Polly’s dreams of making it as an actor are shattered when her twin sister catapults to international stardom. Scrambling to catch up – Polly juggles woeful auditions, painfully awkward dates and her underwhelming job at the local cinema.
Plot
Polly always dreamed of being a successful actress. The problem is she keeps refusing to take on roles that she finds repugnant. Her identical twin sister Amy will take any role offered to her and because of her work ethics she becomes famous. Because of her sister’s fame Polly keeps being mistaken for her.
Envious of her sister’s success Polly starts to impersonate her in order to get all the freebies that come along when you’re famous.
Polly decides to throw her job in and head for Hollywood for Pilot Season castings. Disappointed that she turned up at the wrong time of year she spends some time catching up with her actress friend Zoe. Zoe gives Polly a good dose of reality in that all that glitters is not gold.
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Trivia
- The production budget for this film was a mere $60,000.
- Isabel is close friends with Alice Foulcher.
- Jared Leto was in no way involved in the making of this film despite his many mentions.
- That’s Not Me has been met with positive reviews, and holds a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 87%.
- At the 2017 Sydney Film Festival That’s Not Me came fourth at the Foxtel Movies Audience Awards and ninth in the Top 10 Audience Awards at the 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival.
- The film was ranked #5 of The Guardian’s Top 10 Australian Films of 2017.
