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jeremy luke The Don Jon star on success, auditioning for legends, and just how hot Scarlett Johansson really is. tim pocock The Camp actor chats on his new role as heartthrob. alexa vega Machete Kills star Alexa Vega talks to BRINK on growing up in Hollywood, life in the spotlight and making it work. the reel world: ben duggan Photographer Ben Duggan gets his close ups. passenger 20 questions with the singer/songwriter behind one of biggest songs of the summer. b.a.d. girls The girls of roller derby hang up their skates and photographer Christine Zona makes her move.

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Editor’s note Welcome to the September/October issue of BRINK!

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s we watch the summer days drift away and the fall temperatures begin to creep in, we are reminded that with the change of the seasons comes a change in each and every day. Nothing stays the same, and nothing is exactly like the day before. As 90 days have passed since our last issue, the small team at BRINK has been hard at work creating something new — which you are about to read! A few things have changed since our last issue, so let’s take a peek behind the curtain and reveal what is emerging.

First, we didn’t have an August issue.

Rest assured, there will still be the same amount of issues in the year (six), but now we will have an even year of magazines, culminating with a November/December issue. Gone are the days of holiday guides in January.

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Second, this September/October issue came about with a new and interesting team dynamic. I made my way west to San Diego for my third annual trip to do press for Comic Con (images on Instagram @BRINKmag) and traveled north to Los Angeles after the Con had concluded. While in LA, I met with our photographer Jared Kocker and the Jeffrey Relf at PR company The Fashion Office. Getting face time with Jared and Jeffrey at The Fashion Office was invaluable and helps to stabilize any partnerships that may evolve. Which leads us to this new issue.

As we were working on this issue and working with ideas for who would grace the cover and be our main feature, The Fashion Office had suggested Alexa Vega.

Now, I’m a hard-core pop culture person.

I knew Alexa from Spy Kids (I saw Spy Kids 3D in the theater … as an adult. I thought it would be the last 3-D movie ever.) and also from her 2004 movie Sleepover — and that she dabbled in music too. I’ve seen her comeuppance and stay in the spotlight and work on new projects. The Internet was abuzz that the “Spy Kid kid” was all grown up in the sequel to the 2010 movie Machete, Machete Kills. Needless to say, I was very aware of her presence and her work. As The Fashion Office moved forward with landing her for this issue, we lined up our photographer, Jared Kocker, to snap the photographs. Everything came together, and I had one of my best journalists, McManus Woodend, execute the interview. It all went so well. The interview is a home run and goes into great detail about her past projects and what she has coming up. The images display a strong, mid-20’s adult on the verge of new projects, and working with these partners gave me some valuable lessons about working with people outside the direct BRINK team. This was a case of balancing the right people in the right project.

In addition to Alexa Vega, we’ve surrounded that spread with a great roundup of interviews with Jeremy Luke from Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Don Jon, Tim Pocock from NBC Camp and some super fun photographic editorials.

Enjoy the issue, learn from these talents and entrepreneurs, and take in what the photography has to offer! The pages have changed, but the content’s message remains the same. I give to you a #YoungFreshNew BRINK.

Kyle M Menard Editor in Chief editor@brinkmagonline.com

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Street style | Photos Alexia Johnson

JULIA RONALD What inspired your outfit? I’m headed to lunch and I need to wear high waisted pants. I’m going to eat a lot of food and I like bright colors. Do you have a specific person that inspires your style? I typically trend towards whatever my grandmother would be wearing.

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BIKO WEEKS What inspired your current outfit? I like fitted clothes. On top of that, my boy and I are headed to a girl’s house and I asked him for some advice. He said he doesn’t like matching and neither do I! I didn’t really care too much, I just wanted to look nice.

Is there a particular region that inspires you? I would say England inspires me. I lived there from ages 10-14. I went to an all boys school where the dress code was a tie and a blazer. Mad fly.

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It would be easy for people dismiss the type of year actor Jeremy Luke is having as “lucky”. Then again, if “lucky” were defined as 13 years of hard work a few thousand miles away from the life you knew in a fickle industry, they’d be correct. After years of grinding it out, he has no less than three major releases in the next year: Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon, Frank Darabont’s TNT series Mob City, and the film adaptation of Jersey Boys, directed by Clint Eastwood.

As lively as you’d expect someone to be during this incredible streak, I talked with Mr. Luke about his recent success, auditioning for legends, and just how hot Scarlett Johansson really is.

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First off, I have to say congrats to you on the year you’re having.

Oh, thank you, thank you. It’s been a crazy year.

At this point, are you able to process what’s happening, or is it still a little too fresh?

That’s actually a good question. I’m processing it, but it’s more of a job right now I guess. Earlier in my twenties, I think I would be just a little bit crazier, and now, it’s just, you know, I’m 35 years old. So I’m a little bit more mature than — a lot more mature than — I was ten years ago.

I’m processing it. But I think I’m dealing with it differently than I would if I was 25 years old.

How is it different?

I’m taking it as it comes. I don’t want to sound cocky, but I’ve been working at it for 13 years, so it is a place that I should be. I’m in the right place, and I don’t feel out of my element or anything, you know? I’m working with really good people right now, which is all I’ve been doing the last x amount of years. Just trying to work really hard so I could work with good people, and now I actually am.

That being said, how important is it to create your own opportunities when you’re first starting out as an actor, and what were some of the things that you did in order to get you to this place now?

I think it’s really important to make your own opportunities. I came out to L.A. in 2000. Then, basically, you could do student films, you could do a play, you know? Nowadays, you have the international media and the Web. There are so many things that you could do. It’s a really important thing for actors to do, because, you know, it’s a different game than it was. Actors are creators now, and creators are writers and directors. That being said, the stuff that you put out also has to be good. You can’t be putting out shit, you know? You’re not gonna get any respect.

