CalebInterview

C9: How you doing Caleb?

C: Good. Yourself?

C9: Not bad. Hey look, heaps of questions have come in from fans all over
the world so we�re just going to wade our way through those and the first one is how much is Caleb like Lex?

C: Well, hopefully not a lot. There�s bound to be a tiny wee incy bit of me in there somewhere but the majority of Lex is a completely different person.

C9: Now some of the story lines that you�ve had to deal with have been a bit full on. Like the rape attempt, throwing Zoot off the balcony and other things, how do you find being the nastiest Tribe member?

C: I enjoy it actually. I like it a lot. Some of the story lines, as you say, have been a bit full on but I mean it�s something you have to deal with and you just have to distance yourself from the character and what you�re doing with the character. More to protect yourself than anything else.

C9: Do you have a say in what Lex wears?

C: The wardrobe; they�re really great. They�ll listen to what you say. They wont just give you something and say �This is it� no matter what. They�re really receptive and they�ll take onboard your ideas. Recently I got a costume changed. A lot because it was just too hot and it was coming into summer here and I was too hot in my other costume and I was sweating and I was getting really uncomfortable, so yeah we have a say.

C9: Do you ever wish you weren�t an actor?

C: No.

C9: If you couldn�t be an actor what would you want to be?

C: Probably a musician.

C9: Have you ever been to the UK?

C: Yes.

C9: And what did you think of it while you were there?

C: Loved it:

C9: What did you go for?

C: Went for promotion of �The Tribe�.

C9: And who else went with you?

C: Meryl and Dwayne.

C9: How well do you get on with the rest of the cast?

C: Very good actually. We all get on really, really well.

C9: Do you have a best friend in the cast?

C: Me and Dwayne get on really well, but no I get on with all of them pretty well.

C9: What�s the best thing about being on �The Tribe� for you?

C: It�s doing what I love doing. I�m enjoying it so much and I�m with the best bunch of people I could possibly ask for. I�ve made a lot of great friends. Both, production crew and cast.

C9: If you could write a story line for Lex, what would it be?

C: Story line for Lex? Ah�

C9: Would he be nasty or would he be better?

C: He�d be absolutely horrible. (laughs) He�d�I don�t know. He�d destroy the world. I know he�d do something really bad. Maybe get rid of the Mall Rats once and for all and start his own tribe.

C9: Now with the Tribe members you�ve done a fair bit of your fair share of kissing�

C: Uh huh.

C9: Do you know how many of the girls you�ve kissed?

C: I�ll go through names. There�s been Tai-San, Zandra, Ebony, Alice� I�m sure there�s more than that.

C9: Salene?

C: Salene. No, no, I never did kiss Salene.

C9: What�s it like acting in a show that�s seen all around the world and playing the bad guy?

C: At the moment it�s not so bad over here in New Zealand. New Zealander�s are a bit more relaxed about that sort and it�s only just recently started showing. I�m not sure how it would be taken overseas.

C9: If you could be a different character in �The Tribe�, who would you like to be?

C: I�ve never really played a good guy before so Bray would be an interesting challenge.

C9: When you�re on set, who do you hang out with?

C: It all depends on the scene really. There�s some scenes where there�s only two people so you don�t really have a lot of choice but we all make jokes. There�s a whole pile of us who all go back to the furniture room between shots, when they set it up, and we all have a laugh and tell a few stories so it�s not really singled out at all.

C9: What do you think of it when you do get to sit down and see an episode?

C: Pretty critical.

C9: Do you ever look at it and go �Oh, I could have played that differently�?

C: Constantly. I think every actor will do it and I don�t think you can ever be fully happy with a performance and I�m constantly looking back on things and saying �Man I wish I could do that again now because I know I could just do so much more a better job�.

C9: How do you think you would cope if today the virus hit in real life?

C: Personally I think I�d cope okay. I mean, I know it�d be a chaotic situation and the world would just go nuts. I�d try and make the best of it.

C9: Do you ever date cast members?

C: No. It�s not the thing to do in a professional environment.

C9: What�s your favourite story line been so far in �The Tribe�?

C: Actually my character�s on an amazing roller-coaster and the story line that he took off on was one of my favourite. Probably because I played him though. When he became a drunk and a wreck and he went just nuts and he lost it and he lost it and that was a lot of fun.

C9: When he went off on his drunken behavior, does it sort of take you somewhere that you don�t want to be?

C: Yeah. Yeah in a way. He did a few things that I wouldn�t be proud of if I was him.

C9: Fun to play but you wouldn�t want to be there.

C: Yeah.

C9: Who was the first person you met when you first arrived in Wellington for filming?

C: The first person I met was Mark Thomson. He was a cast driver. First cast person I met was Beth Allen.

C9: Do you ever get nervous when you�re acting?

C: Yup. I get nervous. I play on my nerves and I use them because being nervous helps add to your performance.

C9: Is there a certain type of scene that makes you more nervous.

C: Yeah. Really intense scenes can make you get a bit. You know when you�ve got to go really nuts at somebody.

C9: Okay now we�ve got a couple of personal Caleb questions to finish off on.

C: Personal Caleb questions?

C9: So brace yourself. Who was the first person you kissed.

C: Ever?

C9: Yeah.

C: Are we talking full on kiss? Or just a little peck?

C9: Well, you tell us.

C: Okay, I remember her name was Catherine. Nickname �Gubby�. I hope she never ever hears this (laughs) and I got dared to kiss her.

C9: And what do you look for in a girl?

C: I like personality. I know everybody�s probably just thinking I�m just saying that but no, it�s the truth.

C9: Well thanks for joining us on Tribeworld.

C: Not a problem.