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02-21-05, 04:07 AM
Is he kidding? Of course we all think he's sexy. I'm not even a huge fan of the character and I can appreciate his charisma.
Another article find..
www.suntimes.com/output/t...een20.html (http://www.suntimes.com/output/television/sho-sunday-naveen20.html)
Andrews gets lost in latest roles
February 20, 2005
BY CINDY PEARLMAN
Before he was "Lost," Naveen Andrews was always found to be suspicious by airport security personnel.
The swarthy Brit with the long black hair says he looks a little too ethnic in our post 9/11 world.
"I can't tell you how many times I've been stopped in airports all over the world," says the 35-year-old sex symbol who stars on a hit TV series and in the new movie "Bride and Prejudice."
There was a time when celebrity was not the ID required for everyday life.
"I'm British and I remember landing at the airport in London and being asked by security, 'How did you get here?' I was exhausted and said, 'I didn't fly. I came in a banana boat,'" he says. "It was a terrible joke."
As he recalls, security freaked out. Andrews admits to having been "definitely too aggressive. And now I'm not looking for any confrontations."
Actually, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore. "Now, it's 'Oh, you're that guy from TV. How can we help you, sir?'"
The even stranger twist is that on the ABC series "Lost," he plays Sayid, a former Iraqi intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's Republican guard.
Friends, family and fans bug him on a daily basis to let slip a few plot secrets from the mystery/adventure series that has airplane passengers trying to survive after their plane crashes on an island.
"I've heard all the rumors," he says. "I've heard we're in purgatory, which is a great idea, but I'm not sure if it's the idea.
"The show reminds me of that movie 'Jacob's Ladder' in that it's just mind-blowing. And all I do know for sure is there is a vast plan. All those gems being thrown out are for a reason. The polar bear, the strange spiritual clues. It will all be pulled together at some point in that big 'aha' moment."
Until then he's happy to be wandering around that island in a show that has exceeded his expectations. It's a Top 10 hit with an "X-Files"-like cult following.
"Honestly, I hoped we would catch on, but I had no idea it would be this big," he says.
The role has turned him into a major league sex symbol, a role he first learned to deal with after appearing in two 1996 films -- "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love" and "The English Patient."
"Frankly, it's flattering to be perceived in a sexy way," he says. "With 'Lost,' I prefer to think the character is sexy. It's not my personality. It's his. And it's important to separate the two.
"What's exciting to me is if people find someone who is not white sexual, then I'm all for it."
He was also intrigued with jumping into the Bollywood film world. "Bride and Prejudice," based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is set in an Indian village where Mrs. Bakshi is trying to marry off her four beautiful daughters.
Andrews signed on because he liked the feel of the film.
"I thought it seemed like one of those 'Bend It Like Beckham' movies,'' he says. "It had that raucous good feeling to it with a lot of joyful attitude.
"Let's face it. It's hard to be lighthearted in this day and age."
Andrews spends most of his time lately on the "Lost" set in the Hawaiian Islands, where he's learning how to deal with the locals.
"Occasionally, you're doing a scene and a wild boar will rush through the bushes," he says. "They're big, but the good news is they won't attack you unless you go after them.
"Although there are no guarantees," he says with a laugh.
There was certainly no guarantee that his Iraqi character would ever elicit a following.
"It's a daring role," he says. "First of all, the network has taken a leap of faith in this climate to have an Iraqi as a man character on a hit TV show. This country is at war. It's just sheer gall to have this character, and frankly that bravery is why I did the series."
Of his TV alter ego, Andrews says, "He's human. He's not a good guy or a bad guy."
"As an actor, it's a great opportunity not to play someone who is just good or bad. I love that he's not defined by the way we stereotype human beings. This man is complex and strange. He's all those colors in-between which is very rare in art."
Distributed by Big Picture News
Another article find..
www.suntimes.com/output/t...een20.html (http://www.suntimes.com/output/television/sho-sunday-naveen20.html)
Andrews gets lost in latest roles
February 20, 2005
BY CINDY PEARLMAN
Before he was "Lost," Naveen Andrews was always found to be suspicious by airport security personnel.
The swarthy Brit with the long black hair says he looks a little too ethnic in our post 9/11 world.
"I can't tell you how many times I've been stopped in airports all over the world," says the 35-year-old sex symbol who stars on a hit TV series and in the new movie "Bride and Prejudice."
There was a time when celebrity was not the ID required for everyday life.
"I'm British and I remember landing at the airport in London and being asked by security, 'How did you get here?' I was exhausted and said, 'I didn't fly. I came in a banana boat,'" he says. "It was a terrible joke."
As he recalls, security freaked out. Andrews admits to having been "definitely too aggressive. And now I'm not looking for any confrontations."
Actually, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore. "Now, it's 'Oh, you're that guy from TV. How can we help you, sir?'"
The even stranger twist is that on the ABC series "Lost," he plays Sayid, a former Iraqi intelligence officer in Saddam Hussein's Republican guard.
Friends, family and fans bug him on a daily basis to let slip a few plot secrets from the mystery/adventure series that has airplane passengers trying to survive after their plane crashes on an island.
"I've heard all the rumors," he says. "I've heard we're in purgatory, which is a great idea, but I'm not sure if it's the idea.
"The show reminds me of that movie 'Jacob's Ladder' in that it's just mind-blowing. And all I do know for sure is there is a vast plan. All those gems being thrown out are for a reason. The polar bear, the strange spiritual clues. It will all be pulled together at some point in that big 'aha' moment."
Until then he's happy to be wandering around that island in a show that has exceeded his expectations. It's a Top 10 hit with an "X-Files"-like cult following.
"Honestly, I hoped we would catch on, but I had no idea it would be this big," he says.
The role has turned him into a major league sex symbol, a role he first learned to deal with after appearing in two 1996 films -- "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love" and "The English Patient."
"Frankly, it's flattering to be perceived in a sexy way," he says. "With 'Lost,' I prefer to think the character is sexy. It's not my personality. It's his. And it's important to separate the two.
"What's exciting to me is if people find someone who is not white sexual, then I'm all for it."
He was also intrigued with jumping into the Bollywood film world. "Bride and Prejudice," based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, is set in an Indian village where Mrs. Bakshi is trying to marry off her four beautiful daughters.
Andrews signed on because he liked the feel of the film.
"I thought it seemed like one of those 'Bend It Like Beckham' movies,'' he says. "It had that raucous good feeling to it with a lot of joyful attitude.
"Let's face it. It's hard to be lighthearted in this day and age."
Andrews spends most of his time lately on the "Lost" set in the Hawaiian Islands, where he's learning how to deal with the locals.
"Occasionally, you're doing a scene and a wild boar will rush through the bushes," he says. "They're big, but the good news is they won't attack you unless you go after them.
"Although there are no guarantees," he says with a laugh.
There was certainly no guarantee that his Iraqi character would ever elicit a following.
"It's a daring role," he says. "First of all, the network has taken a leap of faith in this climate to have an Iraqi as a man character on a hit TV show. This country is at war. It's just sheer gall to have this character, and frankly that bravery is why I did the series."
Of his TV alter ego, Andrews says, "He's human. He's not a good guy or a bad guy."
"As an actor, it's a great opportunity not to play someone who is just good or bad. I love that he's not defined by the way we stereotype human beings. This man is complex and strange. He's all those colors in-between which is very rare in art."
Distributed by Big Picture News