Just one day after wrapping work on “The O.C.”, Nick took off for New York City to film an episode of NBC’s hit show, “Law & Order: SVU”.His character, Mike Sandoval, is an undercover narcotics officer working with Ice-T in an episode titled “The Haunted”. Look for it to air later this season.
Nick moves to “The O.C.” this November as a new character named DJ.While details of his role are being kept secret, FOX recently aired a short preview of the new season which included this tantalizing glimpse of Nicholas. See the entire clip on our new O.C. Page today and tune in to the season premiere on FOX November 4th.
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Don't call Mischa Barton an overnight success. The rising star of The O.C. has been a working actress since the age of eight--and credits her success not to lucky breaks or being part of the Hollywood scene, but to hard work and dedication.
We thought you'd have a British accent. I did when I was very little, because I moved to New York when I was four. I was born in London, and so were my two sisters. My mother's Irish--she went to school in London when she was young--but she's full-on Irish, you can trace it back as far as you want. My father is from Manchester, England, with the accent.
But you grew up in America. Yeah--I consider myself American, and so does my family. I have a British passport, an Irish passport, and an American green card. And a Russian name.
My parents thought that Mischa was a cool name. Who knows what they were thinking? As a kid I hated it, but it works.
Did you think about acting or modeling, growing up in New York? Not at all. My mom did some photography--she's a real free spirit--so she encouraged us to do what we wanted. She sent us off to camp in upstate New York one summer, when I was eight. We put on a play for our parents--I performed this monologue about turtles--and I was discovered. They tried to convince my mom that I had stage presence!
How did you get the part of Marissa? I was going to school in New York, and I was booked on an episode of [O.C. executive producer] McG's [now cancelled] show Fastlane. I did one episode in Los Angeles, which took a week. Then McG brought it up that [series creator] Josh Schwartz was writing this script, and that I'd be perfect for it. I read for the part right there in the office, they took it to the network, and that was it--I had the role.
I went back to New York and I waited to find out if they'd found the boy. They had a lot of boys read for Ryan's character, and then when they found Ben McKenzie they called me, and we shot the pilot. Then I went back to New York and went to my prom.
Who did you go to prom with? No one. I'd broken up with my boyfriend right before the prom. But I went with my best friend and we had SO much fun. Chanel gave me a dress! I was the most spoiled girl there.
You're really into fashion, aren't you? I do love clothes--I get so obsessed with them. I don't have a stylist, I pick all my own clothes, and I collect Chanel bags. I have so many friends back in New York who are into clothes. I'd love to work in Manhattan, but I'm also so glad I don't in a way. You can't put The O.C. in Manhattan!
Did you have any idea that The O.C. would be so hot? I don't think you can ever just assume. With [Swingers and Go director] Doug Liman and [Charlie's Angels director] McG as the executive producers, you know you're in good hands, but you can't ever know if the general public is gonna like the show.
The O.C. is a concept we had no idea anyone would accept. We knew everyone would go, "What's the O.C.? Thank God it was accepted into popular culture as easily as it was. If not, it would have been this horrible failed concept!
How do you have time to do the campaigns for Neutrogena and Dooney & Bourke? I don't even know anymore! [laughs] I just do it on the weekends, here in Los Angeles. This weekend, I'll be doing a Neutrogena commercial, so I'll work all night Friday to Saturday morning, then I'll have an 11 A.M. call time.
Neutrogena always picks people with perfect skin to do its campaigns--as if your skin needed any help! I don't have perfect skin--that's for sure! I'm always freaking out before we shoot the commercials. My skin's gotta be perfect and I get crazy about it. I'm totally the girl who sleeps in her makeup, so it's funny that I'm in a skincare campaign!
Despite your success, you're planning on going to college. Why? Everyone in my family has done it, and it's something I don't want to miss out on. You're just 18--how do you stay so focused? There are boys, friends.... I genuinely love my job. It's always been easy for me to shut off from my friends when I had to, because I love acting. It's interesting, and it's what I always felt the most comfortable doing.
We've heard that you love music and you go to lots of shows. I love the White Stripes, and I'm also a fan of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club--they play amazing shows. OutKast has been around for so long; I've been a fan of theirs for such a long time. I really love music, and our show really supports a lot of different, young acts. McG is very in touch with that world, and when Josh writes scenes, and he'll write them around certain music. We're all gonna try to go to Coachella [music festival] this year, as a group, the whole show. I hope I get to go--I could be working. --- Oh, and catch a repeat of VH1's The Fabulous Life of...Hollywood It Girls for tons of info on Mischa as well as Scarlett, MK & Ashley, etc etc.
posted by Jen @ 4:45 PM |
What you won't see on "The O.C.": Whites, Orange County's minorityMinorities now make up a majority of Orange County's population, according to census data released yesterday. "But the news," says the LA Times, "still contrasts sharply with the region's image -- a stereotype kept alive by popular TV shows such as 'The OC' and 'Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County' that portray an affluent and largely white population living by the beach."
"The Real O.C." ain't the "real" O.C.And Laguna Beach is nothing like "Laguna Beach," the reality series. "MTV took a beach town built on iconoclasm and it cropped everything but the banal and shallow from the pictures," says Shawn Hubler. "Why? Because that's where the heat is in this era's reality."
posted by Jen @ 4:25 PM |
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
MTV's OC Reality Show Premieres Tonight
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County 10:30 PM - MTV (zap2it.com) MTV is touting this new series as the first "reality drama." There are no interviews or "confessionals," and the series was shot using cameras used in most motion picture productions. I bet it's gonna be more like "Freshman Diaries" than, say, "The Real World." Which is a definite plus. Eight teenagers from the wealthy Orange County city of Laguna Beach -- Stephen, Kristin, Lauren (LC), Lo, Christina, Trey, Talan and Morgan -- have allowed MTV cameras "all access" into their school, their homes and their relationships. Audiences will live through all the drama of spring break, applying for college, prom and graduation with this tight-knit clique. --don't tell me that kid mouthing "I Love You" to that girl is not just a little creepy looking. Unless he was really saying "Isle of View", which if that's the case, man, he really should VERB it than read old romance novels. VERB, it's what you do).
posted by Jen @ 7:49 AM |
Monday, September 27, 2004
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Mischa Barton is trading sunny California for the humidity of Louisiana.
The 18-year-old star of FOX's "The O.C." has signed on to star in the horror thriller "Hexxx," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The project, scripted by Mark Gibson and John Raffo, centers on the ritualistic world of voodoo in New Orleans.
MGM's Jennifer Klein will produce through her Apartment 3B Prods.
Barton, who is best known for playing the oft-wasted waif Marissa Cooper on the teen soap "The O.C.," has been seen in several films including "Notting Hill," "The Sixth Sense" and "Lost and Delirious."
The Thrills have revealed they're going to take part in hit series 'The OC'.
In one upcoming episode the OC gang go to watch them in concert - they play two live tracks, including their next single 'Not for all the Love in the World'.
It's due to be screened in the States in November and we should get to see it in the UK early next year.
Gary from Snow Patrol says they're also going to appear in an episode and has revealed the show is planning a special that will be shot in the UK.
