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JONATHAN BRANDIS
is the newest Dutch tv-hunk:
'I used to be a brat!'
Finally! After some people have been waiting on it for ages, the series 'SeaQuest' is aired on Dutch television (every Saturday, 14:45hrs on RTL-4). And, more important, that means Jonathan Brandis too! That the now 21 years old 'hunk' is more than popular can be clearly seen from "Hallo Hitkrant" and "Spetter" letters. Time for a closer look at this certainly no unattractive Jonathan.
What kind of person is Lucas, your character in "SeaQuast DSV"?
Jonathan: He's an intelligent little guy and the submarine crew in the end allways come to him for advice. That crew is kind of his family because his parents left him when he was very little, and he allways missed his father and his mother that way. He is really very clever, but not always taken seriously because of his young age.
The show is being produced by Steven Spielberg, the famous director. What does the filmset look like?
It is a gigantic submarine. Because the series is situated in the next century, and for the most part under water, there are many innovative technical gadgets. It's a kind of StarTrek. When I first came there, I was really impressed myself.
You work and live in Hollywood, so you must regularly run into famous people. Do they have any effect on you?
Absolutely! I was sooo nervous when I met Steven Spielberg for the first time. I had been looking forward to it for ages, and then, when the time finally came, I was nothing more but a giggling wreck. He has been my idol for as long as I can and care to remember.
Which famous actors have you met allready?
A couple of years ago the film The Flinstones was recorded in a studio next to SeaQuest, so I saw John Goodman, Halle Berry, Rosie O'Donnell, Liz Taylor and the rest then. I am allways enormously impressed when I meet celebrities, but now that I'm working in show-biz myself, I'll have to try and hide it a litte...
 What do you do on the set in your sparetime?
We're in Universal Studios, and in between I have been to Universal Park several times to try out the rollercoasters and so on. Or I take a spin on a bicycle. And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future. So in the end I can than do more than just acting. By the way, I have allready once written a script for an episode of SeaQuest.
What has been keeping you busy before all this?
I have allready played in several movies, like 'The Neverending Story', 'It', 'Ladybugs', 'Sidekicks' and 'The Good King'. Furthermore I played some guestroles in series like 'Blossom', 'Life Goes On', "Saved by the Bell' and 'Growing Pains'. I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that.
Busy little fellow. Do you have time left for a girlfriend?
Ehhhh, no. Not at the moment. (is now dating Tatyana M. Ali - red.) But I think it is allright when you're seriously busy with your work. I would expect that from my girlfriend too. I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.
What do your father and mother do by the way?
My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on. It's very handy, mind you! My father used to be a fireman and now has his own company. He makes cookies: those are very popular in America.
What were you like at school?
Wild and very disobedient. I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school. We were in charge. In the end we did have to pay up for a lot of broken windows and had to repaint large parts of the school ourselves. But we did have a lot of fun, hahaha.
Did you have bad grades?
No, because I also realised that you had to study. Specially in show-biz discipline off course is very important. When me and my friends were making trouble, the teachers often asked: "Do you do that on the filmset too?" I used to say: "No, I behave completely different there, but then there I get payed for it." Hahaha!
From: Hitkrant number 5 of Februari 1, 1997 (Dutch Teenmagazine)
Tekst: Tanja Spaander
Translated from dutch to english by Adrie van Dijk
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