2011 Breakout TV Stars: The Secret Circle's Phoebe Tonkin Bares All (Thanks in Part to a Necklace Shirt)
Just how awesome is The Secret Circle's Phoebe Tonkin, one of our Breakout TV Stars of 2011? She's a TV fan, like all good people.
During our chat with the Australian beauty—who plays the coven's bad girl Faye with equal measures of mean-girl malice and teenage vulnerability—she revealed her inner couch potato, telling us she's currently obsessed with New Girl and Revenge. "I just want to be Zooey Deschanel," she tells us. "She's just the best!" As if that weren't enough to make us adore her, Tonkin later tells us Marissa Cooper (Mischa Barton) is her all-time favorite TV character. "I've been watching the whole O.C. and I just love it!" she says.
In case you couldn't tell, we are harboring a major girl crush on Tonkin, who talked with us about taking on a beloved book character, when she learned what shipping means and that time she wore a beaded necklace as a shirt...
"Vampire Diaries" kehrt am 11. Oktober 2012 mit der 4. Staffel zurück auf die US-Bildschirme. In der kommenden Staffel sollen viele neue Charaktere eingeführt werden. Eine Figur ist die der Hayley, einer Freundin von Tyler. Dargestellt wird sie von der aus "The Secret Circle" bekannten Schauspielerin Phoebe Tonkin. In "The Secret Circle" spielt die 23-Jährige die Hexe Faye Chamberlain.
Bereits Anfang Juni berichteten wir, dass Serienerfinder Kevin Williamson ein Auge auf Tonkin geworfen hatte. Er hoffte, dass man ihr eine Rolle in "The Vampire Diaries" schreiben würde, denn er glaubte, dass sie sonst in einer anderen Serie gebucht werde. Nun hat sich Williams durchgesetzt und Tonkin übernimmt die Nebenrolle ab der dritten Episode der vierten Staffel.
Zur Zeit wird die erste Staffel von "Vampire Diaries" auf sixx wiederholt. Ob und wann die erste Staffel von "The Secret Circle" in Deutschland ausgestrahlt wird ist unklar.
25.09.2012 „The Vampire Diaries“: Phoebe Tonkin spricht über ihren Seriencharakter Hayley
Phoebe Tonkin Foto: Andrew Evans / PR Photos
Viele Fantasy-Fans dürften die hübsche Mimin Phoebe Tonkin bereits als Faye aus der Serie „The Secret Circle“ kennen, doch schon bald wird sie auch in „The Vampire Diaries“ kräftig mitmischen und ein als wild, sexy und freigeistig beschriebenes Mädchen namens Hayley spielen, das offenbar eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit mit Tyler (Michael Trevino) hat.
Erstmals sprach Phoebe in einem Interview mit „The Insider“ nun über ihre neue Rolle und verglich Hayley mit ihrer „Secret Circle“-Figur Faye. „Ich mag es, dass [Hayley] eine Weltenbummlerin ist, ein bisschen von einem Wildfang hat und ziemlich draufgängerisch und provokativ ist, aber nicht so, wie es Faye in ‚Secret Circle‘ war“, enthüllte sie einige Details über ihren neuen Charakter.
Im Gegensatz zur manipulativen Faye sei Hayley nämlich nur so forsch, weil sie „nicht wirklich Elternfiguren in ihrem Leben hatte“, nahm Phoebe ihre Serienfigur in Schutz und fügte hinzu: „Ich mag es, dass sie zäh ist und mit den Jungs mithalten kann.“ Zum ersten Mal sehen können die Zuschauer Hayley übrigens in der dritten Folge der vierten „Vampire Diaries“-Staffel.
The Sun-Herald's Kate Waterhouse sat down for a drink with Australian actor Pheobe Tonkin
Kate Waterhouse with actress Phoebe Tonkin Young blood ... Kate Waterhouse and Phoebe Tonkin. Photo: James Brickwood
Los Angeles-based Australian actor Phoebe Tonkin stars in the hit US supernatural TV series The Vampire Diaries, and was on ambassador duties in Sydney last week for jewellery label Jan Logan. Kate Waterhouse spoke with the 23-year-old about getting her big break, living in LA and her love life.
Did you always want to be an actor?
Not really. I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but someone told me to just get involved with everything at school which I did, from Japanese club, to drama club to choir. I just fell in love with acting and I started doing acting classes at ATYP [Australian Theatre for Young People] and I really enjoyed it. Then I auditioned for a couple of things and [the Australian TV series] H2O: Just Add Water came from that. From there it became less of a hobby and more of a job. It's great to be working in something that you love doing.
What was your big break overseas?
