Hollywood star Melissa McCarthy wants to LIVE in Australia after filming Nine Perfect Strangers in Byron Bay
American actress Melissa McCarthy wants to be an honorary Australian.
In a new interview with InStyle Magazine, the 50-year-old revealed that after filming Nine Perfect Strangers in Byron Bay, she feels inclined to move Down Under permanently.
‘I am connected to Australia in a way that I didn’t anticipate. I could very easily live here for the rest of my life. I’m in love with it,’ she said.
Australia feels like home! In a new interview with InStyle Magazine, Melissa McCarthy, 50, revealed that she’s considering moving Down Under for good
‘Everyone is so chatty. I’m a Midwestern gal who lives in L.A., where no one wants to talk to you. And here I’ll be in the grocery store, and I can’t go down a single aisle without talking to somebody. It’s wonderful,’ she added.
Melissa has been filming the $100million Hulu mini series in the scenic coastal town of New South Wales since August.
In December, a source told the The Daily Telegraph that Melissa enjoyed working in Byron also much that she wanted to shoot her next project, God’s Favorite Idiot, Down Under.
‘They [Melissa and other Hollywood stars] just love it in Australia and absolutely want to make the series here,’ an insider told the publication.
Hollywood greats: Melissa McCarthy shared a photograph on the set of Nine Perfect Strangers in Byron Bay with co-star Nicole Kidman
‘With everything going on in the U.S. right now, the pandemic is out of control, they want to stay here.’
It comes after The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Melissa will be starring alongside her husband of 15 years, Ben Falcone, in God’s Favorite Idiot.
Netflix has commissioned a 16-episode first season of the show, which stars Ben, 47, as a character called Clark Thompson.
And in her chat with InStyle, Melissa confirmed she has no plans to leave the sunburnt country.
Staying put: ‘We’re staying at least until August. Ben wrote a show called God’s Favourite Idiot for Netflix, and we’re going to shoot it here,’ she said. Pictured, Melissa McCarthy with her husband of 15 years Ben Falcone, 47
‘We’re staying at least until August. Ben wrote a show called God’s Favourite Idiot for Netflix, and we’re going to shoot it here.’
Meanwhile, The Bridesmaid star also told the publication her love for Australia is so great, she keeps trying to enlist her Hollywood friends to follow her to our sunny shores.
‘Ben says, “You can’t just tell people to hop on a plane and go to Australia.” I was like, “Well, I’m trying to create the world I want,”‘ she added.
It’s her world! Melissa also told InStyle she’s been telling all of her Hollywood friends to relocate to Australia. ‘I’m trying to create the world I want,’ she said