![]() 25 on Netflix.Even though fans currently know him as Jack Pearson, the beloved patriarch on This Is Us, Milo Ventimiglia will always be Jess Mariano to Gilmore Girls aficionados who grew up with the WB/CW series (and eventual Netflix reboot). Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life will be released in its entirety on Friday, Nov. I hope to always be a student - open to looking at life and taking it in whole-heartedly and just entertain and be kind, decent and cool.” Somebody said it takes a lifetime to become a master up until that point, you’re only a student. So is he more of a De Niro or Dean? Ventimiglia says he’s neither. Then the older you get, I become more inspired by the actors around me, and I try to inspire them.” ![]() “You want to be good and be the next Robert De Niro or James Dean. “I feel like when you’re a younger actor, you work so hard to be impressionable,” he says. Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia to Star in NBC Pilot From 'Galavant' CreatorĪnd while returning to play Jess 10 years after he last played Stars Hollow’s resident misunderstood bad boy is one thing, Ventimiglia says he’s now old enough to appreciate the business in a different way. I got to the end of the script and immediately turned back to page one.” “When I read it, I was on an airplane and stopped and sat back and had to think about it, that I was understanding what Dan had written,” he says of the major twist at the end of the pilot (which we won’t spoil here). 25) in which he reprises his role as Jess Mariano, it was that same sort of family dynamic that attracted him to This Is Us - a rare family ensemble in the vein of NBC’s dearly departed Jason Katims drama Parenthood. While Ventimiglia completed production this summer on Netflix’s Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (due Nov. “It’s one of those things where I heard Will Smith say, ‘It’s better to be ready than to have to get ready.’ If me having a favorable ass on camera was any bit of a surprise, I was ready for it! And that wasn’t the first time! You can go on IMDb and see I was really f-ing naked in so many movies! There was a movie I did called Kiss of the Damned and you see everything!” ![]() “I’ve never felt inclined to have one it’s a hard-working ass!” he says laughing before tipping his hat to his long-time trainer and friend Jason Walsh, who worked with Bradley Cooper on American Sniper and Matt Damon on the Bourne films. 'Gilmore Girls' Team Open Up About Netflix Revival and "Journey" to Those Final Four Words “I got it, but in the back of my mind, I thought, ‘This is network television on NBC so it can’t be too racy.’ I assumed that the audience would assume Jack is in fact naked, but when I went to my trailer that morning and saw my wardrobe, I thought, ‘Oh shit, you guys really want me naked!'” “When I read the script, it was written, ‘He comes out in his birthday suit, and he’s wearing nothing but a Pittsburgh Steelers dish towel’ - not even a full towel!” Ventimiglia recalls. Although Ventimiglia blushes at the topic, part of that success may no doubt be attributed to the fan-favorite’s lack of wardrobe. Since its May debut, the trailer for This Is Us has continued to rewrite the record book and currently has more than 7.5 million views. The hourlong ensemble dramedy stars Ventimiglia as Jack, a loyal and doting husband to Mandy Moore’s Rebecca, with the Dan Fogelman-created entry ranking as one of the buzziest new shows of the fall. ![]() Those moments include the trailer for NBC’s This Is Us catching on like wildfire. 'This Is Us' Creator on Trailer's Magic Asset and Why the Time Is Right for a "Feel-Good" Family Drama
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |