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Date Posted: 22:33:19 10/14/01 Sun
Author: Northstar
Subject: yup.. that was Gina Torres playing Anna. She played Jenna Vogler in Open Heart
In reply to: PJ 's message, "Alias" on 22:00:20 10/14/01 Sun


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[> I find that I can't get into this show at all, but when I flipped past at the end and saw Gina, I had to stop and watch, so I caught the last couple of minutes. I really like her acting. -- Shirleym, 13:50:25 10/15/01 Mon


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[> [> I found another review of Alias that compares it to our favorite show and because it was in the Montreal Gazette it mentions our favorite guy. It's in the reply. (r) -- Trish, 11:52:35 10/16/01 Tue

Montreal Gazette OCT. 16 by Peggy Curran. "The Agency and 24 are the new CIA-based series this season that have been stealing headlines for their eerie, true-to-life plots about terrorist attacks, hijackings and anthrax scares.

But in this anxious, post-Sept. 11 world, TV viewers who prefer art that doesn't imitate life will get more kung-fu kicks from the cartoonish Alias, with its Get Smart shoe phones, lipstick cameras and pop soundtrack.

"People in L.A. are calling it La Femme Felicity," Jennifer Garner, who plays coed-turned-spy girl Sydney Bristow, told TV critics at a press tour in Toronto to launch the new fall shows.

Alias is the brainchild of Felicity's creator, J.J. Abrams - he wrote and directed the pilot, composed the theme music and serves as executive producer. The series is reminiscent of Nikita, without benefit of Roy Dupuis but with a sense of humour, a less sullen heroine and a silly comic-book intrigue. Thanks to the appealing Garner and a strong supporting cast - my favourite is Kevin Weisman, who plays Marshall, the bumbling gizmo wizard - Alias is proving to be a ratings hit, especially with young adults. It's action-packed and entertaining, provided you can buy a ridiculous premise, follow the convoluted plots and accept frequent leaps of logic.

Garner is Bristow, a bright, beautiful grad student recruited on campus to work for SD-6, an ultra-covert branch of the CIA. Anyway, that's what she thinks, until she makes the mistake of telling her fiance she doesn't really have a part-time job at the bank.

She goes away on business, the boyfriend's the victim of a particularly grisly murder, and she discovers that she has been duped and has actually been working for enemies of the state. Now she's a double agent, working for the CIA from inside SD-6, alongside her cold and unresponsive father (Victor Garber), who just happens to be a spy, too.

Naturally, none of her civilian friends has any idea what's going on, although her moonstruck pal Will (Bradley Cooper) might soon begin to wonder why she won't let him get beyond the first ice-cream sundae.

Despite the gimmicky spyware and the frequent changes of hair colour, sculpted evening gowns and lethal stilettos, "the show is rooted in reality," Garner claims.

"This woman does fight her own fights, and she does shoot her own gun, and she's not genetically engineered or superhuman. She's a very vulnerable real woman."

Maybe, but what makes Alias much easier to watch than the more earnest, solemn and fact-driven The Agency is that it doesn't feel the least bit like what's happening out in the world these days.

While there is a stunt double for action sequences, Garner takes pride in doing most of her own stunt work. "Luckily, I was a ballet dancer growing up, so I was used to flailing around." However, to prepare for the role, Garner decided she needed professional help.

"When I was auditioning for the show, I was so invested in getting the role and so determined to play the character that I started training with a 9th-degree black belt named Master Yu that I found out of the Yellow Pages.

"My husband (Felicity star Scott Foley) was terrified that they would ask me to punch, because I punch just like a girl," Garner said. "They did ask me (at the audition) to kick a couple of times and I was very glad I'd worked with Master Yu, because I had no fear. Once I got the job and the ball was rolling I had a fight co-ordinator who trained me every day, and we worked out with a trainer to buff up."


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[> [> [> Good review, Trish. I agree with the reviewer, Marshall the gizmo wizard is a great character. -- Susan W, 22:24:54 10/21/01 Sun


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