lost.meg
01-09-2005, 12:34 AM
well its not that important (and you might already know it)...BUT..there is a GREAT article about you (and your character) in my newspaper! Here I copied it:
Posted on Sat, Jan. 08, 2005 Philadelphia Daily News
Burly Hurley of 'Lost' emerges as audience's favorite castaway
By DANIEL FIENBERG
Zap2it.com
The plucky survivors of ABC's "Lost" could serve as a casebook for how most people would respond to being stranded on a deserted (and mysterious) island.
Some folks would be as handy and altruistic Matthew Fox's Jack or as malevolently resourceful as Josh Holloway's Sawyer. Few of us would show the eerie mastery of Terry O'Quinn's Locke, but the reluctant brattiness of Maggie Grace's Shannon would probably be in abundance. For most viewers, though, emulating Jorge Garcia's Hurley would be the best of all possible worlds.
Like the subject of Rudyard Kipling's "If," Hurley has kept his head when all about him are losing theirs. Like that poem's ideal hero, he doesn't necessarily look too good nor talk too wise, but on the fractious island, he's a friend to all and an enemy to none, a gentle giant perfectly willing to do hard labor, deskwork or even invent a liberating game of island golf.
It's no wonder that Fox and Holloway and Evangline Lilly may get the press, Garcia has broken out as one of the show's most popular stars.
"I feel like suddenly I get a bit better customer service, where people are more anxious to help me," Garcia said of his public reception.
While the other characters on "Lost" constantly appear grimy and miserable, stressed out and on the verge of giving up, Hurley always just seems happy to be alive. He's quick with a joke, the only castaway who could possibly be described as happy-go-lucky.
Garcia seems to be the same way. The 25-year-old actor arrived at auditions for "Lost" before the character of Hurley even existed and found himself reading pages for Sawyer.
Even once producers assured him that his character would exist and that copies of the pilot script were available, the actor wasn't in any rush to see how many lines he got or whether he'd have any big emotional moments. Most familiar from comedic work on "Becker" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Garcia had all the information he needed.
"I had faith in J.J. Abrams and shooting in Hawaii and that was pretty much all I needed to hear," he said, laughing.
For the first half of the shooting schedule, production has just been wish fulfillment for the Nebraska-born actor.
"I love what I've gotten to do so far," he said. "The whole thing where I ran away from the plane and it exploded behind me and we dove out in the sand - very action star-ish, I thought that was awesome. That's not something I really expected that I would get to do in my career."
Viewers are far from satisfied with the mere snippets of knowledge they've received about Hurley. While certain characters, including Fox's Jack, have already had multiple episodes dedicated to their backstories, Hurley has gone entirely unexplained, barring some cryptic hints. That won't change until the season's 18th hour, an episode that hasn't even been shot yet.
Garcia, in fact, hasn't even seen a script, though the producers have let him in on the character's "big secret." Whatever that secret may be, Garcia isn't telling.
On the Internet, wags have been speculating for weeks over a perplexing line of dialogue where Hurley refers to his normal life by saying, "I'm known as something of a warrior myself," a statement that has prompted buzz that Hurley could be everything from an extremely large undercover spy to an extremely dedicated Dungeons and Dragons player.
"There are certain things where you never realize what exactly the audience is going to jump on and really wonder about and catch," Garcia said of his "warrior" comment. "I didn't give that one too much attention, and then I realized the attention it got on the Internet. So it made me wonder, 'Yeah, actually I wonder what that is.' "
He added that in the script, the character smiles after making the statement, but the camera never cut back to his face.
More than just an actor on "Lost," Garcia is a fan, prone to making his own wild guesses about different parts of the complicated plot. He's wary about some of the more convoluted and mystical theories posited in cyberspace.
"I'm just hoping that we're not in Purgatory, the 'We're All Dead' one," he said. "It writes off a lot too easily. I'd like us to still be on Earth, just because as it continues to unravel and we discover where we are, I want a semblance that you have to work a bit to figure it out."
As much of a conspiracy buff as he may be, Garcia isn't stressing out about solving the riddles of "Lost." Like his character, he's just content where he is, taking his off-days to swim at a favorite secluded Hawaiian beach.