I personally think it’s a really important thing. We took advantage of that three years ago when we created Turbo and Joey.

We’ll get back to Turbo and Joey in a bit, but I definitely wanted to ask you a few questions about Don Jon, which I saw last night.

Oh yeah! Did you like it? Where’d you see it?

I did really like it. I saw it at the Paris Theater in NYC at a special screening.

Awesome! How many people were in the audience? Full house?

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Yeah, it was packed.

Cool. Was this just for media, or…

a Prince concert and just decided to start rehearsing. You know the scene in the club?

It was a bit of a split.There were definitely media types and a handful of people that were just there to watch a good movie.

Was it getting big laughs?

Where you basically play Hot or Not — numerically rating women?

Yeah. That’s what we were doing at the Prince concert.

You were getting some really big laughs.

Yeah? Thank you. What about the movie as a whole? Was it getting … I’m like interviewing you now! [laughs]

Gotcha. All right, admit it: Scarlett Johansson is a dime. [laughs] Scarlett Johansson is like a fifteen!

I know! I was about to say, you’re flipping the script on this one, buddy. [laughs] I’m just curious, you know? Was the whole movie getting laughs? Were people enjoying it?

“Actors are creators now, and creators are writers and directors.

That being said, the stuff that you put out also has to be good.

You can’t be putting out shit, you know?

You’re not gonna get any respect.”

I think everyone was pretty engaged on the whole, especially when it shifted tone in the third act, with Julianne Moore playing more of a central role, and you started to see the character arc of Don.The laughs are there, especially with Tony Danza doing his thing.

Oh my god! He stole the show!

He killed it, especially the dinner scene with Scarlett Johansson.That bit basically sent everyone through the roof. So it played really well, especially your scenes, so congrats again.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

No problem. Now, I read somewhere that while you guys were in rehearsal, one of the things that you did as a group was go to a Prince concert and try to pick up girls. Is that true? If so, how did it go?

We didn’t try to pick up girls. We went to

She’s off the scale?

If you see the movie, I had two scenes with her.

One scene was a dining room scene that she sat right across from me, and I was just kind of, you know, I’m just Joe Schmo from Staten Island. So she sat right across from me for like five hours, and I was just like, ‘Oh my god. Oh my god.’ I started to talk to her about my girlfriend. I mean, she’s, she’s hot. She’s really hot.

Nice.

This is gonna be embarrassing if she reads this.

I’ll tone it down. Don’t worry about it, man.

Nah. It’s all good. [laughter] You know what, though? She does a great job. I’m from Staten Island, and she did a really great job portraying one of those girls. I think she just slam-dunked it.

She was kind of like JWoww, right?

Oh, totally!

Not that I’ve ever watched Jersey Shore, but I know a friend…

Sure you do. Now, let me ask you about working with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Was he flexible when it came to the script and your performance, or did he want you to stick to what was written?

You know what’s funny? A lot of people think the scenes with me, Joe and Rob [Brown] were improvised, and they weren’t. They were all scripted. They were all really well written and really scripted to like boom, ba boom, ba boom. Really thought out. So, it seems like we improvised. Didn’t it seem like we improvised?

There were definitely moments where I felt it, and there were moments where you could tell it was very specific dialogue in order to move the scene along or to throw in a little plot. But it wasn’t clunky, which sometimes can happen when you mix takes that are improvised and scripted.

We got it down and rehearsed. Joe was pretty open to things that work for you as a person. You know?

Things that would work for me, things that would work for Rob as a person and open to dialogue.

He just really understood it. He was the cage over everything. Sometimes, when you get somebody that writes, directs, acts and does their whole thing, they wind up in this box — like this is the way it’s gonna be, and nobody else can come in and have any opinion or anything. With him, everybody had an opinion, and some stuff he loved and some he threw out — what a really good director does. [He] just keeps everybody on course.

buddy of mine, and we always audition together.

He’s a fantastic actor. He’s playing my partner in this film, my partner in crime. It’s kind of crazy the way everything’s just, you know? Plus, this guy Matt [Nolan] is in it. Louis, Matt, me, Joey and I forget who else. There’s like six of us altogether.

Do you prefer to work in a creative environment where it’s more of a process as opposed to a result?

I like working as a process, just working it out. I liked the way we worked because we had rehearsal.

I mean, usually you don’t have rehearsal, and what’s good about Joe is he liked to have rehearsal. You know, he’s a first time director, but he’s really not. He’s been working so long; he knows exactly what he wants. There’s one scene: we’re sitting on a couch at a club, and he’s just sitting and just so connected to me and what he’s saying, and then, at the same time, that’s when I knew this guy is like on point, because at the same time, he can tell where the camera’s at and where it’s not supposed to be. He’s got that third eye — basically watching everything as it’s going along.

Really?

He casts a lot off the audition tape. I feel like that’s a trend that’s going on right now. Even when I went in for Mob City, I thought I would meet Frank, but Frank was just casting off the tape, which is a good thing, because goddamnit, if I got to be in a room with Clint Eastwood, and I gotta act for him, it’s like Dirty Harry looking at me, and I’m like, ‘oh fuck.’

Let me switch gears and ask about Jersey Boys.

First of all, how sweet does it feel that you and Joey Russo were cast in it?

Well, the story with our Web series [Turbo and Joey - www.youtube.com/user/TurboandJoey] was we were looking to get the [Joe] Pesci audition.

