Brendan and Jason from Roswell:

WEīRE TOTALLY DOWN TO EARTH

Both Brendan Fehr and Jason Behr were completely unknown when they came
to
Hollywood. Now they are playing Michael Guerin and Max Evans, two of the
three
aliens in the TV-Show "Roswell" and that has changed everything. But
they
still donīt really belive that they have fans.

- I remember, I was driving home from work and I had to stop at a red
light.
Right beside me was a bus with my picture plastered all over one of the
sides.
That was a really bizarre expierience. Totally surreal.
The words are Jason Behrīs and neither he or Brendan Fehr, with the
characteristic spiky hair, have gotten used to the fame. They both come
from
towns far away from the celebrity-worshipness-lifestyle of Hollywood.
Jason
are from Richfield, which is a subburb of Minneapolis, while Brendan is
from
Winnipeg, Canada.
-After High School I began doing a little bit of modelling, says
Brendan, who
in reality also looks like Michael from "Roswell". With worn-out jeans,
tee-shirts and spiky hair.
-Once I was at a wedding and this guy asked why I didnīt do TV and asked
if I
wanted to. And I just laughed and said "Yeah, right"...
But from that day it went quickly. Several small parts appeared until
Brendan
one day was offered one of the main roles in a new TV-show. The show was
gonna
be called "Roswell".

FARTS ARE ALWAYS FUNNY

Jason has, unlike Brendan, been into acting since he was very small.
-I had my debut on stage when I was five, where I was playing a flower
and
werenīt allowed to say anything, he says.
But he was allowed to speak when he debuted on TV at age six.
- I was a part of a nativity play where I was going to sing "We Wish You
A
Merry Christmas" with three other kids, while we were standing on a
sleigh.
But I had got it all wrong. i thought the guy with the beard was Abraham

Lincoln.
Later on Jason landed the part of Max Evans, the sensitive alien. And
that was
where he met Brendan.
- We have a great time together, saays Brendan about his new friend
Jason.
- The minute weīre together, we act like two little boys in sex ed. You
know,
the ones who always giggle at the word "penis".
- Everything is turned into something lame. Itīs not meant in a bad way,
but
our humor is just so immature that we find that sort of thing extremely
funny.
And the thereīs farts, they are always funny...
Nonetheless Brendan and Jason have to admit that theyīre actually not
even the
funniest guys on set. Nick Wechsler, who plays Kyle Valenti, can beat
them at
any time.
- He is simply the funniest guy in the world, Brendan laughs.
- He can turn everything around so that you canīt do anything else but
laugh.
And several times a day you just stand and look at him and think that he
has
to mentally disturbed. Normal people canīt make the kind of comments he
can.
Even if Brendan is 22 and Jason is 26, they donīt think that they have
aany
problems playing teenagers.
- But once again itīs the immature humor that helps us, Jason smiles.
- Maybe itīs ten years since Iīve been to High School, but I still run
around
doing wedgies on everybody.
- But itīs also because we resemblence the characters that we play,
Brendan
says thoughtfully.
- Michael sees things in a very black and white way, and the minute he
enters
a grey-zone, where there is no concrete right or wrong, then he gets
confused.

- Thatīs also why he doesnīt know what to do about Maria, he explains
and
admits at the same time that he also look at things that way himself.
Actually Brendan originally wanted to be a maths teacher, because as he
says,
itīs the only subject where thereīs only one answer.
- Max is also very confused, says Jason about his character.
- He is deaply in love with Liz, but on one hand he knows that it can
never be
them. But on the other hand there might be a chance for them. He doesnīt
know
his own powers yet, and doesnīt really know how he is different from
her.
- He just has this feeling that it wonīt be able to happen, and that
just
confuses him even more.

A QUESTION OF FAITH

- The real big challenge with "Roswell" is to be convincing when we are
reading lines. Itīs really hard to appear liable when you have to say
stuff
about being from space, Brendan says.
Jason nods in consent and continues:
- I donīt really know if I believe UFOīs. But on the other hand, the
universe
is huge. If you believe too firmly in what is considered normal, we
wonīt ever
get anywhere.
- Try to imagine what people thought the first time they were introduced
to
the phone or the internet. They thought it was completely out of this
world,
but if there hadnīt been anyone who believed it, it would have never
happened.
If not, you have to believe in the possibility.
Brendan nods. He also believes in the possibility of life on other
planets.
But thatīs not all the show "Roswell" is about.
- When I first saw the script to "Roswell" I thought, that was the most
lame
story that I had ever heard, Brendan says.
- I mean teenage aliens...Come on, that could really end up with
something
bad.
- I felt the same way, until I read the script, Jason agries.
- But then I fell for it. What I really like is that, itīs about being
young.
Not knowing who you are and where youīre going. Of course the whole
alien-
thing adds extra spice, but it doesnīt go out of hand.
Itīs working. "Roswell" has become popular very quickly, and here in
Denmark
the ratings go up week by week. But the two guys still have a hard time
believing that they are famous. They are just being themselves.
- Just when we started out, I kept getting letters from this one girl,
Brendan
laughs.
- I remember she always began her letters by saying; " now you are
probably
getting thousands of letters like this". But I actually only got letters
from
her.
- Of course I know that there are fans out there, but I donīt think itīs