From Empire Magazine:
Where is the weirdest place you’ve ever been sick?
My wife and I traveled to Jamaica 15 years ago. Oh God that was a crazy trip! We stayed in this little bungalow out on the water, baked out of our minds for the first three days. We were just so stoned! And then we got sick and proceeded to get stoned ‘cos that makes you feel better.
Have you ever knowingly broken the law?
No comment. Yeah, all the time! I’ve done plenty of illegal narcotics, but I think everyone knowingly breaks the law pretty often, don’t they? I can’t imagine living my life abiding by the law completely. That’d be tough to do.
How much is a pint of milk?
There’s four of them in a gallon, right? A pint of milk, 16 ounces. How much would it cost? In Hawaii, a gallon of milk is like $6, so we’re talking $1.50. Buck 50.
When were you last naked outdoors?
Eight days ago. I’m naked outdoors a lot - I live in Hawaii - if naked outdoors means walking out to the pool naked and jumping and walking back inside.
What’s your karaoke song of choice?
Fake Plastic Trees, Radiohead. Thats a tough song! I like Radiohead a lot. I don’t think I’m a great singer, but I enjoy doing it.
What happens when you die?
All the moisture leaves your body and you turn back into carbon and you fall back into [the earth]…. Nothing else happens. That’s it.
What’s the most embarrassing CD in your collection?
I don’t have any embarrassing CDs. I am such a fanatical editor, I go through my Itunes collection every month and nix everything I feel don’t holds up. I’m pretty tough.
What’s your nickname?
People call me Foxy, and in my family my Dad calls me Foo. My younger brother, who’s three years younger than me, couldn’t pronounce Matthew - he kept saying Ma-Foo, so my old man just took the Foo part.
What would your last meal be?
It would be my Mum’s Thanksgiving dinner, which is your classic turkey…and she makes the most amazing stuffing and mashed potatoes and peas, and the gravy’s really good. And homemade cranberry sauce, which is key.
What was the last Movie you walked out of?
I think there’s a lot to be learned from watching a movie that doesn’t work. So I don’t think I’ve ever done that.
Who was your first movie crush?
Kathleen Turner, Body Heat. She was dangerously hot in that movie.
Who is the most famous person in your address book?
Susan Sarandon. I did Speed racer last summer and we’re mum and son in that, so we got to be really good friends. She’s awesome.
Ever had a bad experience on a plane?
No, I’ve been luck with that. I’m a pilot, I fly gliders, so I enjoy flying.
On a scale of one to ten, how hairy is your arse?
I love it! I love that question! That’s the best question I’ve got! I’m gonna give it a 6.5!
John C. Reilly said only four…I think he’s definitely got a hairier arse than me, man! That’s the thing you’d have to see what a one is and what a ten is and then you could get an accurate description. But I’m going to stick with a 6.5.
Friday, February 29, 2008
PLEASE VOTE FOR LOST!!!!
VOTING ENDS MARCH 8th!!!!
Lost has been nominated for several awards in the annual TV Ivy Awards. Nominations are compiled by suggestions and proposals of fans, who then get to vote for their favorites among the nominees. Lost has been nominated in the following categories:
Best drama: Lost
Best supporting actor: Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn
Best supporting actress: Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell, Yunjin Kim, Kiele Sanchez
Best Guest Actor: M.C. Gainey, Andrew Divoff
Best Guest Actress: Mira Furlan, L. Scott Caldwell
Best individual episode: The Brig, The Man Behind The Curtain, Through The Looking Glass
Winners are edecided by fan votes alone, so this is our chance to support Lost, especially since it has been snubbed so badly by the Emmys and Golden Globes!! So get voting:
http://blog.tviv.org/2008/02/22/ivy-awards-2
Lost has been nominated for several awards in the annual TV Ivy Awards. Nominations are compiled by suggestions and proposals of fans, who then get to vote for their favorites among the nominees. Lost has been nominated in the following categories:
Best drama: Lost
Best supporting actor: Adewale Akkinuoye-Agbaje, Michael Emerson, Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan, Terry O'Quinn
Best supporting actress: Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Mitchell, Yunjin Kim, Kiele Sanchez
Best Guest Actor: M.C. Gainey, Andrew Divoff
Best Guest Actress: Mira Furlan, L. Scott Caldwell
Best individual episode: The Brig, The Man Behind The Curtain, Through The Looking Glass
Winners are edecided by fan votes alone, so this is our chance to support Lost, especially since it has been snubbed so badly by the Emmys and Golden Globes!! So get voting:
http://blog.tviv.org/2008/02/22/ivy-awards-2
INTERVIEW with Henry Ian Cusik "DESMOND" on THE CONSTANT
By William Keck, USA TODAY
Flashbacks are so … in the past. ABC's Lost (tonight, 9 p.m. ET/PT) is now all about flash-forwards. But then there is Desmond, whose scenes tonight are something else entirely. Henry Ian Cusick, 40, previews tonight's episode with USA TODAY.
