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10-11-2006, 11:45 AM
Hey guys! Found this inerview from Maxim Magazin.com with Jorge Garcia and an interview with Eko at the bottom.
http://maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7316
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Q&A With Lost's Hurley
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Like everybody else, we're massive Lost dorks. Mind you, we haven't combed the double-secret web sites for clues, read the novel tie-ins, or, under the nom de plume "IslandBoy815," posted a theory that the since-destroyed hatch was envisioned as an elaborate, metaphorical vagina. Still, as we approach the show's October 4 season premiere, we're positively atwitter with curiosity. Happily, the great Jorge Garcia, who plays lottery winner/deadpan dude Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, was available for a quickie Lost fix.
Maxim Online, Sep 2006
By Larry Dobrow
Is Hurley the most beloved character on TV?
[laughs] I don't know, but that's very nice to hear. I think I'm just the next in a long line of lovable island guys. It goes from Gilligan to Rupert from Survivor to me.
You get to live in Hawaii and work on a show that's considered one of TV's few sensations. Is being on Lost the best job in the universe, or what?
Yeah, it's pretty much the jackpot of jobs, I've gotta say. It's really cool getting to do a show away from everything, too. There's a romantic quality to it: you're the guy in A Midsummer's Night Dream, off in the forest to work on your little show.
There's gotta be some downside…
Well, [Lost] is crazy-intense. I did a movie over the summer - Deck the Halls in Vancouver. You spend the whole day shooting one scene. On Lost, you do everything before lunch. Considering that we're trudging through the jungle and carrying equipment, it's impressive how the crew makes it happen.
Give us a state-of-the-Hurley address as we head into season three of the show. What's he going to be facing this year?
I'm not totally sure. So much tragedy hit at the end of last season, so there's gotta be something. He's probably changed somehow.
That's pretty specific.
[laughs] Yeah. Sorry.
Did you like the direction in which the character of Hurley moved last year: the relationship with Libby, the back-and-forth with Sawyer?
I liked the relationship a lot, the romantic side of it. That's not usually a thing they let the fat guy on the show do.
Any madcap hijinks on the set that you can share?
Dominic [Monaghan, who plays Charlie] and I, we get some fun stuff to do together. There was a scene that didn't make the show: we had target practice on that magnetic wall. We painted a bull's-eye on it and threw silverware. Matt [Fox, who plays Jack] and I have an extra element of trying not to make each other laugh. In season one, we were walking around with torches. I came very close to singeing off his eyebrows.
The cult of Lost fans: What do you and the other cast members make of it?
Oh, I love it. Lost has the best of both worlds. We've got a very big audience numbers-wise but a very strong, hardcore cult-type of audience as well. We're always going online and answering questions at www.TheFuselage.com. It's the fans' support that keeps us going.
I met up with some of them in San Diego to do a podcast. We went out for Mexican food and chatted for a while. It was like, "You do an hour-long commercial for my show every week, the least I can do is get you a burrito."
How about interactions with less insider-type fans?
A lot of women I don't know want to hug me. I haven't totally gotten used to that.
What's the looniest fan explanation for Lost that you've heard?
My favorite was one that said the flight made it safely to L.A., but while in flight everybody on the plane was cloned. So they staged a fake crash with clones and we're all monitoring their adventures on the island. Or something crazy like that.
Is every "dude" that comes out of Hurley's mouth scripted, or do you have free reign to throw in a "dude" whenever you think it works?
No, that's scripted. There might have been times I moved it around in the line.
For you, what would be a satisfying resolution for the character of Hurley?
I don't know. I was wondering whether or not certain characters would want to get off the island at the end of Lost. Because of the curse he suffers from, part of Hurley feels that being on the island makes his loved ones safe. Who knows? I approach the show very much the way Hurley approaches his life: let's just take tomorrow as it comes.
Q&A With Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Girls Sports Videos Maxim
The first thing one notices upon chatting with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is that he sounds nothing at all like his most memorable characters: not Simon Adebisi from Oz, Mr. Eko from Lost, or Majestic from Get Rich or Die Tryin'. In fact, he speaks with a cheerful British lilt and boasts a sharp sense of humor that he hasn't yet flashed on camera. So with a few of the aforementioned ass kickers having made their way into American living rooms (courtesy of recent DVD releases of Get Rich and Lost's second season), we sat Akinnuoye-Agbaje down to answer a bunch o' persnickety questions.
Maxim Online, Sep 2006
By Larry Dobrow
Given some of the roles you've played in the past, how'd you end up on Lost?
To be quite honest with you, I hadn't heard of the show at the time they called me. I'm based in the UK and the show hadn't aired there, plus I wasn't looking to commit myself to a TV series. I was wooed into the part—the chemistry and creative vibe was great with the producers. The character, at that point, was just a priest, so he's evolved along the way. He was originally named Emeka.
And a year later, you find yourself living in Hawaii and working on one of TV's biggest shows.
I kind of feel for the people on the show who are just coming into the business and this is their first gig. They've got a big letdown coming.[laughs]
What is it about you, as an actor, that prompts casting directors to put you in roles where you kick a ton of ass?
