‘I have never been a winner’: A life-changing opportunity for actor Rahel Romahn | michaelidato
Janie BarrettIn his acceptance speech, Romahn thanked Australia’s Indigenous community for the preservation of Australia through its long history, and for creating a “safe haven for myself, my family and countless other refugees.”
Born in Kurdistan, in Northern Iraq, at the height of Saddam Hussein’s genocidal rule, Romahn and his family came to Australia when he was a young boy. But growing up in western Sydney, as an outsider, Romahn said he struggled as a victim of bullying.“I was bullied, I was ostracised. I could not fit in, I was the odd one out wherever I went. I felt that, and it was painful,” Romahn said.
The prospect of moving to Los Angeles excites Romahn. “It’s the nucleus,” he says. “If the Australian and British film industries are branches of a tree, then Hollywood, Los Angeles, is where the roots are. Being in Hollywood means being in the nucleus. Being with the people that love it and where the most opportunities are.”
More than 600 applications were submitted for the scholarship this year. A panel of US and Australian casting directors then culled those applications to six finalists, which were then assessed by the scholarship jury: actors Chris Hemsworth and Jacki Weaver, director Rachel Perkins,
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