A good storyteller knows how to hold attention, intonating at the right moments and emphasising the points that will keep their audience listening. Which is why I can believe Nat when she admits to knowing how good she is at it. “In fact, more than an actress, I’m a storyteller,” she says.   

One of the reasons Nat has shifted her focus from acting and is so critical of the stories Hollywood is spending so much money to tell is because she knows the power they have to shape reality. “You start to question what the end goal is…[especially] at a time when the choices we make in the next decade will decide the fate of humanity on this planet forever,” she says. For Nat, it doesn’t make sense not to use this massive talent pool to reach global audiences and paint exciting futures, showing potential technologies and bringing people together. “It just seems so ridiculous to me that we’re missing this huge opportunity as storytellers.”  

Instead of waiting around for industry execs to stop staring at their bottom lines, Nat’s using her voice to push her ideas forward. “I think there’s this very misplaced idea that altruism doesn’t sell. That if there’s no conflict or violence…then it’s not going to be interesting,” she says. “So, in the last few months, I’ve just accepted the challenge.”   

Stories about permaculture and tropical glaciers and a mockumentary personifying a family of fibres, in the same vein as Keeping Up with the Kardashians (think polyester and wool battling it out), are just a few of the concepts she’s pitching. She wants to bring these stories to life, whether that’s through parody or comedy, and really entertain audiences, even when the information is dense.    

In the interim, Nat is comfortable leaning into her social media platforms to creatively execute other concepts, backing her intuition for what evolving audiences are paying attention to.