Speaking in tongues

Applauded young Aotearoa actress Madeleine Sami, dodges questions about her involvement with Rings star Elijah Woods (“we kind of hung out and went to the movies a bit”), a day after Woods confesses he’s infatuated with her in Britain’s Arena magazine. Sami, however, is sure about her New Zealand edge: “I feel a strong desire to keep representing New Zealand and keep finding those New Zealand voices and put them on stage. In Hollywood all our actors don’t do that; they go there and speak American”.