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Luke mentioned in South African press, Beeld
(revised 6:37PM (18:37) PST)
Luke Macfarlane again is mentioned in a press article in a South African online newspaper; however, this article is in Afrikaans, one of the main languages of South Africa. An English translation is now posted in this post. Please click on the bottom link below the article to get to the English translated version.
Thank you, Paul Labuschagne, a member on the Facebook fan page for Luke Macfarlane, for translating this article for this website.
‘Swaers’ maak harte oop
Jun 10 2009 04:37:05:813PM – (SA)
Luke Macfarlane en Dave Annable (Scotty en Justin in Brothers & Sisters) tydens hul besoek aan Suid-Afrika verlede week.
Dis die bobbejane en die twee oseane wat Luke Macfarlane en Dave Annable die meeste van Suid-Afrika sal onthou. Amanda de Lange het met dié twee akteurs van die TV-reeks Brothers & Sisters gesels.
As ’n mens skielik en onverwags die geleentheid kry om met Brothers & Sisters se twee swaers, Justin (gespeel deur Dave Annable) en Scotty (Luke Macfarlane) te gesels, dan los jy alles net só en laat spat om betyds te wees.
Jy kners op jou tande oor al die rooi verkeersligte en stopstrate en motors wat voor jou aankarwei teen 30 km/h en gee nie om dat jy skoon windverwaaid en uitasem is wanneer jy by jou bestemming aankom nie.
Dit is immers Justin en Scotty!
Só warrel ek verlede week by M-Net se kantore in ná ’n blitsige uitnodiging om tien minute met dié twee akteurs te gesels.
Annable staan en gesels met ’n klomp gaste in een van die raadsale toe ek daar aankom.
Macfarlane is nêrens te sien nie.
Die jong donkerkop strek sy arms vriendelik uit toe ek aan hom voorgestel word en vou my in ’n lekker drukkie toe.
“Wonderlik om jou te ontmoet. Welkom hier. Welkom by M-Net, welkom by mý M-Net,” lag hy.
Hy begin vooruitstap na die kantoor waar die onderhoud gaan plaasvind. Hou die deur galant vir my oop.
“Ek weet nie hoekom ek vooruit loop nie,” lag hy, “dis nie asof ek weet waarheen ek gaan nie …”
Ons gesels ’n bietjie op pad na waar ons Macfarlane gaan ontmoet. Annable blom oor die Suid-Afrikaanse vriendelikheid en die plekke wat hulle in Kaapstad (vanwaar hulle pas gekom het) gesien en die mense wat hulle ontmoet het.
“Dis heerlik hier. Wonderlik.”
Ontmoet jy Macfarlane is die ontvangs ewe warm. En dis sy mooi, diep blou oë wat jy eerste raaksien. Onder die wakende oog van hul publisiteitsbeampte kan die onderhoud begin.
Wat kan julle ons vertel van jul onderskeie karakters in die derde seisoen? Wat gebeur?
Annable: In hierdie seisoen wentel Justin se hoofstorielyn eintlik maar om Rebecca en of hulle ’n romantiese verhouding gaan hê of ’n platoniese vriendskap.
Ek dink dit is hul reis: Om uit te werk wat ons is en waarheen ons gaan. En is jy regtig nie my suster nie of is daar nog ’n draaibal aan die kom later in die seisoen?
En is Justin nou klaar met die weermag?
Wel, ja, vir nou. Maar jy hou nooit op om ’n veteraan te wees nie. En dit is ’n belangrike ding wat ek graag sou wou hê ons program in gedagte moet hou.
Ná Justin se beserings was daar ’n dwelmprobleem. Is dit nou iets van die verlede?
Dit is ’n stryd wat jy jou lewe lank voer en jy moet besluite neem op grond van die keuses wat jy in die verlede gemaak het. Justin sal altyd daardie stryd hê, maar nee … daar is nie middelmisbruik in die derde seisoen nie.
Luke, vertel ons van jou huweliksgeluk.
Macfarlane: Aaaah. Huweliksgeluk. Ja, wel, dit is nogal snaaks omdat daar tot dusver in die reeks deurentyd spanning in Kevin (Matthew Rhys) en Scotty se verhouding was. Maar in hierdie seisoen word hulle ’n baie stabiele paartjie.
