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Article found at: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/entertainment/columnists 
Thanks to Bennish for sending me it.

Wed, Jun. 19, 2002

CHUCK BARNEY: AS SEEN ON TV
The perils of playing at-risk roles

•Actors in Fox's '24' feared for the lives of their much-abducted characters

NEWS AND NOTES from Planet TV:

    Devoted fans of Fox's turbo-charged spy drama "24" weren't the only ones who had to pluck their jaws from the floor when Teri Bauer (Leslie Hope) was killed in the show's final episode. (Yes, Bauer really is dead.) Elisha Cuthbert, the charming 19-year-old Canadian who played her daughter, couldn't believe it either.

    "I was in shock. I really was," she said. "It was sprung on us (the cast) quite quickly. We got the script only a couple of days before we shot it and I couldn't believe it. But that's television and that's the life of an actor."

    I caught up with Cuthbert at KTVU Channel 2's annual season-preview bash for advertisers last week at the Silverado resort in Napa, where she admitted she fretted for weeks that her character, Kimberly Bauer, would get offed by the producers after suffering through a ridiculous number of abductions.

    "I thought it started getting repetitive," she said. "I kept thinking: I just want to get out of this mess. I don't want to get kidnapped anymore. ... But I guess I'm lucky to still be alive and going on to next season."

    I did a double-take when first spotting Cuthbert at Silverado as she appeared in a white blouse (nearly buttoned down to her navel) and a snazzy three-quarter length black jacket. After all, we became so accustomed to seeing her for weeks of the "real-time"-styled "24" in that same ol' sleeveless, form-fitting red-and-gold shirt.

    "It's tough being female and having to wear the same thing over and over," she said, laughing. "I'm already prodding the wardrobe department to see if we can work out a six-outfit deal for next year. ... But at least I'm not like 'The Simpsons,' who have worn the same clothes for years."

 

  Source: Calgary Sun (http://www.canoe.ca/Television/may21_24-sun.html) -  May 23, 2002 
 Thanks to Danny sending me this link.

Rockin' around the clock
by KEVIN WILLIAMSON
Calgary Sun

   Even Calgary-born Elisha Cuthbert doesn't know what happens in tonight's finale of her thriller, 24.

"There are a couple alternate endings," the 19-year-old actress says on the phone from Los Angeles.

"It's definitely being kept under tight, tight secrecy. They're keeping the secrets to surprise and shock the audience."

The series' creators already did that last week when they revealed that counter-terrorist agent Nina Myers (Sarah Clarke) is a mole working for Victor Drazen (Dennis Hopper), the Serbian warlord out to exact revenge on Nina's ex-lover Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), his family and U.S. presidential candidate David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert).

The development left some fans shaking their heads -- did the twist make sense? -- but Cuthbert feels the mole's identity, and what other twists may come, do add up.

(Besides, as viewers know, the drama already stretched the long arm of reality until the bones snapped when Leslie Hope, who plays Cuthbert's mother, Teri, got amnesia halfway through the day.)

What isn't such a secret is that 24, which speeds to a climax tonight, has catapulted Cuthbert from Canadian unknown to prime-time starlet on one of the most acclaimed shows on the small screen.



LUCKY GIRL

When the Sun first interviewed Cuthbert a year ago, she was promoting the CTV drama Lucky Girl and had just landed the role of Sutherland's daughter on 24 after only three months living in Hollywood.

Born in Calgary and raised in Vancouver, Cuthbert began her career at the age of seven as a model. At 13, she began acting and eventually landed a gig as a globe-trotting correspondent on the award-winning series Popular Mechanics For Kids.

Even before 24 debuted, fans were creating various unofficial websites in her name.

Cuthbert's parents still live in Montreal, where she went to high school.

"They love (the show). There are a lot of Canadian fans watching it. And my family are huge fans -- they're proud of me."

And admittedly a little nerve-wracked when they first saw their daughter being lured out of her home and eventually kidnapped and almost killed by 24's villains.

"It's funny. (My mom) doesn't see me every day and we're so far apart that, in the beginning, that was the only way she saw me and it's not pleasant -- me in midriff tops, running around L.A. with two boys.

"She asked, 'Is this really happening?' and I was like, 'Mom, it's just my character.'

"But she's since come down and visited, so she knows what's going on. It's fun playing someone I'm not ... I miss my friends in Canada so much, but unfortunately I'm afraid of flying. When I have a good amount of time I'll go back, but I wouldn't go back for just the weekend."

So it's understandable that for Cuthbert, the show's cast has grown into a surrogate family of sorts.

