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The unique way Olivia Colman settled Aud Mason-Hyde’s on-set nerves
Actor Aud Mason-Hyde is no stranger to the film industry, (director Sophie Hyde and cinematographer/editor Bryan Mason are their parents, and they have acted in several Australian films), but before shooting their latest – their biggest to date – there were some serious nerves.
In Jimpa, they star alongside some big-hitters: Oscar winner Olivia Colman and stage and screen legend John Lithgow.
“I was shitting myself,” Mason-Hyde says when we talk on Zoom from Sydney where they’re performing in Virginia Gay’s theatre production Mama does Derby.
“Huge names – I was totally pissing my pants! Olivia came to Adelaide to do a week of rehearsal and I remember just pacing around the rehearsal room like, ‘Oh my god, she’s about to walk in. What am I gonna say? It’s Olivia Colman! Am I wearing the right thing? Am I a good enough actor to be here?’ Total imposter syndrome and all this … internal monologue.”
VIDEO: Out in the Open | Sophie Hyde
Director Sophie Hyde’s dad came out as gay when she was a child. Her latest film reveals how that shaped three generations. (Australian Story: Tom Hancock)
Sophie Hyde is one of Australia’s most successful directors, with her films winning awards at the prestigious Sundance and Berlin festivals.
In her latest film Jimpa, Hyde turns the spotlight on her unconventional family, casting her own child in the film and Olivia Colman as a character loosely based on herself.
Hyde’s film is helping release her family from the secrets of the past.
Feature article read | Director Sophie Hyde unpacks long-held family secrets in her latest film
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Movie of the Month: JIMPA
From acclaimed director Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), JIMPA is an uplifting multi-generational family story starring award-winning favourites Olivia Colman and John Lithgow, and Australian actors Aud Mason-Hyde, Daniel Henshall, Kate Box, Eamon Farren and Deborah Kennedy.
Hannah (Colman) travels to vibrant Amsterdam with her teen, Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde), to reconnect with her politically-engaged, gay father—affectionately known as “Jimpa” (Lithgow). Frances is besotted with Jimpa and announces that they wish to stay with him for a year – to Hannah’s apprehension. Jimpa is fiercely independent, so it is a shock when his declining health is revealed, upending Frances’ plans and bringing Hannah’s sister in from the UK. As the siblings negotiate what happens next, Hannah must confront her past and the stories she has told about her family.
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