Not much, predictably, has been revealed about the fifth (and penultimate) season of the cult ABC drama Lost, but one thing is certain: Jorge Garcia will still be amusing audiences as the laid-back Hugo “Hurley” Reyes. The 35-year-old actor, whose demeanor matches his character’s, has provided much of the notoriously convoluted series’s humor as a man who has been plagued by bad luck ever since winning $114 million in the lottery. We recently spoke to Garcia as he shopped for bread and eggs in Hawaii, where the show is filmed.
Time Out New York: Dude.
Jorge Garcia: [Laughs] Yeah.
TONY: Is Hurley required to say that at least ten times per episode?
Jorge Garcia: Oh yeah. Anytime I have a line, they need to put dude somewhere.
TONY: Did you use that word a lot before you took the role?
Jorge Garcia: I did say “dude” before but not as much as Hurley does. At first I was trying to say “dude” less than I normally do, just to keep some separation. But I really don’t care anymore. Now if it’s an appropriate moment, you know, I’ll just let the dude fly.
TONY: So, how does the series end?
Jorge Garcia: Good question. I don’t know. But I think at some point there’s gonna be a big, giant fight for the island. Probably gonna be pretty awesome.
TONY: Sounds like you’re genuinely into the show. Are you as big of a Lost nerd as all the other Lost nerds?
Jorge Garcia: I’m pretty close. I mean, I don’t spend too much time on the Internet trying to figure things out anymore. I let them write the show and whatever gets revealed, I enjoy it. But I do download podcasts about the show, because they tell me what the fans are talking about in a nutshell.
TONY: What’s your weirdest fan experience so far?
Jorge Garcia: I came to L.A. a few years ago, and I went to this late-night taco stand called Benito’s, like, around midnight. And there was a guy there. Later, as I’m picking up my food—’cause you had to wait around and stuff—that same guy showed up. After he’d already left. He had run home and printed a picture of me from the computer. And then he asked me to sign it. To actually go through all that effort!
TONY: It must never cease to surprise you how incredibly rabid some fans are.
Jorge Garcia: Yeah, it never does. A lot of times when I’m shooting the show, I have them in the back of my mind. Sometimes I go, “Wait a minute. We gotta fix this continuity-wise, or else they’re going to be posting on the Internet about this, I know it.” But every now and then there’s some things you’ve just got to be like, “Well, it’s a TV show.”
TONY: Like when?
Jorge Garcia: Like when we were building our campsites. There were a lot of tarps. And so, yeah, there’s apparently a shipment of tarps on the plane. There are boxes of them that we now have access to. [Laughs]
TONY: I wish it had been a shipment of doubloons, because doubloons is one of my favorite words.
Jorge Garcia: You a big fan of the pirate movies?
TONY: Well, only if they employ the word doubloons.
Jorge Garcia: I hear you.
TONY: Or pantaloons.
Jorge Garcia: That’s harder to work in, I think. Because (a) you never seem to be wearing pantaloons, and (b) that’d be something you’d only bring up if you’re making fun of someone’s short pants, like, “Those are borderline pantaloons, I believe.”
Absolutely. Bigger show shot in Hawaii: Lost or Magnum, P.I.?
Jorge Garcia: It depends on how you measure it, I’m going to say.
TONY: In the geek factor, obviously, Lost wins. But not so in the mustache factor.
Jorge Garcia: Yeah, I bet. I actually have a Magnum, P.I. T-shirt that I like to wear around the pool. There’s no picture of him on it, though. It’s just, like, the car.
TONY: Cheech Marin plays Hurley’s dad on the show, which can only mean that Tommy Chong is going to have a meaty role this season, right?
Jorge Garcia: I don’t know. [Laughs]
TONY: Can we please start that rumor?
Jorge Garcia: Sure. Chong is in negotiations.
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Showing posts with label Hurley. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Jorge Garcia Glad That Show Isn't 'Lost' On Fans
Comedian and actor Jorge Garcia is indebted to his fans, and is keen to appreciate the variety the audiences come in. He's even pleased that Lost is a big hit among the music crowd, especially members of the bands Metallica and Anthrax.
Though the series is returning on January 21 with a clip special to boot, the actors know how rabid the viewers still are. It's just a little surprising how rock stars and soul singers can also get a little weak-kneed when it comes to seeing their favorite actors.
“One of the biggest things for me was when we were at the Golden Globes,” Jorge Garcia admitted. “Seal came up to me, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim and asked to get a picture with us. Holy cow! That's awesome.”
It seems as though anyone from the realms of heavy metal to R&B can be fanboy or a fangirl, especially with shows like Lost on television these days. Garcia, who plays the character Hurley Reyes on the series, went on to explain why he thinks the acclaimed ABC series is a hit with musicians.
