film called 'Freedom'. So that was like, whoa Jad?s off and running, you know. Hang on, wait for me. I couldn?t get a leg in. So I decided I should go to NIDA and learn how to act, not just do it through instinct. So I teamed up with another guy who had just done a film himself, the same age and he was Baz Luhrman. We created Strictly Ballroom, as a small little theatre piece. And that of course went on to become a phenomenon. I?ve earned more money from that then I have from Puberty Blues. I introduced Jad to a lot of my fellow actors in the class, and then she did a couple of episodes of Country Practice. She tried to get into NIDA, didn?t get in. Maybe did a few commercials. But then it all dried up, and I think that was really tough for her. RICHARD MUECKE, JAD CAPELJA?S EX-HUSBAND: I?m a recording engineer by trade and Jad came in representing some friends of hers who were playing in a band. But I?d recognised her as the actress from Puberty Blues so I was pretty excited really. Certainly wherever we went, whether we walked into a pub or a club or some sort of event, eyes would turn. So there was no doubt that she had that X-factor. When I first met Jad she was doing auditions, but for all the auditions that she went to, after that there wasn?t that much success. So