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How Isla Fisher flies from LA to London (and back)

How Isla Fisher flies from LA to London (and back)

From early roles in Home and Away and the Wedding Crashers, this actor is now a global star. She shares her ultimate local and holiday-abroad spots. From Highflyer magazine, out on February 28.

Isla Fisher spends a lot of time travelling but always feels at peace when she’s back home in Perth.  Mark Rogers

You’ve got a busy year ahead shooting Spa Weekend and promotional tours for four films, including Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy. Where will work take you?
To at least two destination sets. The plan is to shoot Spa Weekend in Queensland and on the Canary Islands. I’ll also be promoting four movies, travelling for premieres and press tours – mainly London and Los Angeles or New York. Promotion is the really fun part of my job, catching up with old castmates and crew and celebrating the hard work.

Most fun project of 2024?
Now You See Me 3 – it was great to revisit the character of Henley and the world of magic; we filmed in Budapest and Abu Dhabi. Even though I’d spent time in Budapest before, I enjoyed exploring it more this time – the ruin bars [set up in abandoned buildings], the thermal spas, the music and galleries. I’m a foodie and my favourite restaurant was Mazel Tov, an Israeli-Mediterranean mix. I loved soaking in the Széchenyi baths and seeing the art at Buda Castle. We filmed on the Danube River at night – magical. I was lucky that the film’s production company put me up at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace, which was wonderfully decadent.

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Fiona Carruthers
Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com

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