had this stuff inside that I felt I needed to let out. The film also struck a nerve with gay audiences, particularly gay men, even though there are no overtly gay themes in the plot. Do not come to Sweden.' It was almost a case of needing to do it for a while. The film served as a springboard for a crop of fresh-faced talent from Down Under, including Collette and Griffiths, both of whom have since received Academy Award nominations (Collette for last year's supernatural thriller "The Sixth Sense" and Griffiths for her role in the 1998 drama "Hilary and Jackie"); Drynan, whose new film is "Soft Fruit"; Sophie Lee, who co-starred in Jane Campion's "Holy Smoke"; and perhaps most auspiciously, writer-director P.J. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Wedding Week 3 (2009) (TV Episode) Included in a $25,000 question Level up your barbecues with this rare ThermoWorks sale. I say I am amused that people are surprised she isn't dowdy or damaged like many of the characters she plays and she's almost dumbstruck. She's not (playing) the world's best mother, but you love her anyway.". In the western world, we're told to close down and shut up. Have vaccine arm soreness? Forget it. "I've never had a gameplan. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Muriel's Wedding. Voila! With forthcoming parts in Changing Lanes with Ben Affleck and in Stephen Daldry's The Hours, Collette could let her work speak for her - especially as her boyfriend is having a nap upstairs and, clearly, she'd much rather be with him than with me - but she doesn't. It wasn't as immediately personal but it was slightly depressing. It not only launched Hogan’s career and fortified Moorhouse’s, “Muriel’s Wedding” also changed the careers of its stars Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths. Little wonder, then, that this dreich Tuesday afternoon, she is a tad tired. Rosalind Hammond, Sophie Lee and Belinda Jarrett having some fun on the set of Muriel's Wedding with writer-director PJ Hogan. Am I telling you the wrong thing here?" She also directed the American films "How to Make an American Quilt" and "A Thousand Acres. And he totally reinvents himself and accumulates a sort of surrogate family of friends, like Rhonda, who accept him. And there was just no other band I could think of. "She's radiant. Toni Collette during filming of Muriel's wedding day, dressed in a gown and holding her bouquet with the film crew in the background. ", Colette is sorted, sane and well-balanced, an outlook she attributes to a lot of self-analysis. We all owe a lot to P.J. Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths as Muriel and Rhonda in the original Muriel’s Wedding. What's the point of that? "I got here on Thursday and it was very odd arriving to freeze my tits off after swimming at Bondi Beach the day before. It's an ongoing journey for all of us. After 20 years of planning, sales begin on Yerba Buena Island, Kerr had to physically stop Curry from chasing 3-point record, Police ID killer in FedEx shooting as 19-year-old man. I was 25 and was going through a lot of changes personally. 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