Most days, actor Eric Bana and director-producer Robert Connolly are at their office in Melbourne, a building they bought and renovated and where Connolly admits to being a bit slack about emptying the dishwasher. It’s not a formal partnership.
They just enjoy having another Australian screen industry veteran within cooee.
“It’s a really lonely business when you’re not actually working. You’re really siloed,” says Bana. “There was never any pressure to make films together. We just enjoy each other’s company and having someone to bounce ideas off.”
Some time in the late 2010s, one such office conversation went something like this: “I’ve been asked to direct The Dry.”
“Really? My wife said that book’s great.
Can I be in it?”
“Sure. Do
