The drama is about two couples who take an ill-fated trip to South East Asia, which sounds like a Slasher flick set up but it is a drama, and will be produced by Nash Edgerton and co star his brother Joel.

Teresa said “Joel Edgerton and I are attached to it. It’ll be exciting to work back in Sydney.”

While Nash is her offscreen boyfriend, he will also do stunt work on the film that has been written by Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price, Teresa continued “I love hanging out with him [Nash]. It’ll be nice.”

Blue Tongue films the company producing the film, want to get the film infront of the cameras in November, Palmer however will next grace the big screen in ‘Kids in America’ and the D.J. Caruso directed ‘I Am Number Four’, while she is also rumoured to be a contender for the new love interest for the ‘Spider-man’ reboot.

In an exclusive interview with Australian radio show hosts Kyle and Jackie O, the hot aussie didn’t even hesitate when asked if she’d shag her ex-boyfriend…we wonder what Katy Perry would say about that!?

But the Australian star of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Teresa Palmer, says being 24 years old in Tinseltown isn’t as easy as it might sound.

“It’s a weird age to be in Hollywood. I feel like I’m falling between the cracks a little bit,” Palmer said.

“I’m too old to be playing high school, but I’m too young to be playing opposite Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio.

“There aren’t a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite. I can only think of Shia LaBeouf. I’m maybe a little old for Zac Efron.”

In I Am Number Four, an action sci-fi she just finished shooting, Palmer says she felt so self-conscious playing a teenager she asked for her character to be older.

“I felt so silly playing a 17-year-old … we ended up aging her up to 22,” she says.

Palmer concedes that Hollywood isn’t easy for any actress at any age, but she still thinks if she was either older or younger she’d be working more.

“I’m still only doing about one film a year and I’d love to be doing film, film, film, film, film,” she says.

It’s hard to imagine that Palmer thinks she isn’t working hard enough.

In a short career, the Adelaide actress has already starred with Daniel (Harry Potter) Radcliffe as every teen boy’s dream in December Boys, Sarah Michelle Gellar as an American brat in The Grudge 2, Adam Sandler as a fair maiden in Bedtime Stories and now Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel in magical adventure film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

In the soon-to-be released Kids in America, she plays the beauty Topher Grace’s character lusts after and in I Am Number Four, she plays a “tough alien chick in head-to-toe black leather who rides a Ducati motorbike and kicks butt”.

Earlier in August she confirmed she would be acting opposite Joel Edgerton, the brother of her rumoured boyfriend Nash, in the Australian thriller Say Nothing and she’s lined up to star in friend Gracie Otto’s first writer/director project Rue De Tournon, filming in Sydney and France next year.

A part in Mad Max: Fury Road was ruled out because of scheduling conflicts, but she’s still in the running to co-star in the latest Hollywood incarnation of Spiderman.

She may like to be working even more, but just being this busy is “a good problem to have”, laughs Palmer.

It’s not been a deliberate move to pick such varied roles, but the young actress hopes it is a sign of things to come.

“It is what I want to be doing for the rest of my career – just mixing it up and not staying within my comfort zone. I love to challenge myself,” she says.

In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Palmer says she really enjoyed that her role as the beautiful love interest was turned on it’s head.

“I play the girl next door – a damsel in distress who turns into the hero,” she laughs.

“I like that.”

Perhaps not hard to do when the hero is meant to be geeky-looking Baruchel.

“Go the nerds!” Palmer says.

“The love story is very endearing. It’s an unexpected romance because he’s the nerdy boy and she’s the cool muso chick and they’re, sort of, an unlikely pairing, but they work really well together.

“The nerds are my favourite sort of boys – any guy with a passion – whether it be physics or film or writing or poetry even, I think it’s super sweet and it’s very attractive for a female.”

Working alongside Cage was a revelation as well, she says.

“He’s very complex and he’s eccentric and interesting and he has very quirky stories and he is a goofball,” says Palmer, who seems to have picked up some US slang, but whose accent is still definitely Aussie.

“I grew up watching his films and he’s wonderful. I’m very pleasantly surprised that he’s such a good person.”

She may have worked with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, but Palmer says it is her family who keep her head out of the clouds and feet firmly on the ground.

“The way I was brought up by them really helped me have the confidence to leave little old Adelaide, South Australia, and make the move over to Hollywood,” she says.

“It helped me realise that yes, I’m an actor and that’s very exciting and all, but it doesn’t define who I am at all.

“I’m not saving lives.”

That humility and ability to poke fun at herself might be the key to her success in Hollywood so far, she says.

“I definitely try not to take myself too seriously and maybe that helps win over the directors in the audition rooms,” Palmer says.

“I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing – we are quite self-deprecating, we’re light-hearted and can have a laugh.”

