Jeffrey Donovan Puts Us on Burn Notice
ByBurn Notice’s ex-spy Jeffrey Donovan remains tight-lipped about his USA Network hit and… kissing Angelina Jolie? (Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 10 pm/ET, USA.)
TV Guide: What’s coming up for “burned” spy Michael Westen? Any big cliff-hangers?
Jeffrey Donovan: My line is
always “tune in and find out.”
TV Guide: You can’t reveal anything about what’s coming up?
Donovan: I
like to leave that to other
people. I’m never sure what
I’m supposed to keep silent
and what I can give away.
TV Guide: OK. While shooting Season 1, you got injured many times doing your own stunts. Any Season 2 injuries?
Donovan: Surprisingly,
none. Here’s the funny
thing: I’ve been hurt zero
times on set and a few times at
home. I walked off a boat and
fell on the dock and ripped my
knee open. And I was trying to
open a drawer and the ceramic
handle broke off and slashed
my hand open. So I’m going
to do all my own stunts on the
show, and my stunt double is
going to live my life.
TV Guide: You recently turned 40. I don’t believe it.
Donovan: I know. It’s a surprise
to everybody. I just try to
take care of myself. I’ve never
smoked. I don’t do drugs. I
just have a really clean diet.
I’m really proud of it. I think I
look good for 40.
TV Guide: Well, you’re making the rest of us look awfully lazy.
Donovan: It’s hard
work — regular exercise and
being strict on set. I’m not the
guy eating Krispy Kremes and
drinking Mountain Dews. I
can’t. It will just kill me. With
the energy I need for 14-hour days, it’s just impossible.
TV Guide: On top of that, you know all sorts of kung fu, right?
Donovan: I don’t
know any kung fu. I have a
black belt in karate and six
years of aikido and about a
year of Brazilian jujitsu.
TV Guide: So you could beat me up pretty handily?
Donovan: Only if you threaten
me or my family. Otherwise,
I’m talking my way out of it.
TV Guide: Do you ever go online and read what Burn Notice fans have to say about you?
Donovan: Hell, no. I’m
scared to read something bad
about me. What if someone
said something mean like
“Donovan can’t act”? I don’t
want to read that. I like to live
in my little fantasy bubble that
people like me.
TV Guide: Clint Eastwood obviously likes you. He cast you opposite Angelina Jolie in his upcoming mystery, Changeling, out this October. How did you feel when you got the part?
Donovan: It was kneebuckling.
To say that you’re the
male lead opposite Angelina
Jolie in a Clint Eastwood
film — it’s one of the best memories
of my whole career. And
then they didn’t disappoint.
TV Guide: Are you the romantic lead?
Donovan: No. It’s a period piece where Angelina’s son disappears. I’m the police captain who finds him.
TV Guide: So you didn’t get to kiss Angelina?
Donovan: No.
TV Guide: Damn, I really wanted to live vicariously through you.
Donovan: [No
answer. Absolute silence.]
TV Guide: All right. Did you party with Angelina and Clint at Cannes, where the film debuted?
Donovan: I did
not. I was working on Burn
Notice. I was actually going to
poison everyone here for two
days so I could fly over there.
But I couldn’t find any poison.
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