While Hollywood didn’t seem like a far-fetched dream given she’d grown up on American sets doing US accents, she promptly realised the hard yards required to succeed there. So, with credits including Power Rangers RPM, Shortland Street and The Lovely Bones, McIver relocated to LA in 2011. Yet, at first she wasn’t aiming for a showbiz career and began studying psychology, until acting “just kept happening”. The gesture opened McIver’s eyes to the power of creative collaboration. Lucy Lawless recorded cassette tapes of details and sounds to help McIver prepare for portraying a child possessed by her character, Xena’s, soul in Xena: Warrior Princess. McIver went with her dog’s name, Lucy, which turned out to be the name of the next Kiwi who would impact her. “He made me feel like part of the creative process, which made me invested and attentive. Somebody cares what I say’,” recalls McIver. “He asked me what my character's name should be, which was a standout moment of, ‘I have input. Right: McIver as Amber in Netflix’s A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby. Left: Film still of 8-year-old McIver in Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. It started as a hobby, but when she was 8, New Zealand film-maker Harry Sinclair enlightened her to the creative joys of film-making when she was in his 1997 film, Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. She was just 2 when she first acted, in a television commercial, so has been at it for three decades. In recent years, McIver’s also navigated understanding her mental health better, and being indefinitely separated from loved ones due to border closures. And in that time, she’s tackled the monster obstacle course that most actors face: from crushing rejection and job instability, to being told to “act more Hollywood”. The Titirangi, Auckland, native is riding this career high after 10 years in LA. * Kiwi actress Rose McIver is about to become dead famous * Daffodils: Rose McIver aiming for redemption with movie-musical homecoming * Ghosts: Kiwi Rose McIver shines, but TVNZ should have hung onto British original Such a high-profile media appearance comes at a time when McIver’s gracing billboards in New York City, rocking red carpets in Hollywood and appearing in what feels like every second ad break on American network CBS. McIver, 33, appeared to promote her prime-time series, Ghosts, but spent most of the time fangirling over fellow guest, skateboarder Tony Hawk, and sharing how she’s been using gospel music to fend off raccoons attempting to demolish her prized garden. It’s a sunny morning in Los Angeles, US, and a fresh-faced McIver has arrived at an Australian-owned café to talk to me, not long after she appeared on the Late Show with James Corden, where her garden found nationwide fame. “I’m well-suited to another generation,” chuckles Rose McIver after reflecting on the fact she spent her pandemic-induced downtime reading, doing embroidery and obsessively gardening. Kiwi actress Rose McIver splits her time between Auckland and LA.
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