September 4, 2008
Ten Things You Never Knew
Ten Things You Never Knew About Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Miller is an overnight success ten years in the making. The Ivy League scholar paid his dues with bit parts including a student-turned-sea monster in Buffy The Vampire Slayer before landing his big break playing the young Anthony Hopkins in The Human Stain. However, it was his role as brooding jailbird Michael Scofield in Prison Break that catapulted him firmly on to the TV A-list. As the US drama returns for a fourth season on Sky1 this week, we serve up a few tantalising titbits about the man behind the tattoos.
1. Wentworth was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, but his family moved to Brooklyn when he was just one year old.
2. Wentworth’s ancestry is complicated enough to put even Johnny Depp to shame – his mum is Russian, French, Syrian, Lebanese and Dutch, while his dad is African-American, Jamaican, English, German and Cherokee.
3. Speaking of ancestry, Wentworth is determined to keep the family name going strong. He is Wentworth Miller III and his dad is Wentworth Miller II, so no prizes for guessing the name he’s picked out for his future offspring.
4. Wentworth is every bit as brainy as his TV alter ego. He studied English literature at Princeton University, where he was apparently nicknamed “Stinky” because of his sarcastic attitude towards his friends. Charming!
5. When not burying his nose in a book, Wentworth sang baritone in the internationally-known all-male a cappella group Princeton Tigertones, who busked through Europe and the Middle East every summer.
6. Wentworth worked as a temp for studios, agencies and production companies before landing a role in The Human Stain. He recalls: “There were some lean years. I remember going through my CDs figuring out what I was willing to hock because I needed an extra $15 to make rent.”
7. Wentworth confesses that he receives some eye-popping fan mail but is not always able to write back. “The mail amazes me,” he says. “I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security reasons, I can only respond with a headshot and ‘Dear so and so, be good. WM.’ It never feels like enough.”
8. Wentworth claims to be “deathly allergic” to cats – and that’s not all. He explains: “Unfortunately, I’m allergic to all animals and even some people. There was a scene where I had to give Dominic Purcell a hug – you know, a touching embrace between the brothers – and at the end of the night I had a rash on my neck. I got a lot of teasing on that.”
9. Wentworth has made no secret of the fact that he wants a wife and kids, contrary to those rumours about his sexuality. But what is the most romantic gesture he has ever made? He reveals: “This one time I had a girlfriend that was out of the country a lot. So I gave her a watch and set it to ‘my time’ so wherever we were, we’d always be on the same time. I thought that was pretty romantic.” Aww, how sweet!
10. Wentworth fancies trying his hand at a Superman villain after unsuccessfully auditioning to play the Man of Steel himself in the past. He says: “I’d definitely love a crack at General Zod. So I’m hoping that Bryan Singer makes a sequel to the Superman that’s coming out and casts me.” Since a sequel was confirmed earlier this year, we’re keeping our fingers crossed!
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Prison Break
HE’S SUCH A SENSITIVE MAN…..I JUST LOVE THAT
WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN IF HE FELL IN LOVE WITH A WOMEN THAT HE BECAME ALLERGIC TO?
S~
Comment by SUEANNE — September 4, 2008 @ 7:34 am
He’s just amazing. I really hope that he’s everything that you read about and see (in interviews). He’s well spoken, very attractive, incredibly charming and intelligent, humble and generous. I never really hear any negative things about him at all. I really think he may be the perfect man. At the same time you never really hear when he has a girlfriend, he’s so private. I wonder what kind of women he has been involved with, and the kind he’s attracted to.
Comment by Paulina — September 4, 2008 @ 11:27 am
Just – HE IS THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kiss
Comment by Nina,Serbia — September 4, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
simply the best
Comment by lauren — September 4, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
I could never date wentworth, I would LOVE to but I would never give up my cat!
Comment by Kitsters — September 4, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
we really aprecciate the guy here in tanzania
Comment by beto — September 5, 2008 @ 3:24 am
omg.. every time I read something about him I fall more and more in love with him …
Comment by shatha — September 5, 2008 @ 5:43 am
awwww…he’s so sweet…so lovely…
Comment by Angie — September 5, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
i just have to watch the PB show every Monday and Im sure never to miss one episode. I adore you so much and GOD bless you in everything you do.
Comment by demetria — September 5, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
hola went te escribo de venezuela,hace mucho tiempo te vi en una pelicula creo,no supe tu nombre ni nada de ti,siempre le decia a mi hermana que habia visto a un actor super cool pero que no habia vuelto a verlo en mucho tiempo,siempre que me decian que brad pit era guapo yo siempre salia con que el actor mas bello era diferente,y cuando me preguntaban su nombre les decia ni idea,hace un tiempo estaba viendo la tele y me puce a cambiar de canales de golpe te vi y sali corriendo busque el tlf y llame a mi hermana,le dije pon fox y veras al hombre del que siempre les hable,debo decirte que desde entonces mis hermanas no me permiten decir nada de ti por ahora para ellas tu eres su mas grande amor,me gustaria mucho que me escribieras,sabes hablo un poco el ingles aprendi por mi cuenta mis padres son de guyana y la mayor parte de mi familia vive en manhatan si no entiendes lo que escribi puedes pedirle a amauri nolasco que te tradusca,el es muy coll,otra cosa naci el 2 de junio del 78.es muy largo lo que te he escrito pero supe que lees todo lo que te escriben espero de verdad que sea cierto se que no tengo oportunidad de conocerte pero si me escribes me pondrias muy contenta sin mencionar que pondria celosas a mis hermanas.
Comment by candaci simon — September 6, 2008 @ 8:59 pm
Hi every one ,
I like prison break season 1,2 and now I watch season 3 when I see the ring from the serial , I anxieting to see the next ring and I love to see went miller all the time .
He is great man and he has sprcial charechter .
Mimi from Iraq .
Comment by Mimi — September 7, 2008 @ 4:08 am
he is graet am looking forward to see his nextwork
Comment by backo3947 — September 9, 2008 @ 7:06 am
He is the hottest man alive, he has charn and great looks and seems very romantic,i think he would make a great husband and father…….who ever he marry’s will be a very lucky girl,like i said so great looking,seems so perfect of a man….. love ya….
Comment by lisa — September 10, 2008 @ 12:36 am
I would love to just meet and greet Wentworth. I don’t think I have ever EVER loved an actor like Wentworth Miller III. If you read this Wentworth email me
Comment by Mariana — September 11, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
Have very beautiful eyes
Mimounh\Saudi Arabia
Comment by Mimounh — September 12, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
He is so wonderful. Although, I would hardly call those “ten things you never knew” since I already knew all of that… but still.
Comment by Ashleigh — September 12, 2008 @ 8:56 pm
Amazing to think that in the middle of the dry semi arid deserts of Samburuland Northern Kenya – we to are addicted to Prison Break! If you can ever take a time out from your busy schedule we would love your help – we work with the beautiful nomadic Samburu people. In semi-arid northern Kenya water is hard to find….when it rains it rushes in great torrents down the dry river beds, carrying everything in its wake. In the dry season the water disappears beneath the sand and we see the reality of living in this beautiful but hostile place. The people possess the secret of joy, it gives them the strength they need to confront the hardships of survival day to day. You are always greeted with a smile – you have my email if you would like to meet this proud warrior tribe.
Comment by Nkaretoni — September 13, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
i hope yu read this comment bysome way i dont now how but all i know that iam dieing in yur love and yu must now that
Comment by yoyo your misity girl — October 25, 2008 @ 1:38 pm