Nathalie: (the craziest thing she‘s ever done for love) When I was 18 years old and I’d finished school I went to Brazil for 7 months to work with street kids, but also because there was a boy I was in love with who lived there. That was pretty crazy. Apart from that I’ve got a good head on my shoulders. I let the boys do the crazy things for me. [laughs] I’m not about to do crazy things for them.
Nathalie: Being in Tokyo was closer to home than living in L.A., but I guess just in general Australian people are chatty and open and in Japan it was hard for me to communicate with people because the majority of the people there don’t speak any English at all. It’s very cosmopolitan city, and you’d imagine everybody speaks English so it’s very deceiving. Apart from that it was exciting to film in Japan and I didn’t miss home too much.
Nathalie: (her favourite scene in “Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift“) Definitely the last scene where I get to start the race. I always wanted to do that (laughs) ever since I watched Grease when I was a little girl. I had to work myself up and talk myself into doing that because that part of my character isn’t really me. I had all these extras watching me and it was kind of a tough job, but it was exciting to see it at the end. To finish the movie like that was awesome.
Nathalie: (on how her driving style has changed since she moved to Los Angeles) I’m officially more crazy on the road now so if you are in Los Angeles look out because I am right behind you! [laughs] Drifting isn’t something you can translate onto an L.A. freeway, that’s pulling around corners but I have more confidence behind the wheel. I have to because if anybody sees me drive and recognize me from the film I better do a good job. I have to keep up the illusion.
Nathalie: I wasn’t like Eva Mendez or anything, someone super-sexy like that, I was just going to be this young schoolgirl. It was brave. I couldn’t believe it.
Nathalie: (on movie offers) I have to hold out for the stuff I want to do. I’ve got to stick in there, and not just jump onboard the next thing that is offered to me.
Nathalie runs on the beach as a form of exercise.
In 2006, she was in a commercial for Schick Quatro razors.
She participated in the New South Wales Drama Festival.
As of 2006, Nathalie has a three-picture deal with Universal.
When she started the filming of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Nathalie had just obtained her driver's license. She had only driven automatic vehicles before the movie which made for a steep learning curve with the advanced art of drifting.
Nathalie worked with volunteer groups in the poorer areas of Sydney, specifically assisting with poor Aborigines in Redfern.
She was cast as the lead character in a pilot for the WB network called Mermaid but the show never got picked up.
She left Australia in 2005 to come to the United States to pursue her acting career.
She plays Neela in the movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
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