More Two and a Half Men trivia ...

Melanie Lynskey who plays Rose is actually a New Zealander and started her acting career with one of the main roles (alongside Kate Winslet) in the wonderfully chilling New Zealand film Heavenly Creatures. 

What is also amazing is that she manages to disguise her New Zealand accent so well.  I travelled overseas with a girl from New Plymouth (where Lynskey also from) and she had the strongest Kiwi accent I have ever heard.  Her boyfriend (who was from somewhere on New Zealand's North Island) said he practically had to act as an interpreter for her when they were travelling in countries where people spoke English as a second language as noone could understand anything she said.  I'm sure there are some Australians who have similar "accent trouble" overseas. 

Back to Heavenly Creatures, I highly recommend watching it if you have never seen it.  There really is a lot more to New Zealand cinema than Lord of the Rings.