Saskia Archer didn't think she would become an actor.

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Originally, the actor studied to become a paramedic and worked in Hobart and Launceston for two years.

Now, she's sharing the stage with Mark Wahlberg in the new Amazon Prime movie Play Dirty.

The film sees Archer play a hostage during a bank heist, and before a spontaneous gap year, it's the last place she thought she would be.

"I didn't plan to do acting. I didn't want to do acting. I thought it was vain and stupid," she said.

"I thought it was coinc

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