Comments on: Paulo Costanzo who plays Evan Lawson on USA's new hit Royal Pains answers your questions

By: JRBettis

JRBettis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:55:38 +0000

Is it possible to show the Hampton word of the day when it appears on the show?
Example: Evan’s attempts to pick up girls while stuck in traffic were met only with highway snobbery.

By: prescience

prescience — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:51:04 +0000

Off camera, do you enjoy playing chess and have you done any kind of writing (i.e. Poetry, TV or movie scripts)?

By: Jon jon

Jon jon — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:15:06 +0000

ask him if he has banged the Hot indian

By: Harold

Harold — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:48:30 +0000

I have two sets of questions that might interest him, because they might tie him personally to his character on the show:

1. In the Royal Pains episode “TB or Not TB,” his character has to serve as a (poor) Italian translator. Since he is half-Italian, is he fluent in Italian? If so, did the writers use that when creating this portion of the story? Also, is it harder to play a character that speaks a broken version of a second language that you know fluently as opposed to a language that you don’t know at all? I’ve been told by other actors that it is.

2. In the Royal Pains episode “No Man is an Island,” his character is in a truck wreck. My understanding is that he was injured in a serious car wreck when he was a child. If so, how did he feel about doing that scene? Even though he wasn’t injured in that scene, was it another (possible) example of the writers bringing the real-life background of the actors into the story?

By: Walt

Walt — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:51:48 +0000

Love the show! The only distraction is that Paulo’s character can be annoying at times. I know the character is supposed to be a counter-point to the doc but maybe the writers can work on making Evan is little less irritating in the future.

By: Linda S.

Linda S. — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:15:30 +0000

Who did you pattern the character of Evan after or is he purely the product of the writers and your own design?

Will we “meet” Hank and Evan’s long lost father by season’s end?

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:31:59 +0000

Are you picky about the roles your play or who might be casted along side?

By: Thuan

Thuan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:52:15 +0000

Ask him what has Joey been up to lately.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:18:19 +0000

I think its awesome that Paulo wants to see a Burn Notice/Royal Pains crossover (per my last blog. shameless self promotion right there If its done right, it could be an awesome thing. I’m not sure I’d want it affecting the overall storylines of either program, but if they did some sort of standalone episode it could be a lot of fun.

And because I’ve met the guy I have to say — Paulo is one of the funniest people I’ve ever had a chance to talk to. If he wasn’t an actor he could make a living doing improv and stand-up comedy, no doubt.

By: shelly

shelly — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:08:31 +0000

Ask him if I’m just imagining it, or are the writers heading toward a possible Evan/Divvya romantic pairing? (I realize he might not answer this because it heads into spoiler territory but could you ask anyway?)

On an actor note, I’m always curious to know what tv actors themselves watch on tv. What are his favorite shows?

By: Scott R.

Scott R. — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:07:43 +0000

Ask him for Jill Flint’s number for me. His thoughts on the week-over-week upticks could be interesting, too. But mainly Jill’s digits.

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:14:44 +0000

I LOVE Royal Pains!
Ask him what his favorite part of the show is. Thanks!

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:26:57 +0000

Ask him if he ever reminisces about his time on the old Animorphs TV show. Loved that show and book series as a kid.

But seriously, ask him if he thought the show would be this big of a hit so quickly.

By: Bill Gorman

Bill Gorman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:22:17 +0000

In the wackiest coincidence I’ve experienced in a very long time, my maternal grandfather was born Paulo DiCostanzo in 1897, near Naples. That is just flat, out, freaky. Even though I’d watched every episode of the show, Evan’s name had escaped me.

Ask him where in Italy his family is from!

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:00:38 +0000

Obvious question But What Drew you to the show?