No official word on whether the role that Palmer – and several other actresses, including Emma Roberts (“Scream 4″) and Imogen Poots (the upcoming “Fright Night”) – is vying for is that of flaxen-haired Mary Jane Watson or blond beauty Gwen Stacey, but considering the hair-colour (not that that mean’s much in the way of “Spider-Man” – both Kirsten Dunst and Bryce Dallas Howard dyed their hair to play Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacey, respectively, in the previous “Spider-Man” films) and rampant hearsay, it’s Stacey.

Palmer, currently filming “I Am Number Four” with Sharlto Copley, read with “Spider-Man” star Andrew Garfield a few weeks ago.

With the Adelaide-raised actress in contention for this flick, she definitely (she’s been rumoured to be off for a few weeks now) can’t be involved in “Mad Max Fury Road” anymore – which will shoot for roughly a year from next February. Palmer, who was at one time attached to another superhero flick, “Justice League”, wouldn’t be able to fit “Spider-Man” and “Fury Road” in – they’re on similar shooting schedules (“Spider-Man” begins it’s shoot in December and will likely go on for several months), and more so, lengthy ones.

I shot a scene with Jay (Baruchel, her on-screen love interest), driving around near Times Square and there were people screaming out to us and trying to get in the shot and it was so surreal. Here I was in New York, shooting this movie. I used to be an extra on films in Adelaide and remember being so excited just to see people shooting a movie. It was a pinch-myself moment. I felt very, very lucky.”

It’s a feeling the 24-year-old South Australian has clung to as she has risen from her 2006 debut in the Cannes-screened student film 2:37, to December Boys, opposite Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe, to the children’s romp with Adam Sandler, Bedtime Stories.

“I always have those feelings – lucky and blessed – and I don’t know if they’ll ever go away. I really hope they don’t, as I think it keeps you grounded. That’s how I feel about every film I do.”

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a $US150 million blockbuster, is Palmer’s biggest role to date. She may play the pretty young thing, again, but it should progress her power in an industry clogged with, well, pretty young things.

Given the film’s high profile, it strikes an odd note to hear Palmer still has to endure the audition circuit. “I still have to get in the trenches and battle away,” she admits. “But when I started out in Hollywood, my first audition was with the casting director’s assistant. You move up the ranks to the actual casting director and now I’m (that word again) lucky enough to read for the director and the producer.

“It’s funny to sit in the waiting room with girls I’ve been watching for years, like Kate Bosworth and Amy Adams – who I think are incredible – and it’s really flattering to be in competition with them.” Palmer is speaking from Miami, where she is completing another action sci-fi piece, I Am Number Four. It’s another multi-million-dollar US blockbuster that will undoubtedly place Palmer’s beauty before her talents. She’s aware of possible typecasting and insists future plans are to move between the commercial and independent worlds.

“I’m always trying to plan out my life, but this is a career that is unpredictable and I never know where I’ll be. Ideally, I want to strike a good balance between commercial and independents – work with good people.” One upcoming venture is the small Australian flick Say Nothing, scheduled for November. It’s produced by Bluetongue Films, the company her director boyfriend, Nash Edgerton, runs with his actor brother Joel. “Joel Edgerton and I are attached to it. It’ll be exciting to work back in Sydney,” says Palmer. And to work with her film-maker boyfriend? “He’s doing all the stunts. Yeah, he’s a talented director,”she says, neatly deflecting the personal intrusion. “And a good person. I love hanging out with him. It’ll be nice.” Despite her rising profile, Palmer says her life in LA, the city she calls home most of the time, remains paparazzi-free.

“I think it’s something that is very easily avoided and you can step away from that if you want to,” she says. “I can walk around relatively anonymously.” She’s just lucky, I guess.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is Out Now

“I’m not [in it], actually,” Palmer said, “That’s just a rumor that has been on the internet.”

Despite the dismissal of the casting as a rumor, Palmer’s name was first mentioned in January when her co-star Jay Baruchel was talking to press for How to Train Your Dragon and told The Herald Sun:

“She gets to work with him, and she’s (going to be) doing Mad Max 4 with Miller,” Baruchel said, adding, “She’s the main chick in Fury Road. She’s going to be there for over a year. It’s really, really cool.”

Does this mean that Mad Max: Fury Road has another opening for a female role or was Palmer up for the role that eventually went to Adelaide Clemens, something that changed after Baruchel’s statement? Instead, Palmer is currently shooting D.J. Caruso’s sci-fi flick I Am Number Four outside of Pittsburgh for its release on February 18, 2011.