We actually put ourselves on tape doing the Pesci audition — a scene from Casino with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. Joey plays Joe Pesci; I play Robert De Niro. For Joey to get Joe Pesci, for both of us, is just like hoooly shit! It’s art imitating life. I mean, we were celebrating already, but on top of that, I got cast to play another part, which is crazy!

So Joe got the part first, and then you got yours?

He got the part … well, I think we both got it the same day, but I found yout first that he got Joe Pesci.

I auditioned for it and got a callback for another part. They really had their eyes on Joey. My buddy Louis Lombardi is in the movie also. He’s playing Christopher Walken’s bodyguard.

So it’s turning into hanging out on a Saturday night for you guys, huh?

Dude! My scene partner is James Madio. He’s a

That is crazy. I wanted to ask you about the audition process for Jersey Boys. In particular, I’m assuming that you had to go and read for Mr. Clint Eastwood at some point, right?

You know what? You know what’s funny, is no. I didn’t have to meet him.

Yeah, that’s a little intimidating.

When I auditioned for Don Jon, Joe was in the room.

He was giving me hints when we were doing the scene. You know what’s funny about this film is all these 18-year-old kids that see this movie are brought up watching porn. And it’s so accessible right now. It’s just so easy to have, but they’re gonna go in there thinking they’re watching one thing and they’re minds are gonna get blown.

Switching gears, you’re at a point where you have a fairly sizable team managing your career.

How do you work with them? Are you very hands-on, or do you understand they know what they’re doing and just let them do their thing?

I’m both. I trust them all. They all know what they’re doing. Kelli [M. Jones], my publicist, who’s on the phone, she knows what she’s doing. Right, Kelli?

Kelli M. Jones: Hey guys!

Hey! How’s it going?

KJ: You were nice to me, Jeremy. I’m listening. [laughs] You’re not a member of the NSA, are you? [laughs] KJ: [laughs] No comment.

Oh. Perfect. [laughs] [Kelli leaves the conversation. Or does she?]

She just pops in like that. I trust everybody to do their job. Danielle [Lenniger, Luke’s Manager,] has been a friend of mine for ten years, and Ryan

[Olson] used to be my agent when he was a junior agent, and now he’s my guy. It is a collaborative effort, not a one person does ‘that’ and that’s their job kind of thing. We all chime in and usually have an email with six of us on it every single day, bringing things to the table as they come and just trying to work together.

Getting back to Mob City, are there any particular details you can spill at this stage without getting into too much trouble?

Yeah, so I play Mickey Cohen, a famous gangster in the forties, and the leader of the underworld in Los Angeles. Sean Penn and Harvey Keitel played him in movies. Ed Burns plays Bugsy Siegel. It’s a really sexy, violent show. It’s just a badass show. Doesn’t get any better than Frank Darabont, that’s for sure.

How have your interactions been with Frank Darabont?

He’s great. When I first got cast, I sent him an email.

I said, ‘Hey, Frank. Can we maybe have breakfast or something like that?’ He’s like, ‘Sure. Gain weight. I want you fat.’ So I started gaining weight right away, and then the guy’s so busy that we had to meet at 8 a.m. on a Sunday.

That’s a good time for breakfast.

Yeah, so we met for breakfast. Frank and Jon Bernthal. Bernthal came out, which was really nice.

He’s kind of like the leader of the show. He’s like the guy that I look up to, you know? He’s a great actor. I’ve always respected him.

Very cool. Well, let me get you outta here on this. In Mob City, you play Mickey Cohen.

Both Harvey Keitel and Sean Penn also played Cohen — in Bugsy and the Gangster Squad, respectively. Now, put all three of you guys in a room — Royal Rumble-style — who’s walkin’ out of there?

Harvey Keitel [laughs] You’ve got your money on Harvey?

I think Harvey is a tough dude, man. He don’t fuck around. He was in the Marine Corps. Harvey’s like the real deal. He’s got like a neck like a fuckin’ football. I wouldn’t fuck with Harvey Keitel.

There you go! I think that’s the perfect note to end it on right there. Jeremy, thanks so much for your time.

No problem!

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hashtag heartthrob Who do you get when you mix up an Australian accent, musical talent, and a work wardrobe that is just a pair of shorts? If you guessed NBC “Camp’s” Tim Pocock, you would be right. You may remember the now 27-year-old from 2009’s X Men Origins:Wolverine, when he appeared alongside fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman as Scott Summers. More recently, Tim starred in the Australian television drama Dance Academy until he landed his current role as the shirtless, heartthrob Robbie on NBC’s sitcom Camp. I was lucky enough to speak with Tim about his latest role and what happens when Twitter followers collide.

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Hey, how are you?

Good, how are you?

I’m great!

That’s good! It was funny — the other day, I didn’t know that I was going to be doing an interview with you guys, and I was on twitter, and I noticed that BRINK magazine started following me. I was like, ‘Oh, that’s weird. Why would like a magazine just randomly start following me?’ and Craig said, ‘They’re going to be doing a piece on you,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, okay!’ [laughs] [laughs] That’s funny. OK, let’s start by talking about your earliest work — do you wanna tell me a little bit about your work in the Sound of Music and your experience? [laughs] Yeah. That’s like right at the very beginning. Yeah, look, I was like 10 years old, and I was part of the choir, and the choir told me they were doing open auditions for the Sound of Music, and that was like my favorite film of all time — and, like, I knew all the songs back to front. I was like ‘Sure, I’ll go for that.’ So I auditioned, and then I ended up getting cast as Kurt. And it was interesting because I had actually grown up in Ireland, and this is when we came back to Australia. We did all the singing stuff first. We learned all the songs and just did all of that, and then we started doing the acting rehearsals, and the director came up to me, and he was like ‘Um, why are you doing an Irish accent?’ and I was like ‘Well, that’s actually how I talk,’ and he was like ‘Well, you’re the only Von Trapp family member who has an Irish accent so we need you to be a bit more Aussie please.’ [laughs] And I had to practice an Australian accent — as well as everything else — and that just ended up steamrolling into being a bit of a career thing. I had offers to go sing at the Sydney Opera House, and I ended up doing that for about five years. That’s when I really started to fall in love with acting.

