ROBERT ‘MILLSY’ MILLS
I was happiest when … I got the call to be the original Fiyero in Oz [in Australian musical stage show Wicked]. I burst into tears I was so happy. You wouldn’t know it but … I dropped out of drama in Year 12 because I was too afraid to act in front of people. My most embarrassing moment … doing a full moon to the audience whilst trying to pick up my flailing mic pack, nude, in my first musical performance of Hair. The last time I cried was … Avengers: Endgame. But proper ugly cry was watching A Star Is Born. The last book I read was … Leigh Sales — Any Ordinary Day. Beautiful heartwarming/heartbreaking stories of resilience and hope. My favourite films are … all the Avengers, Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, La La Land, Moulin Rouge, Crash, Identity, Forrest Gump, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars (all). I really want to … play guitar at an elite level. My guilty pleasure is … MAFS [Married at First Sight]. Life has taught me … that we are all equal and that we all have stuff. I’m about to … start riding a motorbike. My first job was … paper boy before school. Seven days a week for $21. My most memorable work-related moment is … waking up from a coma with retrograde amnesia. No longer do I have to play the villain on the show [Neighbours]. I’m a good guy! What I enjoy most about my work is … I just love telling stories through acting and singing.
Rob Mills and Jemma Rix will headline the Australian Musical Theatre Festival in Launceston from May 2326. On May 25 they will host an audition masterclass at Launceston College at 9.30am (tickets $35 participants, $20 spectators), and star in The Sound of Musicals at Princess Theatre at 7.30pm ($29 adults, $24 concession, $20 students). They will also hold a guest talk Rob Mills & Jemma Rix in their Own Words on May 26 at 11am ($20). Details at amtf.org.au