Teresa Palmer as Grace in Addition. 

Welcome to the latest episode of the Cinema Australia Podcast.

In this episode I’m joined by actor Teresa Palmer, and director Marcelle Lunam to discuss their new rom-com, Addition. 

Addition follows Grace, played by Palmer, a woman who counts everything because numbers hold her world together. But when a chance encounter with Seamus, played by Joe Dempsie, turns her world upside down, her meticulously ordered life starts to unravel. 

Having appeared in numerous films and TV shows since the early 2000’s Teresa Palmer really needs no introduction. But if you’re unfamiliar with her work, she has appeared in films such as 2:37, Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here, Warm Bodies opposite Nicholas Hoult, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, and Rachel Griffith’s Ride Like a Girl in which she playa Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, Michelle Payne. Teresa’s TV credits include The Family Next Door, The Clearing and Mixtape. 

Addition is the first narrative feature film for Marcelle Lunam having previously directed the documentary Habana Shakes, and the music video Justine Clarke: I Like to Shake. Marcelle’s work here is quite impressive for a first timer. 

Before we jump into the interviews, I want to mention a few things. 

These two interviews are much, much shorter than regular listeners will be used to. They were recorded as part of a press junket and for those of you who aren’t familiar with press junkets, basically we sit in a waiting room waiting for our seven minutes with the guests. We’re not allowed to run a second over, and if we do, we’re cut off immediately. While my interview with Teresa runs smoothly, you will notice my interview with Marcelle ends abruptly. Not my preferred way to do interviews, but these were fun nonetheless. 

Addition is in cinemas now.

Anyway… enjoy. 

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