Q: So is Desmond's episode tonight a flash-forward or flashback?
A: It's, uh … to be honest, it's neither. It's more in line with those time-travel flashes before his eyes. A lot of people either love the time-travel element or hate it.
Q: The last time we saw Desmond, he and Sayid were being taken by helicopter to the freighter, but it had been taking an unusually long time to arrive. What's up with that?
A: There's a reason for that, and you'll find that out in this episode. And you'll find out why it's so difficult to get to the island.
Q: With whom do we see Desmond interact?
A: You will see (Desmond's love) Penny and her father, Charles Widmore. You will also see Desmond back in the military. And you'll also meet a whole new bunch of guys on the freighter, who have been a whole lot of fun to work with.
Q: What was it like for you and Naveen Andrews (Sayid) working on that freighter out in the middle of the ocean?
A: We filmed off Barber's Point (the west coast of Oahu) — about 10 to 15 minutes offshore. Once you're there, you're stuck on the boat, so we all had to find places to sleep and hide to be out of the shots. We had days and days being on that freighter and had a few night shoots as well. Because Naveen and I are both from the U.K., we had a lot of things to talk about — like characters from crappy old TV shows from our childhoods.
Q: We are learning one by one who make up the Oceanic Six, so far revealed to be Jack, Hurley, Sayid, Kate and maybe (the show's not confirming) baby Aaron. Since Desmond was never on Flight 815, can we assume he does not turn out to be one of the six?
A: That's what all of us were trying to figure out when we were receiving the scripts. I think it suddenly dawned on us that you had to be an original passenger on the plane that went down to be an Oceanic Six.
Q: So tell us. Who is Ben's man on the freighter?
A: You find out, but not for a few episodes.
Flashbacks are so … in the past. ABC's Lost (tonight, 9 p.m. ET/PT) is now all about flash-forwards. But then there is Desmond, whose scenes tonight are something else entirely. Henry Ian Cusick, 40, previews tonight's episode with USA TODAY.
Q: So is Desmond's episode tonight a flash-forward or flashback?
A: It's, uh … to be honest, it's neither. It's more in line with those time-travel flashes before his eyes. A lot of people either love the time-travel element or hate it.
Q: The last time we saw Desmond, he and Sayid were being taken by helicopter to the freighter, but it had been taking an unusually long time to arrive. What's up with that?
A: There's a reason for that, and you'll find that out in this episode. And you'll find out why it's so difficult to get to the island.
Q: With whom do we see Desmond interact?
A: You will see (Desmond's love) Penny and her father, Charles Widmore. You will also see Desmond back in the military. And you'll also meet a whole new bunch of guys on the freighter, who have been a whole lot of fun to work with.
Q: What was it like for you and Naveen Andrews (Sayid) working on that freighter out in the middle of the ocean?
A: We filmed off Barber's Point (the west coast of Oahu) — about 10 to 15 minutes offshore. Once you're there, you're stuck on the boat, so we all had to find places to sleep and hide to be out of the shots. We had days and days being on that freighter and had a few night shoots as well. Because Naveen and I are both from the U.K., we had a lot of things to talk about — like characters from crappy old TV shows from our childhoods.
Q: We are learning one by one who make up the Oceanic Six, so far revealed to be Jack, Hurley, Sayid, Kate and maybe (the show's not confirming) baby Aaron. Since Desmond was never on Flight 815, can we assume he does not turn out to be one of the six?
