Before the day was over I thought that I should recognize
today in general since today is Vaughn’s birthday as well as Michael
Vartan. I don’t plan on making this a
long post; however I thought that I could do a small post commemorating what we
love best about Michael Vaughn, then also what we love about Michael Vartan.
Michael Vaughn –November 27th, 1971 --- Born in Fleury, Normandy, France
Birth name – Andre Michaux
Over the last few months of putting together this blog, I
have become attached to these characters.
But I have to say that even though I may focus on the Sydney / Vaughn
dynamic of the show. Vaughn is
definitely my favorite character. I
shouldn’t play favorites, but I do.
While the show focuses on Sydney, and I do love Sydney, but I tend to wonder more about Vaughn and
what drives and motivates him. But if
you have read much of this blog, you will have probably noticed how much I
favor Vaughn anyway.
One thing about Vaughn is that he is fiercely loyal to those
that he loves. He loves Sydney more than
anything in the world. He shows this
love towards her even while he is married to Lauren. He was willing to die to make sure that
Sydney stayed safe herself. He did love
Lauren, but upon finding out what she did to him, and Sydney he doesn’t immediately hate
her, but as he sees how far her deception penetrated is when he reached his
breaking point. While it took some time,
he was able to let Sydney help him recover.
While Vaughn is lethal, you would not want to end up on his crap list, just ask Sark, he is the type of man that you want loving you.
He loves unconditionally and is willing to do anything for the person (Sydney)
that he loves. There are no limits to
what he is willing to do to protect Sydney, even having to go into hiding and
pretend he is dead to protect his future family and Sydney from the most dangerous
terrorists that the LA branch of the CIA has seen. I only wish that they had focused on his
story more often.
Michael Vartan – November 27th, 1968
Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
As a reference point, I have been married for almost 12
years now, and I had never had a celebrity crush, I never saw a reason for
it. In fact, I would laugh behind closed
doors at my friends who had their favorite celebrity that they obsessed
about. Once I saw Alias and really
discovered Michael Vartan I finally understood what it is like, and I finally understand my friends with celebrity crushes.
My husband is fully aware, that I have a full blown crush on Michael
Vartan. Luckily we are secure enough in our marriage that we just laugh about it. I have even gone as far to search up and
down to see any movie he has ever been in, or any TV show. There are a few that I have yet to see, but I
have seen most of his work now. But if anyone out there knows how to view the ABC series Big Shots from 2007, please let me know, I have searched everywhere and can't find anything except a copy on eBay for over $100, I do admire his work, but not that much. With watching some of his movies, as
much as I hate to admit it, he has been in some really bad movies, see the
Curve, One Hour Photo, or Sand for prime examples. Also
after watching Jolene, I truly hated him because his character was so
believable. I had to find my favorite
Vaughn moments in Alias and watch those for a couple hours to get over what a
horrible person his character was. Proving him to be a fantastic actor, in any
role, not just the eye candy roles that I love to see him in. I often comment
on how much I admire his ability to speak volumes with a facial expression, in
this blog alone. I am full on jealous of
Lauren Skaar Vartan, to say the least. If at any point I was near him, I would hope that I would keep my cool, but I could totally see myself pointing at him as Sydney did when introducing him to Francie.
One thing that really attracts me to Michael Vartan though
is how down to earth he is. I think that
if I were to meet him in real life, he wouldn’t act like the stuck up all
important actor that he could act like.
I’ve met many actors that are like that, and for some reason I can’t
imagine him responding as some actors do around fans. Also watching him in interviews, I love
seeing him talk about his wife, Lauren.
You can see how much he really does love her. That is one thing that is very attractive on
any man. Even if it makes them
unattainable, seeing them show appropriate appreciation and affection towards
their significant other is amazingly attractive.
I am somewhat of a stalker, although I hate to admit it, and
I try to pretend that I’m not. So when I
saw what I thought to be his wife not 10 feet away from me in Hollywood, I
resisted approaching her, but I did respond to a tweet that she did, yes I
follow her on twitter and I know it’s pathetic.
We tweeted with each other back and forth a little and based off of those
conversations and her tweets, he is a lucky man as well. She seems like she is perfect for him. So I really am happy that he found someone
that makes him happy.
Like I said, I wanted to keep this short. So with that I say Happy Birthday to the
character of Michael Vaughn, but more importantly to the man who portrayed him,
Michael Vartan! Also as a quick side note, I don't know of another actor that ages so well. Personally as far as I am concerned, he just keeps getting better with age. Of course he looked amazing in Alias, but you have to admit, he got better looking as the series progressed. Then if you look at him now, he's even more attractive.