Tuesday, 6 April 2010

20 Fun & Interesting Facts About Marc St James & Michael Urie!


Marc St James 

  • Marc's birth name is Marcus Weiner, but he later changed it to St James because all the kids poked fun at him when he was at school
  • He is the show's equivalent to Hugo Lombardi from the Columbian telenovela, Yo Soy Betty La Fea 
  • He is in early- late 20s, who hails from Schenectady, New York 
  • He has had a total of 2 love interests on the show- first, Cliff St Paul, the other being Troy
  • He was previously working as Wilhelmina Slater's personal assistant, but in Season 4 he was promoted as junior fashion editor at Mode Magazine 
  • He suffers from asthma and carries an inhaler with him at all times 
  • He has a pet named Schoompy- although there is no reference or mention in the show as to what type of animal he is supposed to be- my guess it's a dog. 
  • His favourite boyband is NSYNC and his favourite musical is High School Musical 
  • He dislikes smoking
  • It was discovered in the Season 4 episode, The Butterfly Effect that Marc is allergic to walnuts after eating Betty's muffins 
Michael Urie 
  • Michael's full name is Michael Lorenzo Urie 
  • He was born in Dallas, Texas USA on August 8, 1980
  • He attended Plano High School, acting in plays and was part of the speech and debate team 
  • Before Ugly Betty, he made his first feature debut in the film adaptation of the stage play, WTC View in 2003
  • He is half- Italian, given his Middle name 'Lorenzo' and surname 'Urie'
  • His dream guest star on Ugly Betty would be actor and comedian, Martin Short 
  • His favourite music idol is crooner, Neil Diamond 
  • Michael moved to New York from his hometown, Dallas when he was 19 back in 1999
  • He voiced a pug dog in the ill-fated Disney movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua in 2008 
  • He has been dating actor Ryan Spahn for over a year; revealed in The Advocate in 2009 that he never said he was gay and never said he was straight either 
*Facts & info collated from Wikipedia, TV.Com, Buddy TV 

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