A: That's what all of us were trying to figure out when we were receiving the scripts. I think it suddenly dawned on us that you had to be an original passenger on the plane that went down to be an Oceanic Six.
Q: So tell us. Who is Ben's man on the freighter?
A: You find out, but not for a few episodes.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Matt Fox - Keeping Secrets
STARRING in Lost, possibly the most surreal television mystery since Twin Peaks, has made Matthew Fox a much better actor. Off screen, that is.
Matthew Fox knows how to keep a good secret.
He says he is forever pleading ignorant when fans -- and sometimes fellow cast members -- try to extract juicy details about the show's many secrets from him.
And often, Fox says, he's not giving those people the whole story.
The Channel 7 series about survivors of a plane crash marooned on a mysterious island has won legions of fans around the world and triggered countless theories about where the castaways actually are -- purgatory, a computer game and a scientific experiment being some of the more outlandish suggestions.
As a friend of the show's creators, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, Fox has occasionally been privy to plotlines ahead of time, but is sworn to secrecy.
He was told about last year's shocking finale, featuring a flash forward to the future, before most of the cast and says keeping the secret was difficult.
‘‘One day Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) and I were in a van going out to location and she was asking all these questions,'' he says.
‘‘She sensed something was up.
‘‘I wanted to tell her so bad. But I couldn't.''
Unlike Twin Peaks, which lost many viewers when they became frustrated by the many unresolved mysteries and increasingly bizarre storylines, Lost's writers have been quick to reassure viewers of impending answers by announcing the show will end in 2010.
Fox says he was the first cast member to be given the entire pilot script to read and was instantly intrigued by the story of the tropical island populated by polar bears, a monster made of smoke and a community of people known as The Others.
But when he auditioned he had to read the part of con artist Sawyer (now played by Josh Holloway) because Lost's creators did not want to reveal the whole story to anyone.
However, Abrams and Lidelof relented and gave the former Party of Five star the full script to read.
‘‘They kept asking what I thought,'' he says with a laugh.
‘‘I just said, ‘I think it's really, really good. Now would you just let me finish it?' ''
Though the flash forward reveals Fox's character, Jack Shephard, along with Kate, played by Evangeline Lilly, escape the island, that does not mean his character is safe from death forever.
‘‘We only know that he will not die in season four,'' Fox says cryptically. ‘‘But who knows what might happen after that.
‘‘It's not as though only red shirts (the anonymous cast of characters in Star Trek) get killed each week, it's the core cast.
‘‘I have always maintained that I could die at any time.''
In the past three seasons, at least six of the main cast have been killed off, including Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) in last season's finale.
Fox says though he has learned about some plot twists before other cast members, he says actors whose characters were to die were always told their fate before anyone else.
He actually prefers to be in the dark about what's going to happen.
Fox says it's the mystery of the show that keeps viewers watching -- and asking questions. And his tattoos have ended up being one of the biggest sources of intrigue since being written into the show last year.
One tattoo featuring Asian characters has been revealed as a preordained sign of impending doom made by a psychic tattooist played by Bai Ling.
The meaning of the others, as with most things to do with Lost, still remains unknown.
Though fans regularly ask him about Jack's tattoos, Fox cannot say anything. Nor would he want to.
He would never share such a personal part of himself with the world, whether it was pertinent to the Lost plotline or not.
For the most part, Fox shuns the spotlight. He prefers to spend time with his family at their home in Hawaii, where Lost is filmed.
He doesn't even hang out with the cast after hours, saying the attention surrounding the entertainment industry is strange and unnerving.
Fox says his children have started to notice the attention he gets from strangers and their own friends.
‘‘It makes me miserable,'' he says. ‘‘I'm not terribly comfortable with the hoopla around actors or musicians for that matter.
‘‘It's weird when my children's friends or their friends' parents make a big deal of it (his fame).
‘‘I would prefer to see scientists celebrated. There's a lot that needs to be done to save this planet of ours.''
Source:Hearald Sun
Matthew Fox knows how to keep a good secret.
He says he is forever pleading ignorant when fans -- and sometimes fellow cast members -- try to extract juicy details about the show's many secrets from him.
And often, Fox says, he's not giving those people the whole story.
