Hollywood star Danielle Macdonald reveals craving for Warringah Mall outing
Hollywood actor Danielle Macdonald is back home on the northern beaches as she promotes her new film, Skin. She spoke to reporter Ben James about the film and what she gets up to when she’s at home.
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Northern beaches actor Danielle Macdonald lives the high life these days in sunny Los Angeles.
When she isn’t hanging out with Hollywood stars on America’s late night chat shows she’s attending glitzy premieres or exclusive parties.
But with the 28-year-old back in her native Sydney for the annual film festival her mind has turned to more mundane outings.
“It sounds odd but I just like doing normal things like going to Warringah Mall and going to the food court and maybe watching a movie,” the Avalon star said.
“I like going up to Palm Beach and walking around there. It just takes me back and reminds me of being a kid.”
The former Mater Maria Catholic College student fell in love with acting in year 8.
She went on to the Australian Institute for Performing Arts, Naremburn, being moving to Hollywood to chase her dream.
She made her debut in the Rachel Weisz directed short film The Thief in 2010 before landing roles in TV series such as Glee (2011), Newsreaders (2013) and Pretty Little Liars (2014).
Then came the films with award-winning Lady Bird (2017), Patti Cakes$ (2017) and Skin (2018) which is featuring in this month’s Sydney Film Festival.
She plays a character called Julie Price who is in a relationship with white supremacist Bryon Widner played by Jamie Bell of Billy Elliot fame.
“It is a very relevant film at the moment,” she said. “It is about a skinhead who is trying to get out of that life and change. It is a heavy movie and poses all sorts of questions for us as a society.”
She tries to get home whenever she can and her parents still live in the Avalon home in which she grew up.
“I really miss the sunsets from my balcony,” she said. “We have such good sunsets here.
“I just really miss the normal things like going to the shops and seeing people.”
Having thrown herself into work for the last couple of years she has a number of films coming out in the next few months including I am Woman about Australian singer Helen Reddy.
“I am really excited to see the reaction to that,” she said.
Tickets are still available for the screenings of Skin at the Sydney Film Festival on June 8, 9 and 10. Visit sff.org.au/program/browse/skin.
