Monday 25 May 2015

Profile: Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn: the “unknown” star of Bloodline. Picture: Maarten de Boer/Getty Images Po

The Weekend Australian Magazine
By Megan Lehmann
May 9, 2015

Eye drops. A bottle of prescription pills. Two Minties. A phone. Ben Mendelsohn unpacks the pockets of his bulky wool overcoat and lines them up neatly on the table, inspecting them in the neon-pink seepage from the party flickering into life next door. “Better take these out,” he deadpans, striking a pose and tracing the rumpled outline of his coat with a fashion-model flourish. “They’ll ruin the line.”
There are plenty of fine-looking show ponies backstage at the Netflix Australia launch, marking time, flicking their polished manes as ­minders juggle headsets and clipboards while warning them to watch their heels on the soggy red ­carpet. Mendelsohn, 46, is not a show pony.
Full story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/ben-mendelsohn-in-bloodline-hollywoods-dark-and-dangerous-new-star/story-e6frg8h6-1227346815106
        

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