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24 LIVEMAGS.NET MARCH>>10 DAMION: So, you were born in Melbourne, Aus- tralia. What was life like growing up in the Mitchell household? RADHA: I had a good childhood. Growing up in Melbourne with my mom was a lovely experience. It is a small, sweet, little city. DAMION: Your parent's background is in the enter- tainment business, so would you say that your path getting into the entertainment business was different than the typical individual pursuing acting? RADHA: Well, it's interesting. My mom was a model when I was a kid, so she actually got me into a mod- eling agency when I was ten. By age eleven, I had given up my modeling career. I went on to finish high school and had an acting agent by that stage. While I was at University, I was doing small parts in various television shows when somebody at my University was making their first movie. She was a young Direc- tor, like 23, and everybody in the cast was living in this share house where I was living. And it went to Cannes, and so we all kind of got an international career, from just being in this little film. I don't know if it had anything to do with my parents, but it sort of came about that way. DAMION: You have such a diverse catalog of films that you have been a part of, ranging from Woody Allen comedies to intense thrillers. Do you have any preference on the roles that come your way? RADHA: I'm actually a sort of introverted type of per- son, so I prefer to act in something that's subtle and maybe naturalistic as opposed to these sorts of grand, performance pieces. Honestly, I like to see films that also have that nuance subtly and realism. That is what I like in cinema. DAMION: So you're starring in "The Crazies," which is a re-make of the George Romero film from 1973. Tell me about your character, Judy. RADHA: Judy Dutton is the local town daughter and she's married to the local town sheriff. One day, some- thing weird happens. There are a couple people that are coming into the office and they are sick; as it turns out, something has happened to the water supply. All of Judy and David's friends have turned on them and have gone kind of crazy. So Judy and David decide to leave town and the movie is kind of about how they try and get out of there. And how bureaucracy of the government is trying to contain this enclosure and keep these people in one place and figure out what they are going to do with them, so it doesn't turn into a global pandemic. It's kind of an interesting story; it's very scary and very intense actually. DAMION: So what is different about the adaption? Have you seen the original? RADHA: I have seen the original. I hope the remake maintains the essence of what was good about the first film and obviously we pay a lot of respect to Romero because I think he's a genius working in this genre and I think it's created a lot of what this genre is. This movie has a bigger budget so it can do more in terms of being a cinematic experience but essentially, I think it maintains the essence of the story. DAMION: So, you've worked with a number of some of Hollywood's biggest leading men, from Bruce Wil- lis and Denzel Washington to Colin Farrell and Anto- nio Banderas. Is there anyone in particular that left an impression on you? RADHA: They're all so interesting. I think that's why people become obsessed with them. They are all very sexy and very interesting. Some of them are a lot shorter than you would expect. I guess each of those actors has a different quality, so they were all amaz- ing to work with. DAMION: You have such an incredible life that you have led, what would you say has been one of the most fulfilling experiences in your life both profession- ally and personally? RADHA: I would say recently making a movie in In- dia. It was a challenging experience but I was happy to be Executive Producing it. So, I was part of the process of its development; part of the casting…and in terms of the story, I think it has something very inter- esting to say. It's about a couple that goes to India to adopt a baby and they wait around for this process to complete itself and during this process, their rela- tionship falls apart and then re-finds itself and they reconnect. So theatrically, I thought it was interesting and I thought it was pretty amazing to shoot a movie in India because I've always loved traveling in India and always had this idea that I'd go back and make a film there. So that was a pretty interesting experience for me creatively. Silk dress, Maria Bianca Nero $600 www.biancanero.com