240 Days of #AlexOLoughlin as #H50 Steve McGarrett (Part 25)

We continue sharing the social media posts of the past weeks.

Remembering the 240 episodes of Hawaii Five-0 by sharing a picture from each episode together with some thoughts shared by Alex and others at the time and over the years ……

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“This season has been more of an easy-peasy McGarrett. He still misses his dad, and the thing with Doris still hasn’t totally left him. But it’s not all like, “Argh! I’ve got to save the world!” – Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch, 2017

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“This has been a master class for me. I can definitely drop into McGarrett’s head space anytime. I have a bible of who he is in my soul, in my mind.” — Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch, 2017

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“I blew one of my knees, I’ve torn ligaments and tendons, ankles and both shoulders both wrists. I’ve knocked my front teeth out. I’ve got fake front teeth. I tore my right shoulder to pieces – three external tears, a labrum tear, and a detachment of the bicep tendon. My current favourite injury is two herniated disks in my lower lumbar, which I am receiving stem cell treatment for to avoid surgery.” – Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch, 2017

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“The spinal injury I had, like even two years ago I could still barely move. It was just impossible. I was like, ‘There’s no way I can keep working like this. I can’t force that at all.’ I got in a stem cell trial, and I’ve got all these stem cells in my back, and I built a rehab gym in my garage, and I’ve been doing lots of workouts the last couple years, and I feel physically a lot better.” – Alex O’Loughlin, Entertainment Weekly, 22 March 2018

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“[Five-0] is an action show, I’m the main guy, and I defy anybody to do what I’ve done for as long I’ve done it and hold out the way I have. I was a fit, strong, healthy guy when I started the show, and I still am, but you sustain what you sustain.” – Alex O’Loughlin, TV Line, 22 March 2018

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“I don’t know that I’d say I got a ‘second wind’…, But is there a way that I can realistically see a Season 9 being a part of my life? I think so.” – Alex O’Loughlin, TV Line, March 2018

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“To be honest with you, mate, if you had asked me [about re-signing] two years ago, my answer would have been, like, ‘No f’–king way.’ I want a quality of life, and I want to be with my family. But since then, I’ve been able to put Humpty together again. I am still very tired at the end of the season, and after almost 200 episodes of television, But I can sort of quietly and sensibly sit back and go, ‘There’s a version where if CBS can make a deal and be reasonable, then I’m prepared to be reasonable, too.’” – Alex O’Loughlin, TV Line, March 2018

Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 8:17 – Broadcast on 9 Mar. 2018

 

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240 Days of #AlexOLoughlin as #H50 Steve McGarrett (Part 24)

We continue sharing the social media posts of the past weeks.

Remembering the 240 episodes of Hawaii Five-0 by sharing a picture from each episode together with some thoughts shared by Alex and others at the time and over the years ……

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“The majority of my important memories are now Hawaiian. You’ve just got to look around… watch the waves in winter here. There’s something bigger than me in the world… that source or whatever that is had something to do with this whole journey, because now it all makes sense.” — Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch Magazine, 2017

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“Being a husband and a dad are the two most important things in my life, you know. And nothing else matters, beyond that. I don’t enjoy anything else more than I enjoy those two things.”  – Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch Magazine, 2017

 

Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 8:05 – Broadcast on 3 Nov. 2017

 

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“Eight years ago we started on this journey, and this journey required military assistance from many different divisions. And when we reached out a hand and asked for assistance from the US military, we got so many hands back.” – Alex O’Loughlin, Speech at SOTB, Nov 2017

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“One of the biggest hurdle for me saying yes to the role, was that I would be representing a community of very special people within the US Navy. And I think I would be able to do it. And the only reason I have been able to kind of pull it off, is because of the support that I’ve had from select individuals. A number of them are in the crowd tonight. And you know who you are, gentleman. The US Navy SEALs  – I’ve never had a group of people make me feel more a part of, more equal and more welcome than that community. So, first of all, I would like to say,  a sincere and humble thank you so much to the entire community.”  – Alex O’Loughlin, Speech at SOTB, Nov 2017

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“I would just like to take a minute to say to every servicemen and women in this country, whether currently active, deployed or otherwise, whether heading into a retirement or well settled into retirement or whether the memory of the souls that we no longer have – Thank you so much for providing all of us, including guests and ex-patriots like me, from Australia and other countries, the freedom that we have every day, the civil liberties that we try not to take for granted and the peace that we have every night when we lay our children down and close our own eyes. So for all you service people out there, from the bottom of our hearts on Hawaii Five-0 – Thank you for your service.” – Alex O’Loughlin, Speech at SOTB, Nov 2017

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“It kind of feels like the Pilot (episode) was yesterday, in a sense. It also feels like it was 50 years ago. Makes me feel old.”   – Alex O’Loughlin, ET Canada, SOTB, Nov 2017

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” This season has definitely been a season of reflection for me. I’ve had a lot of reflection. We’ve had some big cast changes and things have shifted around. And I cut my hair.”– Alex O’Loughlin, ET Canada, November 2017

Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 8:10 – Broadcast on 15 Dec. 2017

 

240 Days of #AlexOLoughlin as #H50 Steve McGarrett (Part 23)

After deliberation, we decided to rather start a new Facebook Page connected to our blog. We are not really keen on running a public Facebook Group and will most probably soon close the group or make it private. Some fans do not understand the difference between a group and a page, but from an admin point of view, a page is much easier to handle.

