Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - BONUS: Kiwi Actress Ana Scotney On Her Latest Role!

Episode Date: October 10, 2022

Whilst Jono and Ben are on holiday, we throw it back to a time where we caught up with Ana Scotney the Kiwi actress featuring in the latest NZ comedy "Millie Lies Low"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben. Now Kiwi actor Anna Scottley, she's doing big things. You'll know her from Angel on Shortland Street. I told you not to call, I'm at my new job. Because I'm my own woman and I make my own money. It's at the hospital. She was hilarious in the Kiwi comedy The Breaker or Upperers. Is this the **** you've been secretly texting?

This better be an **** joke. This better be candid camera. She's just been in a new Netflix show with comedian Melissa McCartney and now stars in a movie that's out today, Millie Lies Low. It's about a lady who pretends to be in New York. My name is Millie Davies. I'm going to be interning at one of New York's top architecture firms. Yeah, she ends up just hiding away in New Zealand

and pretending she's in New York. And Anna Scott, she joins us in the studio right now. Thanks for coming in. Thank you, mate. Nice to be here. That's really cool. Now, you've done so many amazing things. I feel like you're already, you know, on the way up. Too good for the show, so thank you for coming on in.

We tend to get people on the way up and on the way down. It's our sweet spot. Yeah, two years later, I'm back and like jaded and like bleh. You guys are like, mate, what happened? It was all so promising and bright.

Well, come on our show again. That's a good thing. So people will know you. We'll go through because you've done so much but obviously Shorty, Shorty, yeah, Shortland Street,

you've been on that as well and can we apologise because I think we used you in our final season of John O'Byrne in our marketing. We got a photo and you were part of the marketing. Which I loved.

Which was great. I loved. And it was great to have you there. But I don't think we ever got you to, I think you already moved on overseas to do other stuff. But we never got you to actually appear on the show. So we just used you as part of the marketing. So thank you. Well, thank you.

I mean, it was a great moment. And I loved Jono and Ben a lot. And so honoured to be there. We traded off your good face there but people would have been like I've tuned into the show to see it. It was all you needed. Now you've got a fantastic new movie out now.

It looks very exciting. Filmed in your hometown of Wellington. Yeah. Filming in the stomping ground. You know what? My favourite thing I think was like Millie who I play is really anxious and so I'd sort of be doing that corny like getting ready to go into a you know, high intensity scene

and then just like a homie would be like, hi mate hi mate, how you going? Hey Anna mate what are you doing? I'd be like, oh hey mate you know, I'm working, oh you're working mate, okay That's the problem when you're filming on the street Exactly, exactly I was watching Netflix the other week and I saw you pop up out of the blue Oh, you're working, mate? Okay. That's the problem when you're filming on the street. Exactly. Exactly. I was watching Netflix the other week, and I saw you pop up out of the blue in the new Melissa McCarthy series, God's Favourite Idiot.

Yes. That's awesome. Thank you. How on earth did that happen? Okay, so it was radical. I was like walking the length of the South Island with my ex-boyfriend, and then we'd get into town. So we'll get into town.

Was this down state highways? No, I was walking on Te Araroa because when I'm not working I really love doing durational walks and getting outside and I've always wanted to walk Te Araroa. Was he into it or was that part of the break up reaction? I'm going to also leave that one on a dot dot dot.

But look, the key thing is, so we're walking along and we're like in the hills, in the high country and then we get into town and then like put down an audition. So it was this really buzzy moment of like booking this big job to go and like work with Ben and Melissa whilst I was in like Hannah Springs with my little, my ultra lightweight tramping kit, like getting to Arthur's Pass and being like,

yo, we've got reception. And then being like, whoa, I booked this job. You got the job. And anyway, and so we shot it in when the travel bubble was open in 2021. In Australia, right? Yeah, because Melissa had just finished shooting Nine Perfect Strangers. That was it. I heard you, your first thing you said to her was,

bro, I'm a big fan or bro, I'm a massive fan. Yeah. That was you. Yeah, yeah. Being inside a scene with her and, yeah, we were just about to take off and I was like, I just quickly have to say, like, huge fan. And then she just cracked up laughing and was like, oh, shut up. Wow.

Yeah, yeah, she's great. That's awesome. I don't know. I think it's a case of one of those things where people don't meet your heroes and then you do meet your heroes and then they're rad. Super hardworking and just, yeah, really lovely human. That's awesome.

Well, you are super hardworking. Obviously, many shows, many movies. But also, do you swim in the harbour? I do. Is that something you do early in the morning? I do. I'm a part of this really cute little WhatsApp group called The Washing Machines.

And so you swim in Wellington, because it would be freezing through winter. She gets cold, definitely. But it's so fun, and we're really into it. It's like a real pick and mix of people, people who are diplomats, people who founded Fix and Fog, Peanut Butter, accountants.

It's like a real big pick and mix, but we all love ocean swimming, so we try and get, accountants. It's like a real big pick and mix, but we all love ocean swimming, so we try and get out, like, most mornings. There's always a little mob going. So that mornings we're like, oh, why have I committed to the... Yeah, 100%. Yeah. Have we done it? Through the winter, yeah, through the winter. Through the winter?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It gets really cold, but it's so sick. What about you guys? Are you on that Wim Hof buzz? No, no. You're going to be one of those adorable elderly people that you see like, oh, she's like, what about you guys? Are you on that Wim Hof buzz? No, no. You're going to be one of those adorable elderly people that you see like, oh, she's 92, she swum every day. I hope for that. I truly hope for that vibe. Oh, well, Anna Scottney,

it's been a pleasure hanging out with you. Congrats. Millie Lies Low is the new movie. It's in cinemas now, and you have a wonderful day. Amazing. Thank you guys so much. Have a good day.