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www.hetvolk.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=GLT16PVTTSex god in white coat
Ex-Para command Goran Visnjic says goodbye to ER.
Most sexy tv-doctor, the description says. GV - doctor Kovac in the series "ER" - is almost becoming shy. Almost, because you need more to blow away the Croatian ex-Para command. "Tennis players, those are the real heroes."
From our reporter Tom de Leur in London
About the title of most sexy doctor in a hospital show there is of course discussion. George Clooney was the undefeated number one, but he has said goodbye to ER a long time ago. The series 'Grey's Anatomy' of course has Patrick Dempsey, but he's still a newbie. So for now the title is still in the hands of GV, who will leave ER this year. After eight seasons.
The 34-year old Visnjic presents himself as an impressive boy - 1m93 - in jeans and blue shirt. He looks modest, a bit shy even. The man is pure-bred Croat, but after all those years he doesn't have a problem with the medical jargon of the show. "As long as I know what to imagine with all those words. With the word 'chair' anyone can immediately imagine a chair, but with the word 'pericardium syntheses board' it's a little different. What was that again, I usually think then."
GV is an immigrant with a story. He was barely 19 when he fought with the Joegoslavian army against Slovenia. When he had finished his service, he volunteered with the new Croation army to fight against the Serves. The actor drags this past along in the show, because his character lost his wife and kids in the war.
Visnjic himself doesn't like to be reminded of his past as a Para command. "I just try to be a good ambassador to my country. When Americans ask me something about Croatia, I'll say that it's a beautiful holiday destination. Those civil wars were so long ago en were so complicated that every explanation would lead to misunderstandings."
Acting in a hospital drama doesn't incite to living a healthier life. GV is the living proof: He points his index finger to the package of cigarettes in his chest pocket. "I smoke less since I live in the US, because there are a lot of places where you can't smoke. I would like to quiet, but I'm not smart enough in that matter."
According to American magazine 'People' Visnjic is one of the most beautiful people in the world. The actor gets a little uncomfortable at it. "This was five or six years ago. I rather have a good review in a newspaper. I realise that such a title comes with the job, but it's a bit fake. I can't take merit for my looks myself, you'll have to thank my parents."
GV is popular in his home country Croatia. Just as popular as that other Goran, the ex-tennis player Ivanisevic? "Croatians are proud people. When one in five million of it's inhabitants wins Wimbledon after a third finale, then everybody goes crazy. I'm not somebody of that calibre. You can only cheer once every two hundred years for people like Ivanisevic."
In the meanwhile, it's the actors last season on ER. "The show keeps surprising you. When doctor Kovac was in Africa, the got a call in the hospital in the US: Kovac is dead. A week later I was alive again. But after this season I really quit the show. Eight years of playing doctor is more than enough."
(A little extra that was only in the newspaper, not the online version)
All swords are welcome
„« GV has named his own character on ER. Doctor Luka Kovac thanks his first name to a nephew and his last name to his best friend.
„« Visnjic played next to Nicole Kidman twice: in the witch film 'Practical Magic' and in the nuclear action movie 'The peacemaker'. He made his debut in the US in the drama 'Welcome to Sarajevo'.
„« He is not a bad fencer. He collects swords and sables.
„« In 2002, the actor won a trial against a Croatian tabloid. In an article with the title 'The secret of the 1.5 million dollar villa' there was being claimed that Visnjic and his wife lived in a house in LA without paying rent. The article also said that the actor got his part on ER because he has ties with Branko Lustig, the Croatian producer of movies like 'The Peacemaker' and 'Schindler's list'.
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