- “Oyster Farmer” writer/director Anna Reeves
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“Finding the right actor to play the leading man was surprisingly difficult…I guess because a lot of guys like the one I was looking for don’t choose to become actors, they don’t go to drama school, so ultimately they don’t get to audition for you. But Australia is full of them – you go down to the beach and there’s all these gorgeous young men who could play Jack Flange but they probably couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag. I had to find an actor who was convincing as a man Oyster Farmers would give a job to, he had to look like he’d done hard physical work. But I knew I would recognise the qualities when I found the right actor…….and Alex walked in. He was so keen and I knew he would have the courage to play the role and give it his all.”


– “Moonlight” co-star Sophia Myles
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“He’s a bundle of energy. And he’s funny–he makes me laugh all night long. With our schedule, 16 hours a day, six days a week, I couldn’t have hoped for anyone more wonderful to work with.”



– Actress Holly Valance
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“My friend Sarah Carter introduced us two years ago and we started dating – he’s lovely, he’s just a really good man. We moved in with each other pretty quickly but it’s working and we’re doing really well. He’s Aussie, too, which is great as we share common cultural backgrounds and senses of humor – we can reminisce together. I still get really nervous, say, if I haven’t seen him in a couple of days, or if I have to pick him up from the airport, then I’ll be planning my outfit the night before. We both come from divorced parents so we both have a different idea of marriage – I wouldn’t want to mess it up. Maybe when we’re a bit older it’s something we’d consider, but at the moment we both think, ‘If it ain’t broke…’”



– Actress Holly Valance
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“I met him at a girlfriend’s house when he was helping her repairing things. I saw this gorgeous Aussie with his top off in the sunshine, hammering nails into a fence. Then every time I went to my friend’s house Alex would come by. I think my friend was matchmaking and it worked. We live together and I am a lucky girl. He is a big romantic.”



– Actress Holly Valance
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“I hear Kiss Kiss and it grates. Alex walks around the house doing the dance moves and I’m like, honey, that’s so not cute right now.”



– Actress Paget Brewster
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“Oh, Alex… Alex sets all the girls into a twitter. Various departments were vying for Alex’s attention. We just finished that this past Saturday morning, at 5:30 am. Prentiss had no moments with Alex! [Laughs] He’s a cutie-pie!”



- ”Moonlight” co-star Brian White
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“A lot of times you do a pilot … and you know if the pieces aren’t working. And I think they knew right away they had a star in Alex and they just rebuilt around him.”



“The Back-Up Plan” co-star Jennifer Lopez
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“We had a meeting before they hired him to make sure that there was a certain kind of chemistry, that we hit it off, and that we could see each other in the characters and stuff like that. I was definitely part of the process of, you know, picking him. I just think that he really was so… I don’t wanna say the wrong word, but he was very confident. He was very confident, and I think we needed that. We needed somebody for this character Zoe, who is, you know, went to Harvard, and worked at, you know, Google, and then has her own business. Now she’s very self-sufficient and doesn’t really need anybody. So, the person has to be somebody who she wants, so badly. You know, that has to be somebody that she respects and who can stand up to her. And I think when I met Alex in the room, I felt like he could be good to go kinda “toe to toe” with me. He’s awesome. He’s, you know, good-looking, and tall, and sweet, and charming. He’s very leading man material. You know so, he’s perfect, he was perfect for the role and we’ve been having a great time doing it together. I know both of us are going to be very sad when the movie’s over because we’ve had the best time together.”



- Richard Clune (The Sunday Telegraph)
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“Alex is massive at the moment. You only have to go online to see that there’s a million fans out there. Alex is a classic Aussie leading man – smart, sexy and extremely talented.” - Richard Clune (The Sunday Telegraph)



- ”Three Rivers” executive producer Carol Barbee
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“Alex had a holding deal for CBS and I was under contract to CBS. He met with lots of people, we met with lots of people. He want to do [Three Rivers] and we wanted to have him. I wasn’t at all nervous [about casting him]. I felt very lucky that they steered him our way and second of all that he wanted to do it. He’s a really fine actor and he’s so dedicated and he’s a really nice guy and . . . okay. . .he’s cute. He’s a great lead. I feel very lucky, usually there’s a nightmare quotient to a person like that and it’s just not there with him.”



- Whiteout” director Donimic Sena
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“Alex was a real find, such a natural, charismatic actor. A good portion of his dialogue was ad-libbed.”




– “Whiteout” co-star Kate Beckinsale
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“Gabriel, Alex and Columbus were, and I were just this extremely tight group on the set because it was quite difficult. It was quite grueling, and we did get beaten up every day. And you really want to feel that you’ve got people around you who you can have a good laugh with and have your back. And I just got so lucky. I got the best boys ever. And we’ve really stayed… I mean, Columbus and I’ve been on a holiday with our families together and had Christmas together and… So they’re really, they’re very strong relationships, and they’re all really silly and funny.” – “Whiteout” co-star Kate Beckinsale


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Martin Henderson in which he discusses his friendship with Alex O'Loughlin

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“This character kind of felt like more my style, more my speed. I really wanted to do it.” – Alex O’Loughlin



“It was clear to everyone this was a guy… he was ready to command a show.” – Bob Orci (Executive Producer)



“No one takes more care about how authentically we clear a room than Alex O’Loughlin. He’s on top of all of this stuff and every time we have a scene like this, [he makes] sure we do it right.” – Daniel Dae Kim



“This kind of stuff for me, playing Steve McGarrett, I mean he’s a Navy SEAL and all this sort of military stuff and getting all this gear together, it’s actually been one of the more challenging roles that I’ve played in my career to date because he’s so kind of serious, and so straight and so gung ho. And of course you can’t play that, you’ve got to go for truth at all times and I think some of the things saved me in playing this guy is going for truth and also just focusing on the minutiae of what he does and all of the gear and all of the tactical stuff.



Going back to what Daniel said, I try to make it as real as possible and stick to what our tactical guys tell me to do.” – Alex O’Loughlin



“This moment is when I was really convinced that Alex was Steve McGarrett. Any sort of reservations that you would have going in thinking that he’d never done an action show before, he’d never done this kind of work before… You see this and you totally buy him as this character, as this Navy SEAL.” – Peter Lenkov (Executive Producer), on Alex in the teaser of the pilot episode



“He’s so completely dedicated. This guy trained like, I mean from the day we started talking about this, he was interviewing, hanging out with SEALs. He was extremely dedicated.” – Len Wiseman (Director, Executive Producer)



“He said he left the meeting when we first met with him, he went right to the gym. He was so pumped.” – Peter Lenkov (Executive Producer)



“The first thing Alex brings to the role is a real credibility when it comes to leadership and when everybody thinks of McGarrett as a character, he was the guy who had an incredible command over the situation and never took no for an answer. There’s also something very raw and vulnerable about Alex and I think that makes him human and accessible.” – Alex Kurtzman (Executive Producer)



“I felt like Alex is an action hero and I remember first seeing Alex in that full dress uniform with the hat and Len and I looked at each other and said, ‘That’s our guy.’” – Peter Lenkov (Executive Producer)



“Alex is such a pro with this stuff. He’s so gung ho. It’s great to work with somebody like that. You set up a shot, you’re thinking more likely it’s going to be the stunt double and he’s just like, ‘Get me up there. Let me do it.’ – Len Wiseman (Director, Executive Producer), on the fight scene between McGarrett and Hesse in the pilot



“And he nailed it.” - Bob Orci (Executive Producer)