A previously undiscovered gem of an interview that Amrie Cunningham at MyTakeOnTV had with Alex O’Loughlin on April 29th! The main topic of conversation is Criminal Minds, but what will certainly remain engraved in your memory are the interesting messages from Alex O’Loughlin to his fans and his thoughts on their support. A few highlights:
Switching gears just a little bit – your fans are some of the most vocal that I’ve seen in recent years, still getting emails about MOONLIGHT and where we can find Alex, and the rest of the team. Do you still get a lot of fan outreach now?
Yeah, yeah, they’re very consistent in their passion, which is lovely, I love them for it, so much. I hope they follow me into my career, and my next project. I mean, every character is not going to be Mick St. John. It’s just not. I’m always going to play different characters and hopefully they will find. I think my fans, because they’re so, comprehensive, with their study of me, and their research [laughs] of me, I think that they’re probably starting to get to know me a bit now, as well, and if they’re still my fans, it means they still like me. If they still like me, hopefully they’re going to like what I like in the characters that I choose. You know what I mean?
Oh yeah, they’re going to understand the thought processes in your choosing each character.
Right, so hopefully, they’re going to come to love the characters that I love, the way I love them for the same reasons, or similar reasons. I want to take them all with me, I want to take them on this journey and show them what I’m learning and what I’m loving, and they’re great people, too. My fans are so caring, they send me so many well wishes, and lovely cards. Beautiful paintings. It’s amazing, I’ve never experienced it before. It can be a little overwhelming, I’m just like anyone else. Can you imagine, like opening the mail, and getting 1,000 letters? It can be really weird, really bizarre.
Read the full interview and leave comments:
Unsub with a Heart of Gold? Alex O’Loughlin Talks CRIMINAL MINDS
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Thanks for this fantastic article. Alex deserves to be in the press all the time! As a loyal and die hard fan and supporter, I will follow Alex’s long and successful career for a very long time! Whatever character or role Alex chooses, he will be magnificent and award worthy because he is a very gifted and versatile young actor!
Hey, Thanks mizz for updating me with this interview. I didn’t see it, even in Google Search!?!
This is a great article. I am getting in a meeting now, but I will read it carefully later
Thank you
lan
PS – Alex is so intelligent and so sweet and so brilliant…OK, I will stop now…;)
Thanks, mizz! Wow – I love this interview! I love what Alex said about our “comprehensive study and research of him” – so I guess he has noticed – LOL.
I am still amazed at Alex’s portrayal of Vincent. That story touched me like you wouldn’t believe, and while the writing was excellent (I bet Alex wrote just as much of that as Simon did), it was Alex’s incredible acting that made Vincent so – well, not only sympathetic – once again, I wanted to jump in that screen and “save” Alex’s character. I have watched it so many times now, and each time I just can’t get over how brilliant Alex is.
I will always be there to enjoy his work and to let him know how very much it is appreciated.
Thank you for posting this. I am so glad that he knows how we feel about him. We will follow him and adore him in every single role. He is an extraordinary actor and person!
Thank you for this terrific article, it is truly a gem, Alex is so amazingly adorable and so sweet! LOL