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We continue sharing the social media posts of the past weeks.

Remembering the 240 episodes of Hawaii Five-0 by sharing a picture from each episode together with some thoughts shared by Alex and others at the time and over the years ……

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“I don’t really speak to the writers because it’s frustrating for me when we see things differently. I just try to do my best with what they give me. They have their own ideas, and I have my own ideas.

Frankly, I think that if my ideas were written down, we probably wouldn’t still be on the air. I don’t know how to make a successful TV show. So, I’m open to it. As long as it’s smart, thought-out, creative and interesting, I’m down with it.” – Alex O’Loughlin, Collider, 4 November 2016

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“As consuming a schedule and as the expectations on me continue on something like this, the husband and father that I’ve been able to maintain and continue to be is what I’m most proud of. The relationships I’ve had with my wife and children are what mean the most to me. It’s hard to maintain that when you’re doing a job like this. It’d be a lot easier if I was selfish and didn’t think about anyone in the hours that I have off. On the same side of that coin, having my wife and kids fills me and fuels me and gives me what I need to get out of bed the next day.” – Alex O’Loughlin, ETOnline.com. 3 November 2016

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“Doing something like this is the most unbalanced thing I’ve ever done and that’s why we get paid really well, for it is your whole f**king life is going to be upside down while you’re doing it, and I think that’s why there’s a finite cap. It’s a wonderful show and the audience deserves another year after this one.” – Alex O’Loughlin, ETOnline.com., 3 November 2016

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“As long as people are watching the show, we would keep going. If Alex elects not to come back, that’s obviously going to be his choice. But we’re moving forward as if the show’s going to keep going. I’m pretty certain that we’re going to at least have one more year. Even if we did end [with] Season 8, the idea of doing eight seasons on a reboot of a show is pretty spectacular. But we’re planning on moving forward. We’ve had no conversations with him. Sometimes when you get to this part of the season, exhaustion sets in, especially when you’re celebrating the 150th episode. But some of that could be just being tired, a product of the fact that you haven’t had a lot of time off. But yeah, we’re moving forward as if we’ll be on the air for hopefully more than another year.” – Peter Lenkov, TV Guide .com, 11 November 2016

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We actually left out the first sentence of this quote from Peter. After he was asked: “Alex O’Loughlin has indicated that Season 8 would be his last. Do you know why he would say that? Have you had a conversation about an end date for the show?”

He said: “Positioning himself for a better deal? I don’t know” and then continued with the rest of the quote above.

If you compare the dates of the last 2 quotes you will see that at the time Alex said they were being paid well, while Peter thought he might be bargaining for a better deal. While at that time at the end of Season 7, two other main cast members were actually asking for more money but rejected the reported substantial raise that was offered to them respectively.

Maybe all that will give some answer to the next quote from Alex ……

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“There’s an energy in the land here; they actually have a name for it. It’s called “Mana”. And it’s like the power of the “Aina”; of the land. And I don’t always feel it ….. Or I’m not always aware of it, because I get very busy 10 months of the year, frantically shooting, and trying to remember things. And trying not to get caught up in politics, you know. But then when I stop, mainly in the off seasons, I can go somewhere quiet, like this, and … and sort of tap back into it. And that’s what inspires me out here.” – Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch Magazine, Feb 2017

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“The new actors that we have are fantastic. Beulah and Meaghan they are really … they are wonderful. They brought a new enthusiasm and you know … they are younger and they have a lot of energy. And it is just a breath of fresh air.” – Alex O’Loughlin, SOTB, November 2017

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“I’ve had the great fortune of being exposed to a lot of Navy SEAL’s, who’ve helped me with the character. They’re terrific guys. But being like them requires a specific sort of energy, and I have to manufacture that energy,” – Alex O’Loughlin, CBS Watch Magazine, 2017

Picture from #HawaiiFive0 Episode 8:03 – Broadcast on 13 Oct. 2017

240 Days of #AlexOLoughlin as #H50 Steve McGarrett (Part 22)

We continue sharing the social media posts of the past weeks.

