SHE'S put years of turmoil behind her and is back on TV, but Brooke Satchwell would rather face-off with Mother Nature.
A few days later, I'm sitting in a cafe with Satchwell. More at ease in a T-shirt, shorts, thongs and no make-up, she admits that when she started out in the industry 15 years ago, on Neighbours, she was relaxed in photoshoots because she didn't know any better. "As the years progressed, I went downhill and became more rigid and tense. I guess that knocked my self-confidence a bit," she explains.
For our shoot, she eventually nailed her "sexy face" when she was talking about, of all things, her drum kit. "I was distracted. And a great shot is about being in the moment."
Her last stint on the small screen was in 2008's short-lived drama Canal Road. Towards the end of her 20s, the 31-year-old found herself questioning if acting was right for her. "I've thought about [giving it up] a lot over the years. I started doing it when I was 15, when most people are just deciding what they want to be when they grow up," she says. "I tend to do things in a backwards sequence, which wreaks havoc on my confidence because sometimes I feel I've reached the top of the skyscraper without having laid the foundations.
"There was a period when I honestly wouldn't have paid me to do what I was doing. I have a strong bulls--- detector and I couldn't justify the feedback I was getting."
After finding the courage to walk away from onscreen roles, Satchwell volunteered behind the camera as a "dogsbody" on various productions.
"I love cinematography - it fascinates me," she says. "When we put on Christmas concerts as kids, I was pulling the strings behind-the-scenes and my cousins and sister were dressed up out front; it's ironic this ended up as my day job." Her experience behind the camera shows when she's onset, says Rafters co-star Samantha Tolj, who plays Frankie's best friend, Sian. "You can see it in the way Brooke relates to the cast and crew; she's the furthest thing from a diva.
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