The Channel 7 series about survivors of a plane crash marooned on a mysterious island has won legions of fans around the world and triggered countless theories about where the castaways actually are -- purgatory, a computer game and a scientific experiment being some of the more outlandish suggestions.
As a friend of the show's creators, JJ Abrams and Damon Lindelof, Fox has occasionally been privy to plotlines ahead of time, but is sworn to secrecy.
He was told about last year's shocking finale, featuring a flash forward to the future, before most of the cast and says keeping the secret was difficult.
‘‘One day Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet) and I were in a van going out to location and she was asking all these questions,'' he says.
‘‘She sensed something was up.
‘‘I wanted to tell her so bad. But I couldn't.''
Unlike Twin Peaks, which lost many viewers when they became frustrated by the many unresolved mysteries and increasingly bizarre storylines, Lost's writers have been quick to reassure viewers of impending answers by announcing the show will end in 2010.
Fox says he was the first cast member to be given the entire pilot script to read and was instantly intrigued by the story of the tropical island populated by polar bears, a monster made of smoke and a community of people known as The Others.
But when he auditioned he had to read the part of con artist Sawyer (now played by Josh Holloway) because Lost's creators did not want to reveal the whole story to anyone.
However, Abrams and Lidelof relented and gave the former Party of Five star the full script to read.
‘‘They kept asking what I thought,'' he says with a laugh.
‘‘I just said, ‘I think it's really, really good. Now would you just let me finish it?' ''
Though the flash forward reveals Fox's character, Jack Shephard, along with Kate, played by Evangeline Lilly, escape the island, that does not mean his character is safe from death forever.
‘‘We only know that he will not die in season four,'' Fox says cryptically. ‘‘But who knows what might happen after that.
‘‘It's not as though only red shirts (the anonymous cast of characters in Star Trek) get killed each week, it's the core cast.
‘‘I have always maintained that I could die at any time.''
In the past three seasons, at least six of the main cast have been killed off, including Dominic Monaghan (Charlie) in last season's finale.
Fox says though he has learned about some plot twists before other cast members, he says actors whose characters were to die were always told their fate before anyone else.
He actually prefers to be in the dark about what's going to happen.
Fox says it's the mystery of the show that keeps viewers watching -- and asking questions. And his tattoos have ended up being one of the biggest sources of intrigue since being written into the show last year.
One tattoo featuring Asian characters has been revealed as a preordained sign of impending doom made by a psychic tattooist played by Bai Ling.
The meaning of the others, as with most things to do with Lost, still remains unknown.
Though fans regularly ask him about Jack's tattoos, Fox cannot say anything. Nor would he want to.
He would never share such a personal part of himself with the world, whether it was pertinent to the Lost plotline or not.
For the most part, Fox shuns the spotlight. He prefers to spend time with his family at their home in Hawaii, where Lost is filmed.
He doesn't even hang out with the cast after hours, saying the attention surrounding the entertainment industry is strange and unnerving.
Fox says his children have started to notice the attention he gets from strangers and their own friends.
‘‘It makes me miserable,'' he says. ‘‘I'm not terribly comfortable with the hoopla around actors or musicians for that matter.
‘‘It's weird when my children's friends or their friends' parents make a big deal of it (his fame).
‘‘I would prefer to see scientists celebrated. There's a lot that needs to be done to save this planet of ours.''
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Lost nominated for 7 Saturn awards
The Saturn Award nominations are in, and many popular sci-fi and fantasy shows made the cut. Returning favorites like Lost, Heroes, and Dexter were recognized by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, as were newcomers Pushing Daisies and Journeyman.
With seven nominations, Lost is ahead of Dexter and Heroes, which received five and four nominations, respectively. Heroes was the big winner last year, taking home awards for Best Network Series as well as acting awards for Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere. Both actors received nominations this year, along with co-star Greg Grunberg.
Although it was shut out in 2007, Lost might have a better chance this time around now that Heroes doesn't have novelty on its side. Lost is up for Best Network Series and Best Series on DVD, and received acting nominations for cast members Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Emerson, Josh Holloway, and Elizabeth Mitchell. Fresh faces among the nominees include Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kevin McKidd, and Summer Glau.
Saturn Award winners will be announced on June 24. A complete list of the TV nominations follows.
