"le ronde — what?" i could play the five different characters and that was like, you know, as an actor, i was like, "oh, wow! "play all of them? "ok, that's kind of exciting. "on stage? "wow, yeah." i look back at that and i think, "and i wasn't that scared ! " i didn't have stage fright to the degree that i had it when i did photograph 5!— which i've now learned a lot of actors get — the stage fright becomes more intense as you get older. so, i'm one of those people. it was in a very small london theatre, a 2—hander with iain glen, and a really exposing role both physically and emotionally. did it feel like a risk? it felt like an amazing chance. it felt like i was back in sydney, and i think i've approached my whole career this way. i feel like i've just come out of, you know, the phillip street theatre and i'm like, "oh, wow! "this is a great chance! "yeah, let's try this!" because i don't overthink stuff until i'm in it and then, i'm like, "yikes, what have i done? "i've got to run for the hills." a