“Because we're a very good DVD kind of show, I've run into a lot of musicians who are fans because they watch it on their tour buses and things like that,” the actor exclaimed.
Well then, they have a lot to look forward to. With ABC releasing Lost's fifth season in less than a month's time, there's no doubt the network will be plagued by fans once more. Sources reveal that the program will air uninterrupted, with a three-hour premiere consisting of a clip show and two new back-to-back episodes.
“This season, I think, is going to run straight through,” Garcia said. “Last season, they skipped a week before the finale and had a clip show, so we might do that. But for the most part, it should run straight through.”
Source: buddytv
Though the series is returning on January 21 with a clip special to boot, the actors know how rabid the viewers still are. It's just a little surprising how rock stars and soul singers can also get a little weak-kneed when it comes to seeing their favorite actors.
“One of the biggest things for me was when we were at the Golden Globes,” Jorge Garcia admitted. “Seal came up to me, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim and asked to get a picture with us. Holy cow! That's awesome.”
It seems as though anyone from the realms of heavy metal to R&B can be fanboy or a fangirl, especially with shows like Lost on television these days. Garcia, who plays the character Hurley Reyes on the series, went on to explain why he thinks the acclaimed ABC series is a hit with musicians.
“Because we're a very good DVD kind of show, I've run into a lot of musicians who are fans because they watch it on their tour buses and things like that,” the actor exclaimed.
Well then, they have a lot to look forward to. With ABC releasing Lost's fifth season in less than a month's time, there's no doubt the network will be plagued by fans once more. Sources reveal that the program will air uninterrupted, with a three-hour premiere consisting of a clip show and two new back-to-back episodes.
“This season, I think, is going to run straight through,” Garcia said. “Last season, they skipped a week before the finale and had a clip show, so we might do that. But for the most part, it should run straight through.”
Source: buddytv
Jorge Garcia talks LOST...again
The final finale of "Lost" isn't expected 'til 2010, but already things are heating up on ABC's one-of-a-kind series, which begins airing its fifth season Jan. 21 with a three-hour premiere. Jorge Garcia -- aka Hurley -- reports that the cast did a lot of guessing about the mysteries surrounding their characters and their strange island surroundings "during Season 1, but after that it slowed down. Last season, when they announced there was going to be an ending, we started guessing again. There's definitely a sense of pacing that is going toward something on the show. We're excited, like Season 1."
According to him, "The stories are crazy this year. This one definitely takes it to another level." As for himself, the challenge in playing his lottery-winning, formerly institutionalized character remains "to try and make Hurley's craziness come from a real place. That has been a big challenge for me as an actor, along with some of the physical stuff. You have no idea how hard it is to march with purpose in sand in tennis shoes when you have to do it over and over again."
Source: National Ledger
According to him, "The stories are crazy this year. This one definitely takes it to another level." As for himself, the challenge in playing his lottery-winning, formerly institutionalized character remains "to try and make Hurley's craziness come from a real place. That has been a big challenge for me as an actor, along with some of the physical stuff. You have no idea how hard it is to march with purpose in sand in tennis shoes when you have to do it over and over again."
Source: National Ledger
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Jorge Garcia talks LOST
s Hurley really unbalanced, or is the Island messing with him?
Unbalanced? I don't know. I have no idea what exactly is going with the "I see dead people" stuff. There's so much in playing that Hurley, and the craziness is the trickiest part. I've gone to directors and asked, "How is it that I get to the point to where I decide that blowing up the food is the best possible way to resolve this issue?" And all they can really say to me is, "Well, you've been in a mental institution." "Great, that helps a lot." But I just decide to believe that if [Hurley] feels that this is how this has to go, this is how it goes for him and just commit to it."
How long do you think it will take the Oceanic Six to get back to the Island?
I think that's what a lot of season five is going to be about, and hopefully we can do it in a season.
What will it take to convince Hurley to go back to the Island?
I don't know yet. There's this thing where Sayid comes to get Hurley [from Santa Rosa], and I'm curious what type of buddy adventures they might be going on.
Do you have a theory about how the show is going to end?
I feel like there's going to be a fight for the Island. There are at least two competing powers who can lay claim to that Island, and I feel like there is going to be some kind of fight for it at the end.
Have you been subject to the normal Hollywood pressure to lose weight, or have they said they like you the way you are and that's your character?
It hasn't come up. Well, it's come up with the audience apparently because that was a big question—why isn't Hurley losing weight? I was like, wow, with all the questions you're going to ask about the show, why are you focused on this? No one's asking why aren't the women getting hairy armpits?
How has the series changed your life?
There's nothing like it. When I got off the plane here, someone took my picture as I walked to baggage claim, as I got my luggage, as I walked out of the airport, as I got into the car, and even [as I was] in the car, he shot pictures through the window. That's a little much maybe. Every doorway I walk through? That's a little much. I get that they are filling a demand, and if the public didn't want that kind of stuff, there wouldn't be a business for it. That's just part of it.
