#62 - Sarah Nicolazzo - Inside the Craft of Becoming Someone Else

Sarah Nicolazzo is an actor, writer, and filmmaker. With a background in both performance and directing, she brings a deep understanding of story, physicality, and craft to every role. Her latest role in Westgate, directed by Adrian Ortega, sees her step into the lead as Netta, a character defined by emotional weight and complexity.On this episode Sarah shares how she stepped into the role of Netta and built the emotional foundation required for a character with that intensity, why understanding a director’s creative language is essential for truthful performance, how actors protect their energy and separate themselves from the characters they play, what it takes to collaborate seamlessly with the entire film crew, how every person on set shapes the final story, why vulnerability is a necessary part of an actor’s craft, how she navigates the uncertainty and the realities of working in Australian film, what she learned about transformation through performance, how staying curious keeps her growing as an artist and so much more.Follow Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_sarah.nicolazzo/ Follow Westgate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westgate_film/ ----Follow Future History on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehistory.co Follow Wayne Lim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hausofwayne