That’s so cool! Now, can you tell me a little bit about your role in Dance Academy? You wrote and performed your original composition — what was that like?

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to write music or play it or anything, but we were filming the first season, and I can’t actually dance. Believe it or not, I’m not a dancer at all, and I was in this show where all the other actors were showing off on a daily basis and kind of getting to me that they could do all of that and show off so much. So, I sort of said, ‘Do you guys know that I play piano? How do you feel about me maybe doing a bit of playing?’ And they’re all like, ‘Oh, yeah?

Maybe.’ So I just went away and recorded myself playing a piece of music that I had written, and I sent it to the producer, and she really liked it. Next thing you know, it was written into an episode that Ethan sits down at the piano and starts playing this piece while Tara is flying in the air, and then they started writing more piano stuff into the show. So every time I saw there was a script, I’d go home and write a piece, and I’d send it to them and sort of pitch it to them. And by the end of the year, they ended up using several of my pieces, which was really cool because I like writing music, but I’ve always sort of viewed it as being more of a hobby than anything else. So it was kind of cool to be able to do it, officially, I guess.

Yeah, that is really great! Now we’re gonna jump into Wolverine.

OK! Your debut alongside Hugh Jackman, which is really awesome … [laughs] What was it like to play a character like Scott Summers, and how was it for you to fill the shoes of James Marsden? [laughs] Well, that’s a massive compliment because James Marsden is known as being a fairly good looking individual, and it’s kind of cool to be able to play a character and say, ‘Oh, I’m gonna grow up and look like that guy one day.’ [laughs] That was kind of nice. I was a fan of the X-Men films. I hadn’t actually read comics though, so I didn’t really know much about that.

But I had seen all the films, and they were really cool. And, to be honest, and I’m not just saying this, he was actually always my favorite character. I always thought he was really cool, and I just kind of wanted to be like him. He always just seemed to get the girls. [laughs] [laughs] That’s a great talent to have. [laughs] So, yeah, I kind of thought it

was pretty lucky that I managed to get the role. I did a little bit of research and reading up about him [and found out] that he’d been through all kinds of foster care and all that kind of thing. And a little known fact about me is that I’m adopted, and so that was something that I just immediately took notice of and thought, ‘Oh, that’s kind of interesting.’ It’s just something alike that we had. Obviously not that [those similarities] really got explored in the film, but it’s kind of cool for me to just know that and be able to identify with him in that way.

What did you gain from the experience that maybe you weren’t expecting, and did Hugh Jackman teach you anything that maybe made you think twice?

Well, I mean, the whole thing was just a massive learning experience, and I had only done theater and musical theater and opera up until that point. I’ve never done anything on screen, so it was just completely different to be working on a film set and seeing such a huge, big budget kind of movie being made and seeing sort of where the money gets used and all that sort of thing and seeing decent etiquette around crew and seeing how many people work on a film and stuff is pretty eye-opening. I had never thought of myself as being much of an action hero, so it was very interesting to incorporate the action and the stunt sequences and then still maintaining wholeness at the same time, so, again, that was also something new to me as well. And also just getting to work with these established actors like Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber — who is someone I’ve always looked up to. I always thought he was such an amazing actor. I’ve always liked a lot of his films and a lot of his work, so that was another really cool thing: that I actually got to shoot things with him. And so I just kind of watched them all like a hawk and tried to learn as much as possible. With Hugh, the thing that struck me most about him was just how much of a team player he is on the set, you know? He’s friends with everybody. He has equal amounts of time for every person on the set, whether it be cast, director, crew, producer, everyone is equal in his eyes, and he’s got the same amount of time for all of them — that’s a lesson that I definitely took away from that, because the idea of an actor being the most important person on the set is something that I find pretty irksome, and I

know that it rubs the crew the wrong way as well. Because, at the end of the day, if you don’t have the makeup person, then you’re not gonna look good on camera; if you don’t have the lighting person, then your face isn’t gonna be seen, you know?

All those kinds of things [when] everyone is just as equal as everyone else — that is definitely a lesson that I learned from Hugh.

to me. He reacted very differently than I would’ve reacted, so that was a unique challenge to be able to play that. So, yeah, that’s probably my favorite and least favorite aspect because you know it’s such a strength in him, but it’s also such a weakness.

That’s so great to hear about big actors. Really cool. Let’s talk about your most recent work on the NBC

counselors and that sort of thing. I think that’s kind of a rare quality in people these days. [It seems like] everyone’s always just out for themselves, so it’s kind of nice to have a character who actually looks out for other people, and I’d like to think that I operate my life in a similar way, so I think maybe that’s sort of where I was able to connect with him fairly easily. It’s funny to say that that’s also probably his biggest downfall, because people tend to take advantage of someone like that. It’s actually a very strong characteristic for someone to

series Camp. What similarities do you see between you and your character on the show — Robbie — and what is your favorite or least favorite thing about him?