Hulle het nogal ’n wankelrige begin gehad …
O, hulle het ’n báie wankelrige begin gehad. Hulle was saam, het uitgemaak, was saam, het uitgemaak. Hulle (die vervaardigers) was nie seker of ek in die reeks sou bly nie. Hulle het my getoets, my ge-oudisie. (Hy lag lekker).
Noudat ek daar is om te bly, is dit happily ever after. Maar daar is ’n bietjie van ’n vraagteken daar. Kevin was altyd die broodwinner. Hy het al die geld verdien, maar miskien begin Scotty bietjie meer verdien. Daar is beslis ’n magsdinamika daar wat gaan verander.
Jy speel ’n gay karakter. Is dit vir jou moeilik of is jy self gay?
Ek is gay.
So dis nie vir jou moeilik nie?
Nee, ek het die besluit geneem om oop oor my seksualiteit te wees. Dis net ’n aspek van my lewe soos enigiets anders. Net omdat ek gay is, beteken nie ek en Scotty is enigsins dieselfde nie. Ek het wonderlike ondersteuning van al die karakters gehad en veral van Matthew, want hy speel my man en hy is beslis nie gay nie. Maar hy is so oop en nooit ongemaklik met enigiets nie. Dit is ’n ware getuienis van sy vermoëns as akteur.
Was jy ooit bang om as ’n gay karakter gestereotipeer te word?
O, ja. Daar is beslis daardie vrees. Maar ek dink dis belangrik om dit tersyde te skuif, want dit is ’n belangrike kwessie van ons tyd. Gelykheid vir gays is die laaste 30 jaar ’n belangrike stryd in Amerika. So, natuurlik is ek bang om gestereotipeer te word, maar ek moet daardie vrees opsy skuif.
Vertel my van jul mede-akteurs? Julle speel saam met groot name: Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, Sally Field, om maar net ’n paar te noem.
Annable: Dit is ongelooflik. Ek dink vir sulke jong akteurs soos ons om in ’n reeks in te kom en hierdie soort van groot “onthullingspartytjie” te hê. Om by hierdie akteurs te leer … dis soos om elke dag skool toe te gaan. En ons is so gelukkig, want hulle is so gewillig om ons te leer. En te gesels – oor enigiets.
Macfarlane: En om heeltemal eerlik te wees. Ons gebruik hul roem om ons s’n aan te help. En om Suid-Afrika toe te kom. (Lag).
Hoe het julle gevoel toe julle die rolle gekry het?
Annable: Ek was die eerste een in die rolverdeling, so ek het nie geweet al hierdie groot name gaan aansluit nie. En toe hou ek aan om al hierdie oproepe te kry, soos Calista Flockhart het geteken. Calista Flockhart! Rachel Griffiths! Rob Lowe! (Hy gil met elke naam). O, my aarde, ek gaan beroemd wees. Dit was soos ’n droom wat waar geword het. Maar hoekom was dit so opwindend? Omdat dit so ’n goeie draaiboek is. Daar was vir lank nie ’n goeie gesinsdrama op Amerikaanse televisie nie en ek dink ons het dit teruggebring.
Macfarlane: Dis vir my ’n bietjie anders omdat ek eers later deel van die rolverdeling geword het. Ek het reeds geweet wat om te verwag. In die algemeen vir ’n akteur, en vir albei van ons, het ons gewerk aan heelwat verskillende reekse wat nie … (Annable beweeg sy hand soos ’n vliegtuig wat val.)
(Laggend) Ja! En Brothers & Sisters was heel aan die begin nie die sukses wat dit nou is nie. Maar ons het weekliks die kyksyfers gesien en dit het net beter en beter geword.
Hoe stem jul eie gesinslewe ooreen met dié in Brothers & Sisters?
Annable: My familie is presies dieselfde en dit is hoekom die skrywers so goed is. Ek het by my ?jonger suster uitgevind my ouer suster is swanger terwyl my jonger sus op die foon was met my ma.
En toe my ousus my bel om my te vertel, toe sê ek ek weet reeds. En sy sê: “So what? Is ons die Walkers?” Maar dit ís wat hulle geskep het. Hulle het regte gesinsverhoudings geskep.
