The Film That Lit My Fuse is a deadline video series that aims to counter industry uncertainty headlines by returning the conversation to the creative endeavors, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s greatest filmmakers.
Today’s subject is Melissa George, the Australian actress who stars alongside Justin Theroux in the Apple TV+ series. The Mosquito Coast. You just finished the second season of the drama about a radical idealist with his wife and children on the run from the US government in Mexico. George began her career as an instant sensation with Angel Parrish on the Australian soap home and away, after becoming a national roller skating champion and looking for a new way to express herself artistically. Its early success led to a string of films starting with Dark City, including Steven Soderbergh’s The Limey and that of David Lynch Mulholland Drive. She found a seam in the genre in which she played The Amityville Horror remake, the super 30 days nightand tourists. Next came stints in the American series Alias, Grey’s Anatomy and Heart beatfor an outstanding twist on HBO’s in treatment which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. George is also an inventor. That’s how she found her mojo, and it was a dream path to stardom.
Writer: Mike Fleming Jr
Source: Deadline
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