Best Network Television Series
Heroes
Journeyman
Lost
Pushing Daisies
Supernatural
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Actor
Matt Dallas, Kyle XY
Matthew Fox, Lost
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kevin McKidd, Journeyman
Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Best Actress
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ghost Whisperer
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Evangeline Lilly, Lost
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Emerson, Lost
Greg Grunberg, Heroes
Josh Holloway, Lost
Erik King, Dexter
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
Masi Oka, Heroes
Best Supporting Actress
Jaime Alexander, Kyle XY
Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter
Summer Glau, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost
Jaime Murray, Dexter
Hayden Panettiere, Heroes
Best Television Series on DVD
Eureka (Season One)
Heroes (Season One)
Hustle (Complete Seasons Two and Three)
Lost (The Complete Third Season)
MI-5 (Volumes Four and Five)
Planet Earth (The Complete BBC Series)
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With seven nominations, Lost is ahead of Dexter and Heroes, which received five and four nominations, respectively. Heroes was the big winner last year, taking home awards for Best Network Series as well as acting awards for Masi Oka and Hayden Panettiere. Both actors received nominations this year, along with co-star Greg Grunberg.
Although it was shut out in 2007, Lost might have a better chance this time around now that Heroes doesn't have novelty on its side. Lost is up for Best Network Series and Best Series on DVD, and received acting nominations for cast members Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Michael Emerson, Josh Holloway, and Elizabeth Mitchell. Fresh faces among the nominees include Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kevin McKidd, and Summer Glau.
Saturn Award winners will be announced on June 24. A complete list of the TV nominations follows.
Best Network Television Series
Heroes
Journeyman
Lost
Pushing Daisies
Supernatural
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Best Actor
Matt Dallas, Kyle XY
Matthew Fox, Lost
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Kevin McKidd, Journeyman
Edward James Olmos, Battlestar Galactica
Lee Pace, Pushing Daisies
Best Actress
Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies
Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ghost Whisperer
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Evangeline Lilly, Lost
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Emerson, Lost
Greg Grunberg, Heroes
Josh Holloway, Lost
Erik King, Dexter
Terry O'Quinn, Lost
Masi Oka, Heroes
Best Supporting Actress
Jaime Alexander, Kyle XY
Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter
Summer Glau, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Elizabeth Mitchell, Lost
Jaime Murray, Dexter
Hayden Panettiere, Heroes
Best Television Series on DVD
Eureka (Season One)
Heroes (Season One)
Hustle (Complete Seasons Two and Three)
Lost (The Complete Third Season)
MI-5 (Volumes Four and Five)
Planet Earth (The Complete BBC Series)
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Matt Fox talks about Lost in the future
Actor Matthew Fox, who plays Jack in 'Lost', has been talking about what lies ahead in the series.
Speaking to the film website comingsoon.net about his new thriller 'Vantage Point', Fox found the time to talk about 'Lost'.
Following the resolution of the writers' strike in the US, Fox said that he would be going back to shoot more episodes for the fourth series of 'Lost' this spring.
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"We probably won't get all of the eight [episodes] we owe," said Fox, "but I'm sure we'll get five or six of them."
Fox remained coy on the development of his character, Jack, and whether he would become a hero or villain in the series.
He said: "I think the idea of hero or good guy, bad guy is sort of an antiquated notion in a lot of respects. I think it's more interesting to accept the complexity of all of us and hope that he makes heroic choices in very difficult circumstances."
He continued: "I really feel like 'Lost' and what I'm getting to do on that show is pretty complex, and it's evolving as well. (Jack) sort of started as this idea. Everybody wanted him to be this heroic guy, and actually, he's really flawed and the island is stripping away this deep compassion in him and bringing out a much darker side, so there's an evolution that's happening in the character that's always been important to Damon [Lindelof, 'Lost' creator] and myself."
Of the fourth series, Fox said: "I think the fourth season will close those two moments of time of Jack in the future and Jack feeling like he's being rescued. The season will be about answering all those questions of who got off with him? Who's in the casket? Why does he want to go back, this guy of all people? Why is he suicidal and desperate to go back?"
In his interview with comingsoon.net, Fox did offer a hint about the timeframe of the series, when asked how much time had passed on the island since the aeroplane crash.
