Now I know why Jack Bauer never really cries (or at least the reason I've deduced)!
In an interview with David Letterman, Kiefer Sutherland was asked if he hears Donald Sutherland in his head whenever he does a scene. Kiefer replied that the good piece of advice given to him by his father was to never lie in a scene..."for example, if the scene requires crying and you don't feel it, then just don't fake it because they'll just know and try to act the scene in another direction."
So THAT's why Jack Bauer never cries! Kiefer never feels the need to cry. That or Jack Bauer is an ass.
Oo, 24 post; let me roll out the corny cellphone jokes:
ReplyDeletePerhaps all that time Jack spends with his Tesla Ray Radiator next to his head (ie, cellphone) has resulted in his tear ducts being sealed.
Or he used up all his tears early in the month and doesn't want to pay 25 cents for each additional tear he goes over his limit.
Or none of the series directors have reminded him yet that he once was in a movie called Chicago Joe and the Showgirl--the name alone makes me want to cry. Must be saving it for the series finale? When the Sprint guy is revealed to be the terrorist mastermind?
:-)
Thanks for the cellphone jokes. They're a painful reminder to all that you all won't be reading another 24 blog until early December and that I am in withdrawal.
ReplyDeleteJack Bauer has cried...at the end of Season 4/5...where he went into the car, pounded the steering wheel and got a call to say, he's needed back at CTU.
ReplyDeleteHeck, even I cried for the man at that point! This fact does not really count for much though.