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Prison Break: Wentworth Miller Returns to TV with ‘SVU’
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It’s been a few weeks since Michael Scofield said his final farewells in the Prison Break series finale, and everyone wondering what Wentworth Miller would do next can rest, for now. Today TV Guide Magazine confirmed that Miller will be guest starring on the season premiere of Law and Order: SVU, an episode that airs Wednesday, September 23 at 9pm on NBC.
This news comes shortly after confirmation that stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay will be staying with SVU despite early reports that the two might leave, If you’re a Wentworth fan worried that he’ll be playing a bad guy…you’re probably right. However, the initial character description seems positive, as Miller will play an NYPD officer who saves a rape victim. However, I’ve seen enough episodes of Law and Order: SVU to know it’s never that simple.
Prison Break: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe Laments The “Very Very Slow” Industry
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Now that Prison Break’s all but over–well, it’s done, but there’s still that DVD, in case you’ve been waiting to buy it, or haven’t seen it online–it’s time to ask about what the show’s cast have been up to. First sneaks, this time, goes to Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, or that scary Gretchen girl; in an interview she reveals a bit about what she’s been up to after the show, and perhaps a few details on “The Final Break”… provided we pretend we haven’t seen it yet.
Anyway. What’s she up to? “Right now, I’m just scrambling for work, trying to find a project that I love and that I’m into and get back in the saddle again,” she said. “I finished Prison Break and I did a guest star on The Big Bang Theory and it’s been about a month or so, since I’ve stopped working. I’m just reading scripts and looking for TV or some kind of film work right now. The industry is very very slow.”
Well, like everyone else, she’s hopeful that she does get some new work soon. “Like my mom always says, ‘From your lips to God’s ears,’” she said. “We’ll go with that one.”
“Final Break” time then, and she revealed that very point of the DVD–well, yeah, the reason why Michael died. “The question that everyone keeps asking me, that people say to me all the time is, ‘Michael’s really actually dead, is he? That’s crazy. That’s impossible,’” she said. “[In the show,] you kind of never know when someone is dead and when someone is not. I never know how to answer these questions, because I don’t think anyone would believe me anyway. No, I just don’t think anyone in the public is actually going to be convinced that Michael is actually not around.”
She hasn’t seen it, by the way, which is weird, considering her significant role on it. “Let’s have one last little hurrah and check out the [DVD],” she said. “I haven’t seen it yet, and I’m really excited for it.”
By the way, “The Final Break” hits shelves on July 21. The season four DVD is on shelves now, too.
Prison Break: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe – Interview
Posted by: | CommentsTVGuide.com: You’re back on Prison Break, at least in the standalone movie being released to DVD. When did you shoot that?
O’Keefe: We just finished it actually, at the end of the season.
TVGuide.com: Gretchen was in fact taken into custody and imprisoned? She couldn’t wiggle her way out of that last predicament?
O’Keefe: No. I was hoping she would, but it’s nice to come back for these last two episodes.
TVGuide.com: The set-up isn’t about her orchestrating a prison break, however. It’s about somebody else…
O’Keefe: Yes, the central set-up is about somebody else being in prison, and what that’s going to be like. It’s kind of cool because this is like a rewind.
TVGuide.com: Meaning, whereas the series’ actual finale ends with a four-year flash-forward this movie place during that time gap.
O’Keefe: Exactly.
TVGuide.com: Is Gretchen even harder in prison, or has it humbled her?
O’Keefe: She’s pretty hard in prison, though she’s keeping to herself. She has one goal in mind — to get out and see her daughter. But she has been very quiet, and has established herself as someone not to mess with. The inmates all leave her alone, so she must have done some fighting when she first got in!
Wentworth Miller Chevrolet Cruze
Posted by: | CommentsWentworth Miller was in China last month to promote the new Chevrolet Cruze. Here’s the commercial!
The Cruze is Chevy’s entry into the compact segment. The Cruze boasts ample interior space, surprising cargo capacity and comfortable seating for five. Production is scheduled to begin in April 2010.
Prison Break premiere photos feature Michael Rapaport!
Posted by: | CommentsSomehow I missed the tidbit that Michael Rapaport will be joining the cast of Prison Break this coming season. Scanning his film and TV history, I don’t even see much that would jump out at me about why I like him so much, but I do.
