When you were a teenager,
were you a part of any clique?
No, I was one of those people who
went in and out of several different cliques,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah.
The best kind.
What kind of music were you obsessed with
when you were 15, 16 years old?
The Police, The Rolling Stones,
George Benson,
a real mix.
There was a little bit of Duran Duran in there,
Spandau Ballet...
I'm trying to remember now.
Gold!
Midnight Oil – Ozzie bands
INXS
Very eclectic
Gold!
Always believe in your...
Yeah, all of that.
Yeah, don't get me started because I'll keep singing that.
It's my karaoke song.
You're way too young for all that!
No, it's my karaoke song!
Oh, OK.
What subject were you worst at at school?
Science.
Yep.
Just across the board.
Interestingly for this movie,
we did a lot of...
Now, I love it. I've read books on genetics and mutation which is fascinating, what's
going on in that world.
But science...
The periodic table?
Please, give me a break.
Who cares?
I don't care about the abbreviation
Can't we just call Hydrogen H?
Does it really have to be C3N with a thing at the top?
Come on.
I relate.
You know, it's just deliberately confusing,
to try and make you feel dumb.
That's what I feel science is.
And finally, who was your celebrity crush when you were younger, and have you met them
since?
Olivia Newton-John. Yes.
I had a poster of her on my wall.
And if you find a photo of my wife at about the same age as Olivia Newton-John in like,
Zanadou or Greece,
VERY similar.
So careful what you wish for.
And I had met her and I told her
and don't ever do that.
Because I told her...
I was a little overwhelmed.
I was doing a film with John Travolta,
and he said hey, come in and have some lunch in my trailer.
So I went in, and as a surprise because I'd told him about Olivia, Olivia was there.
So there is Sandy and Danny from Grease, OK?
You're way too young to understand.
Sitting in there,
and I blurted out the story
and she was like...
Right.
She totally was looking at me like:
'This is a stalker, this is my worst nightmare'
And I was like,
Why did I say that?
So when you meet your celebrity crush,
don't tell them.
OK.
That's the key.
It sounds way less creepy in your head
than when you say it out loud.
FULLY.
I know.
Yes.
I've done it before and it's not great.