Wentworth Miller reminisces about working with Mariah
In a recent interview with Jo Whiley of BBC's Radio 1, actor Wentworth Miller (who plays Mariah's love interest in both the "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" videos) spoke candidly about his past experiences working with Mariah. Below is a transcribed excerpt from the interview. Jo: So, people know you as the tensive man in "Prison Break", but before that you did the Mariah Carey video.
Wentworth: Yes, that's right. That's right. We shot the "Prison Break" pilot in December of 2004. And Brett Ratner, who did the "Rush Hour" movies, directed that pilot. And then he went on and directed Mariah Carey's first two videos for her latest album, and so, brought me on board. Jo: That was "We Belong Together".
Wentworth: "We Belong Together" and "It's Like That". And I got more attention off those two videos than anything I'd ever done before. It was incredible. Jo: What did you have to do in them?
Wentworth: I had to steal her away from Eric Roberts, which was, you know, where the fantasy part came in, of course. In the first video, I crashed her party wearing a black mask, and in the second video I crashed her wedding. And she leaves Eric Roberts at the altar and runs into my waiting arms. Jo: Perfect. How would you describe Mariah? 'Cause we've had her on the show.
Wentworth: She's lovely, she's lovely. I mean, she's someone who is obviously an icon and I've admired her for a long time. She's also got 60-70-some-odd people swirling around her at any given moment, so it's hard to have a real kind of heart-to-heart, but she did make sure that I was well taken care of and having a good time. Jo: She nearly broke my arm when we did an arm wrestle as well.
Wentworth: Oh, is that right? [laughs] Jo: How tall and strong is she?
Wentworth: She's a big girl. Jo: She takes no prisoners either. (Mariah Daily)
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