re: Jorge Garcia...
Apparently, Survivor no longer holds exclusive title as TV's Official Desert-Island Weight-Loss Program. Jorge Garcia, who plays lovable big-guy Hurley on ABC's Lost, tells Maxim magazine's March issue that he's lost 30 pounds -- a fact that may help silence critics who've kvetched that his lottery-winning character's waist hasn't shrunk despite the limited menu options available to the survivors of Oceanic flight 815. "I can afford to not live on rum and burritos and take better care of myself," said Garcia. Not that there's anything wrong with rum and burritos, of course.
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What's kind of scary is that a loss of 30 lbs isn't even noticeable on him. Yay for affording to eat healthy!
(I have coworkers who've met him around O'ahu: he's even larger in person.)
I think his face has trimmed some, but yeah, don't really notice any difference in the body.
I was channel surfing yesterday, and finally realized where I knew Clancy Brown from--he's "the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank."
As for Jorge's weight loss, at the weight he's at, if he was female 30 pounds might be as much as half of a dress size. Not too apparent onscreen, but the belt should go in almost a notch.
Brokeback Island,
for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
Brokeback Island, for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
Oh my, that's pretty clever.
Or at least, better than any "fan video" I could make!
averting eyes with some difficulty
So my flatmate and I have now watched Season 2 up to episode 9, with the whole Computer-conversation thingy. And I've read a chunk of the Old Thread and the first 500+ posts of this thread and then skipped ahead to say (1) I'm still loving the show, (2) I want fanfic and (3)
does Naveen Andrews genuinely look like an Arab to Americans?
Because it's a bit of a nobrainer to flatmate and me - not just the fact that he's playing an Iraqi (which I can try to retcon), but the fact that people who don't know him
describe
him as 'An Arab guy'.
Can't steer you to the fanfic although I am certain there is plenty.
I accept that Sayid is Iraqi. My guess is that Naveen is of Indian descent, but I'm too lazy to google. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere he was British. Other than the unfortunate pairing with Shannon I like his character so I just accept the Iraqi thing. There are very few Arabs in my community so it doesn't jump out at me.
Ignorance is bliss?
I figure the minute I'd get stroppy about it, someone would link to a citation of the Indian-looking subpopulation of the Arab world, and that would be that.
I've done the parallel about Jamaica myself. I still think it makes sloppy casting either way.
