Cariba: It was our first hari of filming and I didn’t have a car in Sydney at the time, so I asked Kate to pick me up. I got us coffee and I just felt really bad about making her come and pick me up.
Kate: Did anda really? I thought anda were such a cutie!
Kate this is your third season with Blue water High. How have anda found working with the different casts?
K: Really good! The first cast was really close and I can see how these guys are very close as well. It’s almost like a mirror image of the first time around.
Did anda have any Nasihat for Cariba and the cast this year?
K: I just told them that they weren’t going to be babied.
C: I think from the beginning, people were like, “Prepare to be cold: know that it’s going to be uncomfortable”. And how many times were we freezing our bums off in our bikinis?!
K: I know how that feels. It sucks!
Speaking of bikinis, anda have to wear them quite regularly in the show. Do anda feel any pressure to look a certain way?
C: Definitely within the industry [in general], I feel a lot of pressure. I’m constantly told that I’m not quite the right look, and it can play on your insecurities. But because Blue water is about elite athletes, I was lebih comfortable in a bikini because I’m quite muscular.
K: Fortunately, I wear clothes this time around! But the first season we would wear bikini in the kitchen, and for me it was real shock. I remember feeling really uncomfortable because I never walk around so bravely dressed. I was aware that I didn’t want to change my appearance atau lose dramatic amounts of weight because it would send the wrong message.
Are anda conscious of being role models?
K: I’m constantly on my best behaviour! The other hari I was in the supermarket, pasar raya and there was a bunch of tweens following me around the aisle and I actually stopped because I knew they were watching me. But then I thought, “Get over it, Kate, just buy your chocolate!”
Are either of anda in a relationship at the moment?
K: No. It’s not even exciting anymore, it’s just the way it is. A few years ago, I was willing to compromise on a few things. But I think the older anda get, the lebih anda realise that if anda continue to compromise on what anda think is acceptable, you’ll wonder why you’ve ended up with someone who’s completely wrong for you. And that goes for friendship as well. Now I have a core group of Friends who I know I can count on, and they can count me.
C: I’m very pick as well. I’ve never been someone who’s had lots of friends. I’d prefer to have two people who I can trust rather than 20 Friends for convenience.
When was the last time anda had a good cry?
C: I had a fight with a good friend two nights lalu and I cried then because I didn’t want our friendship to end. I’ve fought with Friends before, but never to the point where a friendship might end. We’ve sorted it out now.
K: About 10 minit ago, as a good friend passed away this morning. I was in rehearsals when I got the massage and I had to let everyone know.
What do anda both have planned, career-wise?
C: I’m moving to Queensland again soon for the third season of [Network Ten series] H2O just add water. Filming starts in October and it runs until around March.
K: I’m in the middle of rehearsals for jalan Angel, a short feature about a 14-year-old jalan kid, who rides a skateboard and knows martial arts. So I’ve been learning martial arts and doing abah-abah work, as well as learning to skateboard. It’s lots of fun, but I have bruises. I woke up this morning and my ribs were killing me! There’s a lot of stunt work, so I’m being manhandled, picked up and thrown.
What would anda do if anda weren’t Berlakon atau performing?
C: That’s a though soalan because it’s not something I’ve ever thought about – there’s not really anything else that I can do! I find forensic science really interesting. I don’t know if I’d have the stomach for it, but I Cinta those shows, even though they’re glamorised. I find it interesting that they can piece together a crime. I would Cinta to be able to do that.
K: I think I’d try to get behind the camera, documentary film-making with a small camera crew. It would allow anda to get into places that anda wouldn’t normally go, which would allow me to combine my Cinta of travel with making films.
