Australian films head to the US after local success
In a rare feat, three locally made movies are the biggest hits in Australia, thanks in part to stars intent on home-grown stories. It only took a pandemic.
Eric Bana in The Dry, one of the best performing films in Australia, which is being released in the US this month. Roadshow
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.”