Well, probably one of my favorite things about him is just how much he looks out for other people. It’s probably the thing that I connected to the most with that character. He’s incredibly empathetic, and he’s still very responsible all his friends and family in his life, you know? Like, his mother and Sara and all the other sort of

have, but it’s treated like a weakness because people feel like they can walk all over you. And oftentimes, that type of people allow people to walk all over them because they’re too busy thinking about the other people in their lives rather than themselves. So it’s kind of interesting to play Robbie to see how he would react when he realizes that Sara, for example, has taken advantage of his good nature and his reliability and has just gone off and cheated on him. But seeing the way that he reacts to that was kind of interesting

the book, and I think Robbie does as well. Like when he gets thrown into the shenanigans that go on — sort of against his better judgment — he just goes along and he feels that maybe if he’s involved it won’t go as pear-shaped as it possibly could. Then he ends up winding up with an egg on his face. Again, that’s very much like me as well. I like to do things pretty straight and narrow, and if I do get involved in a bit of a dicey situation, it’s usually because I think that maybe I need to be there to be the steady one to calm

Well, your character Robbie also seems to get himself into quite a bit of trouble throughout the show. Do you enjoy playing that kind of a role, and are you as mischievous in your real life?

Oh, no! I’m not! I like to do things by

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things down if everything goes haywire [laughs].

OK, how has it been for you to be able to work with Rachel Griffiths?

Oh, that’s been an amazing thing for all of us. I think she’s someone who has been like a trailblazer in the Australian industry.

She managed to make the move over to America and start doing American television and films at a time where the Internet wasn’t as good as it is, so you really did need to uproot your entire life and move over to the states in order to get a career happening. You couldn’t just send auditions via the Internet over to casting directors and get cast that way.

And films weren’t being made as much in Australia as they are now, so she’s kind of been someone that has made it work for the rest of us to have careers on the international level. It’s pretty amazing that we then got to work with her — in our own backyard — and learn, you know? I think that acting, and everything created, is just a constant exploration and experiment really, and I’m comfortably learning and constantly just watching other people.

And again, I’m very lucky that I’ve got yet another Australian legend that I was able to work with and work learn from.

Yeah, that must be a lot of fun. Well, I came across a ton of tweets and Facebook posts from a bunch of your fans, and they were talking about your “heartthrob” qualities. How does that make you feel? Did you ever imagine yourself as somebody that would have that kind of an image? [laughs] No, definitely not! I think when I decided that I was gonna give acting an actual go and that I was gonna make it my actual career, I think I’d always just play the nice guy next door. I never really thought I would play a ‘heartthrob,’ as you say. It’s kind of interesting to pick up the script and turn the page and have some of the big prints sort of saying things like that, you know? I think that as the scene starts started last week with Grace perving on Robbie while he’s working on a motorbike — and he’s got his shirt off — and [the script] said in big print, ‘His muscles are rippling,’ and all that kind of stuff. And you read that, and you’re like, ‘Well, that’s me,’ but you have to kind of turn that off because if you get too selfconscious, then it’s gonna just look really bad. So yeah, I kind of just go, ‘Look, I am

who I am. I look the way that I look. I’m just gonna do my thing, and if people want to respond that way, that’s awesome.’ At the end of the day — from the business side of things — that’s kind of how it works out here, so you’ve got to be able to do whatever you can. And, it is a compliment because if you work hard for your career and it’s just as much about the appearance stuff as it is about the acting … it’s just getting validation that I’m doing something right, I guess. [laughs] [laughs] Yeah, I’d say so. Your fans definitely think so! [laughs] Yeah. Also, I mean, they show me topless at every opportunity that they can [laughs]. If I hide you can’t hide away from that when you open up your trailer door and your wardrobe is just a pair of pants day in and day out. [laughs] That’s so funny. Well, you’re an Australian actor, what was it like for you to break into the American audiences with Camp, and if season two of Camp was to get the green light, where do you think the characters lives would lead?

I think we felt quite a lot of pressure to make sure that the show was as American as possible — given that we’re all Australians, and we’re making it in Australia.

But, you know, it’s great that we did have producers and writers on the set all the time. That helped us get that level of authenticity that we were looking for. I guess I’m lucky in a sense that I’ve actually played an American on several occasions, obviously with Wolverine, but also I’ve done a couple of Australian films and TV series where I’ve actually played an American … so it must just be something about me that screams American. So, yeah, if we were to go for a second season, who knows. Robbie changes quite dramatically over the second half of season one. He becomes a very different person, and he ends out the season in a very different place than he was in episode one. Scenes are very much less open to him at the end of the season, and it would be really cool to sort of come back a year later at summer camp because so much can happen in two months at summer camp, and it would be fascinating to see what happens over like the next sort of eight months of the year between summer camps and see where his life has taken him. It would be kind of cool to see

a really dark, edgy sort of side of Robbie.

I’d love for him to become an alcoholic or a drug addict! Who knows. [laughs] That would be really different! OK, what can we expect to see from you in the future? Is there any project that you’re particularly excited about doing?

I just want to do as much stuff as possible.

One of the great things that I’ve had so far in my career is I’ve had quite a wide variety so far, and that’s really cool. It keeps you on your toes and makes every film, every job that you experience which is kind of exactly what I want. When I said I wanted to do acting, it’s because I didn’t want to do the same thing every single day. I do have a couple of films coming out over the next six months. I have a World War One drama, which I play an Irish soldier, and quite cowardly perhaps sort of face his demons and then really grow up over a short period of time — set in France. Again, it’s kind of cool, and there’s really interesting stuff in there, and I’m kind of excited about that. And then I did a horror film — an Australian horror film — and I play an American in that one as well. It’s called Lemon Tree Package, and, again, I actually play a really nasty, arrogant kind of tool, so it’s, again, very different for me [laughs]. I’m really interested to see how that one turns out as well.

All of that is so exciting! OK, last one I promise. [laughs] No worries.

What would be your No. 1 tip for those looking to break into show business?

