Actress
Sarah Snook at the Hilton, Sydney. Picture: Anthony Reginato Source:
The Daily Telegraph
Jonathon Moran, The Sunday Telegraph, reports
She’s been dubbed Australia's next Cate Blanchett and narrowly missed out on the lead role in the Hollywood version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
But Sarah Snook is determined to ignore the hype and comparisons and make her own mark.
If that means a career in Hollywood - or not - so be it.
"I'm hoping for as long as possible to keep a foot in each country and if that means the work is here (in Australia) then excellent and if it is there, then excellent," Snook tells Insider at Sydney's Hilton Hotel last week.
"I will go where the work is. If the writing is good, then I'm happy to be a part of a project."
Snook stars in the new Australian film, Not Suitable For Children, playing 20-something Stevie in The Secret Life Of Us-type angsty drama about a young man facing mortality after being diagnosed with testicular cancer. The film also stars Ryan Kwanten and Packed To The Rafters' Ryan Corr.
Snook's real life is not that different to the story told in the film. She's 24 and lives with four flatmates in Sydney's inner suburbs.
"Our house is known as a good party house. It is like a rite of passage that you go through in your 20s, you've got to do the share thing at some point," Snook says.
Her Not Suitable For Children role required some nudity for Snook, who shares several passionate sex scenes with Kwanten.
"It is very personally challenging to do that but everyone on set treats that kind of thing with a lot of respect, a lot of caution and a lot of care so I never felt unsafe at any point," Snook says.
Snook has been pegged as one to watch since graduating from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2008. Her first taste of Hollywood came when she was shortlisted for the big budget Daniel Craig film, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (released this year), but missed out to US star, Rooney Mara.
Her red hair and fair complexion - not to mention her talent - has also earned Snook comparisons to fellow NIDA graduate, Blanchett.
Up next for Snook is a starring role in low-budget US horror flick, Jessabelle.
"Jessabelle is my first thing in America and if something comes of that, I guess I will be doing more work there," she says.
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