Eleanor Wilson #4REAL
Photo by: Maren Celeste
@eleanormargaret
#4REALFRIDAY IS WHERE I ASK 5 QUESTIONS TO SOME DAMN REAL, DAMN AWESOME PALS WHO ARE LIVING AND DOING DOPE STUFF 4REAL!
THEY'VE INSPIRED me OR BEEN A SUPPORT IN SOME WAY AND I WANNA SHARE THEM WITH YOU.
ELEANOR WILSON
What coffee do you drink?
I drink decaf now! (Don't judge me!) Sometimes decaf americano, sometimes decaf latte, depending on my mood. I love coffee so much, but I can't handle the caffeine anymore.
What you do?
I'm a filmmaker and I freelance in commercial production and casting.
Coolest achievement?
I was really proud when I got to fly back to Melbourne to show my first short film, Possum, at the St.Kilda Film Festival to 3000 people on opening night. It's a festival I've loved and admired for a long time, it was a really cool homecoming.
Biggest challenge?
Living away from home is a challenge, I miss my family and friends a lot. It's hard trying to forge a relationship with my niece and nephews when I only see them twice a year. I'm trying to figure out a way to make my time back there a little bit longer.
Best advice?
Whatever it is you want to do, just start doing it, and figure out the rest later. And always wipe your feet before you go inside.
Elle and I met in Melbourne years ago, both as actors in hospitality getting into the game. The films we worked on together back then weren't the best, but hey! it did allow a friendship to blossom. Super into music and passionate towards her craft, I've always admired her focused attitude toward what she's does and how she does it. I miss those latte-drinking days in Balaclava or Fitzroy dreaming up life goals.
After years of hard work and persistence those life goals have become a reality. She now she lives and works in New York. Realistic and committed, she achieves great things without the drama - she does what she says and I like that. Like being accepted into, and graduating at New York's famous Neighbourhood Playhouse acting school, where many of the famous actors we know today have been through.
I'm grateful for her support too over the years and for that time in NYC when a film I was in came out and it was all a bewildering time for me.
I'm a big fan of her and of her work. She's definitely #4REAL - except she drinks fake coffee HA! I mean, after reading the answer to my first question, she has to be a really dope person for me to ignore this new piece of shocking information...
Ps: I'm judging Elle, always judging. ;)
Check it out. #4Real
Eleanor's latest short film below: Written and Directed by Eleanor Wilson.