Melissa George in Touristas
Melissa George is a stepmother, a wife, a TV soap actress, a former champion in rollerskating, and more recently an Aussie tourist being terrorized in the thriller film Turistas.
Melissa claims she got into acting because of the thrill and the family feeling of crews and telling stories with acting, shots and dialog.
Directed by John Stockwell, Turistas is a suspense thriller, centered around a group of young and pretty adventure travelers.They get stranded in an outback Brazilian beach town where they discover that the lush jungles and the sandy beaches are concealing an unsettling, dark secret. Their vacation will eventually turn to go really REALLY bad.
The beautiful actress claims that spending three months in Brazil has fully changed her life. This experience made her more reliant, tougher and she feels that she came back a better actress.
Melissa had to prepare for her part by learning how to speak Portuguese. John Stockwell who directed the thriller made her go to school and learn the language. George claims that she can speak Spanish as well.
She liked the fact that It was rough working on this film. It was rough sets, rough climates, but really realistic.
Cast of the Turistas includes: Olivia Wilde, Josh Duhamel, Desmond Askew, Max Brown and Beau Garett.
The Perth-born Melissa George had a great success as Lauren Reed on Alias and appeared in Derailed and The Amityville Horror last year and also in Music Within opposite Ron Livingston, Waz alongside Selma Blair, and 30 Days of Night alongside Josh Hartnett.
