March 14, 2024 • 7 mins
Our hearts can’t take this. The pair starred in The Perfect Man in 2005 and Ben revealed his friendship with Hilary is still as strong as ever, with their kids even going to the same school. Plus Ben talks all about his brand new show on Stan Population 11 which he filmed in the middle of nowhere in Broome.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And with with Katechi podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
There is a brilliant new show on STAN original series
Population eleven and streaming now only on STAN. And I'll
tell you what when you get an actor of this
caliber to come to Australia, Ben Feldman, come to Australia. Yeah,
you'll hang out in Sydney Harbor, You'll have an amazing
time with your family. But then you get sent to
the middle of Australia in the outback and he joins us.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Now, Benny Filman, welcome, but hello today, thanks for having me. Yeah. No,
it's nice of being in Sydney where there's buildings and.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
The people, restaurants and running water, staff signs, the people.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
That hopefully you can understand when they talk.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah, well here I understood that they understood everybody out
out in Northwest.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
It was quite a culture shock. And where were you?
I was winder through that derby so so well.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
The pro getting there was interesting because they flew from
La to here to when I arrived. So I'm in
this fancy hotel on the rocks here in Sydney and
then went out to this fancy dinner like a boat
and then flew to Broom.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Which is also nice. Yeah, but for me, Broom is
the middle of nowhere.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
And then you get in a car and you drive
on some dirt roads for a couple hours and you're in.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
Oh we there yet day Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And then it was just like I mean, it was
It's it's why you get into acting. You get to
go to crazy places you can't imagine ever going to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
But what I love about this show to think that,
you know, it's based on a true story, right, and
there's a there's a mystery in a town of only
twelve people. Yeah yeah, And to think that that could
actually happen, that someone could go missing and nobody knows.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Anything to where everybody knows at one point yeah yeah.
And and then I think that's I mean, that's what's
fascinating about it. I think that's why people were really
interested in that original the story that was sort of
like a jumping off point from us. Yeah, we're not
telling that story. We've made up a bunch of characters.
There was never an American. We just kind of took
it and ran with it and came up with a
bunch of crazy, ridiculous people love that.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Yeah, you know, it's when you go to those small towns,
even as an AUSSI because we were up in Darwin,
and Darwin is a big culture shift from Sydney, you know,
to walk into those local bars where there's there's always
a crocodile on the wall, isn't that we're at.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The back.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I came here thinking this was everybody just lives with crocodile,
just Australians. They're just you just have crocodiles in your backyard.
And and so when I got there, the cast and
the crew like constantly just like mate, just so you
know this is not this is They were like, we're
tourists too, They're they're taking They're standing behind me taking
pictures of the crocodiles too.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Did you learn any new skills new outta Aussie skills out.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Don't don't swim in water?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Water?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Surely there was a trick at the bar or at
you with.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
The whole Like the water thing was such a crazy
thing because like the vibe out there, and I think
this is sort of universal in Australia is is essentially
like don't don't worry, You're probably not going to die,
Like it's just you're probably not going to do like
and they would be like, you know, we go swimming
in that in that pond over there, and I'm like,
but aren't there crocodiles And like, yeah, they're freshies. Yeah
(03:08):
they're not salties. And just go where there's no crocodiles
to swim there.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I know what you mind. We get a bit relaxed
about it. The chances are you want to.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Die, Yeah, that's the Australian motto is most likely you'll live.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Can we talk about Adam Sandler because I know I've
done some work with him and said, see that he
was your first boss.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
This was my first real life boss. Yeah, how did
that work? What was that I did?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
I did a show called The Mayor, Yeah, and it
was about an eighteen year old kid who was the
mayor of his own town. And it was on a
network that doesn't exist anymore. And Adam the company was
called Happy Madison. It's Adam's company. And so yeah, like
my first I went to LA and went to the
office and there was like a bulldog chewing on a
skateboard and everybody's playing video games and it was just
(03:58):
like it was like visiting a frat house, but it was.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It was Happy medisone.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Offices and it was cool that the show was like that.
My parents were these big Broadway legends. My girlfriend on
the show was Lizzie Kaplan and my sister who just
had like a couple of lines here, and there was
Anna Kendrick.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It wow, yeah, it was crazy. It was crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
We've heard a whisper as well that you can throw
a good party yourself. Benny, can you tell us about
your Valentine's Die party research?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What was what was going on? We used to it.
I don't I can't tell you most of the things
that was going on there.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
We used to have a party. There's two iterations of it.