He said: "If you're going to talk about from Jack in the plane crash to Jack in the future, that's about a year-and-a-half, and Jack on the island now would be about 120 days."
Source:RTE Entertainment
Speaking to the film website comingsoon.net about his new thriller 'Vantage Point', Fox found the time to talk about 'Lost'.
Following the resolution of the writers' strike in the US, Fox said that he would be going back to shoot more episodes for the fourth series of 'Lost' this spring.
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"We probably won't get all of the eight [episodes] we owe," said Fox, "but I'm sure we'll get five or six of them."
Fox remained coy on the development of his character, Jack, and whether he would become a hero or villain in the series.
He said: "I think the idea of hero or good guy, bad guy is sort of an antiquated notion in a lot of respects. I think it's more interesting to accept the complexity of all of us and hope that he makes heroic choices in very difficult circumstances."
He continued: "I really feel like 'Lost' and what I'm getting to do on that show is pretty complex, and it's evolving as well. (Jack) sort of started as this idea. Everybody wanted him to be this heroic guy, and actually, he's really flawed and the island is stripping away this deep compassion in him and bringing out a much darker side, so there's an evolution that's happening in the character that's always been important to Damon [Lindelof, 'Lost' creator] and myself."
Of the fourth series, Fox said: "I think the fourth season will close those two moments of time of Jack in the future and Jack feeling like he's being rescued. The season will be about answering all those questions of who got off with him? Who's in the casket? Why does he want to go back, this guy of all people? Why is he suicidal and desperate to go back?"
In his interview with comingsoon.net, Fox did offer a hint about the timeframe of the series, when asked how much time had passed on the island since the aeroplane crash.
He said: "If you're going to talk about from Jack in the plane crash to Jack in the future, that's about a year-and-a-half, and Jack on the island now would be about 120 days."
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Naveen Andrews is Lost and found
HOLLYWOOD has a virtual roll-call of actors who've struggled to deal with the nefarious side of fame. But hit drama Lost saved Naveen Andrews' life.
Naveen Andrews, in fact, could once have staked his claim as the poster boy of tortured stars.
Andrews, who plays former Iraqi soldier Sayid in mystery drama Lost, was born in London to Indian immigrants and left home at 16. By 17, he'd won a scholarship to London's renowned
Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a year later moved in with his teacher, 15 years his senior, with whom he had a son.
Scoring a role in the drama Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, loomed as his first major break, but the shoot in India set Andrews on a life-threatening downward spiral.’’I was on everything in India,'' he has said.’’In India, the heroin is pure.
‘‘Now I'm in the States I realise there are alternatives to the way I'd been living (in India and the UK).
I am profoundly grateful to have got out.''
Andrews started to turn his life around in 1998, when he left London for Los Angeles for a role in Mighty Joe Young.
Though Andrews, 39, can present as prickly and impatient, someone who loathes interviews, he also is capable of blunt assessment of his own hits and misses.
He sighs with relief when he says he no longer pursues the kind of escapism that risked career and life.
He insists if the success he's enjoying now had happened 10 years ago, it would have sent him mad. What, exactly, has changed?
‘‘I was still drinking and using then, you know. And I've been sober for five years. This really has to do with this business, not Lost, really. (It's about) the way different individuals react under pressure. David Carradine did Kung Fu and ended up thinking he was Kung Fu, you know what I mean, which is a sad thing to happen to a very good actor. ‘‘It's something most human beings are susceptible to and I'm glad I wasn't -- as a result of being older and sober.''
Like his Lost castmates, Andrews is aware the security of a weekly pay cheque could disappear any minute.
Few in the cast are considered safe from sacrifice, though Andrews gives the impression he thinks he'll be around for a while yet.
This is not to say that he's entirely happy with the way the show has evolved. Andrews feared he and other foundation cast were in danger of becoming redundant when producers resolved to spice up the show by introducing new characters.
’’I guess it goes with being a member of the original cast. You can't help it. It's like animals sensing danger, you know. Like when a new bunch of animals comes along you're going, ‘Who the f--- are you? F--- off'. You're protective. But the ground on which you stand is constantly being rearranged by the writers. You have to accept that.