Obviously Hollywood has a tendency to stereotype, and I'm a physical-looking person. Pretty much everything I've gotten has probably derived from my performance as Adebisi, which hopefully showed that I have a lot of layers. He was a cold-blooded murderer that you could feel for.
I'm still pissed that Adebisi got killed off.
People might have felt cheated, but I'm the sort of actor that won't sit around and get lazy and pamper the audience. When the [character's] arc is done, I move on. The same point will arrive with Eko; the key is recognizing it. With Adebisi, there was only one end for somebody who's in prison for life, you know? They asked me to come back as a ghost, but I said no. I wanted to keep the integrity of the character intact.
How tough was it to get into the mindset of a sneering, unrepentant criminal every day?
I enjoyed it and rode it hard. The hardest thing to do was take off the hat [Adebisi wore a tiny, circular cap that seemed to defy gravity by remaining atop his head]. New York is one of the best places in the world to shoot. It's almost like being in a theater. You get an immediate response—you feel it on the street when it's going well and when it's not.
The role was easy to get into, but it was very dangerous. I remember when I discovered Adebisi was a heroin addict: "Oh, ****, I've never even smoked a single cigarette." I didn't want to cheat the audience. At lunchtime, I called a friend and we drank a couple bottles of wine, to get into that mood. Half of what we shot that day was edited—we couldn't televise it. That's the level to which I'll go to get the point across.
How did you keep the hat on, anyway?
I just did. I could have done a back flip and it wouldn't move. A few of the bristles on my head helped it. [laughs]
Adebisi versus Mr. Eko in a fight: Who wins?
Adebisi would probably come out ahead, but it would be a great fight. We should throw Majestic in there as well.
What was your favorite Mr. Eko moment in the series so far?
I really liked the interaction with [John] Locke. It's like there's a spiritual chess game going on between them, two men constantly sizing each other up.
What was it like being one of the actors who came on board for season two? Was there kind of a new-kid-at-school thing going on?
They gave me a stick and said, "Knock those three guys out." There's no better way to make an entrance. [laughs]
How does the Lost fan cult compare with the Oz fan cult?
Oz was big, but Lost is something else. The theories [fans] conjure and throw at you, it's like, "Why aren't they writing it?" The amount of fascination is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. Basically you just accept that the obsessive audience is part of it.
How do you think it eventually ends for Mr. Eko?
It'd be nice to see him get laid [cracks up]. That's probably not going to happen. Hopefully he'll be a complete person by the end of his journey, free of the self-torture and guilt. I just want to see him in peace.
http://maximonline.com/articles/index.aspx?a_id=7316
(for Chloe and Pasto)
Q&A With Lost's Hurley
Girls Sports Videos Maxim
Like everybody else, we're massive Lost dorks. Mind you, we haven't combed the double-secret web sites for clues, read the novel tie-ins, or, under the nom de plume "IslandBoy815," posted a theory that the since-destroyed hatch was envisioned as an elaborate, metaphorical vagina. Still, as we approach the show's October 4 season premiere, we're positively atwitter with curiosity. Happily, the great Jorge Garcia, who plays lottery winner/deadpan dude Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, was available for a quickie Lost fix.
Maxim Online, Sep 2006
By Larry Dobrow
Is Hurley the most beloved character on TV?
[laughs] I don't know, but that's very nice to hear. I think I'm just the next in a long line of lovable island guys. It goes from Gilligan to Rupert from Survivor to me.
You get to live in Hawaii and work on a show that's considered one of TV's few sensations. Is being on Lost the best job in the universe, or what?
Yeah, it's pretty much the jackpot of jobs, I've gotta say. It's really cool getting to do a show away from everything, too. There's a romantic quality to it: you're the guy in A Midsummer's Night Dream, off in the forest to work on your little show.
There's gotta be some downside…
Well, [Lost] is crazy-intense. I did a movie over the summer - Deck the Halls in Vancouver. You spend the whole day shooting one scene. On Lost, you do everything before lunch. Considering that we're trudging through the jungle and carrying equipment, it's impressive how the crew makes it happen.
Give us a state-of-the-Hurley address as we head into season three of the show. What's he going to be facing this year?
I'm not totally sure. So much tragedy hit at the end of last season, so there's gotta be something. He's probably changed somehow.
That's pretty specific.
[laughs] Yeah. Sorry.
Did you like the direction in which the character of Hurley moved last year: the relationship with Libby, the back-and-forth with Sawyer?
I liked the relationship a lot, the romantic side of it. That's not usually a thing they let the fat guy on the show do.
Any madcap hijinks on the set that you can share?
Dominic [Monaghan, who plays Charlie] and I, we get some fun stuff to do together. There was a scene that didn't make the show: we had target practice on that magnetic wall. We painted a bull's-eye on it and threw silverware. Matt [Fox, who plays Jack] and I have an extra element of trying not to make each other laugh. In season one, we were walking around with torches. I came very close to singeing off his eyebrows.
The cult of Lost fans: What do you and the other cast members make of it?