Remembering the 240 episodes of Hawaii Five-0 by sharing a picture from each episode together with some thoughts shared by Alex and others at the time and over the years ……

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“When I sit back and look at it … I try to get objective and look at the great journey. I don’t know what’s up there. I think there’s something bigger there. I feel comforted when I look at the great journey of my life so far because I feel like there’s something next to me. Does that make sense?” – Alex O’Loughlin, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 Oct 2016

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“There’s something to be said about the alchemy that happens, that’s there with every successful, long-running anything. If that doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen.We’re all very lucky that the chemistry, that the X factor was in there however it manifested itself because without that, we’re just a lot of hard work to not necessarily this end.” – Alex O’Loughlin, ETOnline.com.  November 2016

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“One thing that I’ve never got to explore as an actor is just that, staying in the skin of a character year after year after year. When I talk about character work, I don’t really feel like I do much as an actor when I look at other great actors who win big awards for doing incredible transformations. I look at this character and go, “Well, what did he do really? One of the things I have experienced, subjectively, is an ease and relaxation on a level that I’ve never experienced before so that when the cameras are rolling, the choices that come in are much more natural. There’s a subtlety to that that is disarming for me and enjoyable. It’s a highlight for me, those tiny moments that you don’t see but I feel.” – Alex O’Loughlin,  ETOnline.com., 3 November 2016

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“150 Episodes of the show is an extraordinary feat, it’s a testament to every single person that works on the show. It’s a miracle that a show gets picked up at all, but to go this long is fantastic and I consider myself one of the luckiest guys in the world, I really mean that. 

It doesn’t make it any easier to do the show — the show’s a f–king beast— but it’s incredible that we’ve been able to give jobs to hundreds of local people for seven years. We’ve been able to entertain millions of people for seven years. We’ve been able to keep telling these great stories. So yeah, it goes far above and beyond soothing the sting of the show that doesn’t get a Season 2. I’m glad it all happened the way it did.” – Alex O’Loughlin, TV Line, 1 November 2016

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“I’m never going to do this again. I physically f**king can’t be No. 1 on the call sheet on a network television for seven years again. My body won’t do it, you know? This show, with all the action that’s been required of me from the very beginning, this is it. This is a one-time deal for me. I’ve sat in deep reflection on that a couple of times since we shot [the 150th episode] and it’s not lost on me. I’m extremely proud of myself, I’m extremely proud of everybody who’s been involved in this show since its inception. “ – Alex O’Loughlin, ET Online.com., 3 November 2016

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“I’ve decided. Beyond anything else, I don’t want to do any more because I don’t want to kill it. It’s still got some magic left in it. It’s hard to keep it alive and fresh. It’s hard to keep it fun and new, each day. I’m worried that I won’t even be able to do that until the end of Season 8, but I’m going to keep swinging until I’m in the box.

The other thing is that physically, I’ve had a lot of injuries. I’ve been hurt really badly on this show. I’ve now got some serious back issues, which I’m going back and forth to California to deal with. I don’t want to fuck my body up anymore.

I’m getting stem cell treatments in my spine, so that I can pick my kids up. At a certain point, it’s television. Film and TV is not as important as my life. I don’t think I can physically do any more than eight years. We might not even do an eighth year.

That’s a little presumptuous of us to even be speaking like this. But, if they want us to do an eighth year, that will be it for me” – Alex O’Loughlin,  Collider, 4 November 2016

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“In true Five-0 style, we’ve just left a gigantic storyline on the shelf, which may or may not be picked up later. But there’s a serial killer on the loose. I can’t give away too much, but there’s other things that they just sort of leave hanging there. I’m like, “Then we all just go for drinks at the Hilton afterwards?” But yeah, I don’t know.

Wasn’t Claire Forlani great? She’s the best. We had a blast. We just laughed the whole time.”– Alex O’Loughlin,TV Guide.Com,  4 November 2016

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#AlexOLoughlin and The Holiday – Trivia

In December last year, an article popped up that inspired me to finish this old trivia post …..

It is not often that an actor is credited for a non-speaking part in a movie – but Alex O’Loughlin and Odette Yutsman (Annabel) as the “Kissing Couple“, are listed in the credits at the end of the movie The Holiday. Because of this credit in the movie, it also appears on the IMDb filmography lists.

Because the movie is regarded as a Christmas movie, there was an article about it on Christmas day last year. The article mentions all the odd actors who made random appearances in the movie. Some are very famous and landed in the movie by accident and are not credited for it, unlike Alex and Odette and others who got credited for it for their short silent appearances.

 

You can read the full article here:

9 actors you might have overlooked in The Holiday

It’s one of the most popular Christmas movies, but even hardcore fans might have forgotten the famous faces who appear alongside Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black. 

And here is an excerpt from the article where it mentions Alex:

The fake trailer was shot very quickly, in just a day and a half. Odette Annable and Alex O’Loughlin as The Kissing Couple.