There was one when we were in our twenties and
it was just like hundreds of people and like dirty
stuff happening in the laundry room, and we would hire
like there'd be like a magician and a fortune teller
and then like all these weird like like balloons with
like Karma Sutra.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Physicians like yeah someone aura go yea yea yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well there was by the way, would not be would
not be out of place.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
So when we grew up and we had kids and
it was and we're adults now, we had a we
had a version of it a couple of years ago,
right before COVID, and we still had like bondage performers
like these women that like tied ropes around each other
and then ate fire. Yeah, because nobody has a Valentine's
everybody at that time of the year. You've already done
(05:20):
all the parties and there's nothing going on.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
It was a shure that was getting around. I think
Kelly o'sbom was involved, and you would go along where
maybe we were at the Roosevelt one time fits and the.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Show Cat's Place kids place. Yeah, what was that called?
I know, Yeah, it was big. And then there's one
I think in Vegas as well.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Yeah, and it was kind of like sign off here
that you won't take any photos, you're not allowed to
tell anybody what goes.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
There was a place like.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
The Box in New York City, and I think there's
one in the Box is like, uh, this cabaret type thing,
but they're doing extremely disgusting offensive, like crazy, crazy, crazy
stuff that I also probably can't talk about it.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Good morning, I've got the Box coming to your next Valentine's.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Day where we do The Box with my in laws.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
My wife at the time invited them and there's like
people walking around with like in mirror trays in this club.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I mean it was crazy.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
You don't even know it too.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
See it makes it a lot easier now.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Okay, before we all got can get canceled, I need
to ask you quickly about somebody else you did work
with years ago.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Is Hillary Duff.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
And of course we saw you as the heart throb
opposite her. Lizzie here standing in the studio was a
very big fan, not only of you but of Hillary.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But are you are you still in touch with Hillary?
For the people who.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Grew up staring into your eyes as Hillary did.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
It was funny is people are finding because we live
in a world now where you can you can discover
something that existed four thousand years ago, like that movie,
and someone someone like your age will come up to
me and be like I love like they probably just
saw it. And to see the look in their face
when I'm like, yeah, Hillary and our kids go to
the same school, like we're on like ptas and stuff
(07:03):
like we're we're we have like I see her at
drop off or pick up, like.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
When the kids are getting on knees.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah, to think all these years later, Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Tell Benny, congratulations on your career made and and it's
great that you've got to experience, you know, most of
Australia already. You're here in Sydney but also up Northwest
as well. And the standing original series population eleven. It's
streaming right now only on stand. We appreciate you, We
know how busy your your time is. So thank you
very much for coming into the studio this morning.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Thank you guys for having me. I'll come back anytime.
I love it here your party, yeahs Vale.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
One Here with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast to
walk great shows like this. Download the Nova player fight
the App Store or Google Play
And with with Katechi podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
There is a brilliant new show on STAN original series
Population eleven and streaming now only on STAN. And I'll
tell you what when you get an actor of this
caliber to come to Australia, Ben Feldman, come to Australia. Yeah,
you'll hang out in Sydney Harbor, You'll have an amazing
time with your family. But then you get sent to
the middle of Australia in the outback and he joins us.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Now, Benny Filman, welcome, but hello today, thanks for having me. Yeah. No,
it's nice of being in Sydney where there's buildings and.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
The people, restaurants and running water, staff signs, the people.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
That hopefully you can understand when they talk.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah, well here I understood that they understood everybody out
out in Northwest.
Speaker 1 (00:44):
It was quite a culture shock. And where were you?
I was winder through that derby so so well.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
The pro getting there was interesting because they flew from
La to here to when I arrived. So I'm in
this fancy hotel on the rocks here in Sydney and
then went out to this fancy dinner like a boat
and then flew to Broom.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Which is also nice. Yeah, but for me, Broom is
the middle of nowhere.
Speaker 4 (01:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
And then you get in a car and you drive
on some dirt roads for a couple hours and you're in.
Speaker 5 (01:13):
Oh we there yet day Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And then it was just like I mean, it was
It's it's why you get into acting. You get to
go to crazy places you can't imagine ever going to.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
But what I love about this show to think that,
you know, it's based on a true story, right, and
there's a there's a mystery in a town of only
twelve people. Yeah yeah, And to think that that could
actually happen, that someone could go missing and nobody knows.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Anything to where everybody knows at one point yeah yeah.
And and then I think that's I mean, that's what's
fascinating about it. I think that's why people were really
interested in that original the story that was sort of
like a jumping off point from us. Yeah, we're not
telling that story. We've made up a bunch of characters.
There was never an American. We just kind of took
it and ran with it and came up with a
bunch of crazy, ridiculous people love that.
Speaker 4 (01:59):
Yeah, you know, it's when you go to those small towns,
even as an AUSSI because we were up in Darwin,
and Darwin is a big culture shift from Sydney, you know,
to walk into those local bars where there's there's always
a crocodile on the wall, isn't that we're at.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The back.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I came here thinking this was everybody just lives with crocodile,
just Australians. They're just you just have crocodiles in your backyard.
And and so when I got there, the cast and
the crew like constantly just like mate, just so you
know this is not this is They were like, we're
tourists too, They're they're taking They're standing behind me taking
pictures of the crocodiles too.
