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"Kevin
Sorbo: My greatest concern was that they'd make me wear a toga. When I
first saw the costume, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was more of
a Robin Hood meets The Last of the Mohican's thing." (10.95
Sci-Fi Universe #10)
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"I
thought I was going to wear a toga," mused Hercules star Kevin Sorbo
with no small measure of relief. "As a kid, I saw all the Hercules
films. When you're a little kid, all that stuff looks pretty cool. But
when you get older, it all looks campy, ESPECIALLY those togas Hercules
wears. I'm glad the costume I'm wearing is more of a Last Of The Mohicans-type
of garb." (16.10.96 Glitter
v.5, # 2)
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"Hunk
in Leather Worth Watching actor Kevin Sorbo, star of the H:TLJ, does more
for leather than any ad in Vogue, Bazaar, Elle or Allure. The long-haired,
muscle-bound Sorbo, in his brown leather pants and tan suede tunic top
- with shredded seams - takes the brrrrrr out of a cold winter night.
Hairdressers, however, may disagree on the straggly haircut and may even
suggest that the character could use a good trim. No matter. He still
looks good." (2.01.97 Omaha
World Herald)
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pants of latticed leather ---- triple-layered leather
pants ---- waffle pants
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"Kevin
Sorbo is grateful for his pants. More specifically, he's grateful that
the ridiculous woven leather trousers he dons to play the son of Zeus
were designed not with regard for historical or mythological accuracy,
but for comfort and style." (10.95
Sci-Fi Universe #10)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: I've got six pair of woven leather pants."
(3.12.95 Austin American-Statesman)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: The leather woven pants and boots weigh 12 pounds, and that's a
lot to lug around in those fight scenes." (2.04.97
Los Angeles Times)
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"So
just how much fun is it performing stunts in leather pants? -- Kevin Sorbo:
Actually, it's great in wintertime because it keeps me warm from the waist
down. It also looks good. But it really is a pain to fight in." (08).97
TVchannel)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: Those pants weigh 12 pounds. So the next time you think, 'Oh his
kick wasn't very high', you try wearing 12 pound pants for 12 hours a
day and see how high you can kick!" (Answering
on Santa Monica convention 01.99 - Starburst #42)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: I got part in September of 93 - and I started growing it then.
I had sort of a longish hair, but I wore extensions for the first 5 movies."
(9.07.97 Ultimate TV Chat)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: Hair extensions drive me insane. They glue and sew them right into
your head, which is a pain." (31.08.97
Chicago Sun-Times)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: We did 5 two hour movies and they put extension in my hair - which
I hated because they were scratchy and during the course of that year,
they slowly removed them because my hair grows very quickly so at the
first episode, that was my hair when Hera killed my family to start the
series. It took about a year." (07).97
On-line Chat AOL Live Olds Celebrity Circle)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: For the first five two hour movies I had extensions in. As the
hair grew that first year, they kept taking them out. By the first season
my hair was probably about three or four inches shorter than it is now.
I get it cut about once a month." (07.97 Interview
by R.Witterstaetter)
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"The
hair doesn't hurt, either. "I think it adds that bad-boy mystique,
that rebel thing," Sorbo says, then adds mischievously, "I'm
ready to cut it." (23.11.96
TV Guide)
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"Everyone
wants to know about his shoulder-length hair: Is it streaked? Colored?
"I do nothing with it. I get the monthly trim. They take off an inch
or so, but it's really been since October of '93 since I got a haircut,"
says Sorbo. Does his contract demand he maintain it exactly as is? "You
know, I don't see anything in there. They're probably going to find some
loophole where I can't cut it, but if I got the chance to do a movie where
I had to chop it off, I'd chop it off in a heartbeat if it was a good
film." (23.06.97 by W.Schneider)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: I'm actually cutting it another few inches to do a new action film.
The Hercules people are upset. The producer told me, "You cut your
hair! You'll lose your strength!" I'm like, "That's biblical.
I'm not Samson, you idiot." (31.08.97
Chicago Sun-Times)
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"The
ladies also swooned over his long locks - but they're gone. "It feels
great," Sorbo said of the cut, although some fans have given him
grief. "I said 'What? You just loved me for my hair?' Then they were
pretty nice about it." (27.11.99
Orlando Sentinel)
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"Sorbo
had five inches of his hair cut off, which upset some of his female fans.
Locks of his hair were auctioned to benefit A World Fit for Kids, a charity
that teaches skills to children in at-risk neighborhoods so they can then
mentor younger children. Sorbo has been the spokesman for the organization
for three years." (20.11.99
Winston-Salem Journal)
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skimpy
chamois tunic ---- chest-baring leather tunic ---- vest ---- on the set
it was referred to as "shammy"
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"How
about that chest-baring chamois rag that serves as Hercules' shirt? --
Kevin Sorbo: I'd love to have some other kind of outfit, but that's my
Superman cape. I've got about 20 shirts, all the same." (3.12.95
- Austin American-Statesman)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: I'm no Steve Reeves. And I don't take off my shirt that much."
(25.05.96 Tampa Tribune)
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"We've
gotten a lot of feedback, from both straights and gays, that people really
like it when Kevin takes his shirt off," Tapert says." (07/08.96
- Ms. Magazine #1)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: Well, I was actually surprised how much my shirt is off in this
film. You know, because over a three-month period you only shoot one or
two pages a day, and you're so into it that you kind of lose track. Sure,
Hercules is kind of beefcakey, but it's more like Herc in the Land of
Cleavage. The eye-candy is more for the men. On 'Herc,' on purpose, I
take my shirt off once every seven or eight episodes. I don't do it that
often. The producers want to have more, but I say no." (4.09.97
Weekend Movie Guide and Show Times)
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"...every
seven or eight episodes." Beyond dispute this affirmation was correct
for the 4th season (1997/98). But the grand total came to once every three
episodes as we have shirtless HerK in 34 out of 112 (he completely doesn't
appear in 4 episodes of the series).
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"How
about that deep, sleek, glowing Hercules tan? -- Kevin Sorbo: They paint
us. Actually, I used to be that tan." (3.12.95
- Austin American-Statesman)
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"How
come your muscles always look so shiny on the show? -- Kevin Sorbo: Well,
to start with, they slap a fake tan on me every day. New Zealand is absolutely
gorgeous, but its weather is just like Portland or Seattle. You don't
get a chance to get tanned. So they put a tan on me, and spray it with
a sun cream. Thats what give me the Herc sheen."
(3.11.96 - New York Sunday Daily News)
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"How
do you get that Herc sheen? -- Kevin Sorbo: They shellac this stuff on.
I don't know what it is. I think it's left over from Spartacus or something.
It's some kind of body paint mixture that they can make lighter or darker.
You feel your pores can't breathe, but it looks good." (23.08.97
Australia TV Week)
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"Kevin
Sorbo: The least thing I'm going to miss on the show is the body wash.
They put this brown body wash on me and it drives me insane! My pores
have not seen sunlight in six years. They also spray me with this sunscreen
on top of it to give me this shine. I could lay on the sun right now -
I could take a vacation on the sun and not get burned! That's one thing
I won't miss. On my last day, I'm going to dip my makeup person into an
entire vat of this sheen! I'll get her!" (24.11.99
Entertainment Tonight)
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