‘‘At the end of season three you did see the idea that some characters would actually leave the island. You see them in the future. One looks for dramatic shifts, especially when you're on a series. Hopefully, you want to be able to do things that are new and exciting compared with the usual grind.''
There's no question Andrews was under-used by the show's writers through the third season.
He has infused Sayid, a former member of the Iraqi Republican Guard, with threads of unpleasantness, but worked equally hard to bring humanity to the character.
Fans will expect Sayid to feature heavily in future story arcs.
Asked if he finds his artistic yearnings to be satisfied on the show, he offers: ‘‘Occasionally, yeah. I mean, that's how I feel about acting generally. Occasionally it's fun. When I say that, I mean it's (fun) between action and cut.
‘‘The actual fear of getting up in the morning, having to go there. To sit here and talk to you . . . it hasn't got much to do with it, but between action and cut there's still some good moments. I guess that's what keeps you going.
‘‘And the money probably.''
Andrews was initially reluctant to sign on for Lost. He figured it would be difficult to sustain interest in a drama where a plane crashes on an island and a handful of passengers survive.
How many permutations of that same crash-survivor situation could you possibly get?
His concerns were assuaged by the producers, who promised the show would offer an ongoing cerebral puzzle. There have been times, however, when the stories have ventured dangerously off course.
‘‘Things weren't black and white,'' he says of season one.
‘‘One (Sayid) could be violent, and yet romantic, physically capable and yet vulnerable in other areas. That (complexity) is what we try to hold on to, despite the ebbs and flows of the writing.
‘‘You want to do right by a whole community of people -- not just Arabs, but the entire Muslim world,'' he adds, of playing Sayid.
‘‘Occasionally, you have to remind the writers there's certain things that would be really stupid to do. I can remember getting a scene where (Sayid was) praying before going to go do somebody in or shoot somebody. And I went, ‘You know, I'm not going to do that'. He's not a terrorist, you know what I mean?
‘‘The whole point of having somebody who had violence as part of his history and make-up was that he was also a romantic.
‘‘If that (scene) actually ended up on film, it would just not be good. Occasionally you have to put your little foot down.''
Why could the writers not see that they would be placing Sayid in a situation that would alter the audience's perception of the character?
‘‘Well, they're tired, I think,'' he says.
‘‘I think they're writing away, they're in their little bunker and they tend to forget. True love tends to forget.''
Source:Heraldsun
Naveen Andrews, in fact, could once have staked his claim as the poster boy of tortured stars.
Andrews, who plays former Iraqi soldier Sayid in mystery drama Lost, was born in London to Indian immigrants and left home at 16. By 17, he'd won a scholarship to London's renowned
Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a year later moved in with his teacher, 15 years his senior, with whom he had a son.
Scoring a role in the drama Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, loomed as his first major break, but the shoot in India set Andrews on a life-threatening downward spiral.’’I was on everything in India,'' he has said.’’In India, the heroin is pure.
‘‘Now I'm in the States I realise there are alternatives to the way I'd been living (in India and the UK).
I am profoundly grateful to have got out.''
Andrews started to turn his life around in 1998, when he left London for Los Angeles for a role in Mighty Joe Young.
Though Andrews, 39, can present as prickly and impatient, someone who loathes interviews, he also is capable of blunt assessment of his own hits and misses.
He sighs with relief when he says he no longer pursues the kind of escapism that risked career and life.
He insists if the success he's enjoying now had happened 10 years ago, it would have sent him mad. What, exactly, has changed?
‘‘I was still drinking and using then, you know. And I've been sober for five years. This really has to do with this business, not Lost, really. (It's about) the way different individuals react under pressure. David Carradine did Kung Fu and ended up thinking he was Kung Fu, you know what I mean, which is a sad thing to happen to a very good actor. ‘‘It's something most human beings are susceptible to and I'm glad I wasn't -- as a result of being older and sober.''
Like his Lost castmates, Andrews is aware the security of a weekly pay cheque could disappear any minute.
Few in the cast are considered safe from sacrifice, though Andrews gives the impression he thinks he'll be around for a while yet.
This is not to say that he's entirely happy with the way the show has evolved. Andrews feared he and other foundation cast were in danger of becoming redundant when producers resolved to spice up the show by introducing new characters.