Macfarlane: En baie van die skrywers het gesinne en hulle neem ervarings daaruit en skryf daaroor. Die hele storielyn met Scotty kom van een van die skrywers wat gay is. En hy en sy lewensmaat is, wel, Kevin en Scotty, om eerlik te wees! (Lag.)
En daarmee is die tyd verby en die twee Hollywood-sterre op hul pad uit. Maar nie voor daar nog drukkies en goeie wense uitgedeel word nie.
“Dis die mense wat vir my uitgestaan het,” vertel Annable. “Ek en Luke het daaroor gepraat, oor hoe wonderlik al die mense was die hele tyd wat ons hier was. Ons is soos koninklikes behandel,” sê hy.
“Ons het spesifiek ervaar die Suid-Afrikaners is baie op die man af. Hulle is ’n bietjie meer reguit as Amerikaners, wat ons baie verfrissend gevind het,” las Macfarlane by.
En ’n hoogtepunt van wat hulle hier gesien het?
“Bobbejane,” laat Macfarlane dadelik hoor.
Annable vertel van die voorreg om by Kaappunt te staan en die twee oseane ineen te sien smelt. “Ek het nooit gedink ek sal daar staan en dit sien nie.”
• Brothers & Sisters se derde seisoen begin in Augustus op M-Net.
Walkers se wee
Brothers & Sisters is ’n Amerikaanse dramareeks wat in September 2006 op die ABC-kanaal afgeskop het. Dit handel oor die Walker-familielede en hul lewe in Los Angeles, Kalifornië.
Sally Field het in 2007 ’n Emmy gewen vir haar rol as Nora Walker, terwyl Rachel Griffiths vir ’n Emmy benoem is as beste vrouebyspeler in ’n dramareeks. Daar is reeds in April vanjaar aangekondig dat daar ’n vierde seisoen van Brothers & Sisters op pad is.
“Brothers-in-Law” open their hearts.
June 10 2009 04:37:05:813PM – (SA)
It’s the baboons and the two oceans that Luke Macfarlane and Dave Annable will remember the most about South Africa. Amanda de Lange talked to the two actors from the TV-series Brothers & Sisters.
When you suddenly and unexpectedly get the opportunity to talk Brothers & Sisters’ two brothers-in-law, Justin (played by Dave Annable) and Scotty (Luke Macfarlane), then you leave everything as it is and shoot out the door to be on time.
You bite on your teeth because of all the traffic lights, intersections and cars riding in front of you at 30 km/h. You don’t even care that you are out of breath and windblown when you finally reach your destination.
After all, it is Justin and Scotty!
Like this, I whirled into M-Net’s offices last week, after a quick invitation to talk to these two actors.
Annable is standing, talking to a few guests in one of the consultation rooms.
Macfarlane is nowhere to be seen.
The young dark-haired actor stretches his arms out as we are introduced, and enfolds me in a nice hug.
“Wonderful to meet you. Welcome. Welcome to M-Net, welcome to my M-Net,” he giggles.
He starts walking in front towards the office in which the interview will take place, and gallantly opens the door for me.
“I don’t know why I just walked in front,” giving a laugh, “it’s not as if I know where I’m going…”
We start talking on the way to where we will meet Macfarlane. Annable is gleaming about the South-African friendliness and the places which they’ve seen in Cape Town (from which they had just returned) and the people they’ve met.
“It’s incredible here. Wonderful.”
When meeting Macfarlane, the welcome is just as heart-felt. And it’s his beautiful, dark blue eyes which you notice first. The interview can begin, under the watchful eye of their publicity agent.
What can you tell us about your respective characters in the third season? What happens?
Annable: In this season, Justin’s main storyline revolves mainly around Rebecca and if they will have a romantic relationship or just a platonic friendship.
I think this is their journey: To figure out what we are and where we’re heading. And are you really not my sister, or is there another surprise to come, later on in the season.
And is Justin done with the military?
Well, yes, for now. But you never give up being a veteran. And that’s an important thing that I would like this program to keep in mind.
After Justin’s injuries, there was a drug problem. Is that something of the past?
It’s a struggle that you fight all your life, and you have to make decisions based on the choices which you have made in the past. Justin will always have this struggle, but no… there is no drug abuse in this third season.
Luke, tell us about your marital bliss.