Speaker 5 (02:36):
Did you learn any new skills new outta Aussie skills out.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Don't don't swim in water?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Water?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Surely there was a trick at the bar or at
you with.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
The whole Like the water thing was such a crazy
thing because like the vibe out there, and I think
this is sort of universal in Australia is is essentially
like don't don't worry, You're probably not going to die,
Like it's just you're probably not going to do like
and they would be like, you know, we go swimming
in that in that pond over there, and I'm like,
but aren't there crocodiles And like, yeah, they're freshies. Yeah
(03:08):
they're not salties. And just go where there's no crocodiles
to swim there.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
I know what you mind. We get a bit relaxed
about it. The chances are you want to.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Die, Yeah, that's the Australian motto is most likely you'll live.
Speaker 4 (03:26):
Can we talk about Adam Sandler because I know I've
done some work with him and said, see that he
was your first boss.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
This was my first real life boss. Yeah, how did
that work? What was that I did?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
I did a show called The Mayor, Yeah, and it
was about an eighteen year old kid who was the
mayor of his own town. And it was on a
network that doesn't exist anymore. And Adam the company was
called Happy Madison. It's Adam's company. And so yeah, like
my first I went to LA and went to the
office and there was like a bulldog chewing on a
skateboard and everybody's playing video games and it was just
(03:58):
like it was like visiting a frat house, but it was.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It was Happy medisone.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Offices and it was cool that the show was like that.
My parents were these big Broadway legends. My girlfriend on
the show was Lizzie Kaplan and my sister who just
had like a couple of lines here, and there was
Anna Kendrick.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
It wow, yeah, it was crazy. It was crazy.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
We've heard a whisper as well that you can throw
a good party yourself. Benny, can you tell us about
your Valentine's Die party research?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
What was what was going on? We used to it.
I don't I can't tell you most of the things
that was going on there.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
We used to have a party. There's two iterations of it.
There was one when we were in our twenties and
it was just like hundreds of people and like dirty
stuff happening in the laundry room, and we would hire
like there'd be like a magician and a fortune teller
and then like all these weird like like balloons with
like Karma Sutra.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Physicians like yeah someone aura go yea yea yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well there was by the way, would not be would
not be out of place.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
So when we grew up and we had kids and
it was and we're adults now, we had a we
had a version of it a couple of years ago,
right before COVID, and we still had like bondage performers
like these women that like tied ropes around each other
and then ate fire. Yeah, because nobody has a Valentine's
everybody at that time of the year. You've already done
(05:20):
all the parties and there's nothing going on.
Speaker 4 (05:22):
It was a shure that was getting around. I think
Kelly o'sbom was involved, and you would go along where
maybe we were at the Roosevelt one time fits and the.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Show Cat's Place kids place. Yeah, what was that called?
I know, Yeah, it was big. And then there's one
I think in Vegas as well.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
Yeah, and it was kind of like sign off here
that you won't take any photos, you're not allowed to
tell anybody what goes.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
There was a place like.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
The Box in New York City, and I think there's
one in the Box is like, uh, this cabaret type thing,
but they're doing extremely disgusting offensive, like crazy, crazy, crazy
stuff that I also probably can't talk about it.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Good morning, I've got the Box coming to your next Valentine's.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Day where we do The Box with my in laws.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
My wife at the time invited them and there's like
people walking around with like in mirror trays in this club.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
I mean it was crazy.
Speaker 5 (06:13):
You don't even know it too.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
See it makes it a lot easier now.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Okay, before we all got can get canceled, I need
to ask you quickly about somebody else you did work
with years ago.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Is Hillary Duff.
Speaker 5 (06:27):
And of course we saw you as the heart throb
opposite her. Lizzie here standing in the studio was a
very big fan, not only of you but of Hillary.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
But are you are you still in touch with Hillary?
For the people who.
Speaker 5 (06:39):
Grew up staring into your eyes as Hillary did.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
It was funny is people are finding because we live
in a world now where you can you can discover
something that existed four thousand years ago, like that movie,
and someone someone like your age will come up to
me and be like I love like they probably just
saw it. And to see the look in their face
when I'm like, yeah, Hillary and our kids go to
the same school, like we're on like ptas and stuff
(07:03):
like we're we're we have like I see her at
drop off or pick up, like.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
When the kids are getting on knees.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah, to think all these years later, Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Tell Benny, congratulations on your career made and and it's
great that you've got to experience, you know, most of
Australia already. You're here in Sydney but also up Northwest
as well. And the standing original series population eleven. It's
streaming right now only on stand. We appreciate you, We
know how busy your your time is. So thank you
very much for coming into the studio this morning.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Thank you guys for having me. I'll come back anytime.
I love it here your party, yeahs Vale.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
One Here with Kate Ritchie is a Nova podcast to
walk great shows like this. Download the Nova player fight
the App Store or Google Play
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