Macedon Ranges actor Felix Cameron has won two TV Week Logie Awards for his role as Eli Bell in Australian Netflix series ‘Boy Swallows Universe’.
At the awards night on Sunday, August 18, Felix won the Graham Kennedy award for ‘Most Popular New Talent’, and the Silver Logie for ‘Best Lead Actor in a Drama’.
In his acceptance speech at the ceremony, Felix thanked several people, including voters, Boy Swallows Universe author Trent Dalton, family members, and dramaturg Nadia Townsend.
“[Nadia] had a saying that we were climbing a mountain, and … she never clarified whether it was Everest or the Dandenongs, but I think we got there,” Felix said.
In an interview with The Project, Felix said that after winning the awards, he met with his brother and sister at the apartment they were staying at, replied to friends’ messages, and watched the AFL Hawthorn versus Richmond game.
In a previous interview with Star Weekly, Felix spoke about how living in the Macedon Ranges has had an influence on some of his acting roles.
He said that as part of the audition for the 2020 film ‘Penguin Bloom’, actors were asked to tell an interesting story relating to animals.
Felix told the story of a goshawk that got stuck in his family’s chicken pen in the Macedon Ranges and how he and his friends set out to rescue it in the dark, saying that some of the adventures he has had in the area helped him to play Rueben in the film.
