Audiences know Eric Bana as a Trojan prince, Mossad agent, time-travelling Chicago librarian and an easily angered Berkeley scientist. But as his Hollywood career took off, rarely did they get to see the Melbourne native play an Australian.

By and large “there are just no Australian parts in any international films”, Bana says in a video interview from his home in Melbourne, adding, “When you consider the impact that Australian actors have had internationally over the last 30 years, they must be pretty used to hearing our voices – because we’ve done a lot of talk shows.”