“You eventually realize that it’s the reality of Hollywood. There are peaks and valleys in every career, and I feel like I’ve been through both. It can only make you stronger.”
- Teresa Palmer

It can’t be argued that Australian men are having a bit of a moment in Hollywood — just ask actors like Ryan Kwanten or the Hemsworth brothers, tapped to play roles that America’s slender man-boys can’t quite muster up the strength for — but what of the Australian actresses who’ll follow in the footsteps of Nicole Kidman or Naomi Watts? Enter Teresa Palmer. The 24-year-old Adelaide native has appeared in productions like December Boys and Bedtime Stories, but things are about to ramp up considerably; next month, she’ll be seen as Jay Baruchel’s love interest in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, then she’s primed for a big action moment in the alien adventure I Am Number Four, where she’ll star alongside other rising stars like Alex Pettyfer and Glee’s Dianna Agron.

Palmer called up Movieline last week to chat about the crazy training regimen she’s currently undertaking for Number Four, the big movie she swears she isn’t actually attached to (no matter what IMDb says), and how the swerves of her early career have made her stronger.

So Teresa, you’ve got some big films in the works. I know you’ve been acting a while, but does it feel to you like things have been kicked up a notch lately?
You know, I think that for me, you never really get to the point where you think “I’ve got it!” or “This is it!” I’m still building my career and really auditioning hard and fighting it out with the other actresses to get great roles. It’s a challenging industry to be a part of. I’ve had a good last year and that’s great, but there are really no guarantees in this industry, so I’m not getting too excited just yet.

So let’s talk about The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Do you get to take part in all the special-effects-heavy sequences?
I get to dabble in the magic side of it, and I get kidnapped and get to help in saving the world, but in terms of having magical powers and the CG and special effects, that’s all happening to me for the first time on the film I’m shooting now, I Am Number Four. My character in that has alien powers like invisibility and she can walk through fire, so it’s a very cool thing. I’ve been in stunt training for the past few weeks, learning backflips, front-flips, choreography for swordfighting, wirework, the whole experience. I’m very excited to be in a physical role like that. It’s challenging, but it’s so rewarding because I’ve never pushed myself that hard for a role.

In that film, you’re playing Number Six, another alien. What is she like?
She’s one of nine aliens who are hiding out on Earth because our planet’s been destroyed. She’s a kick-butt alien, highly skilled in martial arts, and she rides around on her Ducati. She doesn’t take crap from anybody and she’s definitely a very strong figure and a dark character. She’s always on the run from the aliens who are trying to kill our species, so she’s had a turbulent life so far and puts on kind of a tough facade.

Number Six might know how to ride a Ducati and do martial arts, but did Teresa Palmer before this?
The balance on a two-wheel bike is like a whole other thing. I’ve had to learn from scratch, basically. We started on a regular bike and then moved up slowly to a more powerful bike, and then I finally got on the Ducati last week. It’s cool! I definitely feel like a very cool chick.

I know that the book it comes from is supposed to be the first part of a six-part series. Did they plan ahead and sign you for those?
I mean, there are no guarantees to whether or not it’ll become a franchise. People believe in the film and we hope it’ll be successful. I signed on for three movies, and I think that’s where we’ll start. We’ve all got our fingers crossed, and from what we’ve heard so far, they’re very happy with the dailies.

Let’s talk about George Miller’s Mad Max reboot. I heard you were cast in that…
You know, I’m not allowed to talk about that, like, at all. I’m so sorry. I know it’s on IMDb, but I don’t know where they got my name from or that I’m attached to it. I haven’t signed on to anything, so.. [Laughs]

Maybe your name was tossed around because you were supposed to work with George on the scuttled Justice League of America?
Yeah, I was involved in Justice League, so I think that’s where the rumors must have came from. Since I have that relationship with George, it got put on the internet that I was involved in Mad Max.

So it was never in the works at all?
You know, there were some discussions, but I’m shooting I Am Number Four at the moment, which sort of goes into when I believe they plan on shooting Mad Max. I don’t know how it got stuck on the IMDb. I was like, “Oh, that’s interesting!” [Laughs]

When something like Justice League falls apart, or the makers of Jumper cast you and Tom Sturridge and then abruptly replace you with Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen, is that something you’re able to get over? Or is it something that’s in the back of your mind when you get excited about future projects?
I think when you go through some of the experiences I’ve gone through in the short amount of time I’ve been out here, it does throw a spanner in the works — it shakes you up a little, which can be a good thing because it keeps me on my toes. Obviously, with Jumper, me and Tom Sturridge were recast and the roles were aged up and we lost our roles. At the time, I was totally devastated. I thought I would never work again! I was so embarrassed, even though it wasn’t our fault. It was an external circumstance that affected us, but it was a tough, dark time for me. I went back to Adelaide and I thought, “This is it. No more! There is no way I can keep acting, I can’t handle this.”

