Moonlightaholics

Josefismysire wrote: Alle..very well said. I think you hit the nail right on the head. Maybe all of Alex's "hero worship" of Dr. Gonzo has gotten in the way..he is trying so hard to BE Dr. Gonzo..to make him proud..that he hasn't created Dr. Andy. It must be difficult to pattern your fictional character after a real-life person and then do it justice..does that make sense?

allegrita wrote:I've been thinking about Alex's portrayal of Andy Y., and why it didn't seem to "work" completely. Many people have mentioned that he doesn't seem to be "inhabiting" the role the way he inhabits most of his other roles. Lunalux and I were talking this evening and we decided that it's because he's trying to capture what Andy does, and not who Andy is. I think he's been spending so much time trying to be a cardiothoracic surgeon, learning the lingo and wearing the mask and trying to fill Dr. Gonzo's huge shoes, he's been neglecting what kind of person Andy is. But the person is who we are going to be interested in, and compelled by. Andy is not the sum of his talents, he's a gestalt. Alex needs to get in touch with what makes Andy tick, and stop being intimidated by trying to be the best fake doctor on TV. Mind you, he wasn't helped by the script in episode 1. I felt like he needed a hook to hang Andy on, and they didn't provide it for him. So... I'm hoping that they'll give him that hook to hang his character on. And give hooks to the other characters, too.

Fleur de Lisa wrote:In my ever so humble opinion, I see less of Andy's 'god-like' characteristics being displayed in his personal life. Most doctors, and surgeons of that caliber, are notorious for giving everything they have in their fields of expertise, to the detriment of their personal lives. They are showing Andy as a 'demi-god' (phrase courtesy of PGal) in his professional life. I bet his personal life is a mess---and that is where the juxtapositioning between private and work worlds will collide. That is what will make for fascinating tv.

It also makes for a hell of a more interesting character: the good guy doctor, the not so good guy in his personal life, perhaps? That intrigues me to no end.

Plus, we will get to see him out of his workday clothes.
...always going the shallow route, I know...

Josefismysire wrote:Daniel Henney speaks to the fans of TR!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1p3Zyjj4Xc

allegrita wrote:

Fleur de Lisa wrote:In my ever so humble opinion, I see less of Andy's 'god-like' characteristics being displayed in his personal life. Most doctors, and surgeons of that caliber, are notorious for giving everything they have in their fields of expertise, to the detriment of their personal lives. They are showing Andy as a 'demi-god' (phrase courtesy of PGal) in his professional life. I bet his personal life is a mess---and that is where the juxtapositioning between private and work worlds will collide. That is what will make for fascinating tv.

It also makes for a hell of a more interesting character: the good guy doctor, the not so good guy in his personal life, perhaps? That intrigues me to no end.

Plus, we will get to see him out of his workday clothes.
...always going the shallow route, I know...

And I love taking the shallow route with you, dear Fleur, because even in your shallowness you have great depth. I think you're right--Andy's got to have some flaws. After all--we know he's separated from his wife. Living in a hotel attached to the hospital. In a clip, we saw him telling a guy that he was a real screw-up and had to turn his life around. He's from a rough part of town and his former friends give him loads of crap for having "sold out." Yeah, there's potential there. I'm willing to give him a chance to show me Andy's flaws, and if he does it playing rugby and hanging out in casual clothes in his (not so) copious spare time, well... I like to swim in the shallow end of the pool from time to time, as long as I know there's a deep end to explore as well.