"I float in the water and reflect on how great my life is right now," Garcia sighed.
Posted on Sat, Jan. 08, 2005 Philadelphia Daily News
Burly Hurley of 'Lost' emerges as audience's favorite castaway
By DANIEL FIENBERG
Zap2it.com
The plucky survivors of ABC's "Lost" could serve as a casebook for how most people would respond to being stranded on a deserted (and mysterious) island.
Some folks would be as handy and altruistic Matthew Fox's Jack or as malevolently resourceful as Josh Holloway's Sawyer. Few of us would show the eerie mastery of Terry O'Quinn's Locke, but the reluctant brattiness of Maggie Grace's Shannon would probably be in abundance. For most viewers, though, emulating Jorge Garcia's Hurley would be the best of all possible worlds.
Like the subject of Rudyard Kipling's "If," Hurley has kept his head when all about him are losing theirs. Like that poem's ideal hero, he doesn't necessarily look too good nor talk too wise, but on the fractious island, he's a friend to all and an enemy to none, a gentle giant perfectly willing to do hard labor, deskwork or even invent a liberating game of island golf.
It's no wonder that Fox and Holloway and Evangline Lilly may get the press, Garcia has broken out as one of the show's most popular stars.
"I feel like suddenly I get a bit better customer service, where people are more anxious to help me," Garcia said of his public reception.
While the other characters on "Lost" constantly appear grimy and miserable, stressed out and on the verge of giving up, Hurley always just seems happy to be alive. He's quick with a joke, the only castaway who could possibly be described as happy-go-lucky.
Garcia seems to be the same way. The 25-year-old actor arrived at auditions for "Lost" before the character of Hurley even existed and found himself reading pages for Sawyer.
Even once producers assured him that his character would exist and that copies of the pilot script were available, the actor wasn't in any rush to see how many lines he got or whether he'd have any big emotional moments. Most familiar from comedic work on "Becker" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Garcia had all the information he needed.
"I had faith in J.J. Abrams and shooting in Hawaii and that was pretty much all I needed to hear," he said, laughing.
For the first half of the shooting schedule, production has just been wish fulfillment for the Nebraska-born actor.
"I love what I've gotten to do so far," he said. "The whole thing where I ran away from the plane and it exploded behind me and we dove out in the sand - very action star-ish, I thought that was awesome. That's not something I really expected that I would get to do in my career."
Viewers are far from satisfied with the mere snippets of knowledge they've received about Hurley. While certain characters, including Fox's Jack, have already had multiple episodes dedicated to their backstories, Hurley has gone entirely unexplained, barring some cryptic hints. That won't change until the season's 18th hour, an episode that hasn't even been shot yet.
Garcia, in fact, hasn't even seen a script, though the producers have let him in on the character's "big secret." Whatever that secret may be, Garcia isn't telling.
On the Internet, wags have been speculating for weeks over a perplexing line of dialogue where Hurley refers to his normal life by saying, "I'm known as something of a warrior myself," a statement that has prompted buzz that Hurley could be everything from an extremely large undercover spy to an extremely dedicated Dungeons and Dragons player.
"There are certain things where you never realize what exactly the audience is going to jump on and really wonder about and catch," Garcia said of his "warrior" comment. "I didn't give that one too much attention, and then I realized the attention it got on the Internet. So it made me wonder, 'Yeah, actually I wonder what that is.' "
He added that in the script, the character smiles after making the statement, but the camera never cut back to his face.
More than just an actor on "Lost," Garcia is a fan, prone to making his own wild guesses about different parts of the complicated plot. He's wary about some of the more convoluted and mystical theories posited in cyberspace.
"I'm just hoping that we're not in Purgatory, the 'We're All Dead' one," he said. "It writes off a lot too easily. I'd like us to still be on Earth, just because as it continues to unravel and we discover where we are, I want a semblance that you have to work a bit to figure it out."
As much of a conspiracy buff as he may be, Garcia isn't stressing out about solving the riddles of "Lost." Like his character, he's just content where he is, taking his off-days to swim at a favorite secluded Hawaiian beach.
"I float in the water and reflect on how great my life is right now," Garcia sighed.