Source: eonline.com
Unbalanced? I don't know. I have no idea what exactly is going with the "I see dead people" stuff. There's so much in playing that Hurley, and the craziness is the trickiest part. I've gone to directors and asked, "How is it that I get to the point to where I decide that blowing up the food is the best possible way to resolve this issue?" And all they can really say to me is, "Well, you've been in a mental institution." "Great, that helps a lot." But I just decide to believe that if [Hurley] feels that this is how this has to go, this is how it goes for him and just commit to it."
How long do you think it will take the Oceanic Six to get back to the Island?
I think that's what a lot of season five is going to be about, and hopefully we can do it in a season.
What will it take to convince Hurley to go back to the Island?
I don't know yet. There's this thing where Sayid comes to get Hurley [from Santa Rosa], and I'm curious what type of buddy adventures they might be going on.
Do you have a theory about how the show is going to end?
I feel like there's going to be a fight for the Island. There are at least two competing powers who can lay claim to that Island, and I feel like there is going to be some kind of fight for it at the end.
Have you been subject to the normal Hollywood pressure to lose weight, or have they said they like you the way you are and that's your character?
It hasn't come up. Well, it's come up with the audience apparently because that was a big question—why isn't Hurley losing weight? I was like, wow, with all the questions you're going to ask about the show, why are you focused on this? No one's asking why aren't the women getting hairy armpits?
How has the series changed your life?
There's nothing like it. When I got off the plane here, someone took my picture as I walked to baggage claim, as I got my luggage, as I walked out of the airport, as I got into the car, and even [as I was] in the car, he shot pictures through the window. That's a little much maybe. Every doorway I walk through? That's a little much. I get that they are filling a demand, and if the public didn't want that kind of stuff, there wouldn't be a business for it. That's just part of it.
Source: eonline.com
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Jorge Garcia Reveals Show Secret
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - One of the best things about the hit ABC show "Lost" is that it always keeps you guessing. It leaves fans wondering if something a character says has a hidden meaning and most episodes leave fans buzzing with theories that are hashed out over and over on the Internet.
So it is always fun to find out that sometimes "Lost" fans are running round in circles over nothing, like a dog chasing its tail. One of those occasions would be the episode where Hurley, played by Jorge Garcia, ends up in a mental institution after he sees dead Charlie.
While in the mental institution, we see Hurley working on a water color painting. While fan sites buzzed after seeing the picture, the simple truth is Garcia painted the picture himself. He told TV Guide that he not only painted the picture himself, but he got to decide what would be in the painting. Garcia painted an Eskimo fishing outside an igloo.
"I was like, 'I hope people think this means something,'" he said. "I hoped people might think it had something to do with the guys [in the Season 2 finale] speaking Portuguese in the snow."
Good one Garcia, you got us.
Source: allheadlinenews
So it is always fun to find out that sometimes "Lost" fans are running round in circles over nothing, like a dog chasing its tail. One of those occasions would be the episode where Hurley, played by Jorge Garcia, ends up in a mental institution after he sees dead Charlie.
While in the mental institution, we see Hurley working on a water color painting. While fan sites buzzed after seeing the picture, the simple truth is Garcia painted the picture himself. He told TV Guide that he not only painted the picture himself, but he got to decide what would be in the painting. Garcia painted an Eskimo fishing outside an igloo.
"I was like, 'I hope people think this means something,'" he said. "I hoped people might think it had something to do with the guys [in the Season 2 finale] speaking Portuguese in the snow."
Good one Garcia, you got us.
Source: allheadlinenews
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Hurley is cusred, Jorge is lucky
JORGE Garcia, who plays rotund Hurley in Lost, figures he's one of the luckiest guys in show business, and is still counting his blessings.
Before finding fame on the island adventure series shot in Hawaii, Garcia was battling away as a stand-up comedian and bit-part actor.
This is not to say Garcia's getting too comfortable. He's well aware Lost producers, known for creating unexpected plot twists, could boot him from the show at any minute.
There's no question, however, that writing Hurley out of the show would be fraught with peril because he ranks as one of its most popular characters.
Garcia smiles when asked how important he sees Hurley to Lost's success.
"Well, you gotta look at the story," he says.
"And if the best story to tell involves Hurley dying, well . . .
"Listen, I want Hurley to be there until the end, but you want the show to be the best it can be. And we have a very high standard that we're living up to.
"I was watching Dom (Dominic Monaghan, who played Charlie) handle his destiny (on-screen death). And he was feeling it was the best death we've had and the most meaningful . . . sacrificing for the best of everybody. He had a very noble attitude about it. So I would take his lead.