I would say, just have patience and don’t expect any records. People who you hear about being overnight successes usually have about 10 years or 20 years behind them, and I think when I hear people being called overnight successes, I think they probably find that a bit insulting given how much effort they put in to get their career. So, a lot of people — I think — think, ‘Ah, if you want to be an actor, you just do it, and then all your Hollywood dreams will come true!’ That’s not necessarily the case. You have to be prepared to work, and you have to be prepared that it wont happen straight away, but I think patience is the absolute key.

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OK. Get ready. Here’s a story about a child star that isn’t littered with tales from rehab, moneystealing parents or managers, or late night debauchery. Disappointed?

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he’s taking things to the next level with her old friend Robert Rodriguez in Machete Kills.

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> By next level, I mean she could probably kick your ass (in the sweetest way possible, of course). Thankfully, it didn’t come down to fisticuffs when I spoke with her, but we did get down to brass tacks (and metal bras) about having 70 parents, the perfect role, and transitions in that crazy thing called life.

First and foremost, I gotta wish you a happy belated birthday!

It’s actually today, so thank you so much!

It is today, isn’t it? Ah! That’s right.

It is! Today is my birthday! [laughs] That’s absolutely right. For some reason, I thought the 25th.That, and I’m calling from the future, so I think that might be where the confusion is.

OK, OK; you’re all right. Don’t worry.

Perfect! [laughs] So how’s life been on the tour bus [with Big Time Rush] this summer?

Oh my goodness! I totally was a little groupie this summer. [laughs] It was amazing! I’ve never spent that much time on a tour bus, and it was so much fun. I got to know all the boys really well. They’re all like my brothers, but one thing I will say about the tour bus: they kept it very, very clean … but the farting! [laughs] Boys and their farting! It’s just not containable at all. [laughs] Yeah, someone should have told you about that one going in.

Yeaaah. [laughs] I was not forewarned.

Other than that, it was really amazing. You know what’s funny? You think it could get old watching the show over and over again, but every night, they brought something really special to the show and made it very entertaining. Honestly, I watched every show while I was on tour.

Did you wanna jump on stage in between sets and sing a few songs?

There were a few times where the boys go into the crowd for three of their songs, and so as soon as they leave the? stage, I would run up there with Olivia Somerlyn, who was one of their openers — just the sweetest girl. We’d run up onstage and dance really dorky. The last show, we jumped up onstage and danced with the boys, but we each wore one of their outfits. I was Carlos [Pena, Jr.], Olivia was the guitar player, and we had two other girls dressed up as boys from the band. We learned 24 brinkmagonline.com September/October 2013

their dance moves. [laughs] Too funny. Now, I’ve noticed the first thing a lot of interviews have mentioned about your role in Machete Kills is that it’s ‘the Spy Kids girl all grown up.’ Honestly, at this point, how old is this response getting, or is it a reaction that you’ve prepared for?

I’m very fortunate that kind of role be with Robert Rodriguez, who obviously knows me so well and who’s been there with me since I was 11, so I think we did it without being too over the top. I mean, it’s certainly crazy; what we wear in this movie is pretty intense, but it’s also tasteful and fun. It’s hard because the projects that I’ve taken on have been — for the most part — wholesome or young and for a younger audience. I’m 25 now, so it does kind of shock people who imagine me a lot younger. At the same time, you don’t want to alienate too many audiences, so it has been difficult finding that balance between younger roles and growing into more of a mature audience. I think we did that with this movie because it’s so playful. We’re not taking ourselves too seriously. It’s just a little ridiculous and out there, but really fun at the same time.

“I’m 25 now, so it of shock people a lot younger.”

The first [Machete] was very kitschy and over the top as far as just being super…

It’s ridiculous. [laughs] I can only imagine, based on the still that came out with you and Sofia Vergara.

Yeah. [laughs] It’s definitely different.

Was there a particular aspect about playing KillJoy that appealed to you, or basically just the chance to work with Robert Rodriguez again?

Robert and I have been talking for a while about what the right project was to bring me back on, that was a little bit more grown up, and I think he — between Robert and I — we are my toughest critics. [laughs] If I can tell Robert that I’m ready for something, you know, as long as he believes in me, then I think the rest of the people will have my back.

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He’s very tough on me, but it only makes me work harder and grow. I’ve been so thankful for that relationship; he’s truly been wonderful. I talked to him, and I’m like, ‘You know what, I really wanna do Machete [Kills]. What do you have in Machete [Kills]?’ [Robert Rodriguez] was like, ‘Lexy, you’re so young!’ and I was like, ‘What do you mean young?’ At the time, I was 23, so I worked my butt off, and I convinced him to let me play KillJoy, which at the time was a really small role.

When we got on set, he expanded it, and what was a two-day shoot turned into a full week.

Nice.That’s always a good thing.

Yeah, it was really wonderful, but I definitely proved myself. I worked for it.

Do you have a favorite on-set moment from Machete Kills that you’d share? [laughs] I don’t want to give it away, but basically one of the … so, I grew up with this crew. Robert’s used the same crew for every film since his first movie. He’s very loyal to the people he chooses, so when I showed up on set to shoot KillJoy, I’m in a robe because my outfit’s quite revealing at times. When I first came out — and I had to drop the robe — I just remember it was like having 70 parents on set going, ‘What are you wearing!?’

They were making fun of me, and luckily it was all playful, but I was shy. I grew up with all of these people, so I guess you also have to try to convince them that you are capable of playing this role. I think by the end I had it, but at the beginning, it certainly took a lot of convincing for everyone. [laughs] I can imagine — especially if the crew is that tight.

Oh my gosh! They’re so protective. But you want that.

Absolutely. Now, does your role in Machete Kills set the tone for what you’d like to see the next phase of your career move to?