Oh, I love it. Lost has the best of both worlds. We've got a very big audience numbers-wise but a very strong, hardcore cult-type of audience as well. We're always going online and answering questions at www.TheFuselage.com. It's the fans' support that keeps us going.
I met up with some of them in San Diego to do a podcast. We went out for Mexican food and chatted for a while. It was like, "You do an hour-long commercial for my show every week, the least I can do is get you a burrito."
How about interactions with less insider-type fans?
A lot of women I don't know want to hug me. I haven't totally gotten used to that.
What's the looniest fan explanation for Lost that you've heard?
My favorite was one that said the flight made it safely to L.A., but while in flight everybody on the plane was cloned. So they staged a fake crash with clones and we're all monitoring their adventures on the island. Or something crazy like that.
Is every "dude" that comes out of Hurley's mouth scripted, or do you have free reign to throw in a "dude" whenever you think it works?
No, that's scripted. There might have been times I moved it around in the line.
For you, what would be a satisfying resolution for the character of Hurley?
I don't know. I was wondering whether or not certain characters would want to get off the island at the end of Lost. Because of the curse he suffers from, part of Hurley feels that being on the island makes his loved ones safe. Who knows? I approach the show very much the way Hurley approaches his life: let's just take tomorrow as it comes.
Q&A With Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Girls Sports Videos Maxim
The first thing one notices upon chatting with Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is that he sounds nothing at all like his most memorable characters: not Simon Adebisi from Oz, Mr. Eko from Lost, or Majestic from Get Rich or Die Tryin'. In fact, he speaks with a cheerful British lilt and boasts a sharp sense of humor that he hasn't yet flashed on camera. So with a few of the aforementioned ass kickers having made their way into American living rooms (courtesy of recent DVD releases of Get Rich and Lost's second season), we sat Akinnuoye-Agbaje down to answer a bunch o' persnickety questions.
Maxim Online, Sep 2006
By Larry Dobrow
Given some of the roles you've played in the past, how'd you end up on Lost?
To be quite honest with you, I hadn't heard of the show at the time they called me. I'm based in the UK and the show hadn't aired there, plus I wasn't looking to commit myself to a TV series. I was wooed into the part—the chemistry and creative vibe was great with the producers. The character, at that point, was just a priest, so he's evolved along the way. He was originally named Emeka.
And a year later, you find yourself living in Hawaii and working on one of TV's biggest shows.
I kind of feel for the people on the show who are just coming into the business and this is their first gig. They've got a big letdown coming.[laughs]
What is it about you, as an actor, that prompts casting directors to put you in roles where you kick a ton of ass?
Obviously Hollywood has a tendency to stereotype, and I'm a physical-looking person. Pretty much everything I've gotten has probably derived from my performance as Adebisi, which hopefully showed that I have a lot of layers. He was a cold-blooded murderer that you could feel for.
I'm still pissed that Adebisi got killed off.
People might have felt cheated, but I'm the sort of actor that won't sit around and get lazy and pamper the audience. When the [character's] arc is done, I move on. The same point will arrive with Eko; the key is recognizing it. With Adebisi, there was only one end for somebody who's in prison for life, you know? They asked me to come back as a ghost, but I said no. I wanted to keep the integrity of the character intact.
How tough was it to get into the mindset of a sneering, unrepentant criminal every day?
I enjoyed it and rode it hard. The hardest thing to do was take off the hat [Adebisi wore a tiny, circular cap that seemed to defy gravity by remaining atop his head]. New York is one of the best places in the world to shoot. It's almost like being in a theater. You get an immediate response—you feel it on the street when it's going well and when it's not.
The role was easy to get into, but it was very dangerous. I remember when I discovered Adebisi was a heroin addict: "Oh, ****, I've never even smoked a single cigarette." I didn't want to cheat the audience. At lunchtime, I called a friend and we drank a couple bottles of wine, to get into that mood. Half of what we shot that day was edited—we couldn't televise it. That's the level to which I'll go to get the point across.
How did you keep the hat on, anyway?
I just did. I could have done a back flip and it wouldn't move. A few of the bristles on my head helped it. [laughs]
Adebisi versus Mr. Eko in a fight: Who wins?
Adebisi would probably come out ahead, but it would be a great fight. We should throw Majestic in there as well.
What was your favorite Mr. Eko moment in the series so far?
I really liked the interaction with [John] Locke. It's like there's a spiritual chess game going on between them, two men constantly sizing each other up.
What was it like being one of the actors who came on board for season two? Was there kind of a new-kid-at-school thing going on?
They gave me a stick and said, "Knock those three guys out." There's no better way to make an entrance. [laughs]
How does the Lost fan cult compare with the Oz fan cult?
Oz was big, but Lost is something else. The theories [fans] conjure and throw at you, it's like, "Why aren't they writing it?" The amount of fascination is one of the hardest things to come to terms with. Basically you just accept that the obsessive audience is part of it.
How do you think it eventually ends for Mr. Eko?
It'd be nice to see him get laid [cracks up]. That's probably not going to happen. Hopefully he'll be a complete person by the end of his journey, free of the self-torture and guilt. I just want to see him in peace.