A beloved star is entering the jungle on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Australia.
Sea Change star Sigrid Thornton will join the cast of the reality series on Sunday night.
The 65-year-old told Adelaide Now on Saturday she agreed to appear on the series to challenge herself.
‘I thought: well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I really do like to keep myself guessing’ she said.
‘I like to find out what I’m capable of in an uncomfortable setting. I think it’s a fascinating social experiment.’
Despite her bravery, Sigrid does expect to grow sick of the competition quickly.
A beloved star is entering the jungle on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! Australia. Sigrid Thornton will join the cast of the reality series on Sunday night. Pictured in 2023
‘By day three, I’ll probably be saying, “What the hell was I thinking?” That said, I’m going in with my eyes wide open’ she said.
‘I know the attitude and the approach that I want to take, and it is simply one of openness to new experiences. I will just embrace that as much as I can.’
Rumours had been rife over who else will be heading into the jungle for the new season.
Fans have long speculated that Thornton, best known for 1982’s Man from Snowy River, could be the ‘star of the silver screen’ – and they were right.
Others had theorised that it could be Bump creator Claudia Karvan.
It comes after Sigrid got candid about ageing in a cover story for The Daily Telegraph’s Stellar magazine.
The actress said we should not become ‘obsessed’ with our changing looks, insisting that physical beauty ‘is not the main game’.
Asked her thoughts about ageing, Sigrid candidly told Stellar: ‘I think everybody worries about it, don’t they?
The 65-year-old agreed to appear on the series to challenge herself. ‘I like to find out what I’m capable of in an uncomfortable setting. I think it’s a fascinating social experiment’ she said. Pictured in 2019
Sigrid has had roles in Australian television shows including Prisoner, Sea Change and Wentworth. She has also appeared in films such as Snapshot and The Man from Snowy River, and captivated the audience with theatre roles. Pictured in 1988
‘I think we just need to get on with being as fit and as well as we possibly can, and make the most of every day. I don’t think we should be obsessed.’
Elsewhere in the interview, Sigrid was asked her thoughts on having been called the most beautiful woman in the world by none other than director Steven Spielberg.
‘He’s lovely and I love that quote,’ she responded.
‘It does make me smile, but physical beauty is really not the main game. We all need to work on what’s happening on the inside.’
Sigrid quickly became a household name with roles in Australian television shows including Prisoner, Sea Change and Wentworth.
She has also appeared in films including Snapshot and The Man from Snowy River, and captivated the audience with theatre roles such as 2002’s The Blue Room for The Melbourne Theatre Company alongside Marcus Graham.
In her personal life, Sigrid is celebrating a 48-year relationship with her producer husband Tom Burstall.
The couple are parents to son Ben, 39, and daughter Jaz, 30.
However, she admitted in an interview with Jane Hutcheon on One Plus One in 2016 that she’s found difficulty in balancing work with family.
‘I’ve always been sort of mildly over obsessed and compulsive about trying to find balance between the two, which is not really that possible to do, not every day anyway, she said.
‘You might find that one day it’s working really well, but I like to describe it like that circus act of the plates on the sticks, the spinning plates.
‘You might have 12 plates and 12 sticks, there’s always one plate dropping somewhere along the line, but you’ve just got to try and keep as many in the air as you can.’