So how did you get over it?
I had to brush myself off and pick myself up and think, “Oh well, give it another go.” My agents in Australia gave me some encouraging words and my manager in America was like, “Come back out here. This doesn’t always happen!” And then, sure enough, Justice League of America fell apart, too, and there was another film I was going to do last year that fell apart. You eventually realize that it’s the reality of Hollywood. There are peaks and valleys in every career, and I feel like I’ve been through both. It can only make you stronger.

I know you were also in the Topher Grace film Young Americans, which feels like it was shot years ago. Is it ever coming out? What’s the holdup?
I’m so excited, because it’s finally coming out in January. Relativity is bringing it out. Basically, it got held up from being released because there were a few issues with it that they had to figure out. That project is so dear to my heart and I made so many good friends on that film. I thoroughly enjoyed it; it reminded me of a John Hughes movie. It’s been sort of reworked and reedited now — actually, we just did some reshoots for it just recently. It’s looking really strong, and they’re going to do a massive media campaign, so I’m so happy. In circumstances like those, I think the best way to look at it is to say to yourself, “OK, this film might never come out or get a release, but it was an incredible experience.” And now, three years on, it’s come out of the woodwork. I’m really excited about it again!

When you’re living and working in Australia, do you always hope that making films in Hollywood will be part of the plan? How do you know when to make that leap?
I can’t speak for anyone else, but in my case, I sort of fell into acting. I was thrown in the deep end at 18 when I got cast in a movie that I didn’t audition for. The director just sort of found me and put me in a film, so the decision was really made for me. I had no intention at that point to go to America and try to make it big in Hollywood — I was just focused on trying not to get fired! That movie ended up premiering at the Cannes film festival, and there were American agents there and my manager plucked me from Cannes and took me back to America, and it’s just been such a whirlwind. I haven’t been back to Australia since then.

Then again, I read that you were recently named the number-one ticketholder for Port Adelaide Football Club, so you must have been back to catch a few of those games…
[Laughs] My dad was very heavily involved in Port Adelaide Football Club, so I grew up watching Aussie rules football. Since I was about five or six, I would go along to see them with my dad, and I got to meet the players. Just recently last year, they asked me to be the number-one ticketholder, which is great! It’s really exciting, because I get to go along on some of their games, speak at their functions…I got to do the coin toss! By the way, this is way more exciting for my dad than anything I’ve ever done before. He’s like, “Stop the movies, my daughter gets to do the coin toss at football!” That’s all he really cares about.

Source: Movieline.com

I Am Number Four, starring Glee’s Dianna Agron, will be filming near 1200 2nd St, Beaver, PA overnight tonight.

It shows Teresa in the spot but unfortunately her scenes are not new.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – The film is currently in post-production and releases July 16, 2010 in North America. More release dates available here.

Young Americans – The project has been postponed so many times and is currently scheduled to open January 28, 2011 in North America. Here’s to hoping it’ll finally see the light of day next year!

D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four is Teresa Palmer’s next film, in which she plays Number Six. It is scheduled to begin principal photography next month in Pittsburgh.

Mad Max: Fury Road stars Teresa Palmer, Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Zoe Kravitz and Nicholas Hoult. According to The Playlist Nation, it will be undergoing a post-production 3D conversion before its planned 2011 release. Mad Max is scheduled to start filming in August.

DreamWorks’ Four revolves around a group of nine aliens who escaped their home planet just before it was annihilated by a rival species. Hiding out on Earth, the title character, to be played by British actor Alex Pettyfer, disguises himself as a human high-schooler, only to discover he’s still being hunted by his planet’s enemy.

Agron will play a girl dating a high school jock who falls for Number Four and becomes his confidante.

Four will be Agron’s big-studio debut. The role in the high-pedigree movie — Michael Bay is producing with Steven Spielberg, and D.J. Caruso is directing — was highly sought, and the studio went through several rounds of tests to find the right candidate.

Sharlto Copley (District 9) is already on board as Four’s mentor, while Teresa Palmer is cast as Pettyfer’s fellow alien, Number Six.

Al Gough and Miles Millar wrote the screenplay. Four is scheduled to begin principal photography next month in Pittsburgh.

Source: ABC News

Palmer will play Number Six, one of nine aliens who escape their home planet before its annihilation by a rival species and hide out on Earth disguised as human high schoolers.

Alex Pettyfer, a British actor making his American debut with Beastly, will play the title role of Four. Sharlto Copley, the star of last year’s hit District 9, will play Pettyfer’s guardian and mentor.

Michael Bay is producing with Steven Spielberg. Chris Bender and J.C. Spink are executive producing with David Valdes. Al Gough and Miles Millar wrote the screenplay.

The WME-repped Palmer recently appeared in Bedtime Stories and next will be seen as the female lead in Disney’s summer tentpole The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel. She also will take part in the Mad Max movie Fury Road.

Source: HeatVisionBlog.com