Interview with David and Billy
Nevermore Magazine
August 2004
 
Rua: What first drew you to acting?
 
Boyd: I started doing it, when I was in Primary School. It was just a fun thing to do. You know?
 
Boyd: Yeah! I just really enjoyed it.
 
Wenham: It was something that I was always interested in. You know. I’d love to-- I’d put on puppet shows, 
when I was a very small kid. But, I never thought that I could actually make a, a living out of acting. So, 
this has all been a magnificent surprise.
 
Rua: Who inspires or influences you?
 
Wenham: Oh, my parents.
 
Boyd: Cool!
Oh so many people, you know. [Intelligible] kind of crew, John Lennon. Um…, yeah, too many people.
 
Rua: If you could work with anyone, living or dead, who would it be, and why?
 
Boyd: David Wenham!
 
Wenham: [Laughs] 
 
Boyd: The king of actors!
 
Wenham: [Laughs again] Aw, you’ve put me on the spot, now!
 
[David started to say, “I mean its great---. “ As I said, “You can answer honestly, if you want,” chuckling. 
Billy spoke up, defendantly, “But it was. It was honestly!”]
 
Wenham: Um, besides Billy Boyd! I might add. What about Orson Wells? I’d like to act with Orson Wells!
 
Boyd: Aw, yeah!
 
Rua: Which do you prefer, TV, film or stage?
 
Wenham: Oh, I don’t have a preference. I actually like to swing between the three, actually. I think TV is 
often a--. Sometimes get’s a bit of a bad name, and I think, unrightly so. I think a lot [Boyd:  Yeah] of 
great work can be done on television.
 
Boyd: Yeah, but what I think a lot of times TV tries to be film. But, it doesn’t have the money…
 
Wenham: Yeah, that’s true.
 
Boyd: …But, rather than trying to do something interesting, they spend all their money trying to do a film shot…
 
Wenham: Right, that’s true.
 
Boyd: …When they should try. You know. [Boyd & Wenham:  Yeah.] So, normally, I’d probably have a better time 
on film and stage.
 
Rua: [Here I had a little difficulty with a question, and Mr. Boyd helped me out] A…What would you…okay. 
Sorry, I hadn’t really rehearsed these.
 
Boyd: What would your ideal role be?
 
Rua: Thank You!
 
Boyd: I read that upside down!
 
Wenham: My ideal role be? Ooh, that’s a hard one! I don’ no, I’d like to do something funny, again, now. 
I’m up ta’ funny.
 
Boyd: Yeah?
 
Wenham: Yeah.
 
Boyd: I’d like to see you as Henry the Fifth. It’s not very funny. [Here they started talking over each other. 
This is my best interpretation.]
 
Wenham: Henry five? You know. I would like to do, Henry Five. Yeah, yeah, yeah…That would be good!
 
Boyd: I’d come and see that, even if I do have to do it in Australia.
 
Rua: Okay. [To Billy] And, yourself?
 
[Just then a guy from New Line said, “Just one more question.”] 
 
Rua: What do you like on your pizza?
 
Boyd: Chilies! Hot, hot, pizza. Chilies.
 
Wenham: I always start out, with my pizza, I always order extra olives.
 
Rua: Extra olives?
 
Wenham: Yea.
 
Rua: Okay. I was supposed to also mention to you [Billy], something about; what’s your favorite ice cream? 
`Cause it had something to do about locking Dom in the closet?
 
Boyd: Oh, yeah! Well, that day, I just wanted vanilla, just plain vanilla, and he brought me back macadamia nut. 
I didn’t want that. So, he got locked in the cupboard.
 
Wenham: I donno, I think he was being too kind.
 
[The New Line guy called time, and I asked if I could take a photo.]
 
Rua: Thank you!
 
Both of them: Thank you very much!
 
Wenham: Great chatting to you!