I had a series of auditions with Kevin Williamson, who was the producer [of The Secret Circle], and after that he called to say I had got the job and I literally flew out straight away to Canada to start filming.
When did you get your big break with The Vampire Diaries?
That came from The Secret Circle because Kevin Williamson produces both of them. After The Secret Circle was discontinued, I expressed how much I loved working for Warner Bros and [TV network] the CW, and would love to find a place in one of their shows. It was just kind of by chance there was a role in The Vampire Diaries that seemed suitable.
What's it like to be part of The Vampire Diaries phenomenon?
It's such a crazy thing. It has a huge fan base that is so invested in those characters and that show. It's exciting to be a part of it and witness it … the fans are what drive that show.
What do you do for fun?
One of my best friends, [actor] Teresa Palmer, and I are very passionate about healthy living and a natural lifestyle, so we started this website called yourzenlife.com. We only just launched it last week, so when I'm not working I am busy tapping away on the computer.
What is the website all about?
It is a scrapbook of different ideas, tips and tricks. We touch on everything from healthy living and exercise to spirituality. We also talk about eating organically on a budget and finding fresh local things without spending a fortune; just things that we personally like to learn and talk about .
How did you become friends with Teresa?
We were going to [the music festival] Coachella and we ended up in the same car for a few hours and we got talking and realised that we had very similar life goals and shared the same passions, and from then on we grew very close.
Do all the expat Aussie actors stick together in LA?
Yes, there is a bit of an Aussie situation. I know it's terrible I go over and just hang with Australians - I could be in Bondi. [But] it's nice to be around people who are in the same sort of situation.
Will you stay based in LA?
At this stage, yes, but with this kind of job, you don't know where you'll end up.
Do you have a boyfriend?
That was subtle! [Laughs] umm, no.
What do you look for in a guy?
At the moment, a non-actor guy and, I guess, [someone who's] smart, nice and funny.
Where do you see yourself in five years' time?
I'd love to still be working, whether it's here or overseas. I'm old-fashioned, so I guess I would also love to be getting closer to starting a family and getting married and all those things.
If you could play any character, who would it be?
I loved Gwyneth Paltrow in the The Royal Tenenbaums and Reese Witherspoon in Election. I love quirky films and characters like that.
WE WENT TO Hugos Bar Pizza, Potts Point.
WE ATE Quinoa and brown rice salad; grilled baby eggplant and sun-dried tomato with olive oil; shaved fennel, blood orange and pecorino salad.
WE DRANK Blood orange, strawberry, lime, apple juice and fresh-mint mocktails.
PHOEBE WORE Ellery jacket and top, Joe's jeans, Alexander Wang shoes, Jan Logan jewellery and Tan & Brown bag.
Neuer Still : Phoebe Tonkin für " Harper’s Bazaar " - The Young Actor’s Portfolio Februar 2013 Australien
There’s something supernatural about Tonkin — a nameless quality possessed by few actors.
It’s something casting directors have clearly tapped into: some of her most memorable roles include a mermaid (H20: Just Add Water), a witch (The Secret Circle) and a werewolf (The Vampire Diaries, for which she’s won a following in the US).
She also starred in Home and Away, Packed to the Rafters and cult feature film Tomorrow, When the War Began, as well as last year’s shark tale, Bait.
“I really love playing strong, ballsy characters, whether on television or film,” she says. “It’s strange, I used to only get cast as the naive girl next-door, but then something happened and now the only call-backs I get are, like, the vixen or the mistress … the ones that cause trouble. Something happened when I turned 21.” She lets out a laugh.
Tonkin lives in LA, but is keen to return to Australia for work: “Being US-based is great, and we have a bit of an Aussie crew,” she says of mates such as Teresa Palmer (with whom she started wellness website yourzenlife.com), “but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t come home. I would love to do more work in Australia there. I’d jump at the chance to come back.”
Buy the February issue of Harper’s BAZAAR to read the full Young Actor’s Portfolio. From bouts of Puberty Blues to joining Gatsby’s gang, Australia’s new wave of actors – Isabelle Cornish, Khan Chittenden, Sean Keenan, Sarah Snook, Callan McAuliffe and Phoebe Tonkin – is making its talents count.
In Deutschland dauert es noch ein bisschen bis die Pilotfolge von The Originals als 20. Episode der Serie The Vampire Diaries ausgestrahlt wird.
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Hayley ist nämlich von Klaus schwanger und die Darstellerin Phoebe Tonkin erzählt darüber in einem neuen Videointerview. So scherzt sie, dass sie für die 1. Staffel von The Originals jetzt also viel Eis essen müsse, um das spielen zu können. Sie möchte aber nicht mit Klaus zusammen kommen, da sie ein absoluter Anhänger von Team Karoline sei.
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