Macfarlane: Aaaah. Marital-bliss. Yes, well, it is quite funny because there has been stress in Kevin (Matthew Rhys) and Scotty’s relationship so far. But in this season, they become very stable as a couple.
They had a rocky start….
Oh, they had a very rocky start. They were together, split up, together, split up. They (the producers) weren’t sure if I would stay in the series. They tested me, auditioned me. (He laughs).
Now that I’m there to stay, it is a bit of ‘happily ever after.’ But there is a bit of a doubt. Kevin has always been the breadwinner. He has earned all the money, but maybe Scotty begins earning a bit more. There is definitely a power dynamic which is going on there.
You play a gay character. Is it difficult for you or are you gay yourself?
So it’s not hard for you?
No, I have made the decision to be open about my sexuality. It’s just an aspect of my life like anything else. Just because I’m gay, doesn’t mean Scotty and I are the same in the least, though. I’ve had wonderful support from all the characters and especially from Matthew, because he plays my husband and is definitely not gay. He is open minded and never uncomfortable with anything. It’s truly a witness to his abilities as an actor.
Have you ever been scared of being ’stereotyped’ as a gay character?
Oh, yes. There is definitely that fear. I think it’s important to shift that fear, as this is an important issue of our time. Equality for gays has been an important fight in America for the last 30 years. So, naturally I am scared of being stereotyped, but I have to put that fear aside.
Tell me about your fellow actors? You play alongside big names: Calista Flockhart, Rob Lowe, Sally Field, just to name a few.
Annable: It is unbelievable. I think, for us as young actors to step into a series like this and have this big ‘disclosure party‘. To learn from these actors … It’s like going to school every day. And we are so happy, as they are willing to teach us. And to talk – about anything.
Macfarlane: And to be completely honest. We’re using their fame to help ours along, and to come to South Africa. (Laugh)
How did you feel when you got the parts?
Annable: I was the first to be cast, so I had no idea all these big names were going to join. Then I started receiving all these calls, like Calista Flockhart just signed on. Calista Flockhart! Rachel Griffiths! Rob Lowe! (He yells with every name). Oh my gosh, I’m going to be famous! It was like a dream that had come true. But why was it so exciting? Because it’s such a good scenario. For a long time, there hasn’t been a good family drama on American television, and I think we’ve brought it back.
Macfarlane: It’s a bit different for me because I was cast later on. I already knew what to expect. In general for an actor, and for both of us, we have worked on quite a few series which didn’t … (Annable gestures with his hand a plane falling.)
(Laughing) Yes! And Brothers & Sisters wasn’t the success at the beginning which it is now. We saw the viewing numbers weekly, and it started getting better and better.
How does your own family life match with Brothers & Sisters?
Annable: My family is exactly the same and that’s why the writers are so good. I found out from my younger sister that my older sister was pregnant, while my younger sister was on the phone with my mother.
And when my older sister phoned to tell me, I said I already knew. She said: “So what? Are we the Walkers?” But that is what they created. They created true family relationships.
Macfarlane: And many of the writers have families and take experiences from it and write about it. The whole storyline with Scotty is from one of the writers who is gay. His partner and he are, well, Kevin and Scotty, to be honest! (Laughs again.)
And with that, the time’s up and the two Hollywood-stars are on their way out. But not before more hugs and good wishes are dealt.
“It’s the people that stood out to me,” says Annable. “Luke and I talked about it, about how wonderful all the people have been the whole time we’ve been here. We’ve really been treated like royalty” he says.
“We specifically felt that the South Africans are more to the point. They are a bit more direct than the Americans, which we found refreshing” adds Macfarlane quickly.
And a highlight of what you have seen here?
“Baboons,” Macfarlane points out immediately.
Annable tells me about the privilege of standing at Cape Point and to see the two oceans melt together. “I never thought I’d stand there and see it.”
The third season of Brothers & Sisters starts in August on M-Net.
About the Walkers.
Brothers & Sisters is an American drama series, which aired in September 2006 on the ABC channel. It revolves around the Walker family members, and their lives in Los Angeles, California.
Sally Field won an Emmy in 2007 for her role as Nora Walker, while Rachel Griffiths had been nominated for an Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a drama series. In April this year, it has already been announced that there is a fourth season of Brothers & Sisters on the way.
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