𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙂𝙄𝙍𝙇

♡ Samara Weaving mum. actress. aussie

[scnatozaki]

thank you so much! that was literally first on my list of things to do now that we're taking a break. instead of three days, i'm sleeping for about a week. well maybe not sleeping but i won't be leaving my bed for an entire week so my body can rejuvenate before i go out and figure out wha ti want to do. that's what i've been told, to take a trip somewhere i haven't been or somewhere i've been wanting to visit. may have to go off the grid for a little bit with no interruptions.

[samweavng]

See? Your body already knows what it wants. Listen to it. You've spent months giving everyone else your energy, so now it's your turn to be selfish for a bit. Stay in bed, order whatever you're craving, ignore every alarm, and don't feel guilty about a single second of it. Going off the grid actually sounds perfect. Find somewhere with good food, pretty views, and terrible phone reception so no one can bother you. The world will survive without you for a week, I promise. And if it doesn't, well, that's hardly your problem.

[maggielinde]

what's a game that you'd love to see turn into a show or a movie? and if you were offered to be a part of it, who would you play? @samweavng

[samweavng]

Red Dead Redemption 2, without even having to think about it. Sadie Adler is one of the coolest characters ever. she's fierce, messy, and basically gets to do everything an actor dreams of. I'd fight people for that role. I also would've loved to be in Mortal Kombat. That ship's sailed, but I'm absolutely chuffed my fellow Aussie and mate Jessica landed Sonya Blade. She was such a brilliant choice, so now I get to be a fan instead. What about you? What's the one game you'd drop everything to be part of?

[jambower]

jamie: come on, tell me something you like so i can figure out the proper way to bribe you into working with me.

[samweavng]

SAM: Well, you've already got the creepy gothic aesthetic covered, so that's one less thing to worry about. We have the same aesthetic. Now all you need is good wine, a killer pasta, and a role where we get to torment each other. Consider that my rider.

[bendandlexi]

thank you, i genuinely feel like santa getting a belated standing ovation on new year’s day — my birthday was back in may, so this is giving very much fashionably late and honestly? i respect it completely, i would do the same thing. i was actually just in sydney for part of elle’s global press campaign, which sounds far more glamorous than it was, considering i barely saw anything beyond the inside of a very beautiful pool party — truly a crime against tourism. i wish i had you saved in my contacts beforehand so you could have slipped me a little cheat sheet of the best coffee shops and hidden gems, because i feel like i missed the entire plot of that city and i’m not okay about it. a zooper dooper. first of all, that name is doing so much, and i mean that with complete sincerity — it sounds exactly like the tongue twister it deserves to be and also exactly like something that would taste incredible on a hot day, which google has now confirmed is in fact a popsicle, so i feel very vindicated in my assumption. and can you believe i would have been fourteen when blockbuster actually closed? i have just enough memory of wandering those video aisles as a little kid to feel the full weight of that loss, and getting to use it as an actual location for the breakfast club episode of the show felt like the most full-circle, deeply satisfying thing — like a little love letter to every friday night spent agonizing over the new releases section. but if we’re talking fashion, we are going to be here all day, and i want you to know that is not a warning, that is a threat, and i am fully prepared to make good on it. is there a specific look from the show that you loved? because i need to use this as an opportunity to shout out sara and sophie, my costume designers, who deserve every single flower that exists on this earth and then some. and thank you, genuinely — i'm doing the 🥺 face right now, the good kind, the kind where someone makes you feel so seen that you don’t even know what to do with yourself. 

[samweavng]

I'm offended on behalf of Sydney. Next time you're over, I'm claiming you for a day. We'll find the best flat white in the city, I'll introduce you to the very serious Aussie debate over whose hot chips are superior, and we'll make sure you leave with a good tan. I'm thrilled Google confirmed Zooper Doopers are, in fact, real and not something I hallucinated from my childhood. They were elite. Blue was the superior flavour. Also, hang on… how old are you? I genuinely thought video stores disappeared with my generation, so the fact you remember wandering Blockbuster as a kid has completely thrown me. I've apparently been mentally placing you in an entirely different age bracket this whole time, and now I need answers before my brain short-circuits. The wardrobe? oh, mate. The green Lacoste tennis look. The forest green dress with the little white trim and the headband? I was absolutely obsessed. It somehow managed to be polished, ridiculously cute, and the sort of outfit that makes you think, yeah, I could pull that off. Sara and Sophie absolutely smashed it. Every outfit felt like Elle without ever turning into a costume, which is harder than people realise. Also, don't you dare make that face at me. Though, between us, I reckon making people feel seen is exactly why everyone fell in love with your version of her. It never felt like you were trying to imitate anyone, you just got her.