Of course I remember his stint on Friends as Phoebe’s boyfriend, he was fantastic on there. And he’s been in a lot of movies I’ve seen before, but nothing awesome, although Deep Blue Sea is one of those guilty pleasures of mine. I also did like him on Boston Public for the few seasons that show lasted.
He plays Don Self this year on Prison Break, and you can catch him in a photo below along with a few other familiar faces, including (OMG!) Sara.
Wentworth Miller Biography
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He was born Wentworth Earl Miller III in the summer of 1972 in the small English town of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire – also the birthplace of actress Rachel Ward – to mother Roxann and father Wentworth Earl Miller II, who was a studying in England.
When he was still young, Miller’s family – including younger sisters Gillian and Leigh – moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn. The product of a black father and white mother, Miller has said he struggled to fit in to the community.
After spending a few years at Brooklyn’s Midwood High School, where his nickname was Stinky, Miller transferred to Quaker Valley High School in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, a town of only a few thousand people less than 20 miles from Pittsburgh.
Miller was active in the school’s judo and track clubs and worked on the senior yearbook, a student literary magazine and the Quaker Quill newspaper. He was also a member of the chorus in the school’s production of Lil’ Abner.
His interest in performing grew at Princeton University, where he sang in the Tigertones a capella ensemble.
After graduating in 1995 with a degree in English Literature, Miller headed west to Hollywood and worked both for a company that developed TV movies and a bookstore. After years of auditions, he landed a part on Buffy The Vampire Slayer – a role that caught the eye of producers at The WB.
Soon, Miller found himself with parts on series like Popular, Time of Your Life and ER. He co-starred in the ABC miniseries Dinotopia before showing up on the big screen in 2003’s The Human Stain, in which he played the younger version of Anthony Hopkins’ character.He lost the lead in Superman Returns to Brandon Routh but had a string of small parts (he was the voice of EDI in the box office bomb Stealth, appeared in two Mariah Carey videos, and had guest spots in The Ghost Whisperer and Joan of Arcadia).
Eventually, Miller was awarded the part of structural engineer Michael Scofield in Prison Break. In addition to making him a bonafide star, Prison Break earned Miller a Golden Globe nomination in 2006 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series.
Wentworth Miller on Prison Break Set
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Clip of Wentworth Miller near the Prison Break Season 4 set on the 23rd.
Dominic Purcell
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Date of Birth: February 17, 1970
Born in England, Dominic Purcell moved with his Norwegian father and Irish mother to Sydney, Australia. He dropped out of high school to take a job as a landscaper, but soon after, developed an interest in drama and studied at The Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), followed by the Western Australian Academy of Performing arts where his classmates included his future wife Rebecca and Hugh Jackman.
Shortly after graduating in 1996, Purcell landed a leading role in the TV series series Raw FM. The show made him a star in Australia, and he soon began landing roles in American TV movies such as Moby Dick (1998) and First Daughter (1999).
Purcell made his motion picture debut in Mission: Impossible II (2000), playing Ulrich opposite Tom Cruise. The same year, he won the Green Card lottery which allowed him to work in the United States, so he and his wife and kids moved to Los Angeles, where he quickly picked up work in the motion picture Equilibrium (2002), co-starring Christian Bale.
From 2002 to 2003 Purcell played the title role in the WB TV series drama John Doe, filmed in Vancouver. When the show ended, he played Drake, the reincarnation of Dracula in the sci-fi film Blade: Trinity (2004). After a short stint on the Fox-TV drama North Shore, he landed a starring role on Fox-TV’s drama series Prison Break, which quickly became a hit with critics and TV viewers alike. In it, he plays Lincoln Burrows, a wrongly convicted death row inmate whose younger brother deliberately gets himself sent to the same prison in order to break both of them out. The series won a 2006 People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Television Drama.
During breaks from the show, Purcell has had time to film roles in several motion pictures, including Primeval (2007) and Level Seven (2007).
He lives with his family in Los Angeles but while Prison Break is filming, he flies to Chicago to work and comes home on weekends. In his spare time, Purcell is an avid surfer.
Filmography:
Level Seven (2007)
Town Creek (2007)
Primeval (2007)
The Gravedancers (2006)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
3-Way (2004)
Visitors (2003)
Equilibrium (2002)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