Yes and no. I really want a colorful career. I’d like to be able to do all sorts of things. I think you find kick-ass action roles are super cool, but, I’ll be honest, I love playing the younger roles, and you can only do that for so long, so I want to take advantage of that for as long as I can.

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all. I like being tested, and I think with this role — I’ve never done this before — it was certainly nerve-wracking. And I had to fight and work hard for it. I like having to fight for something.

How carefully have you worked with your business team concerning the transition from being a child star into where you want to ultimately end up as an adult and for the rest of your career?

I’ve been really fortunate. The projects that come along have fit really well and the projects that don’t, we pass on them. For the most part, I’ve been very thankful — with wonderful people guiding me — and it comes down to what I want versus what’s out there. It’s hard because a lot of the roles out there, so many of them want you to take all your clothes off. [laughs] It’s not to say that that won’t ever happen, but you certainly want to be picky about something like that. All these young girls, you have to set some example, and I think it’s super tough when they entice you with money for certain roles that you just don’t wanna play. It’s a tough position, but you really have to be strong in what you believe in, and stick to your guns to pass on something.

That happens to journalists, too, so just know that, OK? [laughs] Good! We’re all in this together!

Exactly. Now, this is a very topical subject — especially since you couldn’t avoid it recently — and it plays in with this transition from being a young star into that phase when you’re in your twenties. So, what’s your take on the whole Miley Cyrus/VMA thing?

Oh gosh! We all watched it. We get that she’s ready to grow up and have a whole different image, but I think you have to do it one step at a time. With Miley, she’s young. She’s a young girl, and I think she’s overwhelming her audiences just a little bit. [laughs] But she’s a talented girl, and I think it’s just a lot of being young and knowing when the right time is to let loose. She might need to take smaller steps. [laughs] Well put.

Thank you.

Is there a particular genre or character that you’re absolutely dying to do or

portray at this point?

Oh wow. It’s so silly, because there are so many awesome things you can do, like a great drama or action films. The truth is, I haven’t done that awesome romantic comedy. I think that would be so silly and fun to do. I haven’t really had the chance.

I think a fun little rom-com would be cute! I don’t know, we all love that badass chick, so yeah, girl power — like a great action role or a really fun rom-com.

No secret desire to be on the next season of Downton Abbey or anything like that?

It’s hard, because when I watch those shows, I love them, and I respect all the people that are in them. If they have an incredible role that isn’t already taken, then heck yeah! I would love to do one of those shows. At the same time, it’s hard to be envious of a character because you love what the person is doing with the role. The only movie I could say that about is Paper Moon. Tatum O’ Neal — in that film — is why I’m in this business. She is so phenomenal in that role. She was perfect. She absolutely nailed it. If there were a chance to play a role like that, that would be ideal.

Well, you’re a little too old for that now. I’m sorry.

I’m way too old for that! But if we could go back in time, that would be perfect.

That is a great role. Absolutely.

It’s wonderful.

When was the moment you knew Robert Rodriguez would always be there for you, either professionally or personally?

It started when I was really, really young.

After we finished Spy Kids 3, I was 14 or 15, and every time he came to town, he would call and take me to dinner. He’d want to know what’s going on in my life.

He’s just been a father figure, which I’m so appreciative of. When I turned 16, he bought me my car for my birthday.

When I was married, he walked me down the aisle. When I got a divorce, he walked me through the divorce. [laughs].

He’s literally been there at the most pivotal moments of my life, so for that, I’m thankful. At the same time, I’ve been there for him as much as I can be. We’ve both grown so much together and have been through huge, pivotal moments in

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our lives. We’ve had that perfect father/ daughter relationship. It’s been wonderful.

That’s great, especially when you can have that relationship with someone who’s been such a huge part of your life professionally as well.

Completely! He’s been so supportive.

That’s why it was so hard convincing him to let me do something like Machete [Kills], because he does view me like a little girl, and to do a role like that is definitely pushing the boundaries a little bit. He’s just like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ [laughs] At the same time, if he believes in me, that’s all that matters.

Along with Robert Rodriguez you’ve worked quite a bit with Writer/Director Darren Lynn Bousman. How did that relationship come about?

I was in New York doing Hairspray [on Broadway], which is the happiest singsong show you could possibly do. [Darren] flew out and wanted me to do this crazy kind of Rocky Horror Picture Show-esque film [Repo! The Genetic Opera], and I’ve never done anything that dark before and was worried because I usually pick lighter projects. What I like about the character is she was the light in the dark world, a little bit like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, guiding this creepy rock opera. It was so cool. Like I said, I like doing things that test me a little bit — pushed (push?) my boundaries — so we picked up on that and hit it off. Whenever we get a chance, I’ll either sneak in for a quick role on one of his films, or we do shorts because we want an excuse to work together. [laughs] Are there significant differences between how Rodriguez and Bousman work with you? Or, is it the similarities of their styles that keep bringing you back to them?

They have two completely different styles and both work so well. Robert is very hands-on. He does everything. He does the music, edits the film, writes them, directs them, produces them. He literally does it all. There’s an understanding.

He knows how to get me to do exactly what he needs from the character.

Our communication is really awesome.

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his movie done, and he’s so excited and all over the place. I love candy, but you cannot let Darren have candy on set. He’s already hyper enough as it is, so I would have like a cup of candy, but I would put another cup on top of my cup of candy so it looked like veggies. If I saw Darren around me, I would pretend like I was eating vegetables. [laughs] My relationship with Darren is like brother and sister. [laughs] He’s so fun.

Great. All right, on the real, how uncomfortable was that metal bra?

