EXCLUSIVE: Why Godfather of Harlem Aussie actress Lucy Fry is the next Margot Robbie

If you haven’t yet heard the name Lucy Fry, you will soon, because this young Aussie actress is about to be the next big thing.

Lucy’s biggest Aussie claim to fame was her role in Mako Mermaids: An H20 Adventure, before she made it big in Hollywood, starring alongside James Franco in the suspense thriller, 11.22.63.

Now, the 27-year-old from Wooloowin, Queensland is starring in Stan’s newest drama Godfather of Harlem alongside Forrest Whittaker and Vincent D’Onofrio – her biggest and best role to date.

In an exclusive interview with Now to Love, Lucy talks about the role and what drew her to the project.

“I really love the historical aspect of it,” she says. “It’s set in Harlem in 1963 and it’s from the perspective of Bumpy Johnson, Harlem’s lead gangster who comes out of Alcatraz after ten years, back to his home in Harlem and the civil rights movement that’s going on.”

Lucy plays Stella Gigante, daughter of Vincent “The Chin” Gigante (D’Onofrio), head of the Italian mob – who has taken control of the streets while Bumpy was in prison, and her character, a white Italian, is in love with Teddy Greene (Kelvin Harrison Jr), a black aspiring musician.

“You see the gang war and all of this energy and movement and revolution happening in Harlem,” Lucy says.

“The script has this dark, violent side and it’s really a revolutionary and historical point in time.

“There’s all of the change that’s going on and these characters that are shaping and reacting to this volatile change.”

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Lucy, who holds her own with a killer New York accent, appears opposite some seriously big names in her new project, including Whittaker, whom she is star struck by everyday.

“I’ll never forget watching The Last King of Scotland in my living room in Brisbane and just being completely blown off the couch by his performance and then I just kept pinching myself,” she admits.

“Being in New York City and standing opposite Forrest in a scene and saying ‘how did I get here’?”

For the girl who is making huge waves in Hollywood, it’s clear that she still has a soft spot for Australia.

“I’m really excited to do more work at home,” she reveals. “I think of myself as a character actor and I really like to build realistic characters that are very different from myself, so I’m interested in a really broad range of things.”

So, is there a particular role that would bring her home?

“There are a few Aussie filmmakers that I would love to work with in Australia,” she says.

“I would love to come home and collaborate with some of the brilliant directors that we have. It’s not so much what character would bring me home but what collaborative energy there could be there.”

And speaking of famous Aussies, Lucy is touted to be “the next Margot Robbie”, however, Lucy has never had the chance to meet her.

“I see her at a lot of events and I’ve always looked up to her as a real trailblazer,” she says.

“And she’s so inspiring with how she’s producing her own films, creating her own projects and I think it’s absolutely incredible.”

Catch Godfather of Harlem available only on Stan.