Episode #128 | Teresa Palmer & Marcelle Lunam

About this episode

In this episode, Teresa Palmer and Marcelle Lunam discuss their new rom-com Addition and the challenges of filmmaking.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast. In this episode I’m joined by actor Teresa Palmer, and director Marcelle Lunam to discuss their new rom-com, Addition. Addition follows Grace, played by Palmer, a woman who counts everything because numbers hold her world together. But when a chance encounter with Seamus, played by Joe Dempsie, turns her world upside down, her meticulously ordered life starts to unravel. Having appeared in numerous films and TV shows since the early 2000’s Teresa Palmer really needs no introduction. But if you’re unfamiliar with her work, she has appeared in films such as 2:37, Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here, Warm Bodies opposite Nicholas Hoult, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, and Rachel Griffith’s Ride Like a Girl in which she playa Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, Michelle Payne. Teresa’s TV credits include The Family Next Door, The Clearing and Mixtape. Addition is the first narrative feature film for Marcelle Lunam having previously directed the documentary Habana (Abana) Shakes, and the music video Justine Clarke: I Like to Shake. Marcelle’s work here is quite impressive for a first timer. Anyway… enjoy.

People in this episode

Guests: Teresa Palmer, Marcelle Lunam

Topics covered

• rom-com
• film discussion
• directing debut
• actor insights
• character analysis

Keywords

• Teresa Palmer
• Marcelle Lunam
• Addition
• rom-com
• film industry
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Addition, 2:37, Wish You Were Here, Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge, Ride Like a Girl, The Family Next Door, The Clearing, Mixtape, Habana (Abana) Shakes

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