Benjamin Linus - character of the series "Staying Alive": description, actor

The auditioned TV series "Lost" really riveted the audience to the screen and made them worry about the characters. Events were unpredictable, and people were contradictory. Each character was revealed in its own way. Benjamin Linus was also an exception, a modest and quiet-looking little man who was the leader of the "Other" grouping. He had long lived on the island, when suddenly there were survivors from a fallen plane. What is complicated and attractive this hero?

Who!

Benjamin Linus came to the island as a child with his father Roger, a handyman in a secret project. It seems that this childhood was not to his liking, and adult Ben helped to destroy the employees of this organization. Almost on the eve of the crash of the plane, Ben realized that he developed a spinal tumor and needed an operation that could not be done on the island.

Ben is an absolutely unattractive character, both externally and internally. He has a small stature, protruding ears, deep bald patches and running mouse eyes. Surprisingly, the performer of the role of Ben in life is perceived quite differently. Michael Emerson has a charming smile and a very interesting view of things. By the way, he is more direct in directing, rather than in acting. In the movie, Michael's role chooses meticulously, but genuinely loves the theater. On the stage in New York, he played with Uma Thurman and Kevin Spacey.

First meeting

Benjamin Linus first met with the new "islanders" when he fell into their trap. In captivity, he lied about his name and how to hit the island. The most unbelieving was Said, who tortured Ben. After Said found evidence of Ben's lies.

As the plot develops, it becomes clear that Benjamin Linus got to the island in the early 70's at the age of 10 years. Then the scientific work was boiling on the island, but Ben's father was not happy about it. He drank a lot and took out malice on his son, believing that he had killed his own mother by his birth.

For a while Ben worked for the organization of his father and had a way out of the island. This information was able to confirm Said, who found a room with different passports and currency.

There is no information about Ben's love relationship.

about the project

The series "Staying Alive" tells about passengers of Flight 815, which crashed over a tropical island in Oceania. Each series is a separate story, touching the personality of the key character.

The series "Lost" is the brainchild of JJ Abramson, Damon Lindelof and Jeffrey Liber. Almost all the shooting took place on the islands. The pilot series was released in September 2004 and gathered nearly 19 million viewers. Since then, it has been six seasons. The audience met with a good hundred actors. Critics and the public accepted the project very favorably, which made the Emmy Award a foregone conclusion. It is said that the series has become a cultural phenomenon that generated a pleiad of actors, literary stories and even comic books. In the summer of 2006, even a role-playing game based on the series was released.

After the island

The island is full of interesting and mysterious things. With the help of one of them, Ben manages to leave the island and teleport to Tunisia. Here he again meets with Said, with whom they parted on the island are not the closest friends. But John Locke became Ben quite interesting. Interaction Benjamin Linus - John Locke continues all seasons. In Tunisia, Ben rescues Locke from attempting suicide and convinces him that he needs on the island. After that it turns out that these are only words, and Ben pursues personal goals. For the sake of them, he decides to kill Locke.

Ben in reality

Benjamin Linus is low and cunning. The actor Michael Emerson, who played it, won Emmy for Best Supporting Actor. He also played in the movie "Saw" and worked actively in the theater. Emerson changed the seventh decade. He is lucky in marriage and in demand in the profession.

In the series, Emerson's character won the audience's love, despite the obvious predominance of negative features. Linus is charismatic, but very calculating, cynical. He believes in his chosenness and can manipulate people. The best scene in the series, according to critics, is the murder of the daughter of Linus. During the scene Emerson played a kaleidoscope of moods: from complacency to confusion.

Says Emerson

According to Michael Emerson, the series is not so different from the full-length movie. He has his favorite scenes in the cult series "Staying Alive", especially the night shoots with "Hurley" and the sharing of chocolate bars.

Initially, his image was planned for only three episodes, and then the hero of Emerson remained ordinary-looking Henry Gale, a lost traveler. But Emerson's game was liked, and its story line was developed and deepened.

In ordinary life Michael is an open and sincere person, who likes to draw and joke. He knows a little of Spanish and chooses bones as the main theme of drawing. Michael is very fond of caramel-cream ice cream, loves pets.

With the hero of the series, Ben Michael is united by a certain fear of airplanes.

At leisure, Michael enjoys reading William Shakespeare's works, discusses geography, history and English literature.

Previously, he played well on the oboe, but refused this lesson, deciding that the talent is missing. Therefore, in the series for the scene with the play on the piano Ben needed an understudy. With large plans - the hands are not Emerson.

Very specific physique of Michael immediately makes it clear that the sport is not close to him. Emerson can play badminton if there is a good company. But Michael does not smoke and can experiment with culinary recipes.

His appearance has ambiguous roles in the cinema. Michael is unlikely to be called to the role of an unequivocal good Samaritan or a hero-lover, but he does not need it. At one time the actor was attracted to comedy monologues and musicals, where he would like to work. By the way, the craving for musicals has not passed today. Michael believes that he has a good voice and could learn the dance of any complexity.

In 2013, released the series "Suspects", where he plays Emerson. He is again in the position of a character with a special destiny, a mysterious billionaire who created a computer program that calculates potential victims of a crime. But how these crimes are prevented, it becomes clear only during the series.