Daniel Henney

Daniel Henney is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum wrapped in an Armani suit. (Props to the writers of The Simpson’s for that!) From the American Midwest, Henney made a huge splash as a model and actor in Korea. I mean they go nuts for him over there. So how is it I didn’t know of this man existence until he shot his way into my heart in X-Men Origins: Wolverine earlier this summer? A secret this good-looking should never be kept under wraps. It needs to be shared with the world!

So how exactly does a nice boy from Michigan end up as a hot commodity in Korea? Starting off as a model in Europe and Hong Kong Daniel ventured to The Land of the Morning Calm look for his mother’s family and to try his hand at television. Turns out it was successful venture and even lead to a critically acclaimed film role in a movie called (appropriately) Seducing Mr. Perfect (2006, which is stupidly not available on Netflix!) I can only assume Daniel plays Mr. Perfect. Daniel’s work on My Father (2007 and also stupidly not available on Netflix!) caught the attention of Wolverine’s star and producer Hugh Jackman and its director Gavin Hood. They flat out offered Henney the role of Agent Zero, the gun-toting bad-ass. No audition required even though the guy had never done any film work outside of Korea. Days later he was on a plane to the set in New Zealand and consequently into my life.

We Yanks will finally get a nice close look at our native son when the new CBS series “Three Rivers” debuts Sunday October 4th at 9pm. Landing a pretty big US TV series your first time at bat is not too shabby for our rookie. I’ve seen the pilot (pre-retooling version) about organ transplant doctors (staring one2watch4 alumni Alex O’Loughlin) and I enjoyed it. Daniel plays, and I quote: “Dr. David Lee, a womanizing surgical resident who’s broken as many hearts as he’s replaced.” Sweet, right? Hopefully scheduling and opportunities will allow for further examination of this new talent. For now I’ll be watching “Three Rivers” with the Thompson Twin’s song “Doctor Doctor” and Robert Palmer’s “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” alternating in my head. Bad case of lovin’ you, indeed.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be available on DVD September 15, 2009.

Fansites:
Daniel Henney dot com
Three Rivers Blogspot
Facebook Page
Twitter

Official Sites:
CBS site for Three Rivers
Shanghai Calling

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Hugh Jackman may be the sexiest man alive, but he has got some major competition in this film.  It’s a virtual meat market for tastes of all kinds and for those who aren’t that picky and appreciate the male species.

After the disappointment that was the last two X-Men movies, I didn’t go into this with any more expectation than just being entertained.

Despite a few slow spots here and there, and a bit too long history of wars sequence in the beginning, I have to say I enjoyed this.  It’s not hard to look at Hugh Jackman for an hour and a half.   Heck, I would have paid $20 to watch naked Hugh for the seconds we got of him jumping and running in the buff.  Who wouldn’t?  The hair and sideburns were even an improvement for his previous stint at Wolverine!

Then we get to his cast mates.  Liev Schreiber (enough said in my book, there is not much you can say about his perfection), Ryan Reynolds (looking VERY buff and not an ounce of nerd to be seen), Will i Am (bringing cool to the X-Men), Daniel Henney (model perfect and deadly good looks) and, finally, the cherry on top, Taylor Kitsch (yum, yum, yum).  I could seriously watch an entire film with Taylor reading the phone book and not get bored.

Yes, my shallow, middle aged self was there for the hotties.  I won’t lie.  As a bonus, we did get a decent story that had you connecting this beginning to the X-Men films that have already hit the big screen.  My 13 year old was quite engaged and there were a lot of lightbulbs going off above her head as she connected Sabertooth, Scott Summers and the rescuer of the island children to X-Men 1.

All in all, thanks Hugh, for being you and bringing some of your sexy friends along for the ride.  It was a hellavu show!