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Jan 8, 2024 · Part memoir, part fiction, Boy Swallows Universe is an extraordinary tale from Trent Dalton exploring the trials and tribulations of two brothers growing up ...
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Boy Swallows Universe: With Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin, Anthony LaPaglia. In 1980s Brisbane, a precocious boy and his selectively mute brother embark on a suburban odyssey of love, redemption, and retribution after their family is torn apart by a drug lord.
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- 2024-01-11
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Jan 9, 2024 · Simon Baker is making his grand return to TV, nine years after hit series The Mentalist wrapped up on-air. The Aussie actor is starring in the new Australian drama series Boy Swallows Universe in an emotionally-charged role as a functioning alcoholic father-of-two.
WHO spoke with Simon Baker at the Boy Swallows Universe Premiere this week - will you be watching the show? Here's everything you need to know about...
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Jan 11, 2024 · READ MORE: Full list of SAG Awards 2024 nominations and winners. The Devil Wears Prada star admits the storyline did make him hug his kids – who he shares with ex-wife actress Rebecca Rigg – a bit tighter. "My kids are a bit older but yeah, I still hold them very tight," Baker tells 9honey Celebrity.
Jan 22, 2024 · Netflix. When globally renowned actor and Emmy nominee, Simon Baker, first heard about a series adaptation of Trent Dalton’s semi-autobiographical book, “Boy Swallows Universe”, he was immediately interested in playing a part. “My Mum actually said something to me, she’d read the book in book club, and she said, ‘I think you would ...
Jan 11, 2024 · Boy Swallows Universe shows us an era without helicopter parents and nanny states, where mullets were even bigger than they are now and Dunlop Volleys paired perfectly with a blue Chesty Bonds singlet. As Baker says, “It’s bloody suburban Brisbane in the ’80s, which is kind of so drab and uninteresting that it’s cool.”.
