Need We Say ANYTHING about Wentworth Miller? Our readers (both male and female) tell us that ole Wenty makes them want to break into prison. He is immensely popular in France, as is the series Prison Break in which he stars (get yourself on over to FNAC if you haven't seen this series yet).

Wentworth sent the cameras ablaze most recently in Germany, posing for the German Issue of GQ magazine. What did he have to say? Quite a lot, actually. Here's the translation of the article.

The Imprisoned Brother

TV show Prison Break was actor Wentworth Miller's breakout project. He moves around freely in our country - and presents the current urban fashion.

HYATT ON SUNSET, ROOM 1008, LA

There he is in boxer shorts. A little taller (1,85 m =6'1), a little stronger (he doesn't exercise), a lot younger (35 this June) and a lot better looking (the three mile stare!) than expected. Full name: Wentworth Earl Miller III. He's trying on clothes completely undisturbed. A Marco Polo raincoat and an Armani cashmere coat are his favorites. There's no entourage or a watcher accompanying him. Pleasantly little fuss over the face of US serial TV in the last few years.

2003 was expected to be Wentworth Miller's breakout year. He finally got a coveted role, being cast in a movie with Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins. The social drama, an adaptation of a Phillip Roth novel, was called The Human Stain. Hardly anyone saw the film. As Miller recalls, "I hoped so badly that this movie would open some doors a little wider for me. But it was more like coming from an easy trot to a complete halt.?

Until then he was recognized for the movie Underworld and TV guest spots on Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, ER and Dinotopia. I only knew Wentworth Miller from Mariah Carey's 2005 video "We Belong Together?. The video was directed by Brett Ratner, who then hired Miller as the star of his upcoming show Prison Break. The Princeton grad surprised everyone with his Macguyver abilities in the role. The third season is currently being filmed. Prison Break is not a ratings hit only in the United States. A PR-woman confessed to me in Paris recently that she was wet for Went. And Went talks of Korea, which he visited a month ago ? panties were thrown. "It's amazing, the success the show has had there. I couldn't go out in the street alone.? His face is on almost every street corner in Seoul. He's a spokes model for a jeans company and a coffee brand. But he doesn't talk about that. Just on the previous day Miller modeled for another Korean catalog.

Los Angeles Harbor, Went is sipping on his Peppermint Moccha Chip Frappucino and chatting about his German roots. "Miller, Müller, you know!?A wast understatement. According to his official biography he also has African, Jamaican, English, Jewish and Indian roots ? from his father's side alone. He's visited Germany before, "I toured Europe a lot of times during college with Tigertones, an a cappella singing group. Each time we visited Heidelberg. We would lay our hats on the town square and tried to earn our meal money. It would just cover beer and bratwursts. And I remember this pool where the girls could go topless. In retrospect I think that's the only reason why Heidelberg was always on our traveling schedule.? Went surely wouldn't mind jumping in a pool right now. But the scorching 48˚C (118 F) and heavy winter outfits don't slow him down. And a planned five hour shoot extends to eight. He then gets into his air conditioned limousine. Wentworth Miller has to get back to his cell.

More of their Editorial:

Wentworth Miller: In all honesty: how familar were you with his name? It's funny how one of the most intelligent and engrossing TV shows of the last few years has ratings trouble on our TV stations. In the US Prison Break immediately became a water cooler show, not least of all due to the brilliant performance of the 35-year-old star. The camera loves this man, making shooting him a child's play to photographers like the late Herb Ritts (who discovered him for a "Say No To Drugs? campaign), Bruce Weber and not least of all Ralph Mecke, who shot the cover story of this GQ Style. Next to Mr Miller's enormous stage presence it (the cover story) also showcases the diversity of the new urban fashion (and maybe you'll want to give Prison Break a second chance on DVD afterwards).


Some bolded excerpts next to the photos:

My father is Black, my mother White. That makes me a Lone Ranger between the two ethnic communities.

I constantly have to define myself for others. The problem is that the definitions always belong to those who define, not to those who are defined.

Prison Break is a thriller, but actually a family drama as well. It deals with the question of how far a person would go to save their loved ones.

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