[samweavng]

SAM: You're the bloke from the hockey show. SAM: This has only just clicked and I feel like an absolute idiot. I knew you looked familiar the first time I saw you, but I couldn't place it. Opened Max today... and there you were. SAM: Imagine fucking someone in a janitor's closet and only learning their name weeks later because they popped up on my telly. Hollywood's a weird place.😂 / @huddywillams

[dinah-lance]

Samara Weaving by Ella O'Keeffe fo Coveteur Magazine (June 2026)

[scnatozaki]

as much as i love touring, i am glad our tour is finally winding down. not sure if you have heard but yes we are taking a small hiatus once we wrap up this last show here in seoul. i'm so glad we get to have a little break after we've been touring for how long now? couldn't even tell you how long we've been touring because all my days have been mixed into one whole ass day. anyways now that we finally get to breathe, give me some suggestions or options as to what i need to do or what i should do during this time? i have so much to catch up on. @limelightblvdstarters

[samweavng]

Congrats on almost wrapping up the tour! What should you do during this time? Honestly? Sleep for three days, order far too much takeaway, and refuse to look at a schedule. Then book a spontaneous trip, pick up a hobby you'll abandon within a week, and catch up with everyone you've been missing. You’ve earned the right to be completely useless for a bit.

[jayxackles]

jay: let me break this down real quick: you don't think i'm charming at all? this seems fake, feels fake. i'm prince fucking charming, Sam. jay: and you're still dreaming about me? i'm gonna take that as you still think about me enough to pop up in your dreams. not sure if i should be proud or creeped out. though, since i did kick your ass at whatever we were doing, i'm leaning towards proud on this one.

[samweavng]

SAM: nah, mate. You're not charming. Why would I willingly inflate your ego? It's already operating at dangerous levels. The last thing the world needs is you walking around with even more confidence. SAM: Oh, don't flatter yourself. You only showed up because Dream You committed a crime against common sense. You somehow kicked my arse at Assassin's Creed, which is complete bullshit because you're a bloody terrible gamer. Even my subconscious was making things up. So until justice is served and I beat you in the real world, you're on very thin ice, Prince Fucking Charming.

[bendandlexi]

so, hi! i'm elle — well, sort of. think more lexi-playing-elle in what is honestly your new favorite summer obsession right now, and yes, it’s giving full early-2000s blast-from-the-past energy (as it's based on legally blonde). which also happens to be my birthday era, give or take one very suspicious extra year that i'm blaming entirely on the fountain of youth for phoning it in on my skincare situation. rude, honestly. anyway! the show is set in the 90s, which means basically every interview i’ve been doing lately comes with some kind of 90s or early 2000s reference attached — and honestly? i am not complaining. it’s gotten me thinking about what everyone’s favorite thing from that era actually was, and i need to know immediately. mine, aside from my lizzie mcguire obsession (which is very much alive, very much thriving, and absolutely not going anywhere), was the phones. the springy cords. the drama of hanging up on someone. i genuinely had no idea what i was doing with them on set, but now i've emerged from filming completely ready to throw my iphone into the ocean and never look back. progress! so tell me — what was your thing?

[samweavng]

first of all, happy birthday belated birthday. now you've got me spiraling into a nostalgia rabbit hole. I grew up in Australia, so a lot of my childhood memories are just Aussie madness. Everyone had those giant trampoline setups in the backyard with absolutely zero safety nets, we'd spend all day outside until someone yelled that dinner was ready, and if you were lucky enough to get a Zooper Dooper on a hot day, you were basically living the dream. But if we're talking things that defined the era? Video stores. Nothing beat wandering through Blockbuster on a Friday night for what felt like three hours trying to pick the perfect movie. Streaming could never recreate the heartbreak of your first choice already being rented out. And yes, those corded phones were so satisfying. The whole wrapping the cord around your finger while gossiping with your friends. I'm fully supporting your campaign to bring back early 2000s fashion and absolutely nothing else. Also, I loved Elle. You were born to play the role.

[samweavng]

SAM: Oi. Someone asked me if you're as charming in real life as you seem. I said no. I'm petty. I had a dream you beat me at something last night. So, just thought you should know I'm still annoyed with Dream You. Now, Real You has to suffer the consequences. / @jayxackles

[robbic-margot]

You better be holding that vegemite and kangaroo pillows I sent you tight.

@samweavng

[samweavng]

Mate, that roo's basically family now. And the Vegemite? Has been my salvation because you can't find good ones in L.A. Miss your face. Where are you? Let's have a sleepover.

[rebeccasundstrom]

Samara Weaving

for Polygon's Shelf Quest