Adam: Adam and Will joined by Australia's greatest actor and sexiest man in the world
[David laughs]
Adam: Just ratified by the United Nations, David Wenham, congratulations
David: Oh thanks for that
Adam: If you could only be one of the two, which would you take?
David: No, easily the former
Adam: Yeah?
David: Oh god yeah, you could never live up to the second tag, it's hard enough to live up to the first one if you had it, but the second one is virtually impossible, especially with my looks
Will: I gotta say though, you have done something that I'd never thought was possible. In the days when I was in school red hair was bad luck (?)
David: I'm with you... with swings and round-a-bouts
Adam: Oh, the carrot top's back?
David: I think so, I think it's back, big time
Adam: How long can you ride it?
David: David Cruesoe has been there for a while
[Adam and Will laugh]
Will: For a couple of weeks!
Adam: As a former debater you're struggling for material, you lead with the Cruesoe
Will: You're pretty modest about it, but also I think the thing that would bother if I was you is, my Mum and a whole bunch of her friends - very big fans of your work. And while I could deal with some of your, you know, sort of, you meet twenty groupies - my Mum in a pack with some, you know... [inaudible]
David: Yeah, that's my fanbase. I'd say mid-fifties to the eighties is my fanbase
Adam: Yeah? Is that the whole Diver Dan - is that a lot of women projecting themselves in a Seachange character and going "Well, he's made her happy, so tell you what, I could do with a Diver Dan around the house"?
David: [laughs] Possibly a Diver Dan around the house
Adam: Well as you know, David, I'm a bit of a maths geek myself, and I'm very excited to see one of the sexiest men in Australian film mathing it up in this latest one. Did you wrestle with the beauty of numbers warming up for the role?
David: We had a lot of guys researching the mathematics so it did seem pretty realistic and quite believable. But in terms of trying to comprehend the actual mathematics itself, no, that's beyond my comprehension
Adam: So if you're a good actor you can pull off a role like you've done, even if you're - not saying that you were - but I mean in complete ignorance of the subject matter?
David: I think you've got to understand a little bit of it. Acting, you know, it's basically 'Lets pretend'
Adam: (laughs) I'm playing 'Lets Pretend' mathematician, I'm making it sound very juvenile, the part that I'm involved in
Will: Yeah, the winner of the 'Best Pretender' at the Oscars this year...
[everyone laughs]
Adam: David Wenham!
David: Well I tell you what, that would be very easy in those particular awards
[everyone laughs]
Adam: Can I tell you... there's a push for reality TV at the moment. All these Celebrity Survivors - Celebrity Big Brothers. Just say there was a Celebrity Big Brother, they've got David Wenham in. Which character would you go for? The nerdy maths genius from The Bank? Diver Dan?
David: I don't know if I'd win it, but my vote who would make fascinating viewing is Doug from Cosi who was a pyromaniac. I think that would prove fascinating viewing
[Adam and Will laugh]
Will: [laughing] I don't know if the other housemates would like it, but nobody in the audience would ever vote you out
David: [you've GOT to listen to the actual interview to hear what his voice actually sounds like with this - it's HILARIOUS - sort of sly and plotting] That's right... yes... yes...
Will: See how much you do that bum dance when you're on fire!
[everyone in creases of laughter by this point]
Will: Just patting trying to put yourself out!
David: It would be the flaming bum dance
Adam: David Wenham thankyou for your time
David: Absolute pleasure