There is something of Gonzo in Andy...
Check out the great interview of of Dr. Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski posted on the CBS's Three Rivers Expert Blog
"In the episode “Code Green”, Dr. Andy Yablonski calls his transplant colleague Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez to ask if Dr. Gonzalez could recover a donor heart for one of his patients and bring it to Three Rivers transplant center. But Dr. Gonzalez is more than a character, he is a real-life transplant surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and is the inspiration for the character of Andy Yablonski, played by Alex O’Loughlin. Here is a conversation between Donate Life (DL) and Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez (GG).
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DL: Do you see yourself in the character Andy Yablonski?
GG: People tell me, dude, that’s exactly you! How I deal with patients, certain mannerisms, I do see myself in the character. There was a scene where Andy flicks off his gloves and slingshots them into the trash can. I taught him that!
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DL: You play yourself on this week’s episode of “Three Rivers,” how did you like acting?
GG: It was scary as hell. It is easier to do open heart surgery than to act. Honestly, the outtakes from that scene are painful to watch. There is definitely a mutual respect between what actors do and what I do. I’d rather do open heart surgery any day."
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"In the episode “Code Green”, Dr. Andy Yablonski calls his transplant colleague Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez to ask if Dr. Gonzalez could recover a donor heart for one of his patients and bring it to Three Rivers transplant center. But Dr. Gonzalez is more than a character, he is a real-life transplant surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and is the inspiration for the character of Andy Yablonski, played by Alex O’Loughlin. Here is a conversation between Donate Life (DL) and Dr. Gonzalo Gonzalez (GG).
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DL: Do you see yourself in the character Andy Yablonski?
GG: People tell me, dude, that’s exactly you! How I deal with patients, certain mannerisms, I do see myself in the character. There was a scene where Andy flicks off his gloves and slingshots them into the trash can. I taught him that!
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DL: You play yourself on this week’s episode of “Three Rivers,” how did you like acting?
GG: It was scary as hell. It is easier to do open heart surgery than to act. Honestly, the outtakes from that scene are painful to watch. There is definitely a mutual respect between what actors do and what I do. I’d rather do open heart surgery any day."
To read more...