Annable is most known for playing Dr Jessica Adams on House MD and, more recently, Geri Broussard on Walker. She appears in the very first scene of The Holiday, as part of an on-screen couple from a film, to which Miles is composing the score. Credited as the woman from the “Kissing Couple, Annable wears a long, white, period drama-esque dress and kisses a man, played by Alex O’Loughlin, by a river in the countryside.

O’Loughlin, known for his role as Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-0, played the other half of the “Kissing Couple” in the first scene of The Holiday.

In 2014  we posted an old article about Odette and her thoughts on it here:

#AlexOLoughlin and Odette Yustman K-I-S-S-I-N-G … for 8 hours

This is what she had to say:

“It’s so funny, in this business, you get asked to do certain things, and you do a lot of it to have contact with some big names and just get experience. I remember my agent calling and saying, ‘There’s this small part at the start of the movie, and (writer-director) Nancy Meyers would love to meet you.’ And I thought, ‘How can I pass that up? Absolutely!’

I met her, then I ended up having to kiss this guy for hours! It was a tricky shot because you had to get the angle right, so it was very specific; I’d say we were there for a good eight hours, at least. We were troupers, though.

I was in good company, and it was just a fun little thing. It’s one of those things you do when you’re just starting out.”

The movie was filmed between January and June 2006 and was released at the end of that same year.

 But how did Alex end up in this short intro to the movie, The Holiday?

I guess part of the answer can be found in a book that was published in 2006. It tells the stories of two ladies who work for a company called, The Casting Company, that was doing a lot of castings on big Hollywood projects over the years.

A Star Is Found: Our Adventures Casting Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies

By Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins

About the book

For anyone who’s ever walked out of a movie and said, “That guy was all wrong for the part,” comes this first-of-its-kind look at how actors are chosen and careers are born. Two of the top casting directors in the business, who recently cast the much-lauded choice of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, offer an insider’s tour of their crucial craft-spotting stars in the making.

Janet and Jane share the fascinating, funny stories of discovering and casting then-unknown stars such as Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Cusack, Matt Damon, Jennifer Connelly, Virginia Madsen, Joaquin Phoenix, Meg Ryan, Benicio Del Toro, and the Harry Potter kids.

Taking us from the first casting call through head shots, auditions, meetings, and desperate searches to fill a part, they give us the kind of behind-the-scenes access to the machinery of star-making that captivates movie fans and aspiring actors alike.

 

Excerpts from the book: 

Recently we auditioned the young Australian actor Alex O’Loughlin, first to become the next James Bond and then for a part in Nancy Meyers’s The Holiday. Even though he didn’t get either of the parts, this relatively unknown guy’s stock took a big leap skyward. Being counted for two significant projects gave his desirability a nice little bump. He’s a wonderful actor, and he deserves anything he gets, but the increased “hotness” factor from two unsuccessful auditions increased his chances of being cast in bigger parts and more significant movies.

From what I could gather it the book, they considered Alex for the part that Jude Law played in the end (but that was initially written with Hugh Grant in mind)

About the casting of the main character in The Holiday, they wrote:

I’d been auditioning James Bond candidates at the same time, so we considered several of them for The Holiday, including Alex O’Loughlin (too young and not yet a Star) and Daniel Craig (Nancy didn’t think he was funny enough – and not yet a Star; he hadn’t yet been chosen for Bond)

My guess is that they later remembered Alex and in the end at least got him in to do the kissing scene with Odette ….

 Link to Video: (with some added interest for the Moonlight fans)

The first 2 Minutes of the movie “The Holiday” with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black aaaaaand Alex O’Loughlin as one half of a kissing couple 😉 and not to forget Shannyn Sossamon as Maggie 🙂

 

They might not have cast him for any roles at the time, but the then 28-year-old, young Alex O’Loughlin definitely made a lasting impression on them. Quite a compliment from the two who discovered a lot of now very famous actors over the years!

Their thoughts on Alex after the Bond audition:

The age issue turned out to be stickier than we’d expected. We were all excited about Alex O’Loughlin, for example, partly because he was so young.

Alex is a terrifically sexy, masterful, and take-charge guy — just the type who can make you remember that James Bond is a seriously dangerous man. And he might make a fabulous Bond in a few years, but when we saw him, he just didn’t seem old enough for that 007 sense of command.

Unfortunately “a few years” turned into 17 years now, and Alex in his later 40s became too old to begin a career as Bond.

One can never say never, but the odds are against him. And with all the injuries he sustained while being Steve McGarrett, portraying a character like 007, the action hero, might also not be in his taste to do anymore …..

But hopefully, other casting directors will remember him from this book and also the wonderful body of work he has done since then … and give him that dream role all his fans have been waiting for!