Tony Curran

Edit: I originally wrote and published this 'in the future' on December 26th, 2006. At that time, things will get hectic for me in terms of my personal life and I will need to take a couple of weeks to regain perspective. I opted to push this back a few months, because actors are the last thing of interest on this blog and don't want anyone to misunderstand what One Female Canuck is about should they come here during my brief sabbatical. Enjoy!

I have received some really lovely emails from fans of this man. Over a year ago, I posted about the Beowulf & Grendel premiere at TIFF and somewhere in there mentioned that I had fun meeting Tony Curran. At the time, I cropped myself out of the following photos and sent them - as recommended by gerardbutler(dot)net to the really nice folks at tonycurranonline(dot)com.

For the many of you who have asked: He is a generous man, a flirt, inquisitive and equally quiet. And yes, he has a supreme body (this, K discovered when she took a photo with him and touched his chest and declared “Oh my!” I won't post that photo unless I have her explicit permission to do so. I'll ask and get back to you sometime in the near future). I believe he’d just finished shooting Underworld Evolution (someone can confirm or correct this, please) and so was in top form. If I remember correctly, we discussed the film and I asked him about Speedy, who I have loved since Felicity.

Here are parts of our conversation, which I think many of you will find amusing:
“What’s your name?”
“Maha.”
“Maha? What nationality is that?”
“It’s an Arabic name.”
“Where are you from, Maha?”
“Palestine.”
“Palestine?”
“Yes.”
“Hello, Palestine.”
“Greetings, Scotland."


...

“This jacket of yours is nice, Scotland.”
“Thanks, Palestine.”
“Sure thing.”
“It’s Armani, touch it.”
“Oh my God, it’s so soft.”
“I know. It feels perfect on.”
“Fits brilliantly, I can see that.”


...

“Nice hat.”
“Thanks. Try it on.”
“Ok. I’m going to take a picture in it.”
“Ok.”
“Without you, Scotland. Just with the hat.”
“Ok.”
(Little did I know, at the time, the sort of attention this “cap” of his receives from his fans. If anyone would care to explain this to me, please feel free to do so...)

And here is the worst photo I have ever taken in my life (check out my awesome two chins):


There you have it, fans of Tony Curran, that’s all there is to say, other than, I hope you get to meet him and have as much fun as I did doing so...