#AlexOLoughlin – Lost in Translation

Paula found a quote of Alex from one of the interviews he did with an Italian magazine. We found it refreshing and new. It made us realise that there must be lots of jewels hidden in all the non-English printed media.

We found the original article done by Fransesca Scorcucchi for Vanity Fair Italia, 26 May 2010, on ‘The Alex O’Loughlin Italia’ site. Paula asked her friend Manu to translate it for us in English – A BIG Thank You to her for helping us with it!:

Pictures used in the article from The Back-Up promotional pictures and Carlotte Moye photoshoot in 2010

Alex O’Loughlin & JLo

Where did she find such a builder?

As a child he saw a musical and decided to become an actor, then he forgot about the promise and started working in constructions, in the mean time he had become a dad. He talks about everything, but not about Jennifer’s butt….

“God please don’t let me faint” A lot of new-dads say this prayer in the delivery room. Easier for it to happen if the new dad is 20 years old, like Alex O’Loughlin was when his son Saxon was born. The confession comes out when we are talking about another delivery, the main scene in the movie “The Back-Up Plan”, currently in the cinemas.

A romantic comedy about a serious subject, in vitro fertilization. It’s the story of Zoe, obsessed with time running out, not having found the right man to get married and have children with, she decides to change the order of events, she’ll have a baby first and then maybe she’ll meet the right man. And the right man, Stan, arrives the very day of her appointment for IVF, he is confronted of a big dilemma, he is in love but should he accept the full package, Zoe plus the twins?

Starring as Zoe, Jennifer Lopez, who comes back to make movies after an absence of 4 years and after having her own twins.

Starring as Stan, Alex, a good looking boy with dark hair and blue eyes, single (last quoted girlfriend model/actress/singer Holly Valance), with his strong accent from his Australia, where Saxon lives with his mum, whom Alex never married, and muscles that, if you’ve seen the movie, you won’t be able to ignore.

“I have trained a lot for this role”, says Alex, “my only duty was to be beautiful”.

Mission accomplished, in one of the scenes, Jennifer Lopez, distracted by his pectorals, trashes her car against a tree.

What would you do in Stan’s shoes?

Alex: If I was in love with a woman and found out she’s having twins who are not mine, would I stand by her? It would be easier if the children were from a random sperm donor. Not from a man, flesh and blood, whom one day might ask for the “parcel” back”

And if the man was there? Would you fight to keep him away?

Alex: I would throw him of a bridge. Just kidding, I don’t think there is much to fight about in the feelings department. The woman I will give my heart and my fidelity to, she has to love me as much as I love her. If she doesn’t love me as much as I love her, I don’t want her.

I don’t accept to be, in a couple, the one that loves the most. But if her feelings are as strong as mine, there can’t be any third wheel that matters, because she has chosen, and she has chosen me.

Having said this, I would still throw that man of the bridge.

You have a very romantic concept of love, and yet you are single….

Alex: We are always more romantic when we are single…

What’s the most romantic gesture you’ve done in your life?

Alex: I can’t tell you, I don’t want to offend my ex’s to whom I haven’t done it.

You’re smart more than romantic…

Alex: The truth is that I don’t believe in big romantic gestures. Being romantic to me is being spontaneous, you can’t plan like “I’m going to buy a ton of rose petals and spread them around the house…”

You are Italian, I don’t need to explain to you what a romantic gesture is.

Explain it to me.

Alex: Ok, it’s just to grab a rose from a bush, even if you end up with your hand full of thorns, because in that moment you feel like showing her how much you love her. Being romantic means being a bit stupid really…

What does your son say?

Alex: He says “Dad find yourself a girlfriend”. He wants to see me happy.

Do you think it’s more difficult to find a girlfriend for someone who already has a son?

Alex: Absolutely not. But having a child is something that puts everything else in perspective, even the need of having a woman at your side.

How did you become an actor?

Alex: As a kid I used to go to theatre with my mom. Once I saw “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, a musical by Lloyd Webber. I couldn’t tell you much about the story but I remember thinking, as if it was yesterday, this is what I want to do when I grow up.

I started with plays at school, and the most beautiful thing was to “feel” the public, even if I couldn’t see it because of the lights on the stage. Then I forgot all about it, and for some time I did 1000 other jobs.

In which field for example?

Alex: Construction for example, but nothing very fancy. Mine wasn’t an important role.

Were you like an architect?

Alex: No, more like a builder.

Is it better to have a big role in a rubbish movie or a small part in a masterpiece?

Alex: The first. I’m interested in my character, that’s what I can work on, everything else is out of my control.

I prefer to shine in a mediocre movie than to be un-noticed in a masterpiece.

The most difficult scene in The Back-Up Plan?

Alex: The labour in the water. Jennifer and I had a laughing fit, we couldn’t stop anymore. We had to stop filming, go for a coffee and come back much later.

There is a scene in which Jennifer shows her famous butt, you have seen it close, can you tell us how it was?

Alex: Have mercy on me, do you really want me to talk about Jennifer Lopez’s ass? I’ll just say that Jenniferis still a very nice piece of …. young woman.”

Magazine Scan:

There must be a lot of other beautiful articles about Alex O’Loughlin from other countries and from different languages.

We would love the see more of them and we want to ask all the non-English speaking fans to help us to find (and maybe translate) more of them.

The International journalists have a refreshing look at him sometimes.

Thank you in advance for any help on this project!! 🙂