FOX Winter Press Junket

Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer, attended FOX's Winter Press Junket last week. Here are a few details with regards to 24!

"'I can't believe he's teething,' says Kiefer Sutherland.

The elevator at the Palomar Hotel in Los Angeles ascends quickly to the 16th floor. I stand, staring unapologetically, as Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub stand next to me and talk. Well, perhaps that's not accurate – Kiefer does the talking, complimenting various aspects of Rajskub's status as a new mother (hence the above quote), while Mary Lynn embraces Kiefer from behind, exuding a silent affection for TV's Jack Bauer that could, in no way, be construed as disingenuous.



Kiefer is well under six feet tall and has a voice like a rock quarry, all gravel and dust. Despite his DUIs and past transgressions, Kiefer seems like a kind, intelligent, normal guy who ended up famous for probably every reason other than the fact he desired it. You get the sense that he never wanted the fame he holds, and would rather have a beer with a local townie than a martini with a Hollywood executive. Mary Lynn Rajskub the Actress is almost unrecognizable juxtaposed to Chloe O'Brian the Character. The actress is skinny, charmingly disheveled, and has smiled more in the last thirty seconds than Chloe has on all of her 24 seasons combined. The elevator bell dings, the 16th floor opens before us, Kiefer Sutherland gets out of my way, and I head to my room... It's not everyday you share an elevator with Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian... (I cannot reiterate how small they both are).

After the day of interviewing was over, and we finished the roundtables with Kiefer and Mary Lynn, it was time to for the 24 Premiere Party... It was the classiest Hollywood party I had ever attended, easily, with cast members Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, Rhys Coiro, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Annie Wersching, Cherry Jones, Carlos Bernard and Jon Voight on hand. The production team was all there too – Jon Cassar, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, Manny Coto and David Fury. FOX bigwigs Kevin Reilly and Peter Ligouri also showed up... the food was preposterous (in a good way, mostly), the bar was open and they gave away free Dominican cigars.

I managed to shake hands with Rhys Coiro and Jon Voight, pat Carlos Bernard on the shoulder while whispering sweet nothings in his ear (actually, I politely asked him to get out of the way; he was blocking my path to the food), and gawk at Elisha Cuthbert..."

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