Dive In Wonder with Samantha Allsop: Going off script, Rejection as a mentor and COVID immigration

In this special two-part conversation, I sit down with my soulmate- actress, director and model Samantha Allsop to reflect on the twists, turns, and redirections that come with chasing your wildest dreams, and we trace the quiet geography of an artist’s life—the turns we didn’t plan, the detours that became the path. Together, we open up about acting, modeling, rejection as a mentor, and how our COVID immigration reshaped our paths.

In Part One, Sammy shares how her childhood experiences carved the foundation of her artistic journey — moving through many disciplines like stepping stones, each one shaping her language as an artist, each one teaching her a different rhythm of resilience. We also explore the grief of leaving friends behind when life pulls you across borders, and how that ache becomes part of your storytelling.

It’s a heartfelt, unfiltered exchange about what it means to go “off script,” chase art across continents, and the courage return—again and again—home to ourselves.

 

(Part 2 coming next week XX love you, divers!)