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08-05-2007, 13:19
Al contrario del suo personaggio, che riesce addirittura ad anticipare gli eventi futuri, sembra che Henry Ian Cusick sia un grande ritardatario!!
Like the mysterious Desmond Hume, whom he plays on Lost, actor Henry Ian Cusick has a knack for timing.
When he auditioned for Lost (10 p.m. Wednesdays, ABC) right after its first season, he didn’t know much about the series. He had read a few pages of a script, was intrigued and knew he wanted to be on the show.
So, while living in England, he made a DVD of his audition and sent it to producers in Hollywood. They liked what they saw, and soon Cusick was ushered onto a hit series.
Out of the gate, he didn’t have to fret over whether his new job would last long. Lost was clearly a hit when he joined in season two.
But the hit factor wasn’t what Cusick says he was looking for. “All I knew was that I liked what I read (in the script),” he says. “When I joined, it was already a hit, but I didn’t know that.”
In 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy for the role.
Desmond is one of the island’s more offbeat characters. He’s a Scot who had crossed paths with Jack (Matthew Fox) before being stranded on the island with him.
He shows up in just the right place at the right time.
Whether Desmond is there to turn the mysterious island key or coincidentally nearby to make sure that a castaway isn’t accidentally killed, he’s a man who’s always around in the nick of time.
Desmond’s ability to seemingly forecast events has also made his fellow castaways uneasy and fearful.
The public, though, has the opposite reaction.
“When I go out, people don’t generally recognize me,” he says, “but sometimes I’ll get, ‘Are you that weirdo? Are you that guy from Lost?’ ”
He’s hardly a weirdo. During an interview, Cusick is confident, calm and coy about his background.
He says he has three siblings and was “an average child” who, unlike other young actors, did not particularly act out to get attention.
“I was quiet,” he says.
He was also late often. He was kicked out of The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama when he was 19 because of chronic tardiness.
“I don’t regret it,” Cusick, 40, says. “I was very cocky and very arrogant then.”
But the ejection made an impression. “I try to be on time for things now,” he says.
After leaving the Royal Academy, Cusick joined the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, where he performed for years. He also was part of The Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and other Scottish playhouses.
Like the mysterious Desmond Hume, whom he plays on Lost, actor Henry Ian Cusick has a knack for timing.
When he auditioned for Lost (10 p.m. Wednesdays, ABC) right after its first season, he didn’t know much about the series. He had read a few pages of a script, was intrigued and knew he wanted to be on the show.
So, while living in England, he made a DVD of his audition and sent it to producers in Hollywood. They liked what they saw, and soon Cusick was ushered onto a hit series.
Out of the gate, he didn’t have to fret over whether his new job would last long. Lost was clearly a hit when he joined in season two.
But the hit factor wasn’t what Cusick says he was looking for. “All I knew was that I liked what I read (in the script),” he says. “When I joined, it was already a hit, but I didn’t know that.”
In 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy for the role.
Desmond is one of the island’s more offbeat characters. He’s a Scot who had crossed paths with Jack (Matthew Fox) before being stranded on the island with him.
He shows up in just the right place at the right time.
Whether Desmond is there to turn the mysterious island key or coincidentally nearby to make sure that a castaway isn’t accidentally killed, he’s a man who’s always around in the nick of time.
Desmond’s ability to seemingly forecast events has also made his fellow castaways uneasy and fearful.
The public, though, has the opposite reaction.
“When I go out, people don’t generally recognize me,” he says, “but sometimes I’ll get, ‘Are you that weirdo? Are you that guy from Lost?’ ”
He’s hardly a weirdo. During an interview, Cusick is confident, calm and coy about his background.
He says he has three siblings and was “an average child” who, unlike other young actors, did not particularly act out to get attention.
“I was quiet,” he says.
He was also late often. He was kicked out of The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama when he was 19 because of chronic tardiness.
“I don’t regret it,” Cusick, 40, says. “I was very cocky and very arrogant then.”
But the ejection made an impression. “I try to be on time for things now,” he says.
After leaving the Royal Academy, Cusick joined the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, where he performed for years. He also was part of The Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre and other Scottish playhouses.