Thus outfitted, Bosworth went out to play, often with her
costars.
"We were really, really close on this film," she says. "And I think
because it's not like we were all working in L.A., and we had our
groups of different friends and were living at home. We were all
sort of living in this bubble in a place that was far, far away
from home, and so we all did just become very close and go out at
night. We absolutely all hung out together."
So it was common to see Bosworth, Routh, Spacey (with whom Bosworth
starred as Sandra Dee in
Beyond the Sea), and James Marsden
(who plays Lois's fiancé in the film) out on the town, along with
other cast members like Frank Langella,
Parker Posey, and Eva
Marie Saint, all led by director
Bryan Singer. Of Singer, Bosworth
says, "He's incredibly talented, but he is also a lot of fun. I
mean, he definitely knows how to have a good time."
But just as often you would find Bosworth with her dog.
"I loved Centennial Parklands," she says. "I think it was modeled
after
Central Park. It's a big park right in the middle of the
city, and it's really, really lovely. I have a dog, and she came
with me to
Australia, so it was nice for me to, you know, walk her
around. On Sundays, they hold a lot of concerts there at the park
as well. I saw
Jack Johnson play when I first came to Sydney."
They had weekends off, which meant beaches.
"Palm Beach and Whale Beach," she says. "They are part of the
Northern Beaches. It's about 45 minutes to an hour's drive from
Sydney. Pack a picnic. I imagine
Sydney a lot like California
probably was years and years ago. I mean, you know, when it was
still pristine and clean and beautiful and pure."
For dinner, Bosworth became a regular at the Pier, which has the
most Australian of seafoods: the crustacean known as the Balmain
Bug, a rock-lobster-like creature that she had to try on her
you're-only-22-once liberation tour. "Yeah, that's like the little
seafood critter, right?" she says. She ate her first of several at
the Pier, just down the street from her apartment in Point Piper.
"It was in a soup, actually. Delicious," she says. "That was my
favorite restaurant in Sydney. I went there pretty much every
weekend. It's right on Rose Bay, and the restaurant juts out into
the harbor, so it's shaped on the inside like an old, beautiful
boat. And in fact, you can dock outside of the restaurant and then
come up for lunch."