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Emmanuelle was interviewed by AskMen.com – you can read the article below…
Entourage’s Sloan McQuewick, played by Canadian actress Emmanuelle Chriqui, might just be the perfect girlfriend, and that’s not just because she’s ridiculously rich, beautiful and not opposed to the odd threesome. Sloan, who has been on-again, off-again with Eric (Kevin Connolly) since Season 2 until finally accepting his proposal at the end of the latest season of the HBO dramedy, is the epitome of a dream girl: She’s a down-to-earth, funny and nag-free girlfriend who lacks the kind of shallowness that normally steers other gorgeous women away from average-looking guys like Eric.
What makes Sloan such a believable character is that Emmanuelle Chriqui, the actress, has taken the professional high road by not letting her personal life overshadow the characters she embodies. Whereas it’s impossible to watch a movie or TV show starring Lindsay Lohan without being reminded of the actress’ latest tabloid-worthy antics, Chriqui is scandal-free.
Emmanuelle Chriqui is the No. 1 Most Desirable Woman of 2010 precisely because we don’t know her, which is a rarity in the paparazzi-infested 21st century. Chriqui is reminiscent of Old Hollywood glamour in the sense that the only glimpses we see of her personal life exist on red carpets. Her work on Entourage allows us to believe that there are many Sloans out there in our regular-people world, and that we are all just as deserving as Eric of a beautiful, funny and easygoing woman on our arm. And while Sloan might be attainable to the Everyman, Emmanuelle is not. For the sake of Old Hollywood’s otherworldliness and the dreams it used to inspire, that’s a price we’re willing to pay.
AskMen.com spoke exclusively with Emmanuelle Chriqui about avoiding the paparazzi, filming a threesome with two of her close friends, the next season of Entourage, and what it means to her hold the No. 1 position on AskMen.com’s list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2010.
Q1: AskMen.com : When doing research on you for this interview, I realized that I really don’t know a lot about your personal life. Why is it important to you to keep a low profile?
Emmanuelle Chriqui : I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work. The rest is not my priority. I want people — if they think of me — to think of a film they really enjoyed or something that they saw. I am more comfortable that way. I don’t think everybody needs to know my business.
Q2: AM : Plus Twitter seems to be taking over Hollywood, making celebrities more accessible. What are your thoughts on the social network?
EC : I have been thinking about this a lot. In some ways, I think it’s amazing, like what Ashton Kutcher did for charity for the water in Africa — raising a million dollars overnight over Twitter. I think when you can do amazing things like that, that’s so worth it. But just to be Twittering, “Hey, I’m at this restaurant and blah, blah, blah,” that’s so unappealing to me. You know what I mean?
Q3: AM : On Entourage, Vince goes from paparazzi-infested events to being totally low-profile in Hollywood. Is that something that can be true to life in Hollywood?
EC : Is it easy to avoid paparazzi? It is, it really is. For example, I went out last night, and I knew the promoter of the place. I knew that there was a lot of press on the front. I just called and said: “Hey, is there any chance I can come in the back?” Not even to sound pretentious — I just didn’t want the whole hoopla. I was just out with this girlfriend of mine, and we had this amazing dinner. We just wanted a fun night out without all the hoopla. And he said: “Yeah, of course.” He met me, and he brought me in the back. That was that. It was wonderful.
Q4: AM : I always knew there was a back door.
EC : There is a back door. I mean, sometimes it’s unavoidable or sometimes you just can’t get organized or what have you, but if you make the effort you can generally make that happen.
Q5: AM : You’ve been voted the No. 1 Most Desirable Woman of 2010 by AskMen.com readers. What does that mean to you, even though you don’t go out there looking for attention?
EC : I’ve got to tell you — it absolutely stunned me! I laughed because I thought that is so crazy! It’s such a massive compliment. I don’t understand how or why, but I think it’s so lovely. I laughed about it because I didn’t understand desirable woman — in what context? Is it because of fans of the show?
Q6: AM : What we tell the readers before voting is that it’s not just about being beautiful; it’s also about being talented and intelligent and funny. The women who make the list are all over the board.
EC : It’s so amazing. Hearing what that vote is made of is the biggest compliment of all because it’s not just about being “hot” but about being a well-rounded woman. That’s really empowering. That is just a massive compliment to me — people recognize that I care about other things. That’s a massive compliment.
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