" It in spades just like opened my eye to what was out there . "
Bryn Chapman Parish captured our attention in season two ofHeartbreak Highwith his performance as Spencer ‘Spider’ White, leader of the C*MLORDS and secret boyfriend to Missy. Now, he’s been named the new ambassador of Contiki’s latest campaign, Contiki University.
In a goofy green screen video for Contiki, Chapman Parish talks about how Contiki helps expand your horizons.
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To find the answers commenters wanted, we sat down with Bryn Chapman Parish to pick his brain about all things travel and school, and to ask what the heck is going on in this Contiki ad.
Anyone who’s been following Chapman Parish’s career from the start will possibly know that travelling at a young age helped him solidify his passion for acting. He shared with BuzzFeed Australia that he got his first theatre role at eight years old while on a trip toFrance.
" When I was eight , my parent had an exhibition over in France and I was there sulking in the Chateau that it was in . The director of the theater company who was like in residence there take the air past and enounce , ' What are you doing ? Why are you sulking ? ' , " he recalled . " He ’s like , ' Come on , you ’re going to be in a show this afternoon ' . So that ’s kind of where I learnt my sexual love of act and perform . "
However, after high school he still felt an internal pressure to go to a traditional university.
" It felt as though it was the right matter to do , " Chapman Parish excuse . " Like before I got into play schooltime , I stupefy into another uni and kind of just picked a course that I think might be something that would befit me . "
Between leaving high school and taking up an acting degree at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Chapman Parish ventured overseas. He then said that “taking [the] time to go out and explore the world before going to uni” helped him learn about himself and the world.
" I conceive if you rush into [ a level ] and you do n’t take the time to actually think about what you want to experience … then I know a wad of citizenry have ended up finishing their trend and going , ' I do n’t want to do this at all ' , " he told BuzzFeed Australia . " And that ’s where I think travelling and doing one of these courses that Contiki is offering really come into play . "
TheHeartbreak Highactor also spoke about the potential benefits that a gap year abroad could have on someone like his character Spider, who he describes as a “very sheltered male”. His character is an archetype that “you see a lot in Australia”, according to Chapman Parish.
“[Spider would] be able to see that there’s a whole bunch of different people out there and you don’t have to be restricted in how you feel and how you put up barriers around people,” he suggested.
As for what’s coming up next in his own travel plans, the actor mentioned that he wants to takeContiki’s South Korean Soul course.
" I ’m kind of obsessed with South Korea at the moment , and the mode and the intellectual nourishment , " he said . " I have a few champion who are over there working on things . I ’m also into KPOP at the mo . It ’s caught up to me . I ’m a fan . "
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