The Genuinely Interested Podcast Ep 102 Rhona Mitra - Everything Is Not As It Seems
Rhona Mitra is an actress, model, and singer. Rhona appeared as the live-action model for Lara Croft, the lead character in the Tomb Raider video game series. Born in London, England, her parents were pretty absent from her childhood - which led her to try and find other communities that would accept her like family - which is how she found acting. Rhona has acted in many shows and movies, but in recent years, has focused more of her time and attention on her animals, and farm, in Uruguay. A few years ago, she decided (for reasons that we discuss on the podcast) to move to Uruguay, buy land, and start living off the land as much as possible. To say her path was fraught with difficulties would be an understatement. On the podcast, Rhona was very transparent about her life, how she felt, and the things she’d gone through.
Rhona and I discussed:
- Her first audition
- Her decision to move to Uruguay
- Why she wasn't allowed into the US
- Her plan to open a rehabilitation center in Uruguay
- Working with horses
- The positive and negative impact of social media
- The Me Too movement
- Finding one's true purpose
- Why her utopia was not as it seemed
- Her promise to a horse
And much, much more...
My Take: Not everything is as it seems, not in Hollywood, not on Instagram, and not on the farm. Nothing is all good (or all bad) - life is nuanced, and humans have layers and complexities. The more we peel away, the more meaning we find - not by looking outwards at others, but inwards at ourselves. Not by judging how we stack up compared to the outside world, but what our inner world has to offer.