’’I guess it goes with being a member of the original cast. You can't help it. It's like animals sensing danger, you know. Like when a new bunch of animals comes along you're going, ‘Who the f--- are you? F--- off'. You're protective. But the ground on which you stand is constantly being rearranged by the writers. You have to accept that.
‘‘At the end of season three you did see the idea that some characters would actually leave the island. You see them in the future. One looks for dramatic shifts, especially when you're on a series. Hopefully, you want to be able to do things that are new and exciting compared with the usual grind.''
There's no question Andrews was under-used by the show's writers through the third season.
He has infused Sayid, a former member of the Iraqi Republican Guard, with threads of unpleasantness, but worked equally hard to bring humanity to the character.
Fans will expect Sayid to feature heavily in future story arcs.
Asked if he finds his artistic yearnings to be satisfied on the show, he offers: ‘‘Occasionally, yeah. I mean, that's how I feel about acting generally. Occasionally it's fun. When I say that, I mean it's (fun) between action and cut.
‘‘The actual fear of getting up in the morning, having to go there. To sit here and talk to you . . . it hasn't got much to do with it, but between action and cut there's still some good moments. I guess that's what keeps you going.
‘‘And the money probably.''
Andrews was initially reluctant to sign on for Lost. He figured it would be difficult to sustain interest in a drama where a plane crashes on an island and a handful of passengers survive.
How many permutations of that same crash-survivor situation could you possibly get?
His concerns were assuaged by the producers, who promised the show would offer an ongoing cerebral puzzle. There have been times, however, when the stories have ventured dangerously off course.
‘‘Things weren't black and white,'' he says of season one.
‘‘One (Sayid) could be violent, and yet romantic, physically capable and yet vulnerable in other areas. That (complexity) is what we try to hold on to, despite the ebbs and flows of the writing.
‘‘You want to do right by a whole community of people -- not just Arabs, but the entire Muslim world,'' he adds, of playing Sayid.
‘‘Occasionally, you have to remind the writers there's certain things that would be really stupid to do. I can remember getting a scene where (Sayid was) praying before going to go do somebody in or shoot somebody. And I went, ‘You know, I'm not going to do that'. He's not a terrorist, you know what I mean?
‘‘The whole point of having somebody who had violence as part of his history and make-up was that he was also a romantic.
‘‘If that (scene) actually ended up on film, it would just not be good. Occasionally you have to put your little foot down.''
Why could the writers not see that they would be placing Sayid in a situation that would alter the audience's perception of the character?
‘‘Well, they're tired, I think,'' he says.
‘‘I think they're writing away, they're in their little bunker and they tend to forget. True love tends to forget.''
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Thursday, February 7, 2008
DOMINIC MONAGHAN - LOST STAR GETS LEAD ROLE
LOST star DOMINIC MONAGHAN has landed the lead role in the upcoming thriller PET.
The actor, who starred in all three LORD OF THE RINGS films, will play a loner who kidnaps his high school crush, in the MGM project.
Filming is to take place over the next few months.
PET is just one of a number of projects Dominic is undertaking as his recurring role as Charlie Pace in LOST comes to an end.
He can also be seen alongside RON PERLMAN in Glenn McQuaid's zombie picture I SELL THE DEAD.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Dominic provided the inspiration for the name of fellow LORD OF THE RINGS actor BILLY BOYD's band.
Boyd, best known for his role as Pippin in the fantasy films, changed the band's name to BEECAKE after Monaghan sent him a picture of a cake covered in bees that he had seen when holidaying in Spain, reports the Inverness Courier.
Source:contactmusic.com
The actor, who starred in all three LORD OF THE RINGS films, will play a loner who kidnaps his high school crush, in the MGM project.
Filming is to take place over the next few months.
PET is just one of a number of projects Dominic is undertaking as his recurring role as Charlie Pace in LOST comes to an end.
He can also be seen alongside RON PERLMAN in Glenn McQuaid's zombie picture I SELL THE DEAD.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Dominic provided the inspiration for the name of fellow LORD OF THE RINGS actor BILLY BOYD's band.
Boyd, best known for his role as Pippin in the fantasy films, changed the band's name to BEECAKE after Monaghan sent him a picture of a cake covered in bees that he had seen when holidaying in Spain, reports the Inverness Courier.
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