carter baizen

At the beginning of the year I was under the impression that it was going to be a great year. I had a well paying job; the role of Jack Benjamin on Kings. What's Kings? When is it on? What channel? Yeah, nice questions to ask. It was cancelled shortly after the fifth episode aired. Of course you can probably see the rest of the twelve episodes on NBC sometime on saturday, but why bother? You won't see another season. It failed, crashed and burned before it could even take off. I spent a couple of months trying to figure out why and what I could have done to save the show. But really, it was too expensive to film and trying to put a new show on a sunday night is sort of ludacris. I'll have other chances but there was a huge part of me that thought I wouldn't have to rely on my small role on Gossip Girl. I am grateful for having the role of Carter Baizen and I am also grateful for my sugar mama, Leighton Meester. Without her I wouldn't be able to afford my never ending supply of hair gel.

I spent the spring and part of this summer spending some time following her around while she attended different functions and awards shows. When I wasn't doing that I spent my time laying on the couch watching reruns of sitcoms that should have been cancelled long before they ended. Yes, I was/am bitter. But I've learned that I have to let it go. I'll have other chances, there will always be more scary movies/movies no one ever goes to see. I love acting though. I'm sure those of you who do it can agree with me. It's so refreshing to be able to step outside of your little world and be someone else, someone who doesn't have the problems you might be facing during that time or have the same life history that you do. I think that I can relate to Carter Baizen the most out of any other character I'd ever played. I was the kid who went to a somewhat elite private school, the guy who threw parties while his parents were off vacationing overseas. Trouble was something I wasn't afraid of but then again I had a way of never getting caught.

Growing up I've always relied on friends since I'm the only child, and I've had to make a lot of them along the way. My mom and I moved from where I was born in Romania to Vienna, Austria when I was eight. It was quite an adjustment for me. Learning the language came easier to me then, than when I had to learn how to speak English when we moved to New York after my mom married the headmaster of Rockland Country Day School. I've always been great at adjusting to new ways of life. Going with the flow is something I've learned to love. Even to this day I never make any solid plans too far off in advance. Life is a better adventure when you don't know what to expect.