Karl Urban (Caesar, Cupid, Mael)

Karl Urban warned us as he arrived that he hadn't slept for 48 hours and was feeling "mischievous." He proved it right off the bat by offering visual proof of the commonly-asked "boxers or briefs" questions, dropping his jeans around his ankles to display very tidy white briefs. Nice package, Karl.

Caesar is coming soon to a Xena episode near you. Karl doesn't know for sure when Caesar will be back after that. No plans for a Cupid appearance is coming that he knows of.

Karl has definite favorite lines for his characters: he loves Caesar's "Break her legs," and gets a lot of mileage out of Cupid's "What's your name, little girl?"

At the request of a questioner, Karl performed a charade of "Urban Cowboy," which was mostly an excuse to make him gallop across the stage.

Karl's been shooting a film in New Zealand in which he plays a dairy farmer (much to the crowd's amusement) with Danielle Cormack. He blew a kiss to the crowd that he said was from Danielle.

Karl auditioned seven times for the Hercules/Xena shows before being offered the part of Mael in Altared States. He was then offered Cupid by the HercStaff ("Yes, thank you," was his response), then auditioned for - and of course got - Caesar.

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