"Then again, maybe I'd say (to producers), ‘But the audience loves me so much'."
The cast's sense of isolation, spending so much time filming in Hawaii, ensures there's grief when a regular character is sacrificed.
"It's tough because they move away for one thing. It's not like, you know, you drive 20 minutes and you can go visit them on any afternoon," Garcia says.
"They're a plane ride away."
But Garcia hastens to add that his life is not too shabby.
When he's not at work, he loves heading to his beach house to play with his dog.
Asked if he, like Monaghan, has fallen in love with surfing since arriving in Hawaii, the generously proportioned Garcia says: ‘‘Not yet. I'm working on it. I'm getting another board that's longer and wider and will float me better to, you know, have more success.''
His size raises some questions about how Garcia handles the physical workload on Lost.
Garcia says he relies heavily on breaks in production to catch his breath.
"Whenever they (crew) have to move the camera, it gives you about a half-hour to hang out and chill. But sometimes you need to ask for it (rest), you know," he says.
"I remember I did an episode where I was running up the longest escalator I'd ever seen in my life at the Honolulu Convention Centre. And I'm running up with suitcases bobbing through people and I have to make it to the top.
"You do one take and they want you to go down and re-set and I'm already covered with sweat and panting and I'm like, ‘Hold on, the next take is not coming quite so soon'.
"Sometimes you gotta tell them you need time."
Jorge Garcia is confident Lost can maintain its following, despite signs even its hard-core fans have been frustrated by meandering plotlines.
"I think a lot of fans have issues with the start of the last season, but I thought the season came to a really phenomenal ending,'' Garcia says. ‘‘And now that writers know the time they have left to tell the full Lost story, we've had very solid scripts. It's exciting. It's like the scripts we get now are on the level of excitement we had in season one."
Garcia has given up trying to work out why Hurley and his fellow crash survivors are on the island. "I gave up coming up with theories. I enjoy reading theories people come up with, but I now leave that to the fans."
Source: www.news.com.au
Before finding fame on the island adventure series shot in Hawaii, Garcia was battling away as a stand-up comedian and bit-part actor.
This is not to say Garcia's getting too comfortable. He's well aware Lost producers, known for creating unexpected plot twists, could boot him from the show at any minute.
There's no question, however, that writing Hurley out of the show would be fraught with peril because he ranks as one of its most popular characters.
Garcia smiles when asked how important he sees Hurley to Lost's success.
"Well, you gotta look at the story," he says.
"And if the best story to tell involves Hurley dying, well . . .
"Listen, I want Hurley to be there until the end, but you want the show to be the best it can be. And we have a very high standard that we're living up to.
"I was watching Dom (Dominic Monaghan, who played Charlie) handle his destiny (on-screen death). And he was feeling it was the best death we've had and the most meaningful . . . sacrificing for the best of everybody. He had a very noble attitude about it. So I would take his lead.
"Then again, maybe I'd say (to producers), ‘But the audience loves me so much'."
The cast's sense of isolation, spending so much time filming in Hawaii, ensures there's grief when a regular character is sacrificed.
"It's tough because they move away for one thing. It's not like, you know, you drive 20 minutes and you can go visit them on any afternoon," Garcia says.
"They're a plane ride away."
But Garcia hastens to add that his life is not too shabby.
When he's not at work, he loves heading to his beach house to play with his dog.
Asked if he, like Monaghan, has fallen in love with surfing since arriving in Hawaii, the generously proportioned Garcia says: ‘‘Not yet. I'm working on it. I'm getting another board that's longer and wider and will float me better to, you know, have more success.''
His size raises some questions about how Garcia handles the physical workload on Lost.
Garcia says he relies heavily on breaks in production to catch his breath.
"Whenever they (crew) have to move the camera, it gives you about a half-hour to hang out and chill. But sometimes you need to ask for it (rest), you know," he says.
"I remember I did an episode where I was running up the longest escalator I'd ever seen in my life at the Honolulu Convention Centre. And I'm running up with suitcases bobbing through people and I have to make it to the top.
"You do one take and they want you to go down and re-set and I'm already covered with sweat and panting and I'm like, ‘Hold on, the next take is not coming quite so soon'.
"Sometimes you gotta tell them you need time."
Jorge Garcia is confident Lost can maintain its following, despite signs even its hard-core fans have been frustrated by meandering plotlines.
"I think a lot of fans have issues with the start of the last season, but I thought the season came to a really phenomenal ending,'' Garcia says. ‘‘And now that writers know the time they have left to tell the full Lost story, we've had very solid scripts. It's exciting. It's like the scripts we get now are on the level of excitement we had in season one."
Garcia has given up trying to work out why Hurley and his fellow crash survivors are on the island. "I gave up coming up with theories. I enjoy reading theories people come up with, but I now leave that to the fans."
Source: www.news.com.au
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