When I first saw the commercials for ABC's Eli Stone, I didn't recognize Jonny Lee Miller. Then, after watching the first episode and liking him, I decided to find out who he was. Imagine my surprise when I learned that I had seen him, multiple times, in a variety of roles. And he was British! I was duly impressed and intrigued. Jonny Lee Miller was a helluva an actor, a chameleon who could be as convincing as a junkie named Sick Boy in Trainspotting as he was a San Francisco lawyer named Eli.Gallery: Jonny Lee Miller
Last night I caught an episode of Nature's "The Polar Bears of Churchill with
Ewan McGregor." Usually when a documentary-type show sticks a celebrity in the mix it's a ploy to get more people
to tune in, but in this case I was actually quite impressed with how "into it" McGregor was. He seemed
genuinely delighted to be there and witness firsthand the trek of polar bears as they venture out in search of new ice
and new food. McGregor's "naive, but not too naive" approach reminds me of Alan Alda on another PBS series,
Scientific American Frontiers. It's not so much like watching a famous actor as it is watching someone who is
genuinely intrigued by the subject he's reporting. If this whole "film career" doesn't work out, I think he'd
do a fine job as a nature show host.
Giveaways reminder: Office, Eli Stone, Supernatural, South Park
Giveaway Thursday: Tickets to the New York Television Festival ... all of it!
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