Samara Weaving has opened up about her experience on the set of Home and Away, stating that if you didn’t change quickly enough, they’d “just get rid of you.”
The 30-year-old actress acknowledged to The Courier Mail on Tuesday that the Australian serial had helped her prepare for Hollywood.
‘Home And Away is such a machine and you’re just pumping out so many scenes,’ she explained.
‘We would do up to 10 scenes a day if we were in the studio. Working on my first American job, and doing four scenes a day, was wild. I was like, “Oh, we can take our time, I guess” – it was a lovely surprise.’
Samara went on to say that if you didn’t acclimate to the fast-paced set quickly, you’d be out of work in no time.
‘And, technically, you have to learn fast, otherwise, they will just get rid of you,’ she continued.
‘You need to learn your lines and know what your mark is and where the cameras are, and need to find your light – you need to learn that so quickly, otherwise, they will just replace you.’
Before coming to the United States, Samara gained to popularity as Indi Walker on Home and Away from 2009 to 2013.
Channel Seven has been contacted by the Daily Mail Australia for comment.
Samara acknowledged to having a “really naive perception of how the industry works” in an interview with Digital Spy in August of last year.
‘After Home and Away, I really had to work very hard on my acting and my manager was like, “I think you should see a drama coach,”‘ she recounted.
‘And I didn’t work for nearly two years. It was a real reality check in terms of the life of an actor… It’s hard.’
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