Interview by Emma Penelope Chan
I first met Andy Trieu on a recent
visit to Sydney, where I was lucky
enough have a kick-ass Korean dinner
with him and some other arts and
entertainment professionals. As much
as I wanted to throw him questions
left, right and centre (like any other
seemingly normal fan would) I have to
say, keeping my cool and focusing
more on that kimchi allowed me the
time to prepare all the questions for a
later date - which leads me to this
exclusive ArtView interview!
So Andy – are you ready for some Q&A tennis?
Owww! Yes, always ready for a game of Q & A
tennis… ;-p
First serve, thanks for allowing me this lovely
opportunity to interview you on behalf of ArtView
magazine! Now, let’s backtrack a little. You’re
originally from Canberra – how did you initially get
into the entertainment industry?
Hello! Well, I sent out 5 emails a day to someone in
the entertainment industry, from home in Canberra,
asking them to employ me in some way or form,
even though I didn’t have any experience at the
time, but I was super keen! About 1% of the people
got back, but that 1% were the ones who opened a
few doors for me.
Also, I have to admit I skipped a few University
classes at ANU to go to auditions in Sydney.
Eventually I landed my first TV role which was
playing a serial killer, Sef Gonzales, in Crime
Investigations Australia.
After some time, I landed a good agent and I
could tell my parents I was going to stop jigging
University classes, which made them really happy
until they realised I would now take an entire
University Semester break! (Oops!)