Empire Australasia – August 2019

COMINGSOON

FROZEN 2

(2019)

Gadreturns

tovoice

loveable

snowman

Olafin this

much-

anticipated

sequeltothe

billion-dollar

Disney

cartoon.

CENTRAL

PARK

(2020)

Thisnew

animation

fromthe

Bob’s

Burgersteam

seesGad

lead

a familyof

Manhattan

caretakers.

ARTEMIS

FOWL

(2020)

Inthissci-fi

adaptationof

theYAnovel,

Gadplays

Mulch

Diggums,

a dwarf

thiefwith

explosive

flatulence.

Whatwasyourroleinyourfirst-ever

schoolplay?

MyfirstbigplaythatI canrememberwas

sophomoreyearofhighschool.I playedTevye

inFiddlerOnTheRoof. Letmetellyou,thereis

nobody morecapableofunderstandinga father

ofsix,inmid-lifecrisis,dealingwithpogroms,

thana 15-year-old.I wasquiteaheadofmytime.

Haveyoueverwrittenfanmailtoanyone?

I wrotea fanlettertoRobinWilliams,andtoBilly

Crystal,whowouldendupmyco-starmanyyears

later.I heardbackfromRobinWilliams’assistant;

neverheardbackfromBilly.I shouldgivehimshit

forit,actually.Thereallyfunnystoryaboutfan

mailis mygrandfather.HewasintheHolocaust

andhedidaninterviewfor[StevenSpielberg’s]

ShoahFoundation.WhenI wasgettingstarted,he

decidedtowritea lettertoStevenSpielbergtelling

himwhyhisgrandsonshouldbegivenworkinone

ofhismovies.Hebegantheletter,“DearStevie”.

It wasverydirect—I didthisforyou,sonowyou

needtomakemygrandsonthestarofoneofyour

movies.Thathasnothappened!ButI really

respectmygrandfather for calling one of the great

directors“Stevie”.

Whois themostfamouspersonthatyoucouldtext

rightnow?

Myfavouritenumberis JudiDench.Sheis saved

as“JudiDench”andthen,inparentheses,

“Dame”.Sheembroideredmea pillow.It says:

“Josh‘You’reStandingTooClose’Gad”.

What’sthebestthingyou’veeverstolenfrom

a movieset?

I triedtostealmywigfromBeautyAndThe

BeastjustbecauseI wasinlovewiththatthing

andjustwantedtowalkaroundtownwithit.

Buttheysaidthatthatwasa non-starter.

Howmuchis a cartonofmilk?

I don’tdrinkmilk.I wanttosayaround$4.How

faroffamI?[Empiretellshimit’sabout$1.20]

You don’t shop at Whole Foods, do you?

What’sthestrangestplaceyou’veeverthrownup?

OhGod,a coupleofmonthsbackI wentout

anddrankfartoomanyvodkasodas.I got

homeandthrewuponmylawn.Thenext

morningI downedoneofthosebreakfast

sandwichesfromStarbucksinmycar,driving

toa meetingthatI calledontheDisneylot.

Somebodyhonkedatme.I shityounot:

I lookedover,theyrecognisedme,I immediately

gotsick.I threwupintotheStarbucksbag.

Thebagexplodedallovermeandmysteering

wheel.AtwhichpointI hadtogothrough

securityontheDisneylot trying desperately

to cover myself up.

Whendidyoulastcleanyourbathroom?

Actually,yesterday.I’mshootinga seriesright

nowinLondonandstayingata hotel.I wasin

mytub...allofa sudden,myentireceiling

startedpouringwater.I gotoutofthetub...and

startedthrowingtowelsonthefloordesperately

tryingtomakesurethatmyroomdidn’tbecome

thethirdactofNoah.I cleanedit upandthen

realised,“Oh,therearepeoplewho would help

meinthisplacecalleda hotel.”

Ona scaleofoneto10,howhairyis

yourarse?

I wouldsaya two.I’vebeencomplimentedon

thefactthatI donothavea hairyass.Mylittle

brother’sgotthehairiestbacksideI’veever

seen,tothepointthatI’mwonderingif my

parentsadopteda gorillaandtaughtit English.

ButI wasgivena verylovely,albeitpale,ass.

What’stheonethingthatyoudobetterthan

anyoneelseyouknow?

I doa meanclickwithmytongue.[Demonstrates

animpressivelysharpsnap] I haven’t met many

peoplewhocandothat.

Haveyoueverknowinglybrokenthelaw?

TheworstthingI everdidwasI stolea bunchof

StarWarsfiguresfrommybestfriend’sbrother.

Thenmymomgavethemaway.Tothisday,every

timeI seehim,I feelsuchenormousguilt.I’m

like,“Istilloweyoua lotofmoney for those

StarWars toys.”HELEN O’HARA

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