>this. The rumors say Sayid is
>the one to get the
>ax.

I just came across an article. I don't think it's Sayid/Naveen who's having difficulty agreeing to a contract based on it.

Naveen Andrews in MORE MAgazine 4/3/05

Men We Love

Of all the plane-crash survivors populating ABC's breakout hit show LOST, we'd most want to be stranded with Naveen Andrews, who plays Sayid. "The network took a real leap of faith, having me play an Iraqi," says Andrews. "But people have responded favorably to the so-called enemy. Sayid's a fully rounded human being."

He's also a romantic, much like Kip, Juliette Binoche's long-tressed Sikh suitor in THE ENGLISH PATIENT-perhaps Andrews' best-known role to date. In real life, the actor is just as passionate. At 16, Andrews, the British-born son of Indian parents, moved in with his math teacher; the couple had a son seven years later. Today, Andrews, 36, is involved with actress Barbara Hershey, 57. "I've always been attracted to older women, because they know who they are," he says. "They look infinitely better to me."

Although it's hard being away from Hershey, with whom he lives in Los Angeles when he's not on-set in Hawaii, Andrews says he's content to stay LOST-until it's his time to go. "The producers had a great idea, to have this monster wandering around the island," he says. "If we get difficult, we'll get munched up." We hope he stays on his best behavior.-c.c.