Melissa
George / Pic: Adam Taylor Source: The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
Actress Melissa George is your run-of-the-mill child sensation who has rarely been without positive press.
A champion rollerskater and model in her early years, she moved from Perth to Sydney at 16 to play troubled teen Angel Parrish on Home and Away, almost immediately becoming a household name thanks to her on-screen love-fest with dreamboat Dieter Brummer.
George is an odd person to interview.
Very comfortable with the personal pronoun and unashamed in announcing how well she's done in her life.
Just last month she stressed to Live magazine that she's far from just an actress.
"I'm a multi-million-pound inventor," she said.
"A few years ago, I came up with something that enables women to alter hemlines.
"That product has turned over $15 million in the past 10 months."
But George's assault on the Australian media at the weekend for constantly referring back to the character that made her a star came off as superfluous and self-absorbed.
From a reporting perspective, the title George is often given is chosen on behalf of readers and viewers, and how they are most likely to identify with a subject.
When Daniel Radcliffe is 40 he will still be the much-loved Harry Potter.
As irritating as that may be for him, you can only change your claim to fame by bettering it.
Would you introduce her as Melissa George, who was in Hollywood movie Mulholland Drive (for all of three seconds) or as Melissa George, who was in 300 episodes of Home And Away and won two Logies for it?
It's hardly a "disgusting" personal attack on her admittedly impressive achievements.
It also hasn't had the slightest effect on her career.
The last time we checked, she hasn't been typecast as a street kid since leaving Summer Bay.
And let's not forget that, at 25 years old, Home and Away is a most successful and beloved local production, bringing millions of viewers and international esteem to many who have appeared on it - including Naomi Watts, Heath Ledger, Simon Baker, Isla Fisher, Chris Hemsworth and Ryan Kwanten.
Surely, there was a much more graceful way for her to express how she felt.
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