Oh! Tod Junker is awesome. He did all the leathers, but what’s awesome about his [Tod] is he literally makes the most comfortable metal bra. The real bra was all padded underneath, nice and comfy. On the outside, they had those metal things on. It was literally a piece of art.

So, they used a little bit of movie magic then?

Oh yeah they did. They rocked, cuz that was tough. [laughs]

“when I was married, [Robert rodriguez] down the aisle and divorce, he walked the divorce.”

Are there any upcoming projects that you would like to talk about?

The only thing I would love to talk about is something that Robert was really adamant about me doing. When I was 13, I came up with this whole story that I really, really liked, and he told me to write it, and I would get it made when I was older. I’m really excited to say that I just finished my first comic book, and it will be out in the next few months! I’m super, super excited!

I came up with the idea while filming Spy Kids, so it’s nice to kind of bring it to life.

We might be taking it one step further and turning it into a live-action TV show, but I’m definitely excited about the comic book!

What’s the name of the project?

It’s called Suicide Lane. It’s about a crazy awesome chick who rides motorcycles and avenges her father’s death.

That’s pretty much a slam-dunk right there.

Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. A badass girl and all her motorcycle chicks are just great. [laughs] Watch Alexa in Machete Kills out 10/11

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about a boy words heather jones

Hey! How has touring been?

We all bought ‘Nerf’ guns and every night we have ‘Nerf battles’ on the bus. I remember having Nerf guns as a kid and they were pretty basic. Nerf technology has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years.

When did you first have the relization that you were destined to be a singer/songwriter?

I think I was very young, I started playing guitar when I was about eight and haven’t put it down since.

What is your song writing process? Do you write music first, or lyrics, or do you work on them simultaneously?

Generally, something will happen on the guitar and I’ll build the words and the melody around it but sometime lyrics come first.

“Let Her Go” has become a song of the summer here in the United States. Do you think not appreciating what you have

With his song “Let Her Go”, Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) has quietly boarded the train to a 2013 summer smash hit. We chatted with the singer/songwriter on all things music, food and jokes and asked 20 questions that left us wanting to take another ride.

until its gone is something that predominately men or women are guilty of, or do you think it’s not related to gender at all?

And why?

That’s a good question, I definitely know a lot of men that seem to fall into it but I’m sure it’s a human trait rather than gender specific.

Did anything interesing happen while you were recording “All the Little Lights”?

I was homeless at the time and my producer and good friend, Chris, let me sleep at the studio. The only problem was that he’d have to lock me in at about 8pm so I didn’t have much of a social life.

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Who would we find on your iPod? I love a lot of old music, more solo acts than bands generally.

People like: Paul Simon and Noel Young. I just think they were living in a time where they were more free to express themselves without needing to fit in to a certain box.

What do you like to do for fun that doesn’t involve music?

Well, to be honest, music has sort of taken over my life for the last few years. When I do get downtime, I read quite a bit and I’m a massive soccer fan.”

Do you have a favorite song of all time? If so, which one and why?

Hmmmm, tough question, I think off the top of my head maybe “Graceland” by Paul Simon. I just think melodically and lyrically it’s fantastic and the production is incredible too.

What inspires you?

People.

Did anything crazy ever happen to you while Busking?

Would you like to elaborate on that process? Would you mind telling us what was the smallest amount of money you made that way in a day, and the largest amount?

Busking is a fascinating process, you meet some weird and wonderful people and yeah, it can range from a few dollars to quite a good amount on a good day. I love it and hope I can carry on doing it for many years, it helps to keep me grounded.

If you were not a musician, what do you think you would do for a living?

Maybe work with animals, I find them hilarious and fascinating and would love to learn more about them and just hang out with them in general...primates in particular.

We’ve heard you like to hit the books. So what are you reading these days?

Yeah, I do. I’ve just been reading the Game of Thrones books as I was too impatient to wait for the third series to start, absolutely epic!

Do you have any talents?

None at all.

“Staring at the Stars,” talks about watching talk shows on daytime TV all day. Doo you have a favorite show, talk show or anything?

No, I think they are pretty damaging in general and people watch them to laugh at the unfortunate positions of the “guests,” rather than to sympathize. I should have mentioned them in “I Hate”!

Maybe! Regarding that song, “I Hate,” is there anything else that you have started to hate since you completed that song that you wish you could include now, or would like to vent about?

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working fine. It probably takes 0.5 seconds off their journey and they have to walk around in luminous Lycra for the rest of the day.

I think a lot of people would side with you on that one.

Switching gears, in your song, “The Wrong Direction,” you say, “I hide behind my jokes as a form of protection.” Do you have a favorite joke? If so, I really think you should share it here.

Okay, this is a ‘trilogy’ of cheese jokes: What cheese do you use to hide a small horse? Mascarpone.

What chefs do you use to coax a bear from its cave?

Camembert. What did the cheese say when he looked in the mirror? Haloumi. Sorry.

With your song, “Life’s for the Living,” what do you consider to be actually living life to the fullest, and do you feel that you are?

I hope I am, I don’t think it’s possible to live in the moment the entire time but I think for me, travelling and meeting new people really allows you to feel like you are truly living. I think it’s probably different for everyone though.

What are your feelings on the fact that when we are children teachers “teach you can do anything if you put your mind to it,” but as we age, society seems to steer us into secure, mundane jobs?

I think this is a theme throughout the album: things that stop you dreaming and life’s for the living touch on this subject too.

Ithink it’s sad that as a kid everything seems available and possible but as we get older society scares us into taking a secure but ultimately maybe a disappointing path. I feel like we’re living in such an exciting time where so many things are possible but some people still have a very old fashioned view on what ‘grown ups’ should be doing.

What piece of advice would you offer to aspiring musicians or to those in artistic fields?

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