AGENT PROVOCATEUR

SHARING A CHARDONNAY WITH SCREEN ICON MARTA DUSSELDORP CAN BE LIFE CHANGING. NOT BECAUSE SHE IMPARTS OPRAH-LIKE PEARLS OF WISDOM…

Rather, she’s just really good at asking questions that make you think about turbocharging your convictions.

Tucked into a booth at one of Sydney’s trendiest hotel bars, we spent an entirely pleasant 90 minutes chatting for this interview, only breaking the conversation to take advantage of the cheese board in front of us. It’s not until I’m trawling through my interview notes later that it occurs to me that, despite the happy encounter, we covered a buffet of incredibly challenging subjects: the global refugee crisis, Indigenous rights and the erosion of Australian culture and storytelling thanks to juggernaut global streaming services that