"We really just kind of bonded. We were with each other for almost a year. You end up getting close to these people."

People like Sutherland, Hopper and recent guest star Lou Diamond Phillips.

"(Hopper) is really great guy. You sit there and watch and think, 'What am I doing on this set?' There's Lou Diamond Phillips. This is like a movie, not television.

"It's just been fantastic. We've all really connected on a really cool level, even if we always didn't have scenes, like Sarah Clarke, who plays Nina. Even Kiefer and I never got many scenes together, but we still maintained a relationship. Everyone's nice and down-to-earth and really happy."

And Canadian. Sutherland, Hope, Cuthbert and Mia Kirshner, who appeared in the first few episodes as the sexpot assassin Mandy, all hail from north of the border.

"In the beginning, that broke the ice a bit, talking about is this a Canadian show or not?"



BACK NEXT SEASON

Last week, the Fox network announced it was picking 24 up for another season.

While the show generates middle-of-the-road ratings, its demographics (upscale, young) make it a draw for advertisers.

Moreover, the series is a likely Emmy nominee. Sutherland already won a Golden Globe for best actor.

Until production ramps back up, Cuthbert is looking for new projects. The only problem? Finding something as good as her TV gig.

"I've been reading scripts ... 24 has given me an opportunity and I'm trying to take advantage of that."

 

 

 Source: TV Guide - Canada  /  February 2, 2002
 Thanks to Danny for scanning and sending me this article.

Celebrity Chef
By Simone A. Brown

Elisha Cuthbert’s love of seafood . 

              Elisha Cuthbert’s years of working in the Canadian television industry have finally paid off. Currently Starring in the real-time drama 24 (Tuesdays, 9 pm ET, CH/Fox), Cuthbert says it’s exciting to work alongside fellow Canadian Kiefer Sutherland, one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. “At first you’re kind of afraid, because he’s a big star. But he is just so nice, really down-to-earth,” she says. “[He’s] really normal and I’m always learning from him.”

 

  That’s not to say she doesn’t already know a lot about her field. Cuthbert earned a Gemini Award last year for her performance in the gripping TV movie ‘Lucky Girl’, Hosted ‘Popular Mechanics for Kids’ and appeared on ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ Cuthbert admits the move to L.A. two years ago, to further her career made her nervous. It meant leave her family and friends – and learning how to cook for herself. “The first month or two I had TV dinners every single night,” says Cuthbert. “But then I said ‘I’m buying cookbooks and I’m going to call my mother and walk through these recipes until I can start cooking for myself.” The idea worked and the Calgary native now cooks all the time.

 

   She enjoys whipping up traditional fare like shepherd’s pie, spaghetti and meatballs and steak, but her favorite dish is seafood pasta. Cuthbert first tasted the dish while in France, where it was made with angel hair pasta, and she only makes it on special occasions. “I’m a big fan of pasta and I love seafood,” she says. “I love lobster, I like crab, I like anything in [a pasta dish] as long as it’s seafood.”  

 

 

 

Source: TV Guide Online  - http://www.tvguide.com     
Tuesday, January 15, 2002 

24 Star's Clothes Call 
By Matt Webb Mitovich 

While almost nothing is predictable about 24, Fox's twisting and turning drama, one thing you can count on is that, due to the show's real-time narrative, kidnapped Kimberly Bauer will still be wearing the same increasingly grimy T-shirt and jeans.

How does Elisha Cuthbert feel about her character's ready-to-walk-on-its-own wardrobe? "It boils down to two things. One, constantly having to look the same is driving me nuts as a female. I'm going bonkers!" she tells TV Guide Online with a laugh. "Two, I'm being really friendly to the writers, with the hope that Kimberly might someday pull a new outfit out of her back pocket.

"Seriously, when I took the role I didn't pay much consideration to that," she adds. "It's actually kind of cool to see this crazy outfit go through all this stuff. My wardrobe is getting very, um, 'pleasant.'"

Sartorial issues aside, Cuthbert exudes fan-like enthusiasm for 24's top-secret, tension-filled storylines. But, like a good soldier, she is tight-lipped about what's ahead. "My family's the worst at trying to get information out of me. It's just not happening," she declares with a smile. "I'm like 'Mom, Dad, leave me alone. I don't want to get in a whole bunch of trouble!'"

While all that off- and on-screen drama can take a lot out of an actress, Cuthbert — who now is filming Old School, a comedy — was thrilled when 24 received its full-season commitment. "It's below zero with a lot of snow back home in Calgary," she notes, "so I am quite thankful to be sitting in the Los Angeles sun!" 

 

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