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 Dogs in Space: Anna (Saskia Post)  Born in Martinez, California, Saskia Post moved between America and Japan with her parents, before settling in Australia in 1975. When she was five, Saskia recalls seeing THE SOUND OF MUSIC and since then has wanted to be an actress. At school she studied acting and singing. After finishing high school she spent a year attending acting workshops and dance classes in Sydney. Saskia started a degree course in drama and arts at the University of New South Wales but gave it up after twelve months to attend a full-time course at The Drama School in 1981. Shortly after completing the course she obtained her first television role. Saskia successfully auditioned for the role of Julia, a young Dutch refugee in THE SULLIVANS. She moved to Melbourne and worked with Crawford Productions for twelve months before leaving to take part in a feature film. Saskia played Eva, a Czech-born bank teller in John Duigan's ONE NIGHT STAND, a satirical drama about naivety and human fortitude. The film was set inside the Sydney Opera House on the night that World War 3 broke out. While continuing to play in numerous television series since 1982, Saskia looks back on THE SULLIVANS as being "Great fun and highly rewarding. I haven't enjoyed working in television as much since then." In 1984, Saskia appeared in the feature film BLISS as the young Honey Barbara. BLISS, directed by Ray Lawrence, won the 1985 A.F.I. Award for Best Film. For Saskia, DOGS IN SPACE was very different from her previous work because of the subject and the environment on set. She had never worked with a large ensemble of actors and non-actors before. "This made a huge difference. It made the atmosphere so much more earthy and raw. We spent a lot of time together getting to know each other, hanging out in the house and going out as a group." Saskia had never met Michael Hutchence before the production of DOGS IN SPACE. She found him, "A very down-to-earth person. There was no issue made of his rock star image. Michael wanted to fit into the ensemble and that happened very quickly. We got on well together. Actually, working with him was fantastic. He had an enormous commitment to the film. We all did. It was a great experience. Intense but great. "Richard gave us a lot of room to move with our roles from the rehearsal stage on. The script was really a skeleton script. People were able to develop their character from that. He gave us an immense amount of space to work in. "The other thing with Richard was his unusual approach to filming. He would have such long scenes, all in one shot. Actors could then build something very real. Things would be going on in different parts of the house and Richard would get it all in one go. It made things so much easier working in this way." Saskia compares the characters in the film to pin balls in a pin ball machine. "They would be going in all directions and it didn't matter to them. Except Anna, who cared a lot abut what was happening to her. She was not like the others. She sought some security in her life. "A maternal and loving figure, she loved Sam a great deal. She believed in him. She wanted him to be successful. He may not have cared too much but she loved him. Besides, they had great sex! "I think Anna took drugs with Sam to understand him better. She had no personal desire to use them but it was a way of finding out what he was experiencing. Unfortunately, the results were tragic!" |
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